Short Weekend Recap

Hey folk. What's up??? I'm still around, just looking at slides like the one above. They are all starting to look the same now. So what's been going on? I have to make this short but I'll try to throw in as much as possible.

This weekend? Was gorgeous! The weather was in the high 70s and low 80s; just beautiful. It all reminded me of home and that made me smile. A1 and I were in the streets the entire weekend, soaking up the sun. M and I went car racing on Saturday. It was so fun. I thought we were going to do the goat carts/bumper car type racing. NAW. We had the mini cars type racing. I had to put on a suit, with a helmet and neck brace. I had my Nascar game face on!! I kept praying... LORD, let me see another day. I did. I enjoyed every minute of it and I beat M. This is the 3rd sport type thing I've beat him in. He needs to work on his skills or maybe he's being a gentleman and letting me win. Whatever. I'll let him think that... I'm kicking his butt.

My time is winding up in the city and I'm trying to balance seeing everything and getting my work done. I now travel with my camera everywhere. I can't miss a moment. Despite the occasional down while being here in the city, I've had some good moments. I intend to create more of those good times on my way out and need to document every minute. I think A1 would disagree with me. She's tired of the camera. LOL. Oh well...

Ok. I've gotta go. I'm up for the next 3 hrs getting some work done and then it's class at 8:30am. Tomorrow... same schedule all over again. I'll try to come and say hello sometime during the day. PEACE OUT!!!

Code One Eight Seven: Killer On Campus

I actually had a few ideas for posting running through my head this morning when I woke up. I also got some ideas in Behavioral Medicine, but AS SOON as I got a special BU email I knew exactly what I was going to be talking about.... MURDER.

So check this. I attend Boston University School of Medicine (in case you haven't been reading my blog from the beginning). Well anyway... Our school sent out their own little news article this morning about a current situation. How about a second year medical student got picked up for murder. Supposedly he shot/killed a woman he had meet via Craiglist (advertising massage services) at a local Marriott. He is also a suspect in an attack two weeks ago at the Westin, where a woman was robbed of her debit card, cash and gift cards.

So I didn't know Philip (suspected KILLA) but some of my BH classmates recalled meeting him. Everyone states that he was just a really nice, funny and smart guy. Not that smart apparently... they grabed him a week after the incident; usually takes a little longer to "crack the case". I tell ya though... you just never know people. They got surveillance pictures of this boy all in the area around the time of the murder. Some of the pictures you can't tell (at least I can't), but in others... YEAH THAT'S HIM.

And it's so backwards... you are training to be a doctor, a professional that dedicates their life to SAVING people and in your space time you KILLING them. Maybe he missed the whole point of becoming a physician in orientation or something. I know there has never been a better time to be applying to BU medical school. It's unfortunate for them, but the school will be looked down upon because of this incident and they'll probably see a slight decline in applications for the 2010 entering class. Maybe I should apply!! NAWWWW. Hell no. I got to get out of Boston and I'm too close to achieving that goal.

Aight I'm gone. I've been gone from the house all day and I'm ready to relax a little. I'm going to watch a few scenes from MY FAVORITE MOVIE EVER: POLLY. I searched high and low for this movie on DVD for years and finally Disney (yes I said Disney, lol) released the thing a little while back. I could not wait to get my copy and it came today. I am sooooo geeked up. Going to watch it right now. I still know ALL the songs. :-) Later...

You Smell That?

I've actually had some time to post the last couple of days but have just been in a FUNKY mood. I've got some things going on in my personal life that are making my head hurt and to be honest I have no idea what to do. SIGH. Part of me wants to share that stuff with you, but you know what? Some things you just gotta keep to yourself or share over the phone or in person. So with that stuff and histology study, I haven't been able to think of anything interesting to come and post about. Maybe tomorrow. It's a big day in the city so maybe I'll venture out, take some pictures and come back and educate ya on New England's Patriots day. Later!

One Month

Short one today.... I just had to come on here and say that TODAY marks ONE more month for me here in Boston. Can I get an AMEN????!!!!! Ok... can't stay because if I don't attack this LONG list of things to do before the month goes by, I won't be going anywhere AND THAT would be the END of the world!!!

Another Song Maybe...

This is why you should not straddle a pole while getting yo gospel on... LOL.

How Sweet IT Is...

So we brought up the conversation in Behavioral Medicine the other day... when do you have the TALK with your kids and how much should you disclose?

We started this topic after someone asked whether or not any of us had seen last week's Oprah. One of my classmates mentioned that Oprah had some doctor on the show that suggested you introduce "aids" to your children (approximately age 10) to help in self gratification and to deter them from the actual act. So wait a minute here? Are you telling me that instead of getting my 10 year old princess a Barbie for her birthday, I have to look forward to giving her a vibrator??? Oh hell no... not in my household. I'm 25 and I don't even want my mother giving me that for a gift.

So I went out and looked for information on the show. I had to find out if the above was true before I talk junk. Here's what I found...

The doctor that Oprah had on her "Having the Sex Talk With Kids" episode was Dr. Laura Berman. Doc says that waiting to talk to your kids about sex until 13 or 14 is too late. I agree but I hate that. My mother is a middle school teacher, more specifically a 6th grade teacher, and she has had more than one pregnant student. Kids are 11 or 12 in the 6th grade. So when should we have the talk? In 4th???? Kids are moving too quick these days. By the time I have kids, I may need to sit my offspring down at age 6 for this dreaded conversation. Geez!!! Having a heart palpitation right now....

I think back to my own TALK. I didn't get one. My mother had long before given me the don't-let-anyone-touch-you-inappropriately-talk, but we never had the what-if-I-wanna-be-touched- talk. LOL. What was sex??? How'd I learn? I had sex ed at school and the encyclopedias at home. All my mother told me was, "don't bring nothing in this house". I knew what that meant and the sheer thought of pregnancy and my mother's wrath kept me away from exploring for a long time. Although it worked for me, I am sure my talk will be more than this simple threat.

So back to the show... O brings on Amy, a Tennessee mother, who wants to have the talk with her 10 year old daughter, Jordan. Why now? Jordan is asking questions constantly. So... Dr. Berman tells Amy the main three topics to cover are the "male and female anatomy, the mechanics of making a baby...and becoming familiar and comfortable with your genitals". Say WHAT??? Doc goes on to say, "It's about soothing... It's not about sexual arousal and the sexual connotations that we put on it. It's just about normalizing it for them and setting the seeds that this is normal." Normal when you get out my house!!

Dr. Berman goes on to say that by the time a female child reaches high school you should talk about self gratification and the big O (not Oprah, lol). "You're teaching them about their own body and pleasuring themselves and taking the reins of their own sexuality so that they don't ever have to depend on any other teenage boy to do it for them," Dr. Berman says.

And the piece de resistance... Straight form Oprah's website "To teach your 15- or 16-year-old daughter the concept of pleasure, Dr. Berman recommends a product many mothers may not think of getting for their daughters—a clitoral vibrator". HOLD THE PRESSES!!!! So instead of a set of earrings and your driver's permit or license (what I got), girls around the world can look forward to receiving a "jumping bean" and batteries for their Sweet Sixteen. Have your child running round the house singing this!! LOL. Just joking!! Ok, all seriousness, how you feel about this one????

Randomness of Week

So I went to the doc today and got my bag of drugs like I knew I would. Apparently I have trachetis and sinusitis; basically a bunch of bacteria in my upper respiratory tract. No bronchitis though... whoopee. I had that in September. Always got something...

So gotta back track a few days and update ya on some things.

Friday... went to the movies with M, a guy that I met up here. So I think it is important that I point out that this was only the second time that I've been anywhere with M. I should also point out that I have never spoken with him on the phone. With that being said, M hands me a blue bag within the first few minutes of seeing him. Now ladies, if you don't know the famous blue bag, hit me up so we can tell yo SOs that's where it's at. The man bought me something from Tiffanys. I can't take this I tell him. I give him all the rational reasons of why I shouldn't and he persists. Says to take it as either a late birthday gift or an early graduation gift. I was thinking in my head... "You bet not think you getting ANYTHING because of this". I'm not one of them. So anyway... I've got a nice lil bracelet. I'm starting to wonder if this man's got money. I looked up the price of the thing and I know men who've been WITH a woman for years and ain't trying to buy no gifts like that. Ummm... don't know bout all this yet. Living and learning....

Food... so M and I and then A1 and I went to Kaze, a Shabu Shabu restaurant in Chinatown. So what's Shabu Shabu? It's a Japanese variant on the hot pot. Plates of meat and veggies are dipped in broth and then eaten with a side sauce (delicious). I had the surf and turf with a bunch of seafood and prime rib in the Korean Kimchi broth. The prime rib was off the chain. I could eat this thing like once a week. I'm going to have to find a good Shabu Shabu restaurant in ATL or I'll be coming back up here now and then just for that. LOL

Religion... so A1 and I spent the majority of our Easter in the bookstore studying. The life of a graduate student is none at all. Anyway, we were sitting on a bench outside waiting on our always-late-number-10. Another bus on a different street had stopped to drop and pick up and off came a gentleman in a tan suit. He starts walking in our direction but to the side... he is about to cross through the park sitting behind us. He looks up and changes direction. "A1... he's coming our way; grab your purse". The man (minister) approached us with greetings of Easter and asked if we had a church. We both explained that we were Christians with church homes and other basic conversation. THEN the man completely turns towards me and says that God had sent him there for me. He wanted me to know that I was destined for great things and that God knows what I'm going through but that I shouldn't be afraid to seek counsel. This is the short version. The man kept going on for a minute. I was like why is he just looking at me? I started to ask him where A1 blessing and prophecy was. LOL. It was just interesting. Almost every other day, there is something happening here in the city and I've got a front row seat to it all.