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There are days you wake up where you have a sixth sense feeling that things are going to be interesting. Today was one of those days. I left my apartment and head out in the freezing cold to drive to the hospital. Luckily I had my long black wool top coat to keep me warm (more on that later). I rounded on my patient with abdominal and cardiac problems. Being that my life is becoming eerily

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This is unbelievable. It just makes me sick to my stomach. Assuming the worse case scenario was THAT much force required when you have a group of police officers? Those cops should be fired for this at the very least. Has it really sunk to this level of hatred in this country? Luckily we have some journalists who catch the story and give it the attention it deserves and luckily we have sites

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I've seen some pretty intense things this past year that would raise anyone's blood pressure: amputated legs, baby deliveries, CPR. But all of that pales in comparison to the way a certain video game gets my heart racing. Super Monkey Balls should come with a warning for people with heart conditions. The game is simple in concept, jump off a ramp and float your way with a parachute to various

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As I was scrubbing in for an operation the other day, the chief resident asked me a question that made me pause: "So what made you want to become a doctor?" It had been a long time since anyone asked me that question and I was quite disturbed I actually didn't have an immediate answer. On my psychiatry rotation I ran into someone I pray I will never become. A person so jaded and bitter by

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Pictured Left: A depiction of pretty much what I looked like, but replace janitor with short tempered female resident. The more I go on my rotations the more I realize that I'm becoming like JD on the TV show Scrubs with just plain unfortunate incidents that aren't really anyone's fault happening to me. The other day I was on the gyn-onc service and I was told we were going to be in the

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Don't know what to make of this.

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This is hilarious, my favorite of the campaign so far.

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Well it seems like variations in the sun aren't a significant cause of global warming according to a recent study.

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This article was written by Keith Olbermann of MSNBC. I think it's a great piece and represents what most of this country feels now 5 years after 9/11. "Half a lifetime ago, I worked in this now-empty space. And for 40 days after the attacks, I worked here again, trying to make sense of what happened, and was yet to happen, as a reporter. All the time, I knew that the very air I breathed

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This political season promises to be one of the most bitter we have seen in some time. With an impending civil war in Iraq, the escalated threat of terrorism, a nuclear standoff with Iran, New Orleans, and even more restrictions on airlines, the American public is growing increasingly angry at the current party in power. Elections are largely about perception. The outcome is based on how well you

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iChicken, say hello to YouTube.

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Kudos to Keith for such a great commentary.

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A void in me was filled today. Bill, Sarah, Jenny, Eric and I went bowling at the Golden lanes in Garden City, a 40 lane behemoth saturated with the smell of sweat, alcohol, and cigarette butts. We walked in, Slasmaster in my hand. Eric was a bit wide-eyed at what lay before us. Bill, the seasoned veteran, calmly went looked ahead, "welcome to hell." It was the same smooth confidence that made

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My friend and I were bored this afternoon and started discussing how much it actually cost for us to sit doing next to nothing. I then made the comment that it would be a lot of slices of pizza at Guidos. Then it hit me like a lightbulb, I have my new form of currency. 1 Basil Pizza slice at Guidos = $1.60 = 1 Guido (▼) So I think I will start using this currency. Behold the ▼ (guido)!

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"I didn't want to kill her I wanted to torture her."

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This one's for you buddy.

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"When I came in I didn't know if I was a goose or a moose."

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They may call you dwarf, not part of the "system," a hunk of rock but you'll always be a planet in my book. So long dear friend.

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I can't believe after this much time, Microsoft Vista is still loaded with bugs.

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"This is highly embarrassing and unfortunate... It must not happen again."

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I knew that after surgery everything would be down hill so to speak but good God this rotation is slow. I see very few patients and in the down time there is literally nothing to do. I read some and I surf the web a lot. It is interesting to work with patients in psychiatry though, it helps develop a whole new skill set. We have studied most problems (depression, bipolar, schizophrenia etc) in

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I dug this clip up on my computer at home. I don't know why this is so funny to me still. Oh the memories...

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This is perhaps one of the most fascinating articles I have read in a long, long time. Given it is an old article it rings truer than ever. It gives a glimpse into how complex the situation is in Iran. In the end Islam is ultimately the means to an end -- becoming filthy rich.

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Wow. Great clip.

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I'm blogging from the operating room on my palm. Crazy!

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Good commentary on the Middle East.

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It has been a crazy few weeks. After a hellish month of studying for Boards I started my surgery rotation here at Harborview in Seattle, one of the largest trauma centers in the country. It's a weird feeling going from class room to the real world of medicine. If finally got my Board scores and I passed which gave me much relief as I finally felt the first two years of book work were behind me

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It was a good time but too short. Take a look.

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There are few things more frustrating these days than the Iraq war. There is no real debate on the issue. Recently, a move by democrats to ask for withdrawl was easy shot down under the catch slogan we don't want to cut and run. The measure was phrased in a way to make those that opposed it look unpatriotic. It is this type of oversimplified catch phrases that makes it that Republicans can win

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Well the test is finished. It was really, really tough so I'm crossing my fingers. 10-20% of the exam is composed of experimental questions which aren't graded so perhaps some of those tricky questions were among those. Still it was a struggle; with so much information they can pull stuff from anywhere and not all the tests are the same which is frustrating. I put in at least 10 hours a day

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Here I come, you are going down! Tomorrow I become a free man again!

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More stuff about global warming.

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I don't know how to feel about this. Kind of sad, but kind of funny.

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TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The SurveyName:Arzhang (although I have been called John, Arzog, Parmesean, Red, Terrorist, Erzhang, Arzhong, Zhang, Zhangtime, Homeskillet, Aladdin, Arzh..., Arzhong? and more!) Birthday:04/11/1981Birthplace:Corvallis OregonCurrent Location:C-TownEye Color:BrownHair Color:Dark BrownHeight:177.8 centimetersRight Handed or Left Handed:RightYour Heritage:Iranian

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Thought this would brighten your day, that or give you a heart attack

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When FEMA needed a new director Bush went to a person with the qualifications needed for the task of saving those from disaster. He chose Michael D. Brown the failed head of an Arabian horse sporting group. During the botched response of Katrina Bush did what he always does when something goes wrong, give praise to those responsible "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job!" And yes he did a

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I have to give props to my sister. Here she is doing a summer internship at this little school back east. I'm a very proud brother! Congrats sis!

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His fellow Texas GOP House members chose an expensive contemporary French restaurant in Washington, Le Paradou, to toast the outgoing 22-year congressman Tuesday night in a private dinner. This report caused DeLay spokeswoman Shannon Flaherty of Delay to become defensive of the openly French bashing congressmen: "“This is an American restaurant [last I checked the owner came here from

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What's it with evil guys living their last days in power in holes? Interesting story.

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June 23rd is liberation day when I finally get done with the Step 1 boards. Here's what I've done so far. Doing good so far.

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06/06/06 Craziness! No headless horsemen yet...

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Can you imagine the outrage if a liberal associated US troops to Nazis? Mention Gulag and you get burned at the stake. Can you imagine the cry of the Right Wing blogosphere of "liberal media!" "We want fair and balanced!" Can you imagine the blood bath of Fox news if a "liberal" sympathized with Nazis? I give you your fair and balanced. I think Olbermann put O'Reilly in his place. Good for

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My senior year in college was everything a senior year is not supposed to be. Rather than rejoicing in being done I was a bitter and cynical man. I hated the medical school admissions committee. I hated the administration at my college. I hated the crisis. I hated our President Learned. I hated myself. By the end of our time Zach (a prominent committee member) and I fit the diagnostic

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We got our white coats today. Woo hoo!

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Pike Place Market in Seattle is known for fish. I am known for not liking fish. But Pike place isn't all about fish. I give you my Sunday morning... The target is in sight. Dave and I move in. I think I'm in love. Target acquired. Here we are eating donuts in front of all the people buying fish. I love Pike Market!

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I didn't quite make the deadline for the css reset but here it is, the new look for the blog. I decided to go with a black theme. It I think photos tend to pop more on the backgrounds. I tried to ad more dynamism by adding the moblog on the right side. The layout is a bit wider as well to give the page some more breathing room for content. I also cleaned up some code. Not perfect but what

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I am done with the second year of medical school! No more classroom tests anymore just clinical from now on except for having to take the Boards in June (yuk!). It's a weird feeling. This picture is of my study partners, the soldiers in the trench with me these past two years studying for our last exam. This picture is of Mallorie (a.k.a. my blonde sister) singing a tune. In a strange way

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I wonder what Bush would think of this one.

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Thank you Colbert for showing how asinine this line of reasoning is.

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I know it is a poll and polls change but these are pretty incredible numbers.

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This is a reminder that our health system does have room for improvement. Sad.

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Castro apparently isn't as pure as he thinks he is. Of course this is peanuts compared to the Saudis who chime in around $20 billion. I just filled my tank and it cost $40. I wish I was a Castro communist so I could afford gas!

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Hot: Apple Not: Dell Congrats to Apple for this amazing feat! "We're coming after you, you're in our sights." --Steve Jobs, November 10, 1997

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I hope Dave never gets any crazy ideas like this!

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Everywhere you look these days it seems like someone is pissed off at someone else. I'm slowly starting to realize that if one were to be outraged at everything life wouldn't be worth living. In other words, you choose what to be outraged about; you choose your battles. One thing that, I don't know, I guess outrages me is how people get outraged at certain things while ignoring things they

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Just a shout out to THE MAN! We love you Steve.

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A few weeks ago I learned how to draw blood. This is where you spend a week getting up at 4:30 AM and driving down to the hospital to join the morning phlebotomists. We would travel the halls of the massive hospital waking patients up at the crack of dawn to take their blood. Morning vampires some called us. As the morning went on the sun started to poke out. We were on the oncology floor at

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I ordered two 300GB hard drives the other day. Coupled with the one my dad let me borrow I will have 1 terabyte of storage on my machine. I'm still might be pushing things but it will definitely help. My Aperture photo library is huge and when working yesterday I had a cache usage of at least 2GB. Mad props to Mr. Peck for finding a great deal! I will have a "funner" time using my machine.

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For those doubters.

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This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending Bill and Sarah's wedding. It was a really touching event for two great people. It was another hopeful look at what I might hopefully have some day. As an added plus many of my other friends were also in attendance. It was a mini-reunion of sorts albeit a short one. There we all were dressed up and having a good time. The last time we were all

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Well so much for having a friendly guest book. Damn spammers.

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I haven't really posted what I have been up to so consider this an update. I just started the spring semester here at UW. It is my last semester of lecture class ever. Kind of a weird feeling. After this it is clinical work. Spring break in a word was "refreshing." The more time passes the more appreciation I seem to have for art and history. It makes you feel more complete. It's hard to

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Much more pics to come...

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I'm back home.

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I spent 3.5 hours finishing a grueling exam. By now I should be used to it. It sucked but it's the same old story; it sucked for everyone so most will be just fine. My suitcase is packed and I'm off to Paris, France tomorrow morning. I realize this is my third trip to Europe in less than a year and some may be asking what the heck am I doing. Well my answer is why not? If there is one

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I did not get a chance to watch the Oscars this year. I really wanted to because Jon Stewart was hosting, but alas studying for a final had to take priority. I've always loved movies. I see value in their entertainment. Regardless of what you are going through in your life for at least a few hours you can take your mind elsewhere and that is therapeutic. In other words there is some value to

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Today marks a small milestone. It is the last anatomy class of my medical school career (probably). Anatomy was always a frustrating class for me. I'm a visual learner but for some reason I am always just below the mean. I'm not sure what I can say, maybe I just don't study well for this class. Maybe it isn't my style. Still the three anatomy classes I did have were filled with memories,

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I'm blogging this from a widget.  Saweet!

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My friend Zach responded to a post claiming that religion was being hijacked by extremists. Indeed this isn't too difficult to see in the Muslim community but it isn't a unique phenomenon (as far as extremists trying to promote their agendas). In his defense I thought I would post this article for others that haven't had a chance to read it. I think I may have posted it before.

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While everyone is obsessed about cartoons these days I thought I would point out how brilliant they can be. I will write more about this when I have more time but meanwhile here is an amazing one by David Horsey of the Seattle PI published on September 14, 2001. So on the mark.

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Did you ever know you should probably feel one way but feel the exact opposite? I guess I kind of feel like that these days. Winter quarter is zooming to an end and I just took a look at our spring schedule and it hit me how close I am to being done with my class part of medical school. Years 3 and 4 will be us in hospitals across the region getting hands on experience. While I'm excited

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One of the highlights of my time in Moscow, Idaho had to be the great Mexican food. In particular there was a taco truck that served the most amazing tacos. I finally learned how to emulate the dish and invited a bunch of friends over for a taco truck party. Good times were had by all as I frantically fried up all the chicken, chopped the cilantro, lime, and onions. It was getting late and

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Well those of us who cook always have something that keeps us up at night. For some it is General Tso and his oh, so delicious chicken. My most current bane is pizza sauce. On my latest trip to Italy I noticed something peculiar. The Italians don't really season their pizza sauce. In fact it is not much more than tomato and garlic with the possible exception of basil. Simple enough right.

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"Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who

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This was simply too good not to link. So much depth and symbolism in such a short amount of time. I'm not sure if I'm laughing more at this or crying. This man is brilliant. Oh and last year Exxon Mobil made around a $7 billion dollar quarterly profit. Steady leadership in times of change.

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This is a sickening propoganda film. It shows just how messed up things are.

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Four jobs I've had Theater Monkey Ad Maker Lemonade Stand Operator Data entry (yuk) Four movies I can watch over and over Dumb and Dumber American Beauty Count of Monte Cristo Lord of the Rings Four places I've lived Corvallis, OR Caldwell, ID Yuma, Arizona Iran (for the summer) Four TV shows I love The Daily Show Scrubs (I relate WAY too much to the main character) Seinfeld That 70s Show Four

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I've got a block/funk, hence the drought. In the meantime here are some pictures of some cute dogs for a completely different post. These are guaranteed to please. The first is of Hannibal, Anita's dog. The second is Honey, Parham and Mahasa's Dog.

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At the risk of sounding unappreciative and looking at the glass half empty I’m going to be glad to see this horrid year end. This year 2005 started with a Tsunami that ravaged South East Asia and left over 200,000 people dead. The world gave its support but still for thousands their lives will never be the same. Later there was hurricane Katrina which wiped out an entire city. This

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My dad scanned all our old pictures (100GB worth). I found this picture to be, umm, interesting.

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This photo is enhanced to bring out the colors in the sky but it looks pretty neat.

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The ceiling at the Vatican museum.

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This is what you see when you look up in St. Peter's Basillica.

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This was an interesting shot I took in Stuttgart. Unfortunately I had to shoot in ISO1600 due to the dim light and no flash.

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The Pope 

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A bridge in Florence 

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Arch of Constantine 

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Florence 

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The sun sets in Rome 

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St. Peter's Basilica at sunset 

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Florence's famous duomo 

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Atop the Vatican 

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This is a great article Dave sent me. It pretty much shows the president's real legacy.

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It has been a VERY long time since I bowled. But that drought was put to an end as I took on Berlin yet again at the Ku Dam bowling alley. After warming up a bit I was the leader of the last round with a 153. Here are some highlights. The crew of bowlers quickly became frustrated during the last round. Tensions ran high... But in the end it was good times had by all. Well I'm off to

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Well I finally made it after about a 24 hour journey. The weather here in Berlin is cold and VERY windy but it is worth it. As promised I made my way to the Reichstag. It is an amazing building. I managed to take a few photos but the picture taking is proving to be diffult as the weather is cloudy and very windy. I'm trying every trick in the book and so far most of the photos look great even

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Look at this car I saw today :)

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It seems a lot later than 9:14 PM. I stink of the coffee shop that has soiled my clothes. We have one more test to go until the end of the semester. I don't know how long I've studied, I'm having difficulty staying motivated. Life now seems like one big eating break after another intermixed with hours of reading about the lungs. It is kind of a bitter sweet feeling to end a semester. We

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Oh the glory of finals week. This picture says it all. It is a picture of one of my favorite study partners (Mallorie) and one of the, let's say, not most intersting subjects.

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I found the long sought after media bias. Finally, undeniable proof that the media is in fact bias. This is so crazy, I'm too tired to even comment about it. Sounds more like 1984 than democracy to me.

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