Travel Map

This is a pretty cool map of the places I've been, I'm always looking to add more to it!

website

So I've been working on a website for the Interfaith Dental Clinic, it's pretty sweet, and I hope to have it updated soon!

Click Here for Website!

It's almost inspiring me to start my own webpage, hmmm... I was reading this cool book by Dr. Dorfman, the dentist from Extreme Makeover, and he basically explains all about cosmetic dentistry in his new book called Billion Dollar Smile. I'm having fun at the internship, and Tara's working hard on scholarship essays- good luck Tara!

In other news, my application to AADSAS - the Dental School common app, has been mailed out! It's really important to get the app out as quickly as possible because they're rolling admissions. I'll keep you updated if I get an interview!

I'm ready for the weekend, working long days takes all the energy out of me!

CMA FEST TOP FIVE

Richard's Top Five ACTS:
1. Brad Paisley
2. Rascal Flatts
3. Alan Jackson
4. Brooks and Dunn
5. Carrie Underwood
(6) Trace Adkins

Tara's Top Five:
1. Brad Paisley
2. Rascal Flatts
3. Alan Jackson
4. Brooks and Dunn
5. Carrie Underwood / Sugarland

An amazing weekend of country music- I got my country music schooling, now I can name all of the artists on the radio! I learned more in this weekend than I would in any "country music" class at Vandy - and for about $3,000 cheaper too! I'm now a proud country fan!

Richard

CMA

Rascal Flatts rocked the stage tonight- they were the best by far!

I'm really tired, but i'm excited because Tara and I get to go to Midtown tomorrow, we haven't been in 3 weeks because we've been out of town...

Dead Cat

Thursday, I took out the recycling after Armella and I had broken down the empty boxes from lab cases. I was rolling the large can down the loading dock, and I looked for a new recycling can to bring inside. I opened the first one and the most awful smell I could have imagined assaulted my senses and shocked me. I quickly closed the lid as Armella who was inside came out and asked, “What is that?” I didn’t know, and I wasn’t about to open it up. Then Lindsay, who was in the front of the clinic came back and said “what is that smell? We can smell it all the way up front!” I told her “I think that was the revenge of the dead cat! I can’t believe you could smell that all the way up there, I got the full brunt of the smell!” We laughed, my head hurt.

CMA Fest

Formerly known as fan fair, this event was amazing and drew huge crowds- 160,000 people are here this weekend for country music's biggest stars. They have a huge lineup- last night we saw Brooks and Dunn, Trace Adkins, Dierks Bently, Reba McEntire, Kelly Clarkson, Alan Jackson and the Wreckers. Tonight was Sugarland, Carrie Underwood, Montgomery Gentry, Sara Evans, and Jason Aldean. Our seats are decent, they're lower lovel, but we're at the other side of the field. The mix is pretty good, and they're filming the whole thing to air on ABC on July 23rd.

So Tara and I have been really busy this week, she had a test on thursday and a paper due Tuesday, so she's gotten hardly any sleep and I've been working all week at interfaith so we're both sleep deprived. Now we're going to concerts for 4 nights in a row... pretty crazy! I hope we don't get sick!

Anyway, we're enjoying life and having a good time here in Nashvegas!

See ya

OK i'm back

Well, I've been doing my HOD internship and I have to write for hours upon hours of crappy fieldnotes for my class, so I figure I can write on here for a few minutes just to vent. First of all, Diezba - I am applying to dental schools right now, I just submitted my AADSAS application to UAB and UNC a week ago, and my letters of recommendation are being sent tomorrow. I sent my TMDSAS- Texas application a few weeks ago. I should be getting interviews from August until December, and I find out starting Dec. 1st where I will go.

Further, I am loving my internship at Interfaith Dental Clinic, it is a great place, and I am really enjoying meeting the patients and employees, and learning more about the dental profession. I am keeping very detailed notes, and if they aren't too juicy, I might post a sample of my fieldnotes one day. I am working on my Learning Plan right now, which is the list of all of my criteria to be graded on.

Currently, I am watching Passport to Latin America - on the Travel channel. What could be better than the Travel Channel and Latin America on television - maybe Grey's Anatomy, but I'm thoroughly enjoying this!

See ya!