I love...

My family, my friends, snowboarding in powder, experiencing other cultures, my car and other rally cars, my truck and other sport trucks, ecosystems and trying to create them at home particularily in aquariums, lots of music (emotional, international, beat driven, chill...), Jesus, Young Life, going down with a mountain bike (not necessarily going up), Whistler, Hawaii, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, other places bordering or in the Pacific Ocean that I have yet to go to, Chipotle, Panera, kids with disabilities, kids in Africa, speeding, anesthesiology, fighter jets, foreign foods (especially tacos, sushi, pho, Ethiopian, Middle Eastern, Indian...), stout such as Guiness, hot sake, "extreme" sports, guitar, pianists, cooks, abstract landscape paintings, summers in the Northwest, surfing, discovering new music, coffee, chocolate, peppercorn steak, Dr Pepper, having a garage, my children that I sponsor, missionaries, praying with patients, my photo album screen saver, my churches (Mars Hill, Sandals, Apex), sunny and a dry 75 degrees with a slight breeze, Forest Gump, cutting edge technology, thunderstorms, Cajun food, loud trance, rock concerts, Quiksilver clothes, wood, big trees, water, Candy with a capital C...

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

I just enjoyed Christmas day with my aunt and grandparents here in Ohio. I got a big phat 80 gig iPod for Christmas from my parents (THANK YOU!). I went from no iPod for all my life, to the big kahuna. I have only converted about 20 gigs of my music to mp3s, and I'm about 1/4th of the way through, so potentially this can hold my hold collection. Amazing.

I'm in a busy month of inpatient medicine. Haven't been doing much except working, caring for my fish, watching Lost, and being involved with my church. The Air Force put me as an alternate for getting anesthesiology training, so in the next month, maybe I'll be allowed to continue with residency at Loma Linda. But I thinking most likely it won't happen. So then, I'll be moving who knows where in July.