December 6, 2005

• Whompin in a winter wonderland

  Quote of the day:

  Why would i need to buy all those whipped cream chargers?-Brian

  You could be the son of a baker-me

  Is that like a son of a bitch, but with sweet buns?-Brian

  what is with you and testicles…fish balls and butternuts? you are a
  sicko-Brian Re: the many kinds of soup i have consumed lately

  w00t! The first real snow happened out here a few days ago. I am
  talking 4-5 inches of pure, uncut, angel dandruff, blow to those of you
  in the know This time last year, i was far too busy dorking it up
  to partake in all the reindeer games, but this year, NOT SO! I have
  managed to accomplish the following in the 10 degree weather over the
  last few days

  1) learned to drive in the snow. Or more accurately, learned how NOT to
  drive in the snow. Upon leaving lollicups-my study locale of choice-mmm
  boba-ryan and i noticed a large amount of snow on the ground in and
  around my car. SO we used the scraper to remove it, and after running
  around the parking lot a little, slippin and sliding and screaming like
  little children, we set off for the drive back home at a breakneck
  speed of 20 miles per hour.*

  *i have since learned that when the roads have not been salted
  properly, this IS IN FACT a break your fool neck speed. continue reading

  anyway, cruising along w/o a care in the world when next thing i know,
  we are still moving forward but the car is facing sideways. You guessed
  it, I had gone into a fishtail and drift without realzing. Dont panic,
  video games saved my life. how you ask?

  well just like any racing game will teach you, when you go into a
  drift, whether intentional or not, you always want to steer with, or
  into it, not yank your wheel the opposite direction in a misguided
  attempt to right your car. Also, you want to GENTLY apply the brake
  while you are turning into the drift, allowing the chance to slow your
  car. If you slam on the brakes, then the wheels will lock up and you
  will have even more problems and risk serious injury

  lucky for me i deal with crises well and followed both these rules,
  leading to one of the most controlled, safe, if unintentional drifts
  ever. Ryan and I pulled a full 180 degree turn in the honda civic like
  some kind of graceful, obese, skater at the ice capades. The car ended
  up in the exact same lane i began in, just facing oncoming traffic, who
  had all seen what was going on and stopped well in time, meaning no
  accident was cause, no one was hurt, nothing was at risk, just a
  valuable life lesson learned. Or maybe they were driving so far behind
  me cuz they saw the california plates and figured something like this
  might happen. Either way, good times. Spinning out of control in a car.
  check. one less thing on my life list to accomplish

  2) Massive snowball fight. Well not really massive. more like a mexican
  standoff snowball fight. After returning to the dorms, ryan and I had
  dinner at his place, and then called up the godfather and convinced him
  to come outside and play in the snow with us. We tore the parking lot
  up yo! I learned how to pack several kinds of snowballs

  *The fly-by-night: scoop up a handful of snow, and pack it just enough
  that it will hold together to hit someone close range, say right after
  they have slipped while chasing you with a snowball. heh. suckers This
  snowball can be made in fairly short order and while on the move

  *The distractor: basically the easiest snowball to make, scoop up a
  handful of snow, compress it once, and chuck it. It will disintegrate
  to powder long before it hits anything or anyone, but if people dont
  know its coming, it will buy you a precious few seconds to make a fly
  by night

  *The widowmaker: when two others are in the midst of a war and you have
  time to really pack down and compress a snowball into something that
  will hit, and quite possibly leave a bruise. requires a good 3-5
  minutes of adding snow and compressing into round shape, but beware!
  widowmakers are solid enough that after your target has been hit, the
  snowball will often still be intact for at least one more throw if you
  dont use enough force the first time around. dont give your enemies ammo

  Here are some pics!
  
  Prime snow fighting weather!
  
  Ima git you!
  
  Bring it, bitch!
  

  Oh look! more targets!
  
  Its every man for himself in a snow-war
  
  Man down!
  
  Luckily I had my snow angel to protect me…even if it was sideways…

  So yes, lots of fun was had…normally i would put these on the pic page, but i want everyone to get a chance to see all the Diwali pics before i upload any more stuff for a while

  Also, we celebrated Alex’s Birthday in true med school fashion-went out
  to a nice dinner, then got him royally FUBAR. It wasn’t as good as the
  machine’s bday, where phil took down 13 drinks (AND HE’S ASIAN!!!) but
  Alex made a respectable showing of 6 drinks in about 20 minutes before
  we cut him off as being suitable intoxicated. Here is the birthday boy
  himself after those drinks all took effect…
  

  SCRUB ME IN YO! SCRUB. ME. IN!-Direct quote
  -J

  The Josh wants you to scrub him in

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