Latke Ball and a traditional Christmas Eve
Posted 09:59 PM, December 24, 2006, by saerniSaturday was the Christmas Eve's Eve, and even though there were plenty of places open, the Jewish Federation decided to hold the Latke Ball on that day. In Los Angeles and most other cities they hold it on Christmas Eve so that all people who are not spending time with their families have something to do. Susy and Shirley (friends from school back in LA) and Beth, Ryan and I went, and were later joined by Noah.
It is traditionally a singles event, but it seemed really fun so I go anyways. This year Ryan and I are headed up to Canada on the 25th so he was around as well, and it was his first time.
Overall it was pretty fun, but there were some strange people there. Shirley was convinced there were guys there who were married and looking for dates, which is pretty sick. And there were some people who followed us around all night, which was extremely odd. But we got some great pictures!
3/4 of the girls before going out.
We told Susy that San Francisco was significantly colder than LA this time of year and she should dress accordingly. Her solution: wear gloves with her outfit!
Shirley, Susy and Beth get their groove on!
We found Ryan had an aptitude for the robot! But he was practicing other dance moves.
Getting our groove on in the girls only section...the stage!
Noah paying for drinks with the most disorganized set of bills!
Noah and Ryan acting as Red Stripe spokespeople.
Susy is very pleased with her eHarmony VIP card! Now if only we knew what that meant! Is it a compliment?
Noah demonstrating his dance skills. Beth's opinion is all in her expression! (PS, Noah you were right! This IS going on the blog!)
Ryan takes a cute picture behind the curtains!
Suddenly a creepy bulge appears! Ryan is clearly distraught!
He's relieved to find out it's just Noah!
Ryan and Susy are sweet as pie!
Ryan finds a surprise on the floor! Looks like someone is losing hair...
We're all super tired, and the party hasn't even ended!
Once we get home, we all stayed up talking on the couch, and laughing, until we fell asleep!
Today (real Christmas Eve) Ryan and I packed for going up North, and Susy, Shirley and Beth came over to eat chinese food and watch 3 chick flicks ("Bridget Jones's Diary", "The Devil Wears Prada", and "About a Boy"). Of course Ryan didn't participate in the television festivities, but he did enjoy the food! I'm also making sure the massive amounts of chocolate my dad brought are consumed so I can avoid my seasonly seven!
I'm also excited to have gotten all my grades! Russ Altman told us not to stress over grades too much, but somehow I still can't get used to that idea. Of course I overworked in two classes, but somehow just couldn't swing it in my BMI course.
Noah and I had a bet that I would get a B (he said I would get at least an A-) in the BMI course. I won! Yay! But not yay at the same time. Thanks to Alex's genius idea, and Noah's jess skills I was able to avoid getting kicked out of the program, I was definitely stressed, coming up with alternatives if I don't make it through. I haven't spent that much time studying before in my life! It was pretty intense!
Hopefully I'll get a chance to relax sometime this winter. I have so much to do to finish up my rotation. Unfortunately the work from courses has really overloaded me and I couldn't finish up to well. I have to present in my lab on the 17th of January, so I've got time, but I want to finish things up before the new year!
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Comment by: rachel at December 30, 2006 09:48 PM
Hey Sarah, cute blog, and cute pics from the Latke Ball night!! Wish I could have been there!
:)
Comment by: Julie Loinclothstein at January 9, 2007 08:46 AM
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Hi Sarah!
I'm applying to bioinformatics programs right now so I came across your blog. Thanks so much for sharing, it's good to see a little bit of what it's like.
I was wondering if you have any reflections on the first semester of grad school, if it was how you thought it woudl be, anything you plan to do differently next semester/rotation, or thoughts for people who are looking at programs now.
Hope you're having a great break,
Rachel