back home in queens after spending a couple of days in the city.  i tried going to macys...that was a horrible experience.  it was like how many tourists can you cram into a store?  And i hate how they just stand in the middle of the aisles in a large group of like 15 as they decide where to go.  I managed to snag myself one of those oversized bags like the olsen sisters wear since i am going to have to carry a LOT of crap to and from rounds next year.  I ended up getting it for about 50% off...nice...i went back to try to get one in brown too...but they were sold out   But it was a mad house in there.

Overheard in the shoe department (in a british accent) "the ENTIRE floor is just SHOES....that's unbelievable!!!"...as they stood in the aisle just gawking.  i was like EXCUSE ME....muahahaha...i'm terrible!!!

I watched the movie Crash yesterday and i'm really surprised that it didn't get more buzz.  It was terrific and had an all star cast.  THe whole movie is based on racism and stereotypes...i don't want to give too much away.  just watch it...it is REALLY REALLY good.

I weighed myself this morning prior to eating breakfast.  I am back in the triple digits....just barely...but i'm out of anorexic range!!! YAY!!! my goal is to gain at least 5 more pounds before i go back to school.  Thank goodness for good eating....i LOVE NEW YORK!!!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!!!!!!

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so i hear the strike is ending?! YAY!!!  All it took were threats of jail time...they should have just done that in the first place.  but now ,the union leaders are turning it into a racial thing.   ooh bloomberg said we were thugs....that's because we're mostly minority...and bringing up people like rosa parks and martin luther king Jr.  It's one thing to fight for civil liberties...it's another thing to fight for raises and pension plans that most Americans do not get.

anyhow, for Christmas, i got a fiber bed (it's like a feather bed....but i'm allergic to feathers)....and it is SOOOOOOOO comfortable.  It is bad news because now, i can't wake up in the mornings because it's sooo snugly. 

would the past tense of "strike" be 'struck'? or 'striked'? hahaha

anyhow, it is getting VERY close to friday.....and i repeat...i am not walking with my suitcase home (or walking with my suitcase downtown to john's apt).  I want to get off at penn station....take the E train home...with a smooth transfer to the F....all without taking a step outside.  IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?!

so get this....i don't know if this has been broadcasted in NY...but it's all over the boston media.  Johnny Damon will be cutting his har...shaving his beard...and becoming a YANKEE.  no lie.  52 million in 4 years.

What do you think...will he be booed or cheered at his first outing in the bronx?

oh...and i decided to take an extended lunch at home because my manager was being a jerk.  He gave a full timer a permanent shift in the OR without asking me what my schedule would be like next semester.  He knows that every semester, i'll have to switch the day i'm working.  he told the people in the OR, oh well, i'm giving first dibs to the full timer because the students aren't reliable.  i'm like WTH...the people in the OR were pissed too...they were like you've been up here longer and you do a good job.  So luckily there is still one day open that i can work...otherwise i would have to quit...which is basically what i think the manager wants. he just wants all the students to quit (he brought it up at a staff meeting, from what i heard.  He says he just wants full timers).  i'm like, hello? children's is a teaching hospital?  besides, no offense, but the students are of slightly higher caliber than the full timers he hires.  i have no idea where he finds them....but one girl asked me what 0.25 tab was.  She didn't know it was the same as 1/4 or a quarter tab. 

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*EDIT* Has anyone ever purchased or tried on a J. Crew suit (for women).  How does it fit...especially the petite line?  Most jackets are too wide in the shoulders...even the Petite size 0's because i have very narrow shoulders....and then i wind up looking like a football player.  The suits are on sale on...plus i have 20% off coupon...so i can get both jacket and pants for less than $150.

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For all of you back home in new york....be safe today.  I can't believe they really went on strike.  I understand that they're frustrated or whatever...but their decision affects MILLIONS of people who have never done anything to them.  I think it's rather selfish.  If your job involves like filing papers or something that affects only yourself and the company, fine....strike all you like.  You don't do something like that when it affects an entire city.  The penalty should be much harsher than two days pay, since there will be regular people who won't be able to make it to work.  THEY will be losing THEIR pay, and they're not even involved.

And it's one thing if you strike in the summer...regular people can walk around...sit around outside.  But it's freakin winter...and freezing out.  You're going to make people walk to work in below freezing weather?  It's just wrong.  NOt to mention kids who may have finals today!!!! If you took a job servicing the public, you should not get to strike.  You handle your problems another way. 

They're saying, oh the MTA workers are the least respected by NY'ers....we want dignitiy and respect (oh and let's not forget an 8% raise a year).  COME ON...who isn't disrepected by NY'ers.  No matter what occupation you hold, if you work in NY, you will be disrespected by someone. 

i am just annoyed even though i'm not there.  I just find it annoying. 

They better end this by Friday....i am not walking home to queens with suitcase in tow.

No rounding for me today they had minor problems with there being too many people...so i'm going to do it after new year's after they split the group up into two groups.  I guess that's better for me too....that way i can get a chance to brush up on my antibiotics (i'm rounding with the infectious diseases team) so i don't look like an idiot.

I guess i'll spend today working on Christmas gifts....i have two scarves to knit...a photo album to put together....and i still have to make and write out the rest of my Christmas cards.

Perhaps i'll clean the apt since i still have stacks nad stacks of paper all over the place from finals week....tee hee....I feel like it PAINS me to have to look at school work after finals are over...so i just leave them. hahahahaha

*BTW...Christofurness77....what is wrong with my xanga?!!! i can't read my subscriptions.  all i get is a weird post from you....and everything else is blank......is your xanga infected? FIX IT!!!!*

ok...so i got some more pics from last night emailed to me....and there is one thing i noticed...especially the candid shots where i'm not smiling...and my lips are relaxed.  My lips look like hooker lips!!!!  i don't even wear lipstick because i don't want to emphasize them too much.  I wear CHAPSTICK/lip balm on my lips because every lipstick i've tried just makes them look bigger.

For example (remember...this is a candid shot........i have no idea what i was doing.....)

HELLOOOOOO? HOOKER LIPS...this is with LIP BALM.  ANd when i do wear makeup, i always try to do up my eyes.....to avoid attention to my lips...but it never works.

How do i make them look less hooker-ish?

Found a bar i liked in boston! Ahn Tua Nua....it's a very dive-ish bar...local...4 blocks away...cheap cover, $5...cheap drinks $5 cocktails...$1.50 sodas and free water.  It reminds me a lot of Bar None...though not AS ghetto...but with the big room in the back...it's a little ghetto. hahahahaha. i like it.  Good music too!!!

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I AM DONE!!!!!!!!!

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ONE LAST FINAL TOMORROW.  And it's one that i can't study for...so YAY!  It's my therapeutics oral exam.  I show up...they give me a patient case....i get 20 minutes to figure out what's wrong with him/her and think of a treatment plan for each thing wrong with them.....then i get 10 minutes to present it to the professor and answer any questions...and i'm done.  The thing is, i don't know what diseases i'll have to treat....so i can't really study for any particular thing.

Technically, i CAN reread all of my disease state management notes.......but i am not going to.  I would rather stab myself in the eye with a pen.

And then i am going to parteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee tomorrow when it's over...no drunkeness from me though.  too much liquor = migraine for me.  i will just dance my little booty off.  ANd then i will sleep...probably for 12 hours.  I have developed this really weird sleeping pattern over finals week and it's making my brain fuzzy.  I'll sleep 2-3 hours like every 12 hours.

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