i took a pregnancy test this afternoon after three days of intermittent cramping and no period. turns out i’m pregnant. how ’bout that. (unless something really bad or weird happens, i’ll be relegating my pregnancy posts to the baby blog.)
[relegated to private in case anyone i know might read this.]
[never mind. everyone i know who reads this blog already knows, and if someone else should find it, whatevs.]
real name:
gish:
i feel like i’m not really doing what i’m meant to. i’m consistently drawn to the field of medicine for some reason. i read medical books for fun after work. when i was in high school, i read microbiology textbooks for fun after school. (as you can see, not a lot has changed.) once i was in college, i changed my major a few times. psych, then pre-med (microbiology), then english lit. i was depressed for a long time when i switched from pre-med to english. but i flunked out of trig and chem, so it clearly wasn’t meant to be. or so i thought at the time. i’ve since become a much better student. so if i really buckle down and study my ass off like i did in upper division and post grad, could i do it? could i learn math and chem? (i’m already awesome at biology, so that’s never been an issue.)
i’ve already been in school too long, though. even if i could study myself smart, it would be a lot of time and expense. i toyed with the idea of maybe doing nursing school instead, so maybe i could be a nurse practitioner or something, but that’s not really what i’m interested in. i used to want to be a pathologist, because i wanted to diagnose diseases and figure out what happened. but now i’d rather do that on people who are still alive, so i’m more interested in internal medicine (specialization: infectious disease).
part of me wants to just go for it and take a chemistry class when we get back home, just to see if maybe i can do it. but if i can, what then? it’s entirely unrealistic, but i want this so badly. i always have. i just wish i’d had the guts to try before i wasted all this time. and money.
i’ve been stricken with yet another uti. after the string of them i had a few years ago, i kind of figured i was done with them. apparently not. i don’t know why the hell i keep getting them when i take all these precautions not to. i can only assume it’s because i get really dehydrated sometimes when i get sick, and i can’t drink enough water to fix it. damn, these suck. and they’re doing construction upstairs which is really loud and grating. after waking up at 2:00 and not being able to get back to sleep thanks to the feeling of fire ants in my bladder, that’s about all i needed to make this day perfect.
if i ever got to have zoe, i think i’d like her middle name to be threnody. i suppose that’s why i don’t get to have children.
stolen from james.
What’s your favourite Dr. Seuss book?:
the one with the star belly sneetches, i think.
If you could live in any home on a television series, what series would it be?
angel’s house from the buffy series
What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep?:
two days?
What’s your favourite Barry Manilow song?:
do i know any?
Who’s your favourite Muppet?:
i used to be greatly amused by the swedish chef. but i pretty much love all of them.
What’s the habit you’re proudest of breaking?:
i don’t think i’ve ever successfully kicked a habit. though i’ve mostly stopped clenching my jaw.
What’s your favourite web site?:
it would be tacky to say mine, so i guess i’ll say my igoogle page, since it’s got pretty much everything i need on it.
What’s your favourite school supply?:
pilot pens and sharpies of all colors
Who’s your favourite TV attorney?:
harvey birdman (attorney at law) (i totally stole that from james, but it’s true.)
What was your most recent trip of more than 50 miles?:
that would probably be the tampa trip i took this past summer.
What’s the best bargain you’ve ever found at a garage sale or thrift store?:
i got a really old electric guitar that didn’t work, but i thought it was really freaking cool.
Where were you on September 11, 2001?:
in my living room, in clearwater, fl. for some reason, in those days, i had cnn on in the background all the time. so i actually saw the second plane hit, and the people plummeting from the windows and stuff. it was pretty horrible (and scary) to see it all go down in real time.
What’s your favourite tree?:
cherry, with all the pretty blossoms (i made my dad plant one in our yard when i was 12)
What’s the most interesting biography you’ve read?:
i think the only one i’ve ever read was mick foley’s. and he’s entertaining, so it was good.
What do you order when you eat Chinese food?:
steamed dumplings and wonton soup (most often) or sweet and sour chicken or chicken lo mein (or, very rarely, general tso chicken or lemon chicken or honey chicken. can you tell i like chicken?)
What’s the best costume you’ve ever worn?:
probably the she-ra costume my mum made when i was five.
What’s your least favourite word?:
no
If you had to be named after one of the 50 states, which would it be?:
we actually have a few nicely-named states, don’t we? i’m kind of drawn to missouri, because a) it’s the fatherland and b) it has the word “sour” in it. or maybe iowa because i was born there and it’s all vowels. i dunno.
Who’s your favourite Care Bear?:
i’ve always had two: the sunshine one and the grumpy one
Describe something that’s happened to you for which you have no explanation:
i had to ask hatchet people for directions. also, my left eye just stopped working once.
If you could travel anywhere in Africa, where would it be?:
morocco (i know, i know)
What did you have for lunch yesterday?:
nothing
Where do you go for advice?:
now that mum’s dead, i seldom ask anyone for advice.
Which do you use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?:
dictionary, though the thesaurus is more fun.
Have you ever been snorkeling? Scuba diving?:
no
Have you ever been stung by a bee?:
probably, but i don’t remember.
What’s the sickest you’ve ever been?:
i guess it was that awful stomach flu i had a few summers ago, where i barfed (like really hardcore barfed) for days. that was the flu that had a hand in killing sohei’s old boss, actually. it was baaaad.
What’s your favourite form of exercise?:
swimming
What’s your favourite Cyndi Lauper song?:
she sang true colors, right?
What did you do for your 13th birthday?:
i don’t remember whether there was a party, but i remember my dad got me this heart necklace that one of my asshole stoner friends stole a couple years later, presumably to pawn for drug money.
Are you afraid of heights?:
hell yes.
Have you ever taken dance lessons?:
don’t think so.
What’s your favourite newspaper?:
st. pete times, i guess, mostly because it’s the only independently-owned newspaper left in this country. and it’s my home paper.
What’s your favourite Broadway musical?:
wow. no idea.
What’s the most memorable class you’ve ever taken?:
probably my 9th grade 3d art class, because that’s where i met sohei.
What’s your favourite knock-knock joke?:
the one alice tells at the end of one of the vicar of dibley episodes.
What’s your favourite commercial?:
i know there’s one i really like that i’m forgetting, but i like the barky von schnauzer one, and the staples one with most wonderful time of the year playing. you know. the one with the beaming dad throwing school supplies into the cart while the kids stand there glowering?
If you could go to DisneyWorld with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?:
probably ogre, but only because i’d just like to spend the day with him.
Do you prefer baths or showers?:
showers
Does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight?:
i don’t have a bedpost.
What’s your favourite breakfast food?:
pancakes and sausage. and omelettes. and that breakfast chicken sandwich at mcdonalds. hell, it’s all good.
Who’s your favourite game show host?:
not sure that i have one.
If you could have a super power, what would it be?:
one where i’m psychic and have telekinesis and stuff.
Do you like guacamole?:
oh yes. yes yes yes. best condiment/dipping item ever.
Have you ever been in a food fight?:
don’t think so.
Name five songs to which you know all the lyrics:
today (smashing pumpkins), paranoid android (radiohead), one (metallica), outer space (freezepop), digital bath (deftones)
What’s your favourite infomercial?:
don’t think i’ve ever actually watched one. though there have been a couple of good ones on tim and eric.
What’s the longest you’ve ever waited in line?:
not sure, but i bet it was at disney world or busch gardens or something.
What’s on the cover of your address book or day planner?:
since that would be my ipod, the picture on there is of ogre (of course)
Have you ever taken your picture in one of those photo booths?
i sure have. in a regular one (once with ann – high school best friend, once with ryan – high school mistake), and also one of those japanese-style ones that you can pick a silly “frame” for and it prints out stickers. that was with k-chan.