No DED Wave Here

Finally! I am back! After a month in the dark, thanks to the fucksticks at my hosting company, who emailed me my new server info to the WRONG DAMN email 3 DAMN times, and for not returning a single phone call. Today was the first day in weeks I have had more than five minutes to call them up and bark at them for their gross ineptitude. Part of the issue is that they operate M-F, 9-7pm EST, and I am west coast, and usually in class until 4. They have no tech support on weekends… so you can see where this is going.

In any event, I am not dead, and back online. In the month since my last post, I have been quite busy – probably so much so that my blog posts would have been few and far between anyway. I started – and finished – the Renal system over the last month. Everything you ever wanted to know about kidneys, bladders, urethras, penises, and things people shove up them for the sake of a good time. Oh yes – we learned all about the fine practice of inserting ribbon snakes, pencils, jelly beans, etc. up your urethra in order to get off. We also learned how to REMOVE them (as painful as the insertion itself – especially the snake thing.)

Speaking of a pain in the ass, last week was especially painful for me– we had 3 exams in 7 days – which meant 10 days of sleep deprivation (I averaged about 5 hours a night). My renal final was this past Monday morning, and by Monday evening I was in Las Vegas for the AOA convention. I returned last night – just in time to prep for a full day of courses in the Respiratory system, which began at 8am.

So Vegas… not to sound cliché but, I do understand why they say what happens there, stays there. I definitely fall into that category. Wow. I shall not name names, incidents, locations. I plead the 5th. Something about that town does weird things to people – myself included. I actually did make it to the conference, and saw some great talks. The crew and I also saw the sights, and got to hang out with all the other med students in the clubs and hot spots. Tuesday evening, after Beth’s big reception, we all went to Pure – we had scored VIP passes for being hot little docs, and slithered in ahead of the scores of posers waiting in line. Wednesday night Eric, Peri, Deb and I went to see some crazy S&M strip show that involved vampires and acrobats – way cool. We then had drinks at 1am at the Top of the World at the Stratosphere. I ate a ton of great food, imbibed some of the finest beverages, saw lots of naked beautiful women, and returned to LA a better person for it. (Well, not really …)

And the fun isn't ove yet! As I mentioned earlier, Beth and I will be heading out to NYC from Nov. 4-7, but will only be staying in NYC. I won’t have much time to travel to CT, as we have a full schedule. But if anyone is in the NYC area, please call me! Evening drinks are always encouraged!

Finally, want to see my big Hollywood debut? (OK, so it's a Western University production..) Go to www.westernu.edu and click on the lower left corner where it says Tribute. Or click here and watch...

Off to bed now – tomorrow is a fun filled morning of dim sum with the crew in Pasadena, followed by a day at the beach.

Posted by LA at October 20, 2006 10:52 PM