Put Your Stunner Shades On

So this has been on my mind for a few days. I ran it by Katie the other night, and I decided now is the time to make it public... I am officially getting into the rap game. After going to Rock the Bells last weekend and seeing some great acts (and one terrible act, Immortal Technique, they were terrible, don't even waste your time listening to a sample of their music on iTunes) I felt inspired to start rhyming. I followed this inspiration to download a program for my iPod touch which will enable me to make sick beats. Now all I have to do is write some rhymes and put them to beats and I am a rapper. My buddy, Ky, will probably be joining me on this venture. So watch out for us. I figure we will be featured prominently on MTV by around Christmas or so and a world tour coming early next year. You know, these things take some time. Also, if anyone has any suggestions for songs to sample, let me know. Sampling old songs is a major part of making a great beat.

Transition

So I am thinking about doing this blogging thing regularly. I read other people's blogs occasionally, like Lesley Miller's, and they seem so intelligent. They are always writing about important things or funny things that happened to them during the day. I think the thing that holds me back the most from blogging regularly is laziness. When I was in Europe I was very motivated to do things, and blogging was one of the few ways I communicated with the people I know and love. Anyway, I digress.

So several things have happened since my last blog post on July 17 (exactly one month ago, crazy). I spent the last week of July in New York City with my dad. One of his dreams was to see a game in Yankee Stadium before they tore the place down (at the end of this season). We had a great time together. We flew in on Monday afternoon and didn't stop until we left on Friday night. We saw two games at Yankee Stadium, an afternoon game on Wednesday and a night game on Thursday. Unfortunately the Yankees only lost one game. As baseball fans, we both hate the Yankees. It's kind of a rule that unless you are from New York, you have to hate the Yankees. But that isn't important. New York City is amazing. Well, Manhattan is amazing. We went on a boat ride around the city, a double decker bus tour, ate dinners in Little Italy and China town, rode bikes through Central Park, and I did a little shopping at H&M (which brought me back to my Europe days). It was a great trip and I had a lot of fun with my dad.

The day after I got back from NYC I started my new job. I am currently working in the emergency department at Littleton Adventist Hospital as a scribe. "What's a scribe?" you ask. Basically, I am a secretary for an ER doctor. I follow a doctor around on their shift, write information down on the chart when the interview patients, place orders (labs, x-rays, ct scans) for the doctor, check on the status of orders, communicate messages to the ER staff for the doctors, and get them food from the doctor's lounge. The best part of the job is I am being paid to shadow a ER physician. I get to see some really cool stuff, which helps fuel my drive and passion to become a doctor. I love going into work because every day is different and every day I get to see new things.

The biggest news recently is my MCAT score. I got my score last Monday. I did well, right around where I wanted to, above 30, which is good. Now I am just putting up the finishing touches on my application and I am hoping to get it out this week. Hopefully with my score and my experiences someone will give me an interview.

I think that's all I have for now. I am going to go work on my application.