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I wish I was in Ireland. Or Italy or England or Australia or even India. Anywhere but here.

Vegetables

So I bought this microwave meal thing, that tastes really good, actually. It's got penne pasta, pea pods, mushrooms, peas, and broccoli romanesco, which I had never heard of before. The broccoli thing is good, but slightly disconcerting in appearance. It's a fractal vegetable, if that makes sense.



It looks less creepy in the mix, as each piece is like only one of those pointing things. Still, I'm just pretending it's real broccoli.

In any event, I'm being healthy.

Cancelled Clinicals and New Decemberists

Hello from snowy Chestnut Hill!

My clinical that was supposed to occur tomorrow was cancelled due to an outbreak of the Norwalk Virus on the floor. Apparently 20 staff members are sick. If I had clinical tomorrow, I'd be getting up in 3 hours! I'll have (way) less work to do this weekend, but I'll have to make up the clinical in May. Yuck.

Demetri Martin has a new show and I love it. The skits could use a little work, but his standup is great as ever. Here are some quotes from his segment Me vs. You
Me: Police, You: Campus Police
Me: Feather, You: Ticklish man sitting in rocking chair on edge of cliff

I think the new Decemberists song "The Wanting Comes in Waves" is effing amazing. It's got a little Sweeney Todd in it and some 60s distortion rock. Shara Worden singing over that is perfection. This song, way more than the two others that I've heard from the upcoming album, really, really indicates a rock opera. Gosh I hope the rest of it is good.



Oh yeah and... How do you spell Canada?
C-eh?-N-eh?-D-eh?

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Monday!

I really really don't like the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Sunday...

A few things happened today:
-I went to Panera to do work. My Concept Care Map took me forever and the Goals portion of it took me just as long. If I don't get an A on this one I'm quitting. Or I'll be all passive aggressive about the situation and I'll proclaim that I'm quitting.

-It's really awkward being at Panera for a long time. I was pressured into buying a coffee after lunch. Oh well. It was yummy. I also bought a Crepe at that Paris Crepe place. Mmmm.

-30 Rock is one of the smartest, wackiest shows on TV. The episode that premiered two weeks ago, "Generalissimo," was really amazing. Quote: "Have you ever tasted scotch? It’s terrible! And this thing they call 'box seats at the Rangers game'? It’s so cold! And what is Rohypnol?"

-The Red Sox are in Fort Myers for Spring Training! Apparently Pedroia has stopped eating ice cream. Uh... yeah. But the bffs are back!
-BC Men's Hockey tied last night 4-4. The captain got his 100th collegiate point and we didn't lose by 6 goals. Yay!

-BC Men's Basketball beat #5 Duke at home. I hate basketball, but this is actually a BIG DEAL.

-I went to Trader Joe's to get some stuff and the total came out to $6.66. Uh...

-Tomorrow I have my maternity clinical so I should probably go to sleep. G'night!

BC Hockey = Epic Fail pt. 2

Last night the BC Hockey team lost 6-0. It was horrific. In the spirit of Friday the 13th, it was like BC was the camp counselors and UMass Lowell was Jason (or more technically, Jason's mom). Pure pwnage. BC was (kind of) trying. We were ahead on the shots on goal until the third period (btdubs, UML scored 4 goals in the 3rd period). But as Yoda says "Do or do not, there is no try." We didn't do ANYTHING. NOTHING. It doesn't count if it's not on the scoreboard. You have failed me, BC Hockey. You have failed me.

In other EPIC FAIL news I spent all Saturday and Sunday on a Concept Care Map for my Adult Clinical and I got a C+. WTF.

In sad news, I am in a study room in a dorm building listening to the Decemberists and doing my Concept Care Map for this week. On a Saturday. On Valentine's Day. Wow. This sucks. And I'll probably get a C- on this one. How unfair is that.

In good news, all the catchers and pitchers are in Fort Myers for Spring Training. Yay!

WHY??

This semester SUCKS.




Why did I pick nursing? WHYYY????

Seduction is ok

I look forward to the start of baseball season as well, however am sad I won't be able to see any until May. I suppose I will have to be content with watching Rugby players.

Uh, rugby. I mean rugby. I appreciate the sport. Just like baseball. Not the men.

Yeah.

In other news, because you wanted to know, I have some terrible blisters right now from too much dancing.

Yay Red Sox!

Jon Lester is the first player to report to Fort Myers for Spring Training. He is 8 days early (why?!) but you know what that means... the season is starting! And I love that we have Tek back.

Also Jon Lester apparently got married a few weeks ago, which puts a minor hiccup in my plans to seduce him. Oh well.

BC Hockey = Epic Fail

Miraculously I still have hope for the season, but losing 6-1 in round one of the Beanpot merits an EPIC FAIL label. And there's one player in particular who epic failed the most. His last name rhymes with shmuse. Apparently this goalie decided to suck at an extremely inopportune time. Last year, when he was a freshman he played every minute of every game. He has never seen another person play his position while he's been at BC. But after letting in 6 goals, the coach decided hey! enough is enough.

“We’ll look at the tape and [the goalie in question] will learn from it,” said BC's coach. “I’m a big baseball fan and I watched Sandy Koufax get shelled some nights and then he comes back and wins [20] -something games. This wasn’t his night, but goaltenders have to bounce back from difficult outings.”

Very, very true. He's never been this tested at BC, but we'll see how he bounces back. That was extremely embarrassing though. Especially since the Northeastern goalie became a wall that controlled its rebounds.

Grrr. This made me mad. I get tired when I wake up at 4:30 for clinical.