More CK!

Since this blog has been re-booted a little bit, I was asked to provide more CK.  Don’t tell him that.  His ego is almost as big as his appetite, and that’s unmistakably colossal.  The mini-series of cartoons that came next from last Christmas (my, it has been a while, hasn’t it?) is about when CK tries out for a play.  But first there’s a random January 3^rd strip as seen below:

Okay, now that we have that out of the way, please enjoy CK’s audition for the play, “The Gizzard of Boz”

       

 Well, that’s all for now.  Thanks for reading.  Check back soon as I will try to post another blog between exams.  I will take requests if people want it to be holiday (Thanksgiving) oriented.

Election Day

The day is finally here.  It’s the day that you, America (‘merica!), get to decide what Electoral College will decide on who the next president of the United States is.  Will it be four-year national champion Barack Obama and his trusty sidekick Joe Biden?  Or challenger Mitt Romney and his good ol’ companion Paul Ryan?

Do I sound facetious?  Maybe it’s because at this point I’m sick of hearing about it.

It’s bad enough to be on Facebook to see people who don’t really understand the issues fully championing for their candidate blindly.  I don’t watch TV at home, but every time I pass one while at work or anywhere else, they are peppered with salty campaign ads.  In addition, I’ve gotten three calls from my party just in case I suddenly decided to abandon them and two calls from the other party just in case I have a major head injury and change my mind and vote for them.

Before you ask, no, I haven’t voted yet.  I plan to go after I finish this blog (aka this cup of coffee).  I obviously have a candidate I want to win, but I just want the stupid mudslinging, friend-and-family-dividing, TV-taking-over-ing campaign to be over.

I'm Still Alive... Mostly

Yes, it's been a while.  Yes, I made promises.  And yes, I sort of didn't get around to my resolution-a-month thing (although January went great... as usually does with those sort of things).  But no, I haven't been kidnapped, unless you count work and school.

There have been a lot of changes in my life since last blog, mostly good.  Turns out I'm a decent student nurse so far, I am capable of roughing it out at the Red River Gorge, and that Siracha and I are best of friends.  All things I discovered while here in Kentucky.  Turns out that a little more than a year later, however, I'm homesick.

It also turns out that I'm not so good at keeping a blog, but... that's all about to change.  There are more to come, and soon!  For now, I'll leave you with this amusing yet slightly horrifying photo of what I went out as for Halloween (makeup job courtesy of my friend Nathan).

Happy belated Halloween.  See you soon!

One Down, Eleven to Go

This is definitely going to be a quickie.  It turns out that school is hard.  And unfortunately I have an exam coming up.  So this blog will not feature my usual humorous banter.

As promised, here is my progress report on the first of my year of resolutions:

I am happy to report that I passed my January goal—not picking/biting my nails—with flying colors.  It was hard for the first few days, but it actually was much easier than I intended.  Which is good, because my February goal is probably going to be one of the hardest:  No sweets/desserts for a month.

I would like to take this time to commemorate my last dessert, as pictured below.

Here lies the last dessert I, Bryan, shall eat for 29 days (it’s a leap year).  It was a Cookie Monster from the restaurant Cheddar’s, which was every bit as delicious as it looks.  You will be missed, dessert.  See you March.

Speaking of cookie-guzzling beings, be on the lookout for more CK this weekend!

Nursing School: Ready, Set, Go!

Well, it seemed this day would never come.  Tomorrow I officially start the second-degree bachelor’s of science nursing program at the University of Kentucky.  I’ve got all my textbooks, most of my supplies, and still a crapload of reading/assignments left to do for one class.  But I’m finally starting.  I’m both excited and scared.

Nursing is not easy.  I certainly don’t expect to be a straight-A student anymore, and I acknowledge that I will very likely no longer be at the top of my class.  Actually, more towards the bottom.  In fact, with only 15 other students in my class, I could easily be the bottom.  Everyone coming in already has a bachelor’s degree in something else, and many of them have worked as nurse aides, paramedics, medical assistants, etc for years.  So experience will no longer be my savior.

On the plus side, it will be great to be in a group of people that all have a very specific common goal in mind.  When I was studying psychology/neuroscience at OSU, it was anyone’s guess as to what any individual student was going to actually do with that degree (I’m not even using mine for my current job, and I doubt most of my former classmates are either).  All of my new classmates are highly motivated to help people and still be highly academic.  I’ve already made friends.

Anyway, don’t be surprised of the quantity and/or quality of my blogs suffers a bit during the semester.  I’ll be working around 20 hours a week but classes are going to be full time, so my allotted time for writing blogs will be minimal.  Fortunately for you all, I’ve prepared a few blogs during winter break that I will post during the next few weeks.

Also, I’ve linked my Google+ profile to my blog now, so if you are following me from there, it’s now easier to read/comment!  Unfortunately, Facebook is still insisting on no longer allowing you to publish blogs from outside sources into Notes, so I will be continuing to post links to each blog as I write them.  Maybe someday.

I’d like to thank everyone who’s followed me so far and encourage you to continue to follow me, especially if you’re interested in nursing/medicine/patient care/health in general.  But don’t worry.  I’ll still keep my sense of humor.  And of course I’ll still keep posting cartoons about the big blue blog (aka CK).

Thanks again for a great first few months!

Bryan