OMG, I figured out how to post pictures on my blog. Whoopiiiiiiii!!! (No, not the actress.) Looks like Hilary wants a piece of the Tom-Man.


On : 5/1/2004 5:42:52 PM diego (www) said:

snap. it was just a matter of adding some ez html src into the post. haha. now to put this to work.

My sister made a webpage about me on her site! Read it here.
ITs totally awsome and off da fizzle hizzle bogizzle dizzle!


On : 5/1/2004 12:06:05 AM diego (www) said:

er. the linky won't work maryam.

On : 5/1/2004 12:33:48 AM prettydoc (www) said:

OK, it works now.

I don't want to study anymore! I'm tired, angry, hungry...Just stick everything negative there. I took a break today and went the Elephant Bar for lunch. I got the Barbeque Chicken Sandwich with no ham or bacon and a green salad side instead of fries. The sandwich had cheese and shoestring fried onions on it, which I had failed to notice. It's a one time caloric splurge, so I think I'll be able to recover from it. Then I went threading, which suddenly became a multicultural hotspot (who knew word was getting around about my little secret place?). When I was leaving a guy came in to get his eyebrows threaded. My mom asked the threader if that was a normal thing, and she said guys come in all the time for their eyebrows and to get their arms waxed. We were both a little surprised, but it's not really a big deal. The guy was cute, and I started thinking, "Maybe he's cute because he threads his eyebrows, hmm..."

Hmm, what did I do today? At work, I got to see pictures taken during a colonoscopy, like of the intestines etc. It was pretty cool and got me excited about anatomy. Can you believe it's been 2 years since I've seen the inside of an organism? Hopefully, I'll get to take Anatomy and Physiology at CCCC next year. I miss dissections and that's all you do in the lab. Some of my fondest memories are skinning the cat, scraping out its fat, and giving it a vasectomy. Ah, the good old days. Here kitty, kitty...
I watched Will and Grace today just to see J. Lo guest star. I'm not a fan of the show; I only saw it once before and that's because Matt Damon guest starred. I remember a time when my goal in life was to become Jennifer Lopez. Then she had to go and steal my man, Mr. Ben AFLAC (haha, that joke never gets old.) The thing was that they were my favorite celebrities independent of each other, but when they got together my celebrity world crashed to the ground, and I waited for the inevitable break up, but it took so damn long. The Jenny from the Block video just made me sick, the part where he kisses her ass and takes off her bikini top: gross!, ewww! The longer Bennifer went on the more fed-up I got with the both of them. The sight of either of them made me sick. The best part in tonight's Will and Grace was when Jack kicks J. Lo in the ass during their dance routine and then gets stuck in her crotch. Classic! Man, all this Lopez talk makes me want some tacos.


On : 4/30/2004 3:25:08 PM Jenny (www) said:

you care me! Skinning cats! Run away Fluffy!!!

On : 4/30/2004 3:32:15 PM prettydoc (www) said:

HAHA! In good conscience, the cats were already dead when I got to them.

On : 4/30/2004 8:45:04 PM Jenny (www) said:

Lies! I know you get some sadistic pleasure out of killing the with your bare hands! Savage! (LMAO, you know ii'm messing wiht ya! )

I just took the Friends quiz and I'm Rachel, the Fashionable Friend! Hmm, 5 years ago I was Monica; I must have grown as a person. Find out which Friend you are.

What do McDonald's and Asian-Americans have in common? Hell if I know.

OK, I bet none of y'all watch Degrassi, but I do. (According to Diego, it's the "Canadian Saved by the Bell"). So I was psyched when I saw the The-N.com had a quiz over which Degrassi character is most like you. When I got the results I found out that I'm...Craig. OK, so he's super hot and my favorite character, but I'm a girl. I think that should have been the first question: are you a boy or a girl? Anyway, check out what the quiz said about me:

Craig
You give off a Craig vibe. Whatever's cool with you... Craig's into people doing their own thing and trying to get along with everyone. So everybody likes him, and he fits into all the crowds. The one thing is that, when Craig's pushed, he can be a little... blunt. (Remember, "Manny, YOU'RE the problem"?) So accentuate the positive, and all will be well.

Don't like these results? Take the quiz again.



20% of the people who took this quiz got the same evaluation.

I went to a Cell Bio review today from 11-2:30. The whole thing was just the professor re-lecturing everything in the course. It was funny because as time went by students would slip out of the room. At the end there were only 10 of us left. I was like, can we get bonus points for staying? I stayed after the review and spoke to my professor about the status of my grade. I told him how badly I had to get a B- in his class. He told me I probably would have to make an 83 on the final on Tuesday. That scares me just because I've made C's on all the tests. Hopefully I'll be able to do it.



On : 4/28/2004 9:40:18 PM gp (www) said:

good luck then, eh.

On : 4/28/2004 9:59:57 PM prettydoc (www) said:

Thanks, man.

On : 4/28/2004 11:06:44 PM diego (www) said:

eh?

gp, are you canadian. i picked the habit of "eh" after 2 years in the great white north. kinda faded away though.

ok, now i'm rambling. good luck maryam.

On : 4/28/2004 11:41:50 PM prettydoc (www) said:

I had a friend in middle school from South Africa and she'd always say "eh." One day this guy through a pencil at her and she said, "Oh you're trying to kill me, eh." It was the funniest moment in 7th grade and everyone used to run around saying, "Oh, you're trying to kill me, eh." It was hilarious. Thanks for the luck, guys. I need all that I can get.

The Gene Pool Needs Some Chlorine
Isn't that the best title ever? I was just thinking, am I the only one who gets elated when I talk to my friends? I mean, not all my friends, but there are a few that I'm always really happy to talk to and that I feel sad when I have to stop talking to them, yet satisfied with the fact that I did talk to them. I'm an affectionate person; I don't know what that has to do with anything, but it could be "transference". Oh man, I'm using that word incorrectly. I hate that. OK, how about this: I'm "sublimating" something else into affection for my friends. Does that make sense? Maybe affection is the wrong word. I care about them and I'm excited when I talk to them, but it has nothing to do the romantic connotations associated with affection...or does it? Hmm... Ech, now I sound creepy, like I'm in love with my friends. OK, go study semiotics to understand my frustration. Do any of y'all have experience with this?


On : 4/27/2004 11:47:10 PM Omair (www) said:

ooh. first of all, that is THE coolest title i've ever seen in a loong time. its hilarious yet still crisp.

affection for your friends? i don't see anything wrong with that. there doesn't have to be a romantic connotation with affection unless you want there to be. but neurolinguistics states (btw, that's what i'd love to get my phd in) that we associate affection with love because of previous connections we've made in our life. its like chaining the two together, so the next time we hear the word, out of context, it feels weird, we have to readjust and then move on. does that make sense? i dunno

btw, what category do i fall in to?

On : 4/28/2004 12:09:57 AM prettydoc (www) said:

Omair, this was actually spawned by a conversation that I had with you. At the time, I told you what category you fell into, and I still consider you to be in that category.

Last night Fox 4 News did a special story on blogging that featured Blogger and included the famous blog, diary of a london call girl. Yesterday was my last day of school. It was bittersweet. I'm gonna miss the lounge and walking to classes w/ my friends and my Brit Lit 2 class. My Brit Lit professor came in and looked at the newspaper and said, "Oh, Estee Lauder died. She was 97." I was like, that's so cute! Once again, that crazy kid in our class came in the room and hit him hard twice on the back. OK, rule #1: Don't hit the teacher! So then the student said, "What's up, man?" and my professor said, "What's up with you...dude?" It was classic! Then the guy started talking about how he's just naturally happy b/c he's "high on life" and that even though he's probably gonna fail this class he's still happy. At which point, I mouthed my friend in the class, "He must have a rich daddy. That would make me happy too." Then I said, "Golly gee" out loud and my professor chuckled. He's so cute, I'm going to miss him. At least I'm taking Brit Lit 1 in the fall with him. Man, with all the nice things I'm saying about him he better give me an A. I registered for my UTD class today! All systems go.

Let us all have a moment of silence for the late, great Estee Lauder. I use her Moisturizing Mask every Monday and Thursday night and I still believe that she had the greatest Moisturizing Cream that has ever had the honor of gracing my complexion. She was a great lady and will be missed.

Cool quotes from Everwood:

"Why am I hanging with the boring twins when I could be watching free Internet porn? See ya!"

--Bright

"I used to have skin like a Hobbit's feet. Nothing could get to me."

--Ephram


On : 4/26/2004 12:11:32 AM Omair (www) said:

oooooh; everwood...

last season, i missed only 2 episodes. this season, i only saw the first one i miss watching everwood, it was my favorite WB show. i guess i still love it. i just hope they release a boxset.. w/ my discount..hehe, i could save a lot on it ^_^

On : 4/26/2004 12:12:42 AM prettydoc (www) said:

just watch it on sundays. That's what I do, so that it doesn't interrupt my school week.

Yesterday I completed my Airman essay and started my As You Like It, where I critique a literary critique (confusing, ain't it?). Tomorrow's the day when I turn them both in and take my last Developmental Psych test (no final, yay!). Last night I watched Almost Famous. It was a nice movie. I thought it would be all trippy and give me a headache, but it wasn't like that at all. The kid in it played really well, as did Francis McDormand as his mom. But I'm not too sure if Kate Hudson deserved that Oscar nom. Then I went to Snuffer's. It just opened by my house, so I thought I'd check it out. As a general rule, I order my steaks medium well and my burgers medium. Well, at Snuffer's the default is medium rare, so I asked for mine medium, while the rest of my family ordered it well done. My dad started talking to me about how I should have ordered well done, and I was like "whatever dad, I'm a rebel" (yes, that is the extent of my rebellion). Well, then my burger came, and it was BLEEDING! It was disgusting! So I sent it back and told them to cook it to well done. Of course, their well done was dry but at least I wasn't dying from E. Coli or Salmonella. So then I said, "You should always listen to your daddy," and that got a good laugh. So, Snuffer's isn't ranking that high on my list. But it is affordable and has a nice menu, so I may come again on my own. The best burger joint is still Fuddrucker's. Of course, the best burger that I've personally ever had is at the Horseshoe Casino in Bossier City, LA, but who wants to drive that far? When I came home I watched Reindeer Games, with my fiance Ben Affleck and Oscar winner Charlize Theron. It was a nice movie, very exciting, but does Charlize have to get naked in every movie? Isn't she pretty enough on her own? It's not exactly like the role called for it.



On : 4/25/2004 3:07:33 PM Will (www) said:

Medium well? you must hate flavor!
Why bother getting meat when you cook all the flavor out of it?
I am a rare/medium rare boy.

On : 4/25/2004 3:43:04 PM prettydoc (www) said:

When I'm a doctor, I will be happy to pump your stomach when you come in with E. Coli poisoning.

On : 4/25/2004 3:48:47 PM prettydoc (www) said:

Wow, this reminds me of a pseudo-racist Persian joke. Um, if anyone wants to hear it, they can ask me privately.

On : 4/25/2004 4:18:04 PM Will (www) said:

Live your life. Dont fear it.
Rare does not equate to e. coli. I have eaten them all my life as have scores of others I know; no sickness yet. Ah, flavor country!

On : 4/25/2004 4:29:51 PM Tiffany (www) said:

I thought Almost Famous was pretty good, just one of those movies I only want to see once though. Kate Hudson had a sweet character who didn't follow her own advice and got hurt in the process. I found it believable at the very least. There's just something very attractive about Billy Crudup.

On : 4/25/2004 5:57:00 PM prettydoc (www) said:

Hey, isn't Billy Crudup with Charlize Theron? I made a cinematic love connection!

On : 4/25/2004 9:07:49 PM Jenny (www) said:

I guess i have to agree with Will on this one Maryam, rare is best for flavour of the meat. Especially in a hamburger. I have even eatten british beef rare and have escaped e-coli and mad cow.

On : 4/25/2004 9:40:03 PM prettydoc (www) said:

EWWW, that's so gross!!!! Why is everyone so passionate about their beef? Well, passion is my middle name, so what am I talking about?

On : 4/26/2004 12:19:54 AM Omair (www) said:

so i'm casually reading maryam's blog. and i come across this phrase, "When I came home I watched Reindeer Games, with my fiance Ben Affleck and Oscar winner Charlize Theron." and i see the word fiance. oh boy, did i stop reading, sit up straight, and read the rest carefully.. haha, that was so funny on my side.

On : 4/26/2004 12:21:18 AM prettydoc (www) said:

haha, that is really funny! I want to make a T-shirt related to him in some way and wear it with pride...that is until someone laughs at me, at which point I will wear it in shame.

On : 4/26/2004 12:24:06 AM Omair (www) said:

awww poor maryam. no way, you're not like that. walk with your chin up and head tall. no shame! we're premed. we can't show any shame. so walk with pride. all the time!

head tall! but still be humble while you're at it.

On : 4/26/2004 12:25:08 AM prettydoc (www) said:

Yay, Omair! You sure do know how to give me confidence.

On : 4/26/2004 12:26:27 AM Omair (www) said:

heh; keep up the good work!

Here's another great quote from Mrs Dalloway:

"For she was a child...and at the same time a grown woman...holding her life in her arms which...grew larger and larger...until it became a whole life, a complete life, which she put down...and said, "This is what I have made of it. This!" And what had she made of it? What, indeed?"

Today I skipped lunch to go over my "Airman" draft with my professor (the one who wrote the book. Come on, you remember. Yes, that one.) He gave an awesome lecture today over the Waste Land. I feel so good when he speaks. As we went over the draft, he basically said that I'm not missing anything, but that I should add stuff to it. That's cool, I guess. But I really liked it when he liked things I said and that he had never thought of them before. Then he told me that I would make a great Yeatsian. I was so happy I just wanted to scream! See, my professor is a Modernist, although he also specializes in Queer Studies (I think he's the only one at my school who does), and absolutely loves Yeats. For him to say that I should be a Yeatsian is a HUGE compliment and an honor. As we went through my paper we started talking about other things: the US view of suicide bombers, heroic archetypes, Indo-European languages and how they have changed over time, etc. He even dropped the F-bomb a couple of times. It was great. I could just talk to him forever. He's so smart and I really feel like he understands me. I want to take Brit Lit 1 with him, so I told him that I want to request him to be my professor for section. He looked so happy and said, well Maryam you did so well in this class, I don't see why you won't do well in that one. Once again, I was beaming and didn't want to leave his desk. But alas, I had spent an entire hour talking to this great man and agreeing that he is my second favorite SMU professor of all time, although the first male professor. What a feeling!

Went to work and spent an extra hour there until my relief showed up. When I opened the door for him, I had this big grin on my face and said, "Now I can go home!" Then one of the receptionists said, "Oh, that's why you're so happy to see him. I thought there was something going on between you two." We were like, uhhhh ok. Some people were saying stuff like that during the scribe open house, but I think it's just cause the most recent intra-office romance is still on their mind (I wasn't involved in that or anything, but you get what I mean). But no, there's nothing going on between us. I'm a professional. I got my work schedule for May. I'm working 8 days, 13 shifts. That's 13x5x10=$650 in May alone. Awesome!


On : 4/22/2004 11:57:32 PM Omair (www) said:

oh you're so smart maryam. i wish i could make good grades like you ah well. keep up the good work!

I got up at 9:10 today, so of course I would have been 15 min late to my 10 am so I skipped it and chilled in the lounge. I compared ring tones, planned a heist, and made sexual comments (Freud anyone?). Then I went to Cell Bio and on my way out, little miss "Stay out of my way" yells at me: "Oh my God, I love your hair. That is so f--in awesome." Um, ok, so it's awesome, as long as I "stay out of your way." Haha, I wonder how awesome she'd think it was if she knew what I was doing next. Today was the first day all year that I wasn't wearing jeans at school. I got some compliments for that (yes, I do have an a$$. It just gets hidden in the jeans.) Well, I skipped Brit Lit in order to go have lunch with 5 of my closest friends (I love you guys...oh and you girls too). It was 3 girls and 3 guys total, so we took seperate cars. I drove the girls in Silver Lightning and Diego drove the guys in the Blue Beast. I think the guys found my driving to be offensive. You see, I don't change lanes gradually. As soon as I turn on my blinker, I immediately go where I want to go and then shut the blinker off. Then there was the part at the end where I got into the wrong lane so I had to switch over right after the light to enter the shopping center. Hey, I had my blinker on so I thought I was doing good, but when I got in Diego's like "You almost started a pileup." Eh, looked safe to me; whatever (wow, I've just scared all of you and you'll never drive with me anywhere. WAA!). It was funny when Diego would start revving his engine. I was like, I don't know how to respond to that; I have a car horn? OK, so now you want to know: where did you eat, girl who can't drive? I took my buddies to a Persian buffet. (I know you weren't expecting that at all, were you?) The food was great (although, being Persian I've had better, but I have also had a hell of a lot worse). Persian restaurants are also usually expensive, but the buffet here is $7.99. Plus, it's the closest one to school, even though it's still 17 min. away. Ric was so cute: when he wanted water, he'd say "Can I have some ob?" (Ob is water). Then he went to the owner and said, "Merci" (thank you) and went to the cashier and said, "Great Doogh!" Doogh is a yogurt drink that none of the guys liked. It was funny cuz they were like, Ah that's nasty. But I love it. I think they liked everything else though, so it was a really cool day. Persian food + my 5 best friends = a totally awesome time that I won't forget.



On : 4/21/2004 7:14:22 PM diego (www) said:

the combination of food and friends cannot be passed up. this was my first time trying persian food so thanks for introducing me to a part of your culture. now we just gotta go to a good mexican restaurant. well, the one i'm thinking of is right by SMU but they don't open till after 5:30 and it's $30 per/person. well, we could go to mi cocina i suppose, but that's not authentic, but yeah. i'll quit blabbing.

On : 4/21/2004 9:06:01 PM prettydoc (www) said:

La Hacienda is the best Mexican food I've ever had (except it's probably just Tex Mex.) You know it's funny, but I don't remember ever eating Mexican food in Mexico. For some reason, we always ate at the Golden Corral in Juarez (I know, crazy right?). I'm glad you liked the restaurant. It was a lot of fun.

On : 4/21/2004 9:28:17 PM diego (www) said:

La Hacienda is indeed Tex-Mex. I love it though. The fajitas are kickass there, although I usually go for one of the hefty combo platters with all sorts of enchiladas and a guacamole tostada and stuff. Damn, I got hungry just thinking about that.

BTW, going to Juarez hardly qualifies as going to Mexico . Mexico City's where its at. Remind me to show you some pics in the lounge sometime.

On : 4/21/2004 10:05:37 PM prettydoc (www) said:

Yeah, please do. I've only been to Juarez and Matamoros. I might as well have stayed in TX and gone to a giant flea market.

On : 4/22/2004 1:25:34 PM Jenny (www) said:

I feel left out!

On : 4/22/2004 5:08:34 PM diego (www) said:

huh? why do you feel left out?

On : 4/23/2004 9:36:26 AM jenny (www) said:

i wasnt even invited...

On : 4/23/2004 9:36:32 AM jenny (www) said:

oh well

On : 4/23/2004 3:43:55 PM prettydoc (www) said:

Jenny, don't feel bad. I knew you had class at 12, so I didn't want to make a situation where you were inconvenienced.

I'm working on an essay for An Irish Airman Foresees His Death. It's a must-read.

I finished Mrs Dalloway last night. Check out my favorite quote from the book:

Only for a moment; but it was enough. It was a sudden revelation, a tinge like a blush which one tried to check and then, as it spread, one yielded to its expansion, and rushed to the farthest verge and there quivered and felt the world come closer, swollen with some astonishing significance, some pressure of rapture, which split its thin skin and gushed and poured with an extraordinary alleviation over the cracks and sores! Then, for that moment, she had seen an illumination; a match burning in a crocus; an inner meaning almost expressed. But the close withdrew; the hard softened. It was over--the moment.

According to Zach (or as I like to call him, Mr. Physics-Man), Vega is an uber-tough professor. Apparently in Physics 2, he passed 5 people and failed everyone else. What the hookie! Of course that was the Physics 2 for Engineers, not premeds, but I'm still just a tad bit wary of the fellow. Zach then informed me that he took Physics at UTD with Rasmussen and said it was "like having Barney teach you physics." Now I can't picture Barney failing anyone, can you? [Flashback: My sister dressed as Baby Bop every year for Halloween from 1992-1998. Can you believe it?] Plus, Carmen Rasmussen was the nicest finalist on American Idol, so Prof. Rasmussen has to be nice too. (Don't you just love the random connections my brain makes?) So, I'm thinking of taking Physics at UTD during the school year. That's MW 5:30-6:45pm, meaning no interference w/ my SMU schedule. I'll registered w/ Physics at SMU for now, and make up my mind after I take O Chem 2 at UTD. Sounds like a plan to me.


On : 4/20/2004 9:19:20 PM diego (www) said:

taking classes at 2 universities at the same time....now that should be interesting. i hope that works out for ya.

On : 4/20/2004 9:37:32 PM prettydoc (www) said:

It's almost like dating 2 ppl at once...almost .