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under-caffeinated

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm --Henry David Thoureau

About Me

Flip-flops
Diet Coke
Del Taco
Starbucks
Us Weekly
Road-rage
NFR
Fun Facts about the Lone Star State (and why I'm moving back):
Strip clubs are as frequent as churches and strangely are just as crowded on Sundays. Yet, I can't buy liquor in my local supermarket (?!)
There are 30 fast food fried chicken restaurants in a 10 mile radius of my hospital

My Interests

Oceanside, CA

Your Birthdate: August 15
You take life as it is, and you find happiness in a variety of things.
You tend to be close to family and friends. But it's hard to get into your inner circle.
Making the little things wonderful is important to you, and you probably have an inviting home.
You seek harmony with others, but occasionally you have a very stubborn streak.

Your strength: Your intense optimism

Your weakness: You shy away from exploring your talents

Your power color: Jade

Your power symbol: Flower

Your power month: June What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

I'd like to meet:

People who:
don't talk on their cell phone at the gym
know that you can't talk during Sex and the City--even reruns

Music:

All sorts

Movies:

Wedding Crashers Good Will Hunting, Rounders or anything with Matt Shawshank Redemption Harold and Kumar go to White Castle Say Anything

Television:

I own all six seasons of Sex and the City Bad shows like The O.C. and Laguna Beach My television basically collects dust if not for Eric and ESPN

Books:

Lovely Bones, The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, and Broke, Robbins Pathological Basis of Disease :)

Heroes:

My mom for her insane ability to make the unexpected a part of everyday life...

My Blog

Jack in the Box conspiracy

I ordered a fajita pita combo today for lunch at Jack in the Box. $5.19. Not a bargain to start with. The total came back at $6.15. Ok, the tax in Texas is a little higher than CA, but that's ridiculo...
Posted by under-caffeinated on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:20:00 PST

Kids these days...

"Can we text in here?" asks the 16 year old sitting in the E.R. with a gun shot wound completely through his calf.... "Sure, why not?" says the cool E.R. resident who is washing out the wound. Because...
Posted by under-caffeinated on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:09:00 PST

Lesson in Inertia

Allow me to be a big dork for a second: I learned about inertia in physics (6 lifetimes ago) from a guy who accumulated big rings of sweat through his shirt while teaching a single lecture. Keri can a...
Posted by under-caffeinated on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:12:00 PST

New Year's Resolutions

I hate resolutions because typically they just remind me of all the time I wasted during the past year. I could've been working out, eating better, saving more, spending less, reading more, and wastin...
Posted by under-caffeinated on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:38:00 PST

Breckenridge, Colorado

I actually got a real vaca and went to Breckenridge, CO for a little snowboarding action. The altitude sucks (I've never felt sooo out of shape) but the town is really cool and the mountain wide open ...
Posted by under-caffeinated on Sun, 12 Feb 2006 04:49:00 PST

How far have we really come?

Normally I don't feel that myspace is the place for political activism. Maybe it is the bitterness that comes with working twelve straight days and being awoken by my pager at 3 a.m. that provokes me ...
Posted by under-caffeinated on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:40:00 PST

WTF! of the day

As though not having vacation yet for my wedding wasn't stressful enough, now the Boston Red Sox have gone and demoted my all-time favorite player and alternate husband J.T. Snow. Maybe he is jus...
Posted by under-caffeinated on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:00:00 PST

You learn something new everyday

Since my career is what it is, I'm constantly learning new things. This week I've picked up a few interesting ones to share because... I've only had two hours of sleep in two days and it seems like a ...
Posted by under-caffeinated on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 09:56:00 PST

JT will be coming to Arlington, TX

JT will now be playing occasionally in Arlington, TX.... one less thing to miss about home. Red Sox, J.T. Snow reach preliminary deal By JIMMY GOLENAP SPORTS WRITER BOSTON -- J.T. Snow and the Boston ...
Posted by under-caffeinated on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 04:08:00 PST

First Blog Ever...

I decided today would be the day I would create my first blog ever because I would like to gripe about the fact that I'm home early today due to ice. I know all the Californians have no idea wtf I'm t...
Posted by under-caffeinated on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 11:26:00 PST