Technical Difficulties

I knew I was in for a strange weekend when my haircut lady was in a bad mood. I could barely stay awake during the cut, and everything seemed hasty. The weekend to follow featured the first hurdles of the year: (1) the accidental public misplacement of my mp3 player; and (2) the malfunctioning of the used camera. I'm not looking forward to the next event to go wrong, but I shouldn't care. Nothing will take away the fun.

- Today I took a road trip through the local streets in hopes of finding a Filipino restaurant called "mom's". After not finding the place at all, we decided to stop at the next Filipino restaurant we could find. Des Plaines, IL was the place to be this afternoon. Enjoyment included good food, clean conditions, boring strip malls, and our nice waitress testing our knowledge of Tagalog in the form of a question answered by me in english. Score.

- My father's sage advice for the medical student deciding where to specialize: "I see Type II diabetics in children now. In thirty years, they will need a cardiologist. The diabetic baby boomers need them now. Tell them to go into cardiology." Take it or leave it, folks.

- Said father's observation of my reaction to his opinion that the Asian Tsunami was a deliberate act of god towards a religious group: "So...you think like them huh? Hahahahahahha."

- Half of my visits to the hometown include a chore to visit the local suburban Laundromat to wash rugs. I'm sent to clean dirty rugs in the big washers. I probably look like an ass for soiling the machines used mostly for blankets and comforters. For some reason, the hour of people watching and reading old newspapers is starting to relax me.

- Gas is cheaper in the city of Chicago than it is in the Milwaukee area. We're officially in some sort of bizarro world...

- Everybody around me is either sick or getting over a sickness. My turn better not be next...a shortened week would be nice, though.

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