Thinning the downloads folder

So, I removed some files from my downloads folder - I also removed the link over in yonder sidebar. My server was down earlier for awhile (a problem with GoDaddy, it turned out) and I was afraid that I'd been pegged as a copyright infringer and yanked from the Internet. I got spooked. Also, I don't want to go to jail. Although jail might be better than these four exams I will be failing on Monday and Tuesday. Medical school sucks sometimes nearly all of the time.

Off topic (am I ever ON topic?) - SarahK, did you really think my MySpace quiz was "password to credit card / break into your house and steal your stuff / hurt you questions"? Eeek, I hope not. I re-read it and don't think I revealed any identifying information. (I also don't think that I'm so popular that I have stalkers - heh.) Also, MySpace may be for celebrities who want to think they have a blog, teenagers, and child predators (I won't argue with you there), but it also happens to be for me and about half of my medical school class - it's a good way to keep in touch with people from high school and college, too. I'm actually using it at the moment to contact people about a reunion.

30 Unknown Facts/Secrets About Meeeeee

Occasionally I get an interesting quiz posted as a bulletin on MySpace, and I usually bring it over here because I find bulletins on MySpace annoying in general. Especially the ones that are like those stupid chain emails - *shudder*. Check things out at Snopes before you pass them along, people!

1. What ended your last relationship?
   Hmmm. It was almost 10 years ago and couldn't really be classified as a "relationship", especially compared to what I have with Scott. To make a long story short, I was at my high school's first football game the weekend after I started college, and I was sort of going out with the assistant coach. I say "sort of" because after he did what he did, he used, "We're not dating!" as an excuse. Anyway, I told him that I wanted to talk to him after the game, and he told me that he was going to the locker room for a few minutes and would be right back - he asked me to wait. So I did. And waited. And waited. I would still be waiting - he didn't come back.
2. When was the last time you shaved your legs?
   Heh. When you're in medical school, and when you run out of hot water in the shower after about eight minutes - probably about a week. Sometimes it gets so bad that when I finally do decide to defuzz, my tub looks like I've just shaved Oliver.
3. What were you doing this morning at 8AM?
   It's not 8AM yet. But I'll probably be in the shower - I have an MRI this morning on zee eeeeeevil pancreas.
4. First thought after waking up this morning?
   Why am I awake at 4:43AM?
5. Are you any good at math?
   Eh. Probably better than most of the general population, given the whole science degree thing - but compared to Scott and his crazy-intelligent mathematical mind, I can't add 2+2.
6. Your prom night?
   Junior high proms don't really count, and my junior prom? Ah. I had my first real documented panic attack the day of, and ended up not going. Sorry Jared. My senior year I was afraid of Panic Attack: The Sequel (that's how panic attacks work, see - they make you afraid of the next one), and I just went to after-prom. That way, it would be cheaper if I panicked and backed out again.
7. Do you have any famous ancestors?
   Unfortunately not. Yet! (I'm still waiting for my screenwriting cousin Dale to be famous.) Unless you consider a bunch of people with a weird form of hereditary pancreatitis to be famous. My family *was* in the journal Pediatrics way back when - documenting our screwy trypsinogen gene.
8. Have you ever taken out any loans to pay for school?
   Not until medical school - and I only take out the $8000 or $8500/year that is subsidized (or maybe unsubsidized - it's the one that doesn't accrue interest until I'm finished. I always mix them up.) God bless my parents and their hard work and sacrifice! One day, I will pay them back.
9. Do you know the words to the song on your MySpace profile?
   I know the words to an embarrassing lot of songs. I wish pharmacology was set to music.
10. Last thing received in the mail?
    Some crap from USMLERx - sorry USMLERx, but I'm already signed up for Kaplan's Q-bank for Step One. If it makes you feel any better, though, I'm totally not using it yet.
11. What would you rather be doing right now?
    Sleeping.
12. Do you ever leave messages on people's answering machine?
    Always - and they're usually long and rambly.
13. Who did you lose your CONCERT virginity to?
    What???? I haven't ... oh, CONCERT. Well, that one I can answer - it's somewhat embarrassing, but I was only like, eight. I went with Mom & Dad to see Conway Twitty and Randy Travis - LIVE! A double headliner. I still like a lot of their music - classic country is awesome and It's Only Make Believe is one of my favorite songs.
14. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach?
    It's been so long since I've been to the beach that I don't even remember. Now, I'd probably draw something dorky like a DNA molecule or a brainstem.
15. What's the most painful dental procedure you've had?
    My permanent "eye teeth" were chilling up in my gums, growing sideways. So when I got braces, I had surgery to put a bracket on each of them (the surgeon cut my palate and flipped it back to get to the wayward teeth - ouch) and attached this little plastic thing to each bracket, which my orthodontist would yank on and then tighten every time I had my braces adjusted. Yeeeeouch.
16. What is out of your back door?
    "Doo, doo, doo ... lookin' out my back door ..." Ahem. At home, there's a patio, a backyard, a "well house", and a garage. At the apartment, there's a hallway and stairs.
17. Do you have any plans for tonight?
    Probably studying and watching American Idol. Bleh, studying. Yay, American Idol! My life is sad, y'all.
18. Do you like the ocean?
    *sigh* Yes. I need a vacation.
19. Have you ever received one of those big tins of 3 different popcorn?
    That's a random question. No - no I haven't. I am a popcorn fan, though I could never eat that much by myself.
20. Have you ever been to a planetarium?
    Not since about the 5th grade.
21. What was your first alcoholic beverage?
    One drink of champagne at a cousin's wedding - and it was hideous. No alcohol for me since. Not only am I not interested in it, it would probably cause my pancreas to completely explode.
22. Something you are excited about?
    Finally being a doctoooooooor.
23. What is your favorite flavor of Jello?
    Strawberry. In all my days of pancreatitis, I've had lots and lots of Jello.
24. Favorite TV shows?
    Didn't I already answer this somewhere? All right, I'll do it again, because I love TV. 24; American Idol (shut up); America's Next Top Model (see previous comment re: shutting up); Arrested Development (RIP - Fox.Ruins.Everything.); Best Week Ever; Chappelle's Show; Coupling; Da Ali G Show; ER; Family Guy; Friends; House MD, House MD, and House MD (my TV boyfriend); Law & Order & L&O SVU (not Criminal Intent - I can't stand Vincent D'Onofrino); Monk; My Name Is Earl; The O.C. (again, Fox.Ruins.Everything.); The Office (US); Scrubs; Seinfeld; The Simpsons; South Park; and every stupid countdown on E! and VH1. Note that Grey's Anatomy is not on that list - I just can't get into it. It's just so ridiculously inferior to House and Scrubs.
25. Describe your keys:
    What? They're - uh - keys. Let me try again - they're usually locked in my car. Or my apartment. Or somewhere else that they shouldn't be.
26. Where do you keep your change?
    All over the place. Is anyone actually so organized that they have one place for their change? Wow. I'm in awe.
27. When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group of people?
    I did a presentation for behavioral medicine about a year ago with Todd & Michael - I think that's about it. Unless you count testifying and/or talking in church, which I do often.
28. What kind of winter coat do you have?
    Too many. A white puffy one from Lands End, an off-white one with a fuzzy collar, a black peacoat, a red trench coat, a blue trench coat - aaaaand I'm too embarrassed to list any more. Coats and shoes are my weaknesses. And beauty products - I have a love/hate relationship with Sephora.
29. What were you doing ten years ago?
    In my senior year of high school, probably pining over the guy in #1 and freaking out about going to college. I wish I could tell my 18-year-old self that I was going to be just fine.
30. Do you sleep with the door to your room open or closed?
    Open.

The search is NOT over. No, Survivor, it is not. Is not. Is not. Is not.

I have been looking for no less than 18 months for the SNL clip of John Goodman as Wilford Brimley - you know, when he's on the inexplicable horse and says things like, "I don't eat oatmeal - looks like someone else already ate it first" and "I don't even have diabetes - doctor just says I look like somebody who'd have it" and "I'm going to get off of this horse - actually, just onto a smaller horse, and then onto a large dog, and then just roll onto the ground."

At any rate, it's hilarious. I've set my Windows Media Center laptop to record every SNL that happens to run somewhere (on E!, or whatever) hoping to catch that clip. And I'm still looking.

But I was just perusing some of my friends on MySpace, and my cousin Nate has this little nugget of hilarity on his page - Wilford Brimley and his beetis. Or beetiz. Not sure which. Anyway, look here, this is funny.

Oh my freaking heck, that is funny. It almost makes up for having to hear "dia-BEET-EEES" ad nauseum. Y'all in my class know what I'm talking about.

Full songs from Clay Aiken's A Thousand Different Ways

Update 11/25/2007 - Files Removed. Don't hate on me - blame GoDaddy.

Clear Channel had a "sneak peek" of Clay Aiken's upcoming album, A Thousand Different Ways (to be released on Tuesday, September 19th - eeee.) Please right-click and "save as" on the mp3 links below. And if you want to pre-order the album from Amazon, it'd be swell if you'd use my referral link at the end of this post! Thanks. :-) You know, this sounds like a pretty good album. I think I've worked up a little bit of excitement here. Although he still hasn't covered Hands to Heaven. Boo.

1. Right Here Waiting
2. Lonely No More
3. Without You (this one is on Clay's MySpace)
4. Every Time You Go Away
5. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
6. When I See You Smile
7. A Thousand Days
8. Everything I Do (I Do It For You)
9. Because You Loved Me
10. I Want To Know What Love Is (with Suzie McNeil)
11. These Open Arms
12. Here You Come Again
13. Everything I Have
14. Broken Wings