This will be my first "normal" post, concerning the days events, music rockin my noggin at the moment, and other fleeting issues. (I will try to post another introductory entry soon-ish)
Pharm Fun
Today was Day 2 of my independent pharmacy job shadowing. I've been shadowing at Fremont Pharmacy which is owned and operated by Hank and Keith Stewart, R Ph. (Kenan's dad and uncle, respectively). First off, they are really good guys. Second, I'm starting to see that there is actually some creedence to the crap they are shoving us about Pharmacists being the "most trusted professionals" in our society. Hank and Keith are really good examples of that belief and their customers really really do trust them. Hopefully I'll be able to be in that position someday.
Here is probably a good spot for me to tell people who may not know me very well that I am a pre-pharm major at Campbell and have every intention to get a Doctorate of Pharmacy degree. I'm not sure if i want to necessarily be a retail pharmacist (neighborhood pharmacy , CVS, Walgreens, etc.) , but regardless of my final career choice I'm hoping it will be in pharmaceuticals (wish me luck). I begin my pharmacy school application in June and am in the process of amassing pharmacy shadowing hours. By the second week of January I should half approximately half of the 160 shadowing hours that I'm aiming for. So that's what I'm up to now with regards to my education/job/rest of my life. More to come on that front...
Music Stuffs
Music is pretty much the biggest thing in my life, aside from my education, and is really the only thing I can claim as a hobby of mine. I will talk about music in some way in pretty much every post I make....because I mention music in pretty much every conversation I have.
Today in music I want to encourage everyone to check out Razia's Shadow. It's a musical that was written over the last two years by Thomas Dutton (of Forgive Durden). Dutton enlists several prominent vocalists from "the scene" to play characters in the musical. Appearances are made by Max Bemis (Say Anything), Chris Conley (Saves the Day), Greta Salpeter (The Hush Sound), Casey Crescenzo (formerly TREOS), Kris Anaya (An Angle), Aaron Weiss (mewithoutYOU), Danny Stevens (The Audition), Brendon Urie (Panic (!) at the Disco), Nic Newsham (Gatsby's American Dream), Shawn Harris (The Matches), and Lizzie Huffman (Man in a Blue Van). Each character does an excellent job with their given role which adds a massive amount of awesomeness to the already excellent storyline and instrumentation. I encourage you to either buy or download the album ASAP but until then you can stream every song on Youtube right here.
In other music news, I bought two vinyl records last night. I purchased Let It Be, by The Beatles, and Moving Pictures, by Rush. They will be joining Otis Redding and The Who in my newly started vinyl collection. If anybody has any hook ups to records or knows of any Goldsboro-ish stores that may have used vinyls, please let me know.
We Are Boned
I just wanted to say that we, as a nation, are boned....right in the economic butthole. I just heard a headline on TV that said "What happens when Americans cut back on Christmas? - The whole world suffers" I've never been one to claim much economic knowledge, but I absolutely think that there is a serious issue with distribution of wealth in our country that has caused this problem, and it deeply saddens me that it will take a massive economic downturn to give us even a small window of opportunity to try and fix things. This is a TERRIBLE time to be entering adulthood....especially with student loans to pay. So basically, strap on your recession boots boys, it's gonna be a long night.
Possibly more tonight
If not, sleep tight,
Carl Teachey
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