curlicue

i never knew it was spelled that way. i would always picture "curly Q" in my mind.

i read 53 pages, continuously, in under an hour. i haven't done that in a while. no matter how large or small the text, my mind would always wander, and i would have to spend at least 5 minutes per page. which could have led to my abandonment of reading during college- the fact that i would never have enough time in the day to finish my intended readings.

the stories i read in 'complications' were about a pregnant woman with incessant nausea/vomiting, a woman who couldn't control her blushing, and an obese man who had trouble with his appetite. even then, those stories remind me why i like and hate medicine altogether.

you can do anything, as long as you pursue medicine in the end. some students and the things they do to just to please their parents. go to medical school to honor the parents' wishes. marry a girl/guy of the same race, again, to please the parents. that's disgusting. choosing your lifemate to suit your parents' preferences more than your own? it appears to be an indirect form of arranged marriages.

what's confusing to me is why people haven't grown up in college and realized that they could do anything they want even if their parents don't support them. it's not hard to break away from family and do things on your own. plenty of people go through that every year after graduating high school. several parents cut off financial support at that time, but they manage to survive on their own. to think that people of this caliber attending an established/prestigious institution lack the common knowledge and skill to do things independently- hmm.

one of the perks i enjoyed with living o/c was soft bathroom tissue. then this weekend, my parents and relatives come and use up all my toilet paper, and my mom replaces it with the most abrasive sandpaper with which to wipe my ass. seriously- there's cheap target toilet paper that's ten times softer than the paper reminiscent of that at the colleges. bloody hell.

i thought the bbc version of the office was selling for 15 dollars at target, so i dropped it into my cart the other day. i looked at my receipt, and it was 45 dollars instead. i hear, though, that the bbc version is also funny and more depressing, which suits me very well. i do enjoy dry humor from the british. and their tea times. so i might keep this purchase. i have yet to tear off the plastic wrap. the drawback: i only get two seasons instead of all three, since the bbc version had their stint from '01 to '03.