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Name: Redge
Gender: Male
Interests: independent films. api issues. spending money i don't have. being smart. acting dumb. driving around with my sunroof open only at night. asian linguistics. fighting racism, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia. adventures in food, electronics, design, photography, art, and cars.
Expertise: a jack of all trades... once a wannabe racer who turned into a wannabe samurai who turned into a wannabe hiphop dancer who turned into a wannabe independent film maker who turned into a wannabe iron chef who now wants to be an allergist.
Occupation: Student
Industry: Medical
Message: message me
Member Since:
5/13/2003
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| Apparently a glass of white wine is the perfect method for falling asleep on the redeye back to NYC from SFO. I usually can't sleep very well on plane, but that little ol' glass of wine I had with friends before I left for the airport did the trick. I was out like a baby.
I was actually hoping that there would be a freak snow storm on the east coast to prevent me from flying back to work. I had spent the prior 3 days basking in the glorious California sun and playing catchup with friends from undergrad. Two of my very good friends got married over the weekend and I was part of the wedding party. The first wedding I've been in as an adult. The wedding itself was beautiful and intimate. There were lots of elements reflecting both the bride and the groom which were fun to see. Her love of wine and his love of football were apparent.
The only snafu on the entire trip was me losing my wallet. =( I usually always do a wallet check before I leave the plane, but this time around because I was very last one out I really didn't even think about it. It wasn't until I had gotten into the hotel room that I realized that my wallet was gone. I ended up spending the next morning canceling all my credit cards. Luckily I had the foresight to pack my passport in my backpack only because my Driver's License had expired and I was afraid TSA might want another form of ID. | | |
| There are tough times during residency where I just take it as a lesson learned, smile and move on. Today though was not one of those times. In fact, I'm quite angry and upset about this whole situation. More to come when I'm not so livid about it. | | |
| Dates, family drama and more.
I need a weekend to myself. | | |
| I'm happy to say I've got everything I've wanted and more for my birthday.
1. I'm finally at a point in my life where I'm doing what I love and getting paid for it. Admittedly the work is tough and the pay is poor, but at the end of the day I can still call myself doctor.
2. Got to play catch up with dear friends both in person, virtually and over the phone.
3. If you've talked to me for any length of time recently you would now I'm currently in this nesting phase where all of my recreational energy has gone into researching and planning how to my make my little apartment the perfect home. Today I finally got a chance to repaint my apartment to my liking. Initially what had happened a week ago was that a horrible water leak caused the paint on one of my walls to peel and bubble. Was going to get the management company to come over and repair the wall and repaint everything, but I didn't want to deal with strangers in the apt while I'm at work. Plus, I had been wanting to paint the walls with color ever since moving in and now seemed like the perfect opportunity to get it done. I can say with certainty that I'm now 99.99% done with my apartment. Over my bday weekend I actually got all the things that had been on my to-buy list for a while so big props to my friends to helped me finish off my place. It's now a thoroughly clean and modern apartment and I absolutely love it. So what's the .01%? I need an art piece for my accent wall - I've been eyeing this for a while:
Unfortunately too expensive for me at the moment. So for now the accent wall will just have to stand on it's own. No matter at the moment I'm one content nester. | | |
| That must be my account number because there are entirely way too many numbers for that to be my balance.
I was under the impression that my gas bill was paid for by my apartment management, but I've come to find out that it's only my heat and water that's covered. Last week my super found a gas utility worker down in the basement getting ready to shut off my gas because of my unpaid gas bills. He was able to convince the worker that the reason I probably haven't paid it was because I'm such a busy young doctor and that instead I should just leave a notice on my door so that I could take care of the matter when I got home. This all happened last week. So imagine my surprise when I open up my inbox and find this lovely bit of loveliness. An 11 thousand dollar gas bill!!! Yes, I know that I haven't paid my gas bill since moving into my apartment back in spring and admittedly I was expecting it to be a bit high but not $11,418.82. No wonder the gas company was so quick to shut off my gas with a balance like that. Immediate thoughts were 1) this is obviously a mistake 2) how does one even pay a bill like that 3) should I write a post on the consumerist is this doesn't get fixed?
Anywho, after a 5 minute call with an incredibly understanding service rep my bill is now a more manageable sum.
My apartment manager gave me the go ahead to paint the walls any color I want. This is something I've been wanting to do since moving into my very own place. Looks like a nice weekend project... anyone want to help? I think this is partly why the set ups in Ikea and other furniture places looks so much better in the showroom than at home is because they have painted walls to complement the design.
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