Back in LA

So I'm back in LA this weekend for a college buddy's wedding/bachelor's party. It isn't really because he got married in Korea. Pretty standard issue stuff, a brazilian bbq to stuff our faces and a little poker + jack and coke. It was a $20 lesson that I should not be playing poker. Anyhow, I gave up alcohol for lent, so it wasn't that exciting. The closest thing to strippers was the sports illustrated swimsuit edition photo shoot on HDTV.

I've gotta say, I've still got a little bit of LA in me. We spent hours talking about the Lakers, Mbenga getting posterized by shaq, the three way trade between cleveland/seattle/chicago, the kidd trade, gasol, the works. Everything was spoken in relation to the Lakers. It was awesome! Played some basketball this morning until I was on the floor gasping for air...it was a short game. One of the guys broke his foot while we were playing. Same metatarsal fracture as Ariza. It was weird having everyone looking to me for answers. It wasn't an ankle sprain, he stepped funny and heard something crack. He couldn't bear weight at all, but ottawa doesn't really apply since it wasn't a sprain. Anyhow, for all you med folks, I told him to stop bearing weight, kept his shoes on tight to prevent further damage and keep the swelling down, had em keep it elevated and shuffled him off to the ER. I hope I did the right thing. Sadly, the nearest hospital was LA county, but I told them to drive to torrance (his hometown) so that he wouldn't have to wait 7 hours in pain to get seen. Glowing rec for my future employer.

The day looked up after that. Got some awesome carnitas, then we hit up the LA gun center or something like that. Firing a gun accurately is ridiculously difficult. In addition, those things are obscenely loud. For kicks, we basically got hand canons. .50 caliber revolvers and slug shooting shotguns. My paper thug didn't have a scratch on him. Even worse, I blew off the head of my paper hostage woman. I don't think I'm cut out for that kind of stuff. Definitely should not have one in my house, but I don't care if you have a rifle/firearms at your place joe. Maybe we can shoot some cans or something one day. But I digress, it's been an interesting weekend.

Joe, it's weird not having you here to hit up. Sad to come down here without having you around, but I know that you're at a good place in Seattle.

On a sidenote, you've been watching a lot of scrubs. I'm feeling like a JD, trying to be a turk when I think about going into surgery. Intern year is going to be fun.

-bender