Stop shooting me, the messenger.

I am seriously so tired of getting heckled by customers who do not understand that there are rules in place and that "students" like me cannot break them.

Don't people realize that I could get fired for breaking these rules?  And anyway, even if I could break them, why in the HELL do you think that I would stick my neck out for you if you're going to be a total d*ck to me?  And, seriously, this is a LIBRARY.  You are getting these things for FREE.  Why are you going to b!tch and moan about something that is FREE?  This is one of the best media libraries in the country, be grateful or show some dignity or SOMETHING.

A new job and my new problems.

For a lot of my friends, none of this is new information.  Some of my friends have no idea that I work full time, but split between two part time jobs.  Of course, I am continuing my work in the media library as that cute girl who checks out DVDs (one of many cute girls, I should say).  I did secure an awesome position as a clinical research assistant last February.  This job has been ridiculous, and it is definitely going to be an experience I will remember throughout my life.  I am gathering data for a pilot study, and our end goal is to formulate a newer and briefer intervention to prevent drug overdose in a population at risk (people who have shown a recent history of pain medication misuse and a lifetime history of drug overdose).  I am required to drive up to Flint (from Ann Arbor) and talk with the patients of the Emergency Department at Hurley Medical Center.  There are so many crazy stories from within the ED, and those I will save for another juicy post.  Here, I will share with you my terrible travel tales.

Thank goodness my parents were gracious enough to give me a car.  I am so grateful.

My Special Morning

Mondays, f*cking Mondays.  Monday mornings are the worst.  They mark the official end of the weekend and the beginning of another exhausting work week.

Today was an especially ridiculous  Monday morning.  The story involves coffee, sh!t (not related to the coffee), geese, and other seemingly unrelated things.

A unique rejection letter.

I received a very ... appalling letter from a particular medical school.  I thought about censoring the identity of the medical school and deleting parts of the letter, but then I decided against it because I thought it would take away from the legitimacy of the whole thing.  Below is the letter I received, word for word and straight out of my gmail, and my just-as-ridiculous response (that I would send if I weren't so reasonable and professional).