Already Planning

Yup, it was my first day back from my weekend, and how will I get through the next 4 days? By planning what I'll be doing my next weekend (which are Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the moment). So what will my glorious plans be? Well first I look forward to watching the new episode of "Secret Diary of a Call Girl", then I'll watch a movie at the local Clearview Cinema (I get free tickets on Tuesdays). Then I'll sleep in, do some housecleaning, and maybe meet up with a friend or two...hmmm that sounds heavenly. May time pass quickly...there's no place like home...there's no place like home...there's no place like home....so true. Do you know what the most important thing is in my pockets when I leave for work everyday? My house keys, so I can definitely get back in at the end of the day!

Up to Speed?

On my sleep? No---that won't be for the next 6 months, but in terms of my new favorite show, "Secret Diary of a Call Girl"---yes! I just completed watching the first season. So now when I watch the new shows, I have the complete back story. Last night Marcus and I went to see "The Lion King"...his parents got us tickets for Christmas...I'm not a musical theater person, largely because I was scarred by having a musical theater major as a roommate my first year at NYU...but the set design and costumes were impressive. It was a good time. And before we ate at Toloache, this nouveau Mexican restaurant I recently blogged about---really good! Especially the tamal.

Another Show!

Last night I watched a fun little show---perhaps another favorite akin to my "Californication"? It's another Showtime series called "Secret Diary of a Call Girl". It takes place in London and it was a fun story. Check it out. Right now I'm getting ready to watch the inauguration. Today I may watch "Slumdog Millionaire" if I can get motivated enough to brave the yucky weather. this weather really makes me not want to leave our apartment.

Out with the Old, In with the New

Wow---finally tomorrow Obama will be our president! Now I do feel as though people are putting maybe a lot of unrealistic expectations into this presidency. I do think he'll do a great job, though, but you know what I mean? As a side note I was recently talking with Stephen and I said that it boggles my mind that people forget that Obama is half Caucasian, half African American. Which to me is just as significant, if not more, than being one race or the other, because I really do believe that bi-racial and multi-racial is the future and only now are people, at least here in the States, becoming comfortable with this idea. Maybe I'm more sensitive to this because of my background, but when I think of Obama in this light, I don't think "the first black president" I think "the first bi-racial president". So Marcus and I really want to watch Will Farrell's Broadway show "You're Welcome America"...it's so easy to make fun of Bush. Ha ha. Last night I encountered a somewhat disturbing phenomena....take a look...

Decadent!

Ah, like a breath of fresh air, I finally got to watch one of my favorite movies again---"Tokyo Decadence"---a great helping of S&M, prostitution, drugs, and love lost...all in my sweet Tokyo...you know if it is ever possible I want us to have an apartment in Tokyo...hmm...I would have to say I'd love it to be in Harajuku, my favorite part of Tokyo, or in Shibuya...the photo above is from Shibuya, and the building in the shot is called the 109 Building. It houses multiple floors of Japanese teeny-bopper clothing and accessories...but I really want to discover more of Japan one day...like go to Hokkaido or go SCUBA diving in Okinawa...and I still haven't been down to Osaka...oh, Japan...!!!!!! I just got an email from Kentaro, one of my friends who's back in Tokyo, and he said that being there everyday is monotonous...which I can respect, but in all honesty there's something about Japan that I could never get bored with, just like NYC. Woops--back to the film: I really enjoy this film---disturbing, depressing, a little outrageous. Well, yesterday I made my way onto the island of Manhattan and finally saw Marcus' office and met his co-workers. We ate lunch and then I met up with Terry-a. We hung out at her place and wow has Seren (her baby) grown! Then the three of us headed to Macchiato Espresso Bar in midtown (east) and met up with Jennifer! Good coffee and good times. Then I met up once again with Marcus and we headed home to the (other) island---Long Island. Today, in addition to watching a movie, I cleaned up around the apartment and caught up with Stephen on the phone. Nice, relaxing day.

The Sleep Professional

Growing up I never was one of those people who slept for 12 hours on the weekend...I would always be the first person up, wanting to call my friends at 7:30AM on a Sunday morning. But I swear ever since this internship started, I have become an Olympic sleeper. I feel like I could sleep for 16 hours no problem. Well, tomorrow I start back on surgery, which means daytime office hours, so I hope I'm in a better place. Because this constant exhaustion is really getting to me. On a happy note, Gustaf had a recheck appointment with the veterinary dentist after he had stomatitis---it's an immune reaction some cats get in response to plaque on their teeth. The cure is to yank the teeth out. Gustaf had three teeth pulled. No one really knows why it happens. Well he checked out with flying colors. I hope that by keeping up with brushing his teeth this won't happen again. On a random note, the past few months I have had to blow dry my hair to prevent the layers in my hair from winging out in strange directions...and it dawned on me that I never publicly raved about my wonderful hair dryer! It was well worth the cost, since it dries my hair super quick and is pretty quiet for a hair dryer. Highly recommended. Over the holidays Gustaf donned the mini reindeer ears that have been passed on from pet generation to pet generation (dating back to Pepper our Dalmatian). Gustaf didn't seem to mind them!

The Overnight Shift: A Space Time Continuum

Ya, I'm gonna bust out with a little transcendentalism...or maybe not, but you know what I mean, sort of...! As I left the hospital tonight to call one of my friends out on the west coast, it dawned on me I didn't even know what day of the week it was. The overnights have me all over the place: the worst sleeping patterns, and in total disconnect with normal schedules. Well today wasn't so busy at work. I got home on time. So that was good. The last frontier: my last night on overnights is tomorrow...then I'm free of it for a couple of months...cuz' hot-damn, I miss daylight!

More Backtracking

I tried really hard to go to sleep at a reasonable time last night, in an attempt to adjust to normal hours during my day off (AKA avoid sleeping all day). Well I ended up watching "The Amityville Horror"---the remake on TV at 2AM. Decent horror flick, and I love watching horror movies by myself, especially in the middle of the night! My co workers told me that they've seen the original house in Amityville (it's not too far from where I live) and apparently it's a favorite stomping ground during Halloween for locals. There is a family that currently lives there according to them. Well I finally went to bed for 4 hours or so. About a week ago my in-laws came to visit. They mostly hung out with Marcus, since I was overnights. But I did get to eat a few meals with them at a local French restaurant and at a local diner that was pretty good---the Seven Seas Diner in Great Neck. The surreal thing was that one day we went and there was valet, yes valet parking...it was very strange and a great ploy for people to make some extra cash I guess. I mean this was your run of the mill diner...so strange. But don't you love diners??? I love the booths, the weird decor, the ability to order breakfast food at 3AM, and those mini jukeboxes...

A Blog Back In Time...

Back to the end of 2008...since I've been all sorts of messed up with my overnight schedule the past few weeks, I haven't kept up with my blogging duties. So I decided to back track for the next couple of blogs or so. But first thing: Happy 2009! I just finished watching "The Dark Knight"...the last Batman movie...great movie in my opinion! Before that I watched a very old Dustin Hoffman movie called "Little Big Man" about the oldest living survivor of Custard's Last Stand. It was actually pretty good! Well last night I was on the overnight emergency shift---New Year's. It was a pretty bad night for a number of reasons. I also worked Christmas Eve overnight, and that night was more forgiving. I got home this morning at 9AM and slept until 6PM tonight, at which time I started doing laundry and watching movies. Marcus is hanging out with friends visiting from Montreal, so it's just me and Gustaf. I'm really tired. I'm really, really tired emotionally since the past week's events at work. I need to recharge and I need to try to take certain things less personally. That's hard for me. So my New Year's Resolution: to believe in myself as an excellent doctor at all times, even when other people can make me feel otherwise...