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carol

rock over glasgow, rock on chicago

About Me

I'm terrible at remembering birthdays. Please don't take it personally!

My Interests

dogs, bunnies, friends, neighbors (*not* the australian soap, dear god!), photography, chicago, atlanta braves, baseball, music, books, veterinary medicine, eating, proper grammar, correct spelling, dancing, rocking out, crossword puzzles, scrabble, shoes, the colours pink, red, and the letter 'O', cooking, smiling, glasgow, scotland, the UK, sheep, goat cheese, mixed cds, old movies, baking, lindy hop, salsa, procrastination, sleep, PANCAKES!, pizza (baking and eating).

I'd like to meet:

Already got her, thanks!

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Music:

http://www.last.fm/user/SpiceRice/

Movies:

most films w/john cusack, the princess bride, big, when harry met sally, the matrix (1 only), trainspotting, labyrinth, ghostbusters 1 & 2, le fabuleaux destin d'amélie poulain, the neverending story, monty python and the holy grail (ah titus, you are missed!), finding nemo, gladiator, chocolat, babe, house of flying daggers, seven year itch, pirates of the caribbean, lilo and stitch, gentlemen prefer blondes, shawshank redemption, sliding doors, sixteen candles, lord of the rings, harry potter, groundhog day, closer, donnie darko.

Television:

a great fucking band. but to answer seriously: csi (vegas, baby, vegas!) and lost. if anyone has 24, i'd love to sit down and do a marathon sometime. never seen it, but i do love me some kiefer sutherland.

Books:

anne mccaffrey, nick "fucking" hornby, piers anthony, james herriot, john steinbeck, eats shoots & leaves, the black stallion, ender's game, black beauty, dorland's illustrated medical dictionary, watership down, on fortune's wheel, LOTR trilogy, the harry potter books, memoirs of a geisha, physiological and clinical anatomy of the domestic mammals (the best book ever for neurophys/anat)

Heroes:

two. my dog, ennio: even w/cancer, she still found the energy to chase a frisbee and my grandmother, for uttering the famous line: "Pull the trigger, you son of a bitch!"

My Blog

if you’re ever in birmingham...

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Posted by carol on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:02:00 PST

necropsy

kristina's neighbour found a sick bunny in her backyard while i was up visiting her.  i'd originally planned to take it to the vet, then we phoned sspca who offered to come pick it up, but it die...
Posted by carol on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:05:00 PST

the tag thing from mary

The rules of the game: once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with 5 weird facts/things/habits about yourself. Finish by choosing people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to l...
Posted by carol on Fri, 11 May 2007 07:51:00 PST

welcome to chicago

leaving beth and roy's place last night, turning left onto logan, i nearly turned into the left lane and had to quickly correct myself (in the process scaring the crap out of the poor late-night cycli...
Posted by carol on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:31:00 PST

lexi

note: this is the truncated version of an entry appearing in my LJ. if you've read the LJ version, there's nothing new here.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~i received an email last night from hannah and jean, hann...
Posted by carol on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:00:00 PST

new flat, loch lomond, etc.

    Loving the new flat!  Partick seems to be a really great area.  Reminds me of my old apartment on Daniel St. on a Saturday night (i.e. big party scene).  I kind of li...
Posted by carol on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 03:14:00 PST

cochno farm

i'm really glad i decided to do my dairy ems here.  i love it at cochno!  i love that this place is in its own remote, almost rural area (huge estate and lots of fields around it...yes, some...
Posted by carol on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:07:00 PST

auggie update and some bands to check out

bloodwork all normal.  slightly hypothyroid, but that could be due to the diazepam she was on (i'm doubtful on this since i know diazepam is metabolised very quickly by dogs, but eh...either way,...
Posted by carol on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 07:41:00 PST

fear is...

...getting pulled out of work by jana b/c rachel was on her way to the emergency clinic with auggie who'd had some sort of stroke-like episode wherein she was momentarily completely non-responsive to ...
Posted by carol on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 07:35:00 PST

all hail me

IT'S OFFICIAL!  I'VE PASSED ALL OF MY EXAMS!!!!the list went up today.  i found out during dinner with my parents when ashley phoned to say she checked the list at the vet school.  OHMI...
Posted by carol on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:00:00 PST