Gustav and Palin

So the two main things discussed in our household,
and mostly because the TV news is on
all the time are
Hurricane Gustav and
VP nomination of Palin.

I'll start with her as she is the lesser of two evils.
I really like her story,
her being a woman in power.
But her nomination is calculated,
and would never have happened had it not been for Hillary Clinton.
I don't believe she is the best qualified candidate.
She has no foreign policy experience,
as Obama's campaign has already noted.
Unless removing caribou from your car is
key qualification in VP candidate,
I just don't see her as it.

Now....Gustav.
Oh my poor New Orleans.
I'm worried.
Cuba, specifically Havana is screwed.
We'll see the damage soon.
Glad I'm not in the Grand Cayman Islands,
where I would have been had I chosen to go to med school.
And I can't believe I escaped Tulane
just in time for round two.

Fingers crossed it hits Texas!
Not that it will help much.
Also...side note I've been thinking about,

How will Gustav affect the upcoming election?

Michelle Obama

Her speech was amazing.

I think she should run for president!
Talk about a killer pair.
I would be so proud to have her
represent the US in an international market.
And the little girls at the end are adorable.

I am very impressed and can't wait to hear Obama speak.

Bitch is the New Black.

Oh Tina Fay! Great job! I know it is meant to be funny, but it completely makes sense.

I have lots of work to do.
My sleep schedule is way off.
I am staying up till 4/5/6am, then sleeping 12 hours.
This is not a functional schedule!
I don't know how to fix it,
and it sort of scares me.

Well...biopsych, african art and a paper proposal.
Should be a horrible week.

Last week I went to Upperline.
It is an amazing restaurant.
I wish I could afford to eat there more often!
I had duck with a peach ginger sauce,
and creme brule.
Muy sabrosa!

Oh the Cultural Offerings of Lutz.

Went to The Rack down in south Tampa.
Got way lost on the way there.
Mapquest should really be shut down already.
Had two Bud Lights, sushi and nachos.
Sushi was great.
Nachos sort of sucked.
LSU beat OSU.
Geaux Tigers.

Met two boys from Lutz while I was there.
Country accent.
Hicks all the way.
Sweet enough, just a little naive and dumb.
One was a soldier back from Iraq.
I think he goes back soon.
I felt bad for blowing them off.
In truth, stupid men just don't work for me.
You can be country and not stupid.
You don't have to know about fine things
or have a large vocabulary to hang with me.
You do however need common sense.
Something I know and in my desire to be nice often let people slip with.
No more.
I need to do what is correct for me.
It scared me.
I would have given one of those boys my number if they had asked.
What would we even have spoken about?

This is a random picture of a cadet online.
I guess it makes me question who we are sending over there.
Who are we making our official representatives?
I question this kids judgement.
I don't question his commitment and sincere beliefs,
but we are sending kids out there.
America doesn't know how to be an adult.

I didn't get into Teach for America.
I don't understand.
I thought I had a good interview.
I really feel passionate.
I thought my presentation was well done.
I'm not sure what else it could have been aside from my grades.
I'm really upset and disappointed by this.
I feel kind of heartbroken.
I didn't get into my plan B.

Aside from that bad news,
which has been bothering me for some time now,
the night was good.

It was great catching up with Vicki.
Her friend Julie was nice.
She travels all around the country
setting up computer systems in hotels.
I really need to find a life plan.
I have no idea what I'm going to do for myself.
What is going to happen if I don't get into med school?
I hate this uncertainty.
I have spent $160,000 on my education,
and I am unhirable.

You can't do anything with a science degree.
F* * *
I have no idea what I'm going to do.
F* * *

Sorry, depression setting in.
I thought for sure I'd get in to Teach for America.
It was my back up plan!

Moving on I guess.
I don't want to tell my mother.

Mug Night.

What a great night.
Went to The Bulldog with Katy.
We ended up going to the Mid City Bulldog.
I've only ever been to the Uptown one on Magazine,
but they are under renovations right now.
The Mid City one is huge and quite lovely.


Wednesday is mug night,
so we had a few pints.
My personal favorite has to be the
"One for the Ladies."
On the pint glass is a picture of a
man in an American Flag speedo!
Too much! Too much!
Coincidentily, only Katy and I got one of those.
Hmmmmm....
I'll have to put a picture of them on here another day.


Here are some sample glasses.

The selection of beer was amazing.
I had a Stell Artois, which is a Belgium beer
and a Rogue, Chocolate, which is brewed in Oregon.
The Rogue had quite an after taste/bite.
Both were interesting
and quite enjoyable.


The selection on draft.

Afterwards we went to Bruno's.
Vodka tonics for life.
We were engaged in quite the political talk.
It was pleasant enough.
Then I went home
and slept like a baby.

I have my interview with Princeton Review today!
Fingers crossed.
I need to finish my "lesson."
I'm starting to get worried its not creative enough.
I am teaching basic piano...how to read notes.
Oh boy!
Katy made a turkey sandwich for her interview.
We'll see how this rolls!!!

More to discuss later!

Wisdom Hurts.

What I've learned from my wisdom teeth.
1. Pain Tolerance
I have dealt with way toooo many sleepless nights. :-(
2. Follow your Doctor's advice.
When Dr. Alfano said to remove them, we should have...3 years ago.
3. Independence
They have hurt me so much, I finally realized I needed to see a dentist while away at school. I had to give my insurance info, play phone tag, fill my prescription all by myself, which is good life experience. Plus, I've learned to question my parents decisions.

I think that's about it.
Finally got to the dentist today.
Ah! Great straight teeth,
no braces, thank you much!
However, my enamel is very bad.
Can't win them all I suppose.


Here is a picture showing the pain of wisdom teeth...

Wisdom teeth hurt.
Mine are impacted
Which hurt more.
One is decaying since it couldn't get in
and that has been quite painful.
The dentist was quite horrified today.
He prescribed penicillin if it gets infected and swells,
vicoden if it hurts,
and flouride toothpaste to keep things contained.



Impacted wisdom tooth...

Other than feeling like an adult,
I cashed my checks,
scoped out my books for the fall
and had a pizza party for LAMP tonight.
There was a low turn out,
but it was nice.

Below is a just an added extra.
I saw it on Rosie's website.
I think it sums up many people's anger
and disappointment with our current
government quite nicely.

Independence Day

Happy Fourth of July.
Happy 231st birthday America.
I feel so bittersweet about celebrating this year.
I think we have lost the meaning of "Independence."

It is not just relinquishing ourselves from British rule,
it is about having the stregnth to remain independent.
Our policies and nation building efforts have made us imperialistic.
We are an imperialistic nation.
We have lost the values our nation was founded on.
Within ourselves we have become intolerant, scared and complacent with the gradual elimination of our freedoms (habeus corpus, cough, senior bush).
On an international level we are controlling, minipulative and an all around control freak.

We must regain the values of tolerance, consideration and peace set forth by the writers of our constitution.
It is called Independence Day for a reason.
Our simplistic minds may prefer July 4th,
but the history of holiday should not be lost admist fancy fireworks and tasty barbeques.

Today Ashley and I went shopping at the mall.
I got two really cute tank tops!
One good for my presentation later this summer
if I can find a jacket for over top.
Later we went to Wal Mart...more cheap love.
Then went to Superior Grill,
where I could not help but get a margarita and the enchilladas.
YUUmmmmYYY!!!!

After dinner we had desert at Sucre.
I would not recommend the Cafe Glace...
I should have known by the bullshit name that
the drink itself was bullshit.
It was an over priced frappucino...which is sort of silly since those are overpriced anyhow.

Post desert we went to the top of the parking garage and watched the fireworks.
It was a lovely evening,
though as I said before, I find the entire holiday bitter this year.
Over the course of the year,
my political beliefs have started to be defined by my personal beliefs, not whom my parents should say I should vote for.
I feel this is an important step in maturing,
and I hope to keep this same level of passion towards it in the future.

Wow...started drifting there...
the point was...
I'm not happy with how our country is looking.
The pendulum must swing back.
We have gone too far.
The tide of change is flowing.
I hope by this time next year to feel differently and proud of my nation.
I hope we will all learn from the gross abuses in power both internally and externally our nation is fostering.

Happy Fourth of July!


What we are???


What we were.

Oh Scooter!

Oh Scooter!
I'm disappointed in our system.
The current administration has found and exploited every loop hole.
At one point, honor and integrity were at the very least a well kept front.
Are they even trying???
I'd like my lies told to me in a deciptive fashion, thank you.
Blatant abuse of power is just infuriating.

The story is so twisted...here is the basic run down on how the story goes...thus so people aren't confused:

Scooter leaks the name of a secret CIA agent to a few government officials as well as reporters.
WHY?
Perhaps it is because Valerie Plame, the CIA agent, is married to man who has publicly denounced the war.

Fall out occurs and it is traced to Libby...a federal case is brought up...Scooter blubbers and lies and "forgets" and screws up the trial.

Thus he is charged with purgery, obstruction of justice etc and sentenced to 2.5 years of prison, probation and a $250,000 fine.

Yesterday, Senior Bush takes away his jail sentence after all of Libby's appeals are up. Hmmm....this smells fishy...
WHY would Bush care to defend him? Isn't he a tough vigilante??
Well...perhaps there is more of a connection than initially meets the eye. We certainly have no proof, but draw your own conclusions.

Here is an interesting clip of "Real Time with Bill Maher" which sheds some perspective on the story. This clip is from a few months back, so some of their questions and predictions are quite poignant...



NOTE: "We're going to f*&% em'. Who's em?"



Valerie Plame...whom they have already f-ed over.


How Scooter got his nickname...hehe


And what a dorky nickname it is...Scooter is an adorable muppet baby...not an evil mastermind.

Eh, enough of this political stuff...in much better news...
I don't have to go to work the rest of this week!
Whooo hoooooOooOOOooo!
Happy 4th of July!