yo, yo, yo! potato! tomato! lay low!

I went to Davis today to visit! It would have been depressing if my friends didn't spend the day with me. My dad didn't trust me to take his car on the freeway, so he drove us. Sharon, Connie and I spent an hour and 15 minutes talking and laughing about random stuff on the way up. After arriving at the old apartment and grabbing Becky, we stole a ride on a bus. Sharon, Connie and I didn't have IDs (they took mine away when I withdrew), so we pretended that we forgot them. We had a fun filled lunch at Fuji's. It was my first time too! Sharon spent a good amount of time trying to rap. NEVER BECOME A RAPPER, SHARON! roflmao. Actually, I might buy your album just to get the laughs. We walked to campus to drop Becky off work. I loved the exhibit at the Nelson Art Gallery! There were these two black oil canvas paintings by Mike Henderson that were mystifying. If you stared at it straight-forward it looked like a canvas painted all black, but when you moved your head or crouched down it turned into different 3-D images. I can't wait to see the Andy Warhol exhibit this fall! We roamed down to the basement gallery after that. It looked like they were doing an installation. The stuff they already had up was pretty cool. There was a broken ramp that said something about men. I don't remember but it was interesting. I took Connie and Sharon to the aboretum after that. There wasn't much, since summer isn't the best time of year to see it in it's real beauty. My dad picked us up so I could check out a condo after that.
I have to say. the place is pretty much perfect besides the rent being a little pricey and being really far from campus. Actually, I think the rent is around average. It could be a little less though. It's near the cemetery and the renter has a cat. I've known the girl since middle school and her habits are pretty much like mine. I don't know how the other female living there is, but my friend said she's ok. There are a bunch of cats in the neighborhood too! I don't know. I think I still have 2 places that need to get back to me.
After spending about an hour playing with the cat, we headed to Yogurt Shack for some yummy frozen yogurt. Then, it was back to SF.

Something sort of pissed me off today. It's not something obvious. Maybe it'll be more noticable once I'm back in Davis.

I'm flying to Nevada tomorrow and won't be back in SF until the 12th!

Mid-Summer Love

Yesterday, the definition of fun was potluck picnic in a playground with close friends. I'm glad the weather worked out because the Sunset can be cold when it's cloudy or foggy.

In the morning, I wrapped my eggrolls and made my french fries. I was going to make potato wedges but that would have been too easy to cut. They turned out pretty. I think my eggrolls I didn't have enough veggies, but they turned out fine. Anyhoo, I drove up crazy hills to pick up Mary and Katrina. When we got to the playground, Steph and Sharon were already there. Some people kicked us off the table because they had the table "reserved." We ended up eating in the boat, which beats eating on a table anyday. I made people pale with my sunblock and we had delicious food! Even Bonny's melted Jelly was good. After hogging the boat from the kids for a good 1 1/2 hours, we migrated to the beach.

A few sat around on my huge, pink towel and the rest went back and forth between the sitting group and the water. Since I wasn't wearing any socks, the sand in my shoes kept scratching my feet. I took them off and joined the water people. We drew stuff in the sand and waited for the drawings to be washed away by the ocean.

Since a few people had to leave after the beach, only a few ended up at Stones. Well, Sharon had to be there for work. Thanks for driving us, Connie! According to a magazine page Sharon was had, A&E was giving out free tshirts if we tried on a pair of jeans. Sharon got the tshirt, but when Bonny, Connie and I tried later on, they said they were running low on tshirts and would only be giving them out if we bought the jeans. I never shop at A&E because their clothes are too happy for my taste, but we all got pissed.

We ended up sitting at the foodcourt drinking Bonny's Icee and munching on Connie's Pringles and Katrina's chocolate baked goods. After walking Connie back to her car, Bonny, Katrina and I loitered around a few stores and then left. I ended up walking home the longer way, which led me close to Mary's street. LOL! I felt so gritty and sandy, but it was worth it.

Best of luck to those still in summer school or starting second session of summer school! We'll hang out again before fall quarter/semester! :)

I didn't CRASH!!!!!

On Friday, my dear (play) sister, Jennie, IMed me and told me she was going shopping alone. Since I wasn't volunteering, I decided to go with her. When I asked my dad if I could get a ride, he told me to take the car. I was like, "WHAT?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!!" He replied, "Yeah. If you get pulled over by the cops, stay calm." I was so excited!!! It was my first time driving a car by myself! I think my dad thought I was only driving to Jennie's house instead of picking her up to go to Lakeshore. I ended up picking up Becky and Connie too. It was good having time to see my best friends. :)

I'm think I'm going car shopping late August. I don't know if I should get a used car or a new one. There are pros and cons to both. I think I'm going to get a Honda Element. The mileage isn't really good though. I can settle for a Yaris or Honda Fit, but I love the space the Element provides. Plus, it's not like a regular SUV. I didn't even know it was classified as an SUV until I looked it up. If you have any suggestions, feel free to comment!

Anatomy <3

I'm going to miss my anatomy class so much. I think I've said this before but anatomy and sculpture were definitely the best classes I've taken so far in college. I'm going to miss my study group!!! Even though we started out with 13 people, we ended up with 8 by the end of the semester. I'm so proud of everybody! We've worked so hard and learned so much from each other. They're all inspirational people and I know they'll strive in whatever they pursue! It's not "E as in Eeyore" it's "A as in awesome!" LOL! Doy!

Okay, on to hilarious, awkward, memorable moments that happened in anatomy. Oh man, where to start.

On the second day of class, I suggested that we form a big group since there were a bunch of people who were sitting in the back area of the lab. We split up the guided readings (multiple choice answers that the teacher had that might or might not have been included on the exam). This one guy always made people say "B as in boy" or "D as in Dog" when we were giving out answers, since B can sometimes sound like D. We also said "A as in awesome" or "E as in ear." These two dudes really made it funny when they started saying "E as in EVERYBODY!" or "E as in Eeyore"..or "D as in Boy!"

The last lab was especially memorable. Usually, only a few people and I (like 6 people) stay for the majority of the lab. The rest of the class leaves after lecture (I don't blame them; lecture was 4 hours and lab was scheduled for 4 hours) or after we've gone over whatever work we needed to as a group. Anyways, during the last lab, more people stayed to cram for the lab final. Being the top in my class, I was scurrying around helping people. By around 8pm, only one guy, who wasn't in my group, and an out-of-state girl, who was in my group and retaking the class, were left (or actually, there were 2 other students in the front too). We were looking at the reproductive systems. When the girl went to grab the guy's reproductive system, she carelessly grabbed the female. Earlier, so many people in my group did the same. I was like "it doesn't have a penis!!!" I told them that the professor told me that he might put penis on the exam because half the guys would get it wrong. Haha. When the guy got the right reproductive model, he totally em brassed me when he was holding it upside down though. He was saying something and I said "that's not right because the penis is.." [I blanked out on the word "upside down"] and he said "the penis is what, Kim?" Then, I was thinking erect and it made me hella blush. He replied with "Aw..you're blushing. I like the pretty colors."

I think most of the guys where the ones who made the class entertaining. It really made our group the best. This one guy always zoned out or was a little careless in his answers for the guided readings. We know he worked really hard (everybody did) on the GR's, but it was hilarious when he read started analyzing the question too deeply. It usually led to the wrong answers, but it was still fun to break down the stuff.

This other guy was UCD alumni with a B.S. in NPB (aka Physiology), an EMT and pre-med. We all thought he was going to be the outlier. He provided a lot insight into our work and was the main joker in the group. There are too many awesome moments to mention about this dude. Geez, I'm going to miss the randomness.

I have to mention the women who stayed late with me in lab. One already has a B.S. in Biology, works part time as a lab tech and has a family. I'm so proud of her (and everybody). She was aiming for a B but ended up with a 90%. This other girl dropped or got an F, but it was nice getting to know her. I'm really confused what happened to her. She had jury duty and couldn't call it off when we had the lab midterm, so the professor was going to double her lab final grade. She showed up on the day of the lecture final, but left before we took it. Plus, she didn't even show for the lab final. Finals week is too late to request a "W" on your transcript. She was retaking the class because she got a "C" in it before (I still don't understand why she had to retake it because she's already in a nursing program). I don't know. Well, I hope everything works out for her.

Okay, on to less important stuff; my grade. I got the highest score in the class. 102% or 1025/1000 points, since every exam was curved and we got a little extra credit stuff. I got the highest score on the lab midterm and one of the highest scores on the lab final. This is totally weird because I hate lab practicals! Maybe it was because we didn't have to do the musical chairs thing. The professor let everybody walk around and spend as much time at whatever station we needed to. He said that we're adult enough to know not to cheat. Plus, people were good in reporting cheaters (2 people dropped the class because someone pointed out they were cheating). Of course, I'm proud of myself because I worked hard. I couldn't have done it without my group! Thanks, guys!! It's not the first time I got top score in my class, but I think it's the first time in college. The professor liked to point out who got the top score (ugh..it's like high school). So, everybody in the class knew I was that 99% (before the final). People joked around at it, but it was all good laughs. I'm so glad no one really leeched off me. My group pointed out that there was this one women who displayed her distaste for my grade. She sucked up to the professor every class period and was labeled the b*tch of the class..not to mention she's a mom too. When the professor said "Q***** has the highest grade" after the lecture final, she apparently looked at me evilly and shook her pen fierily at me. Ahhh...darn those cut-throat type of people. I mean, I'm competitive but I don't think I'm cut-throat. I like to help people if they don't understand the stuff. Anyways, I never spoke a word to her during the 7 weeks, so it doesn't matter. Everybody else congratulated me.

OOoOOo...I was the only one that dissected a sheep's heart on my own because I stayed late during lab. I almost forgot to mention that. It was awesome!!!! I'm really going to miss out on the fun, gross stuff when I go to pharmacy school. *sigh*

I love Anatomy!!!

(I don't know why blogspot doesn't always space when I want it to in between paragraphs.)