Day 56

Today has been a boring day. The only event of note was this email I got on my Georgia Tech account. It made me laugh and I think it's strange that they don't have me on record as co-oping for the federal government already.

Days 55, 54, and 53

I went up to Atlanta Friday afternoon and I returned back to Macon at around 9pm on Sunday. I didn't bring my laptop so I'm just uploading pictures now. 

Today they demolished the Roosevelt Building, a complex across from North Avenue Apartments at Georgia Tech. There was a facebook event from 7am to 10am and people put up videos of the destruction so I was still able to see it. Now all that remains is a pile of twisted concrete and debris waiting to be taken cleaned up. 

Saturday was the 5th annual Georgia Tech Pre-Health conference presented by AMSA. I attended 3 workshops and I was able to meet various schools and reps from M.D., D.O., and other programs. The people in white coats here were the cool D.O.s from the Georgia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Suwanee, Georgia. They were giving demonstrations on the blue Osteopathic Bed 

Friday some friends came over to my parent's condo where I was staying and we played several rounds of Apples to Apples. It's a fun game I haven't played since last August.

Day 52

Today was Wingman Day for my squadron at work. That meant half a day of working and the other half spent eating free food, socializing, watching presentations, and doing team exercises. It was also the retirement ceremony for a Major who had served 23 years in the USAF. 

Day 51

There's so much food in my life. Maybe it's because I have an amazing sister who bakes really well. These are the first set of brownies she's ever made. They were stellar. 

Day 50

I met up with some friends at the Shamrock - an Irish-themed pub in Payne City - today after a nice game of ultimate frisbee. I had some delicious fried and grilled tilapia, lettuce, tomatoes, and squash for dinner then finished the night up with some pool. 

Day 49

Tonight I skyped with one of my best friend who's going to college in Chicago. She just got accepted to DePaul University College of Law. This is my first time seeing or speaking with her this year. I'm so proud of all the hard work she's done in college. Good luck in law school Dessy.

Day 48

My mom made delicious Chicken Marsala with portabello mushroom and white rice for dinner. The sauce is olive oil and Marsala cooking wine. I'd say it's one of the best dishes she's made this month. Just looking at the picture you can tell it's delicious. 

Day 47

Today we went to Chili's for my little sister's birthday which was really yesterday. That's her in the middle devouring the ribs my Mom split with her. I enjoyed my own Monterrey Chicken. 

Day 46

Happy Birthday to my little sister who turned 17 today. While she was out with her best friend I went to see a play at Mercer's Backdoor Theater. The play was titled Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello. Here's a picture of the set and lighting during intermission. 

Day 45

After playing ultimate frisbee by Mercer I came across this leafless tree. I've only really noticed trees like this with leaves so seeing it just bare-branched without a hint of green really impressed me. I wonder what Freud would have said about that...

Day 44

Today Diane the secretary gave me a new desk organizer. It comes with a nifty tape dispenser and spaces for pens, post-it notes, paperclips, highlighters, and whatever else fits. Now everything I need is in one place and within easy reach. 

Day 43

My sister's boyfriend got her a little swinub toy for Valentine's Day. It's her favorite Pokemon.

 

Day 42

Happy St. Valentine's Day to all. Today my lonesome single self had jury duty in the morning, work till 2:45, CrossFit, the new episode of House, and then driving my little brother to - of all places - Waffle House - for a Valentine's Day dinner.
My brother placed these carnations in my sister's locker with the message "I know where you live." It would've been better if he didn't sign his name. 

Day 41

My dad has to a grand round this Tuesday to doctors and residency students about a recent patient. For practice he presented in front of my brother, my sister, my mom, and I. He did really well and even though I didn't understand most of it I learned some new material from what I did understand.

Day 40 and Day 39

Took this picture of people around Tom's fire pit after midnight so it was technically Saturday even though it was part of my Friday night. We had fun burning pine needles and just talking. My black jacket now has that amazing campfire smoke smell. 

Before the fire pit though we celebrated a friend's 24th birthday. Megan made a sweet batman cake which was supposedly made to be as healthful and not as bad for you as possible. It was delicious.

Day 38

I planned on getting a picture of my first ultimate frisbee game in months but I forgot to take pictures so I opted for this. Usually I don't like back to back similar kinds of photos but he got the duct tape shirt done finally. I can already see him at prom. 

Day 37

My little brother has some talent with duct-tape. If there was any real money in doing this he'd probably go full-time. Here's two  of the many things he's made out of duct-tape: a top hat and a flower.

Day 36

Today I went to Mellow Mushroom Trivia Night for the first time with my new friends from Mercer Newman Catholic Ministries (NCM). Two of them live in a house in my neighborhood so now I know where I'll be Friday nights. This is the paper-plane we had to make for trivia. The word on it is our team name "Ramrod." 

 

Day 35

I love my little sister's baking. Tonight she baked Valentine's Day treats which she'll send to her boyfriend at JMU in Virginia. Ladies, this is THE true way to a man's heart. 

Day 34

Spent the first half of Super Bowl XLV today at Buffalo's for dinner with my good high school friend Chris Gardner, Stephy, and Keith. I had some nice, filling, sweet teriyaki boneless wings and sweat tea.

Day 33

I played Scrabble with my little sister. She won 170 - 134. Her best word: PEAVIES. My best word: SACRUMS.

Day 32

Our filling lunch today was at "My Father's Place," another delicious, locally owned pizza place close to the Base. Here's Lieutenant Anthony Braden and Stephen Mullis, two great guys whom I've gotten to know at my co-op. 

Day 32

WHOOHOOO. It's been a month (31 days) since I started Project 365 and despite not posting everyday I still managed to get a photo of something interesting everyday since I started January 3rd, 2011. Only 11 more months to go. 

Today I went to Jittery Joe's at Mercer Village for the first time. It's a nice college cafe with free wifi internet and my new friend Aaron Kosal works there.

Day 31

What do you get when you find a heart-shaped strawberry for lunch, inspiration, and break time at work? Food artwork that celebrates love. 

Day 30

My little sister's iPhone art skills are getting better each day. This piece she calls "Artistic representation of a banana" and it's one of the many works she's done on the free "Whiteboard Lite: Collaborative Drawing" app for the iPhone. Apparently this one took a while.