I don't think my surgery skills are compatible with life

The intestines that I resected and anastamosed this week definately looked inflamed and edematous when I tucked them back into my patient. I've heard some people exclaim with surprise that we euthanize the animals after our practice surgeries. Believe me, it's a mercy killing. I wouldn't wish any animal to wake up from anesthesia after I get through slicing and dicing it.

The Interpol concert on Tuesday was amazing! The band was working it, the set was kick ass, and the crowd was really into the show. It was one of the best concerts I've been to in a while, and was definately worth the drive and the little sleep.

The kittens started purring last weekend. Just when I think they can't get any cuter they find something else to tug my heartstrings. Now if only we could master the litterbox. Here's some pics of Betty and Veronica.




Betty is the black one, and I like to sing "Woah, black Betty, bam blam" to her. Veronica has the looks in the family, but she is not the smartest pea in the pod.

Last night Jennie and I went to O'Bannon's annual pirate party with some of her friends to watch a band called The Blaggards play. I was skeptical about the music, but the guys really rocked out, and Jennie won a free trip to Vegas in the pirate costume contest! Good beer, good music, good company and pirates, I can't think of a better way to spend an evening.

My mom had a bad week, so today I'm taking her to the ballet in Houston. The performance is Vivaldi's Four Seasons, In the middle, somewhat elevated, and Petite Mort. My mom's favorite composer is Vivaldi, and I think she'll like it. I hope it will help to cheer her up. I'm super excited about the performance, and I've been looking forward to it for months. I'm especially excited about In the middle, somewhat elevated, because it's set to techno music, and the choreography is very athletic and classical. I'm sure that it's going to blow my mind like all of the Houston ballet shows.

*An update from the first post: I went to the ballet last night and it rocked. I really enjoy the performances that exhibit the dancers athleticism and this one definately fit that bill. In the middle, somewhat elevated was amazing, and all of the dancers were superb. My mom said she had a good time too.

Right now I'm listening to Mika, M.I.A., and Interpol. You should too.

Trying to take it easy

I'm having a hard time deciding whether this semester is going well or not. I'm taking 26 hours of classes and I'm continuing to work and volunteer so my schedule is packed to the max, but the classes overall aren't too bad. Today my neighbor commented that I'm never home, and I think he felt bad for me because he took my garbage can up off the curb for me.

In other news, I adopted two kittens. They are about 5 weeks old and little hellions, but cute as buttons. They're both girls, so I named them Betty and Veronica. I've never owned kittens before, so I'm slightly worried that I may be warping their impressionable young minds, especially since I'm treating them like puppies which are the only babies I have any experience with.

Right now I'm rocking out to the new Mika and M.I.A. albums. Both are awesome and download worthy. M.I.A. is a badass, and you have to give some respect to any musician who was forbidden to work in the U.S. because she "promotes terrorism." And Mika has turned my apartment into the new funky town.

My next month in a nutshell: hella lotta school, Interpol concert, ballet with mom, deantlering white tailed deer, going to a baby shower, tour guiding for the avian conference, volunteering for rabies awareness day and the recycling event in college station, and attending the anesthesia conference. Like I said, I'm busy as hell, but maybe I'll learn something along the way.