NOT a hickey

contrary to popular belief, this is actually my battle wound from the biopsy.

Advanced Driving Strategies

Here is an excerpt from an online course i took this evening...

In case you can't read, it says, "Perhaps the most embarrassing fixed object collission is when you run over a fire hydrant. The fire hydrant is just one example of a fixed object that is often struck and damaged."

WRA: Washington Radiology Associates, P.C.

PATIENT: HAI ELIZABETH
DOB: 02/10/1986
AGE: 21

4/11/2007: THYROID SONOGRAM

Thyroid Sonogram

Clinical History: Thyroid nodule

There is a circumscribed nodule in the left lobe of the thyroid which measures 2.1 x 1.3 x 1.5 cm. This contains a small linear calcification. There may be a second small nodule in the left isthmus measuring 5 mm. The right lobe is essentially normal.

Impression: 2.1 cm left thyroid nodule as noted above. Fine needle aspiration is recommended.

The findings and recommendation were discussed with the patient and telephoned ot George Washington student health.

Mark E. Klein, M.D.

the neverending adventures in elizabeth's health

2004 - bronchitis with a fever so high i fainted and started hallucinating

2005 - the doctors gave me a pregnancy test without asking me if there was a chance i was pregnant. had they asked me, they wouldn't have given me the test unless they thought i was actually the next virgin mary.

2006 - the meningitis fiasco resulting in a CT-scan, two spinal taps and eventually a colonoscopy. that was fun.

and what would 2007 be without a good case of a growth in my thyroid? biopsy next week, i'll keep y'all posted.

my 50th post

this calls for a celebration! how about a virtual trip to flea market montgomery? "livin' rooms, bedrooms, dinettes, oh yeah. you can find 'em at the market, we talkin' bout flea market...montgomery."

and now with facebook's fairly recent gift feature (ok, so i'm blogging about facebook a lot, big deal), you can even give someone a little miniature sammy stephens! "it's just like, it's just like, a mini-mall!"

thanks for keeping me informed, facebook

they have taken it to a new level.

a few months ago, the people at facebook decided to implement a new feature called "News Feed" in which you are informed of all your friends' actions. For example, if my friend 'Bobby' starts dating someone and decides to change his relationship status on facebook, i will have a note in my news feed that says, "Bobby is now listed as In a Relationship with Ashley." i also find out when friends add new photos, when they update their profiles and when they join or leave groups among other things. there was a big revolt against it. a lot of facebookers were angry because it made facebook-stalking a little bit too easy. millions of people signed online petitions, wrote articles and formed groups (on facebook, ironically) protesting it. it was the biggest and most organized protest of this generation. am i proud of that? well, that's a rant for another post.

what's this new level? facebook has decided to inform me of MY OWN ACTIONS. ?!?!? tonight when i logged in I had a little note telling me that i was on facebook, reading my news feed. thanks, facebook....you're always looking out for me.
strangest part about it all? i was out at 11:19 pm, not on facebook.

no, my blog hasn't died

in case any of you were wondering, which i'm sure you weren't.

bugs aren't incredibly intelligent creatures. for the past few minutes, i have been watching a small fly. first it was attracted to the light of my computer screen. i like to pretend i'm a vampire sometimes so i sit in the dark with only my computer on. anyway, i think this fly was trying to find a way INSIDE the computer. poor thing. i turned on a lamp to give it somewhere else to go. then it was flying around the light of the lamp for a little while trying to figure out how to get through the lampshade to the lightbulb. it didn't fly up or down to the openings, just kept trying to go through it. finally it got stuck on a piece of tape on the wall. sad. i guess it was either that or get burned by the lightbulb. he certainly wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, poor guy.

camera phones are a great luxury, aren't they? i LOVE being able to have a phone AND a camera all in one! so much versatility and mobility. PLUS my phone is super skinny, so i can just stick it in my pocket and i dont even need to carry a purse anymore. here are some pictures i have taken with my 1.3 megapixel camera phone:

one fun activity native to dc is jumbo slice. and when i say jumbo slice, i mean jumbo slice.












here is abdul pretending to drink from the coffee/tea pot i got him in israel.













this boy has amazing fine motor skills when it comes to manipulating wire. we like to build wire sculptures together.







here is ferraby lionheart playing at the rock and roll hotel in dc. awesome venue, awesomer musician.


i even have some videos of the some of the kids i work with on the playground. for their privacy, i don't think it would be a good idea for me to upload them to youtube and then post them here. the point is - my camera phone rocks.