Busy, Busy Busy

The Admissions office has been Swamped since the begining of last week. With school starting, Jenna leaving, and Kelli and Sara being on the road the work just keeps piling up. When I was a prospective student I had no idea how much work it took to send me all that BryanLGH information. I'm excited to find out who our new co-worker will be, because its always fun to meet a new person. If i ever get to see her i suppose since I never saw Jenna anyway. Out side of work life has been pretty usual; school, workout, homework, watch TV. Next Saturday I start my first SCC class so that will maybe effect my daily agenda. So far I've gone to ever Husker game for free but this time it looks like ill have to pay a little bit, not too much though. And thats pretty much the blog for this week, hope everyones having fun with school and work
Riley B-Admissions
P.S. Hi katie, I havent actually talked to you in like a month other than passing by so Hello!

Walkin n Workin

Check this out, they have work places that have tredmils that the employees use while working. Although they walk really slow (below 2mph), it still burns a heck of a lot of calories. Just an interesting item I wanted to share. the complete article is http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/health/nutrition/18fitness.html?no_interstitial if your interested in learning more. We couldn't figure out if they do have places to sit if they want or not, but very interesting indeed.
In school related news, I am finally finished with this week that was full of quizzes and tests. I am excited to have a weekend of basically no studies! I studied so much this past week, and I think it really payed off (I hope). Yup, I am still enjoying all the homework and studies, so I realllllly hope it continues!! Maybe just the atmosphere of a different school is helping, along with the fact that I have finally figured out where my life is heading, and I know I have to understand what I am learning to be able to do my vascular ultrasounding well!
Anyways, a final farewell to our Jenna as she will no longer be a student assistant, we will miss you!!
~Kt~ :)

Ugly Polotics

This, as everyone knows, is an election year, and I am not in a good mood about it. I had typed a whole blog out that talked about how the candidates were making this an ugly election but having read several articles my eyes have been opened. It is the media and the party fanatics that are making it an ugly race. Using words and phrases out of context, using party stereotypes to describe candidates, and focusing on the one ugly sentince out of a two hour speech. I admit that the commercials being put out that are supported by the candidates are ugly, however those are the parties talking. I really am getting sick of it and wish I could have a truly un biased nonparty oriented look at the candidates. However, the media is looking at the ugly parts of the race for viewers, and the fox news conservitive, or the Daily show liberal agendas make it near impossable for me to actaully hear the messages of the candidates. The best advice I had ever gotten was to never vote for a party, but always vote for a person, but as the campaign goes on it seems that the candidates become more and more like robots for their political parties (not to be confused with party robots which i enjoy very much)

Methemoglobinemia

There have always been tales of blue people in mythology, popular fiction, and in the news. Yes, blue people exist here and there in the real world.


Two conditions cause people to live and be (literally) blue. Methemoglobinemia is a condition in which the blood carries less-than-normal amounts of oxygen, making the blood appear blue. Argyria is caused by the ingestion of silver, usually for medicinal purposes. The effects of silver ingestion are permanent, and if the consumption of silver continues long enough, can be fatal.


Methemoglobinemia can be acquired through use of certain drugs, or can be inherited through the presence of recessive genes. There have been reports of blue families or tribes through history that could be explained by inherited Methemoglobinemia. The best-documented of these is the Blue Fugates of Kentucky.

Read the full article HERE

2008 MTV VMA's

Hmmmm I watched the vma's this year and lemme say i was less than impressed. First off Russel Brand wasn't funny. He was really annoying and looked rediculous, how can you take him seriously as a host? Brittany Spears won 3 awards for a song that her voice sounded so electronically dubbed that a robot might as well have sang it. I was even disappointed with rock video of the year going to Linkin Park for a slow song, it seems that names won this year and not music, which is where mtv has been for a while and it is very disappointing that they really don't care about good music anymore. Some deserved moonmen go to Kanye West for the good life, and Gnarles Barkley for Run. Even though it isnt a great video the white stripes were the lesser of 5 evils in best cinematography. So as dissappointed as i am in the winners that mtv chose, the biggest disappointment was with the fan vote of best new artist. Tokio Hotel is the worst band I have heard since... ... wow theres a lot, Nickleback, Pussy Cat Dolls, or Puddle of Mud. Since when is it ok to be popular because of how you look. at least nickelback and puddle of mudd looked like normal people. it would appear that in 2008 you were popular if you looked stupid.

and yes all the people pictured below are guys

So long story short if you wanted to win this year at the vma's you needed to be stupid (Brittany)

or stupid, stupid looking and have limited talent( Tokio Hotel, Russel Brand, and the Pussy Cat dolls)

Maybe i should stay away from mtv and watch some of the shows that jenna suggested... stupid mtv

Riley B- Admissions

Fall TV Shows

Wow it has been a long time since I blogged. School is going well but busy... I am in nursing care I so I am getting started in all the good stuff and having clinical 3 times a week!!
I do not know about you guys but I am getting excited for fall TV, all my shows will be starting in the next month, I CANT WAIT!!! I was never a TV/sitcom junkie until last year when I didn't have cable. The only channels I had to watch ABC, Fox, CW, and CBS and I was left to watch all the sitcom every night. Well lets just say I got hocked and now it seems like I have a show to watch every night! Lets just hope we don't have another writers strike and we can all enjoy our favorite returning shows like Grays Anatomy, Private Practice, Dirty Sexy Money, Pushing Daisies!
There is also a few new shows that look pretty interesting. I can not wait to see 90210 again!After the first episode it got the best rating ever for CW. We will just see it is matches up to the past episodes.
Gary unmarried-looks like another good one. Its about a recently divorced man adjusts to being single again after 15 years of marriage while also raising two kids with his controlling ex-wife.
Kath and Kim looks good for the ladies- A look at the relationship of a dysfunctional mother-daughter duo and their adventures in middle-class suburbia. This American remake is based on the Australian show of the same name, currently one of the most popular Australian shows.

It looks like a good run down of shows for the fall--hopefully we will be able to get our studying done!

I am posting a site where everyone can look at their favorite shows, days and timing or check out a new show. http://www.tvguide.com/special/fall-preview-2008/fall-schedule.aspx

Labor Day

S I actually Labored a ton on Labor day this year. my roommate was out of town so i figured with him out of the way it would be very easy to clean my house so i did laundry and dishes and mowed. I was super excited that i got so much accomplished. All the laundry isnt done and when my roommate came back he used practically all the dishes I had just cleaned so it looks like tonight i will be back to cleaning. I am going back to omaha this weekend and might hopefully find a car so i can get to school in 5 minutes as opposed to 25, and to celebrate my brothers birthday. happy 26 Myles!!! other than that my lifes been going pretty good
Riley B- Admissions
ps KT you have to blog every week! im just looking out for you so you better be thanking me in your next blog! and youre so weird likeing homework... but i guess thats just kt