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Nathan

God grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can,

About Me

I'm a pretty simple person. I work hard to take care of my family--whether I'm employed or not. I'm trying to better myself by getting into school to be a physician. I want nothing less than the best for my wife and daughter who mean the world to me--but I know that I can only give them the best if I make sure I'm satisfied with my own life, which oddly enough, I am.
I have dreams; I have ambitions. I hope God grants me a long enough life to at least get the ball rolling on those ambitions that will make the world a better place. He knows what I'm talking about ;-).
I lean toward the left politically, I lean to the right fiscally, and when I do the hokey pokey I throw my whole body in and shake it all about.

My Interests

Amanda
Ava
soccer
working out
computer stuff
medical stuff

I'd like to meet:

Natalie Portman
Julia Stiles
My Maker.

Music:

Anything rock
Linkin' Park
Metallica
Blue October
Green Day
Evanescence

Movies:

The Princess Bride
Top Gun
Shawshank Redemption
The Usual Suspects
Boondock Saints
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Lethal Weapon Quadrilogy
Love Actually
Shakespeare in Love
Sliding Doors
Shrek 2
Spider-Man 2
The Incredibles

Television:

Grey's Anatomy
Scrubs
ER
Smallville
Gilmore Girls
Law and Order (any of them)
Friends
Sex in the City
Boston Legal
Lost
Las Vegas

Books:

Tom Clancy's first books
Anything Isaac Asimov
Before and After
Tuesdays with Morrie
Expecting Adam
Catch-22
The Scarlet Letter
A Prayer for Owen Meanie
In Cold Blood

Heroes:

People who have had the courage and the vision to really change the world

My Blog

I GOT IN I GOT IN I GOT IN I GOT IN!!!!!!!!

I totally did not know which category to place this under because it fits into so many...but I got ACCEPTED to UT-Health Science Center San Antonio for medical school!!!  How freaking awesome is ...
Posted by Nathan on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:51:00 PST

Quickie...

I got accepted to UNT-Health Science Center at Ft. Worth's Masters program in medical sciences!  School starts May 29.  There's still a glimmer of hope I can slide into UT-San Antonio's medi...
Posted by Nathan on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:35:00 PST

Rose-smelling updates

Okay, so I'm updating progress on all of the concurrent "plans" that are running. Plan A, med school: on the wait list at UTHSC-San Antonio, rejected from USUHS, application process starts again May 1...
Posted by Nathan on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:40:00 PST

Group Excellence and getting published!!

First, the most recent, awesome news--I'm getting published!!  Not only am I getting published, I'm a co-author on an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United ...
Posted by Nathan on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:44:00 PST

Holy First-Month-of-the-New-Year Batman!!

"Let me 'splain.  No wait, there is too much.  Let me sum up." - Inigo, The Princess Bride, in response to Westley's questions upon getting revived from being only Mostly Dead.Summary:I'm ge...
Posted by Nathan on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:04:00 PST

Required reading...

Anyone who finds himself mired in the difficulties of life (so that's basically everyone) needs to read Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.  In it he discusses his thoughts on his exp...
Posted by Nathan on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:07:00 PST

Ooops, kind of...

Okay, so President Bush signed into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006 yesterday.  I found an article and did some research and freaked out.  Most of y'all will have already read my bu...
Posted by Nathan on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:34:00 PST

Photobucket link to pictures...

If y'all want to see pictures of Ava or the few pictures of the wedding I've gotten from other people, please visit: http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y296/Pele66617/...
Posted by Nathan on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:03:00 PST

If I post something...

It's going to be here.  My previous blogspot account I have ruled as pointless, so if I actually DO get the urge to write something, it'll be right here for you fun people to read.  Don't ho...
Posted by Nathan on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:15:00 PST

I stole this prayer from a girl named Jeanne...

Funny Prayers Thanks to Miss Margaret (World's Greatest Super Model) for the following:Female PrayerBefore I lay me down to sleep,I pray for a man who's not a creep,One who's handsome, smart and stro...
Posted by Nathan on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:22:00 PST