"we gon light it up like it's dynamite"

yesterday i finally met my roommate sergey after he came home from a 3 hour bike ride. he was going into the shower to get ready for a concert but the main points i got were that he is a cog neurosci phd candidate who has been here for awhile and digs biking.

today was so much fun. i woke up from joe, ilya, and derick's futon with julia next to me. i probably ate too many kettle cooked jalapeno chips last night. julia drove me home and i brushed my teeth and washed my face before walking back to the med school. we had talks about our lung cancer case, community service, disability insurance and a multicultural talk with lunch from boloco's. i had the summer no meat burrito. yum, i think it had mango. menaka, kai and i sat next to each other and watched the movie about various cultures. someone spoke up about patients having "irrational" beliefs and it insulted me a little bit. i might not agree with the grandma from laos that surgery will scar the body so that in our next life, it will be mutilated, but if that is my patient's world view, who am i to tell her otherwise? COMPROMISE.

then i went home at like 3something whilst talking to meera on the phone as i walked. at 4:30 i took a nap until 6. i woke up and realized i should be at the dinner at dr. pepin's house at 6.. so i got ready and walked over. i sat with julia, ken, david, jessica and mike n. as i ate the veggie burger. potatoes. salad, vegetables and double chocolate chunk cookie. i sat with julia and ryan f. later. then i went with erin, ryan g. and jocelyn to white river junction, vermont and hung out with some third years at someone's house, one of the roommate's being nick. we chatted and then eventually ended up at north park where someone was having a party. i met johan, alex, nick, dan, ashley and a bunch of other people. it was so fun. we played a dice game involving 7, 11, and doubles. i dug it. chris drove jocelyn and me home after great conversations all night. i completely adore the people i'm meeting at dartmouth.