FUNNY

Finals in two weeks and I went to a Giants game against the Padres tonight. I just got home, in fact. I drove to Mission Bay (a UCSF campus close to the ATT Park) and parked my car there ($1.50 vs $20 at the Giants' parking lot) and walked to the Park with my classmates who live in Mission Bay. After the game, we all walked back to Mission Bay and one guy friend asked me where I parked and said he would walk me to my car because there had been an attempted rape on campus several months back. And then he gave me the disclaimer, "Not that I'm going to do anything. But at least I'll be able to shout, 'Venus is in trouble. Help! Venus is in trouble!'" I had to laugh. But I guess, it's the thought that counts. =)

BEHOLD THE CROSS

2 months from now, there will be a big gathering and celebration of young Catholics from all over the world in Sydney, Australia - World Youth Day 2008. I recently saw a promotional video of the upcoming event at EWTN and immediately fell in love with the song (and the video). How I wish I could go. =(

Here are the lyrics:

Behold the Cross
Gary Pinto and Phil Turcio

Child, behold the Cross
Let me take all your burden
You will discover
I will always be with you
Through the darkness of the night
I'll help you
Cross over Jordan
You need not fear
Let me lead you into the light of My power

Can you see through the Cross
To a love that is never ending
Reaching out to the lost
With open arms
You are My child

Oh, my loving God
You gave Your Son as our Savior
And Your Holy Spirit
To take us back into Your heart

We can see through Your Cross
To a love that is never ending
Reaching out to the lost
With open arms
We will receive Your Truth
With forgiveness that is all enduring
Open our heart to You
Our loving God

All glory and praise to our God
Whose love will never end
We will help carry His cross
For His mercy forgives all our sins
Let us proclaim His Word
To the ends of the Earth

Child, embrace the Cross
Let it be your compassion
Forgiveness and mercy
Tell all the world of my love
Tell them to come
I am their God

Can you see through the Cross
To a love that is never ending
Reaching out to the lost
With open arms
You will receive My Power
When the Holy Ghost comes to anoint you
Open your heart to Me
I am your God
You are My child
You are My child
Behold the Cross

SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO

I will be working at Walgreens (YUP! Walgreens!) this summer as an intern. And I was assigned (by luck) to a Walgreens Diabetes Specialty Clinic. How cool is that. My preceptor sent me an email detailing the plan he has for me this summer. I'm really excited!

The Walgreens you'll be working at is a little odd. We're in the middle of transitioning to a more patient focused care model and have several projects in transition at this very moment. Our pharmacists are certified in Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, Pain Management, Asthma/COPD, Immunization, EC, and others. We've just started the MTM program and are currently involved in pharmacist intervention in Diabetes, HTN, Asthma, EC, and others. In addition, I'd like to get more involved in the Pediatric Intervention Program (PIP) with your help.

I've been working with students for over a decade now and have guest lectured at UOP, Western, & UCSF and have now worked with over a hundred students. I hope to continue to refine my teaching skills with your help and have developed a specific curiculum that I'd like to cover with you this summer to help prepare you for both classes as well as Boards. The first section will review OTCs (this usually takes a couple of weeks), then I'd like to cover Pharmacy Law, then I'd like to dive into Diabetes (several lectures here). After that, you have the option to pick another two topics that you are interested in. Topics that have been done before include Dyslipidemia, HIV, Depression, Asthma, but feel free to branch out into areas of your specific interest. I would like the topics fairly early to be able to prepare the lecture properly.

A lot of work, but hopefully now I'll understand what retail pharmacy is all about.

CONSERVATIVE THOUGHTS ...

I used to not care about the issue of abortion. My position was, "I won't do it. But I don't care if other people do it." But I had a change of heart when suddenly I came face to face with the harsh realities of the "process." ... NO! Don't worry! I did not go through an abortion. Hehe ... I really did not know of anyone who went through one or who thought of having one. But going back to school made me interact with people who are very pro-choice. In fact, they are so pro-choice, they wanted the School of Medicine to require ALL medical students to learn how to abort. They even had a rally at school about it. Had I been a medical student and had the school decided to make it mandatory to learn how to abort, I would have been forced to learn it, even if I did not want to do it ... where's the freedom (the one America always brags about) in that?

Anyway, as we were driving down I-5 to go to Anaheim, I saw a bumper sticker on a truck. I liked it a lot. It said,

It's not a choice

It's a child

And I say, "How true that is!"