We've been taking periodic tests throughout the summer to keep us on track as we study for the certification exam.  Well, our last exam was a doozy.  Let me rephrase: Our last exam was a DOOZY.  Furthermore, on Monday we are taking our comprehensive final exam, a test which we have to pass in order to graduate and sit for the board exam.  In other words: Stress!!!  I think we could all use a little pep talk.

Today is day two of a review course.  I had forgotten how draining it is to sit in a classroom all day while remaining completely focused on a speaker for hours on end.  How on earth did we do this for 8 straight weeks at the start of school nearly two years ago?  Anyway, I'll be shocked if I don't get jolted out of a daydream at least once today by the speaker or one of my classmates.  If that happens, I hope to daydreaming about my high-profile modeling career while unconsciously muttering in a pseudo french accent.

It's funny, because it's true.

[Via my pal's blog, It's Okay to be Smart]

Pajama Jeans?  Someone needs to come up with Scrub Jeans so I can stop complaining about having to wear normal clothes every weekend.  The downside to wearing hospital scrubs at work is that everything else seems uncomfortable in comparison.

This video pushed my cuteness meter over the freaking EDGE.

Why should goats have all the fun?  Kittens want to faint too!

Our final exam is tomorrow and you know what that means... study break!  I stumbled across this totally bizarre/fascinating video a few weeks ago and had to share it.  Marcel's voice is perfect and "we won't fight unless we're provoked" is probably the best line ever.  Enjoy, my fellow procrastinators!

Final Exam on Tuesday.  Enough said.

Note: There are a few curse words scattered throughout this incredibly fabulous video.  But I posted it anyway because 1. We're all adults here, right? and 2. I just can't get over the way John Krasinski say's "burn!".

Just trust me on this one, people.

I received a bit of a tongue lashing on Wednesday for my last post.  Apparently it wasn't - and I quote - "funny enough".  I tried to explain my actions, using such phrases as "useful information" and "helpful advice for future students" to excuse my obvious transgression.  No dice.  My job - unbeknownst to me until now - is to give my classmates an excuse to not study.  And they'd prefer that excuse to be humorous, thankyouverymuch.

Please accept my humble apology as well as my peace offering of the dramatic chipmunk.  It's funny and in no way contains any useful information or helpful advice.  I double checked just to be sure.



Are you happy now?!

Having just completed yet another exam this morning (we're officially half-way through the semester!) and another to look forward to on Friday, life's been busy.  What do you say we kick our feet up and have ourselves a study break?

Background: I'm very into certain television shows.  Some might even say obsessed.  So obsessed, in fact, that I've even become obsessed with blogs about the television shows that I'm obsessed with!

What... That's not normal?

If you're in to Mad Men, I'd highly encourage you to take a gander at What Would Joan Do?.  It's what "Dear Abby" would be, if "Abby" were actually someone you wanted to hang out with.  My favorite:




For those of you who watch Gossip Girl (and thus secretly wish that your friends would refer to you solely by your first initial), you must head over to What Chuck Wore.  I challenge you to read the fictitious quotes while channeling the voice of Chuck Bass and NOT laugh so hard that milk shoots out of your nose.*

XOXO!


*You must first drink milk.  Not valid in the United States or any other English-speaking nation.  Contest subject to rules and regulations as stated herein... or whatever.

Dr. Rieker, my program director, recently educated our class on the intricacies of the myoneural junction.  He stressed that, in order for acetylcholine to pass into the effector cell membrane and initiate a response, acetylcholine receptors must open to create channels through which these molecules can pass.

This action requires that both alpha subunits of the receptor are activated.  If only one alpha subunit is activated, the receptor will remain closed.  Dr. Rieker then utilized the following video to drive this point home:


Later during that same lecture, while on the topic of myotonia, Dr. Rieker again surprised us with this gem:

Since the end of last month, our class has suffered through approximately two exams a week covering information that was, for all intents and purposes, foreign to us until now.  This means that a LOT of studying has been going on.  Studying at the library, studying at home, group study sessions, studying in the car on the way to class... you name it, we're doing it.  (Studying to us is like shrimp to Bubba Blue from Forrest Gump.  "You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it...")

Well, all this studying goes hand-in-hand with a fair amount of sleep-deprived driven laughter.  The following Mad T.V. skit, and our incessant quoting of it since, made Thursday night's review session just a little more bearable.  Hey, whatever works, right?

Our first test was yesterday and another awaits us tomorrow... I'd say it's high time for a study break.