re: (galactiboy's Cantina) "Where everybody knows your name..."
Good morning Cantina!
I'm here to wholeheartedly thank you for your generosity on the day of my graduation. I'm blown away by your generosity, but more importantly I just feel fortunate to have a tiny oasis on the internet where I can feel comfortable in my geeky and otherwise obtuse nature. At times during my four year journey to this day, I've drawn strength from the camaraderie found here on our fine freaks board. It's been a long time coming, and I'm still a bit in shock that the day is actually finally here. Some of you may know, and others may not. I was not chosen the first time I applied to the program in 2010. Didn't expect to be honesty. But then I was not chosen again in 2011, and was kind of gutted because I was then fully prepared for the program with all prerequisites completed. Then, of course, I was called up as an alternate when another dropped. Well, I'm here to tell you, that this alternate rose to the challenge and finished at the very top of my class. Okay there's only ten of us, but still. I have straight A's in all of my core courses, with just a couple of minuses. And the best part is that I scored a 90 on the ARRT national board exam in Radiation Therapy. I'm only the third person from our program in ten years to score in the 90's. Pretty happy right here.
So, enough boring words. I want to thank each of you who contributed to the spectacular gift I received from my brother Waller this morning.
Darth Waller - my amigo, Thank you!
Avfin - my amigo, Thank you!
Flosi - my S.F. connection, Thank you!
KenBenobi - my WonderCon roommate, Thank you!
UTtoyfan - my LEGO hookup, thank you!
Shropt - my Stormtrooper, and protector of the Frau, Thank you!
VASith - my Commonwealth connection, Thank you!
MadCow - my voice of reason, Thank you!
Boba Ben - my youthful point of view, Thank you!
So I thought you guys might like to see some funny pictures of my journey...
This is me, like "What the **** do you want me to do with that huge machine?"
This is me, with the doctor in Washington, a therapist, and my buddy who went up with me for the ten week rotation this past summer.
This is the linear accelerator, after I broke it. No, just kidding. There was a loose bolt in the head floating around, because this machine rotates 360 degrees around the patient. Some cable got rubbed and had to be replaced. The machine was down for three whole days!
The inside of my machine. Crazy complicated.
Just a funny pic from Washington. But a great memory of my summer. Our mentor liked to take us all over the place and show us the sights, and Washington is a beautiful place. At this place, there was a sign, "Had to run back to the house, please leave money for the produce you take."
Andrew broke another machine! This one's in Vegas. Only down for a day.
Me, being a pimp daddy, and learning about cancer. I never smoked before. But on this day, we smoked, then swished with lidocaine, then blew dried our mouths out, and then tried to eat a dry cracker. All so we could see what it was like to have our mouths have cancer and be irradiated!
And one more. I'm so proud of the block I made. We hardly do this anymore, but it's good to learn the basics too.
Thanks again Cantina!
I appreciate it immensely.
Any pics with other figures?
