Update (boards, school, moving, travel)

Okay, so I admit I haven't been posting much on my blog for the last few months - even though things have been happening that are blog-worthy!

To start with, I spent the entire month of June sitting in a coffee shop studying for Step 1 of the D.O. and M.D. board exams (COMLEX and USMLE respectively), which represent the cumulative knowledge I supposedly gained during my two years in medical school. I took my USMLE exam on July 8th and the COMLEX on the 14th of July -I passed USMLE!!! However, this being the first year that COMLEX was administered electronically, they will not be getting us our results until the end of August so that they can have a good enough sampling of exams to calculate percentile scores. The rumor is that people who took their COMLEX at the end of July were scoring much higher than those who took theirs in early July (where does that put me?) - whether they simply had more time to study or because there was too much communication with those who had just taken the exam, I don't know. Sounds like they have a very complex system to score these things.

Because they gave us a month to study for said board exams, our summer semester was VERY short (although not short enough most of us would say). Our class is the last of our kind, as starting with next year's class, they now commence medical school during the summer and are done with the sitting for boards - none of this mucking about for an extra month afterward! ;o)
Nonetheless, even with full blow senioritis, I managed to pass my short summer classes. It helps that I had already learned some of the material seeing as how we had to study it for the boards we already took... that's a definite plus to the next generation of med students after us at our school; they will have finished all their courses and will have covered all that material BEFORE boards.

We took our last exam and I turned in my school mailbox key last Tuesday. Then I went back to my apartment to hurriedly pack up all my stuff (during the hottest day of the year so far in Lansing, much like their winter days are not) and move so that I could check out before the rental office closed for the night. We piled boxes of my stuff in Meg's parent's garage as they were kind enough to let me keep it there for a few weeks and so ended this two-year chapter in my life.

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Your Linguistic Profile:

70% General American English

15% Dixie

10% Yankee

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

My Mexican name

Your Mexican Name Is...

Don Filiberto

What's Your Mexican Name?

Stolen from Todd, who stole it from Christopher

SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 70 movies, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 189 movies on this list.

( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Boondock Saints
(x) The Mexican
(x) Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
( ) Airplane
Sub-Total: 7

(x) The Princess Bride
( ) Young Frankenstien
(x) AnchorMan: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
(x) Saw
(x) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
( ) Jason X
Sub-Total: 8

(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
( ) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie: Band Camp
Sub-Total: 5

(x) Harry Potter
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
(x) Resident Evil I
(x) Resident Evil 2
( ) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(x) The Village
(x) Donnie Darko
(x) Lilo & Stitch
( ) Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch has a Glitch
Sub-Total: 9

(x) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch (Jim Carrey)
( )Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) White Chicks
(x)Butterfly Effect
(x)Thirteen Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
Sub-Total: 6

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
(x) A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
( ) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
Sub-Total: 6

( ) A Cinderella Story
(x) the Terminal
( ) the Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumb & Dumberer
(x)Final Destination
(x) Final Destination 2
( ) Final destination 3
( ) Halloween
(x) The Ring
(x) The Ring 2
Sub-Total: 6

( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
(x) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
(x) Hellboy
(x) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
Sub-Total: 6

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child's Play
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( )Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
( )Bad Boys
Sub-Total: 2

( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
(x) Se7en
(x)Ocean's Eleven
(x)Ocean's Twelve
( ) Identity
( ) Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(x) Predator II
Sub-Total: 6

(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
(x) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(x) ET
( ) "there was a car uppon the road"Children of the Corn
(x) My Boss' daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
( ) Frailty
Sub-Total: 5

( ) Best Bet
( ) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
( ) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
(x) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x)Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
Sub-Total: 3

(x) X-Men
(x) X2
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
(x) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Others
(x) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
Sub-Total: 8

( ) Swimfan
( ) Miracle
(x) Old School
( ) The Notebook
(x) K-Pax
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Boogeyman
Sub-Total: 5

(x) Hitch
(x) The Fifth Element
(x) Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menacehahah
(x) Star Wars Episode II Attack of The Clones
(x) Star Wars Episode III Revenge of The Sith
(x) Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Episode VI Return of The Jedi
( ) Troop Beverly Hills
( ) Swimming with Sharks
Sub-Total: 8

(x) Air Force One
(x) For Richer or Poorer
( ) Trainspotting
( ) People Under the Stairs......
( ) Blue Velvet
( ) Sound of Music
(x) Parent Trap
(x) Parent Trap Re-make
( ) The Birds
(x) The Terminator
(x) Terminator-2
(x) T-3
Sub-Total: 7

( ) Empire Records
( ) SLC Punk
(x) Meet Joe Black
(x) Nightmare Before Christmas
(x) The Silence of the Lambs
(x) Sleepy Hollow
( ) I Heart Huckabees
( ) 24 Hour Party People
( ) Blood In Blood Out
Sub-Total: 4

( ) Thirteen
( ) Manic
( ) American History X
( ) Deep Blue Sea
(x)George of the Jungle
(x) Canadian Bacon
( )How High
( ) The Jackel
( )My Little Ponys Grand Adventure
Sub-Total: 2

TOTAL: 103
There was only one subcategory in which I had seen fewer movies than Todd...
What can I say, I love movies!