I got a lab position

In order to get my Master's Degree, I have to complete a project. I decided on mine Thursday. Ok actually, the lead investigator decided to allow me to complete my project with her. The title of my project is "Analysis of acute graft versus host disease (GVHD) incidence, risk factors and efficacy of prophylaxis regimens after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation." I know that all of you are jealous, don't lie. It actually seems very interesting and my nerdy self is getting all excited about starting it. I have a book to read about GVHD and I have to start researching articles about the incidence of the disease. Ok, I know that I just put most of you to sleep and I'm sorry about that. I'll stop now.

I finished orientation so now I'm ready to start school. Yay!Hours and hours of studying and crying...this is how my life is going to be for the next few years. *sigh* The third roommate is moving in this weekend. Her name is Megan and she's a friend of Amanda's. She seems really nice and she shares my love for the BBC version of Jane Austen novels. We're such girls.

This weekend there is some art festival on Elmwood so there's no parking anywhere near my apartment. It's really pissing me off. Why, oh why did I have to live in the "trendy" area??? Oh yeah, because my apartment is pretty nifty and it's somewhat safe. Just say NO to the Ghetto.

I'm so white.

A Visit from The Fam

"Apparently all that people do in Buffalo is drink beer and die." ~My Dad

Dad, Nannie, and Susie came to visit this weekend and it was so great to see them. I miss my family a lot but not enough to come back home (I know some of you were thinking that, don't lie). We had a really good weekend that didn't involve me going to Niagara Falls (thank God). I think the highlight was going to Wegman's. That store is just magical. I could live there, I really could. I took them to campus and just showed them around Buffalo. It was very low-key and I loved every minute of it. It was nice to spend time with them. I'm so glad that Dad talked Nannie and Susie into coming along because it's so much fun to watch them bicker. Oh yeah, Nannie brought me some of her cookies. Hmmm...they are amazing. Maybe she'll mail me some once I finish off these....

This week I'm actually going to be pretty busy. There's a dinner thing for new students tomorrow night. I have my work physical on wednesday and orientation is on thursday and friday. I'm actually getting a life, finally.

This Made Me Laugh

I'm So Pathetic That I Could Almost Compose a Song

Tara's dad, grandmother, and great aunt are coming in town today. She's all giddy and excited but I'm kind of depressed. Tara and I have had a good two weeks by ourselves and now family has to come and ruin my fun. It's going to be 4 days before I can have my alone time with the T-Wilk. I'm going to miss the mani-pedi that she promised me. We pop popcorn and watch reruns of Law and Order almost every night and now I'm going to have to spend the next 4 nights alone in the dark because my hands can't work a remote control. That's just awful. She's so selfish. She never thinks about me. I moved up here with her and this is how she treats me!! I left Gnancy and Gned and Gnate and Gnorton to come up here and now she just drops me whenever she feels like it. Oh the saddness!!
I'll make her pay...

Hugs and kisses,
Gnorman G.

Sleep, Job Interviews, and TV on DVD

Well I finally slept through the night last night. It's only taken 2 weeks. Grrrr....


I also had a job interview today. I hope that I get it. I need the money (this means that everyone who's reading this should send me money and/or food). I'll know within a week.



Thanks to my Blockbuster membership, I'm watching season 1 of Entourage on DVD. I really think that TV on DVD is so much better than actually watching it when it comes on.

Would You Like Fries With That?

I think that today has been the best yet. The reason is that I've spent most of it laughing at Tara. From what I've gathered after listening in on her phone calls , it appears that some guy asked her out on a date. The best part is that he asked her to go to McDonald's. McDonald's!! Seriously, what guy would ask a girl out on a date to McDonald's? It looks like Tara's streak of attracting the losers is still unbroken. I think Tara was glad that she could pull the vegetarian card and have an actual excuse to get out of this pathetic excuse for a date. He just has no class. I mean even I take my ladies to the classy joints. I let them order from someone who doesn't ask "Would you like fries with that?" If Tara proved to be a good date, would he let her order a McFlurry?
I would feel bad for her if she was nice to me once in awhile. You know, let me out of the apartment to go meet the neighbors *wink, wink. But NO, I feel no sympathy. Serves her right for mistreating sexy lawn ornaments like myself.

Hugs and Kisses,
Gnorman G.

August 9, 2007

Today might have been the most uneventful day of my life. I woke up, went for a run, and then came back to the apartment and spent the rest of the day watching reruns of Law and Order. I did venture out to get a cup of coffee but that's not really worth mentioning. I'm on the verge of being pathetic. I really need classes to start so I'll have something to do.
I do have a job interview next week. I applied for a unit clerk position at Sisters of Charity Hospital and I really hope that I get it. It would be the perfect job because (1)I need the money (2)It's on the weekends so I don't have to worry about it interfering with my school schedule (3)I'd be in a hospital and most of you know about the weird obsession that I have with hospitals.

Alright, I'm going to go finish watching a rerun of Grey's Anatomy and then I'm going to go to bed.

Grrrrr....

So my refrigerator has a lot of condensation in it and I can't get it to dry out. Any ideas?

Those Boys Need to Stop Poppin' that Colla'

Tara and I decided to engage in a day of people watching. She snuck me into a local coffee shop and we spent a few hours watching all of the different people that either came in or walked by the coffee shop. Luckily Tara had her big purse so I could fit in it easily. She also bought me my own tall, "skinny" latte (I'm watching my figure, you know). I made many discoveries about the people of Buffalo today, but the biggest realization that I came to is that poor Tara is never going to find a man in Buffalo because they are all slightly...ugly. Yeah, I said it. They are U-G-L-Y. Plus they are about 2 years behind the fashion of their more attractive counterparts in the South. These Yankee fools are still popping their collars. Did they not get the memo when this unfortunate trend went out of fashion 2 years ago? Seriously, popping their collars? Next thing you know I'll see guys wearing socks halfway up their calves. Eeek! Also, these young Northern gentlemen don't seem to understand that using half a bottle of hair gel is excessive. I've never seen so many guys with goopy heads. Gross! Hair gel just makes most of them look like sleezy car salesmen. To make matters worse, most of the men up here are shorter than Tara. Poor girl, she's just a freak of nature. I know that she can't help it that she's taller than the average American man (this statistic is true) but you'd think that there would be a few non-midgets in this city. Oh well, I guess this means that we'll be spending a lot of time at home. That's cool because I've been wanting to have a Glen Close movie marathon. That woman is amazing.

Hugs and kisses from YankeeLand,
Gnorman G.

I Have Arrived...

I am officially moved into my apartment. Mom, Bobby, and Amy spent the past 3 days cleaning, unpacking, and helping me get everything in order. When we first got into Buffalo, the directions that I had took us through the ghetto. I thought my poor mother was going to have a heart attack. I know she was on the verge of making me turn around and go to grad school at UT. It was kind of scary, not gonna lie. Luckily, my apartment is in a nicer area. It's almost too trendy for me but I'll survive. There's a coffee shop less than a 1/4 of a mile from my front door. I'm happy.

Yesterday we went to Niagara Falls. It was so much fun. We walked over to the Canada side. It was a lot cleaner than the American side and it had better stuff. We went into one of the casinos and I won $50. Amy won $40 but I think the highlight of her trip was saying that she walked to Canada. It's the little things right?

Mom, Bobby, and Amy just left and I'm sad. I'm not freaking out or anything but it just hit me that I'm alone in a city that I don't know anything about. I'm not worried about making friends or anything like but I'm going to miss my friends and family. I'm used to having this huge support system and now I'm alone. I'll probably be calling up random people so that I can hear a Southern accent.

I'll put pictures up of my apartment soon.