On Thursday, it finally happened: we discussed pirates in class. That's right this medical school in the Caribbean, where the "Pirates of the Caribbean" was filmed, finally did the inevitable and mentioned pirates in class! It was so exciting that I thought Farley was going to jump out of his seat, but he managed to control himself--barely. Not only do they have one of the three pirate movies playing on t.v. at all times (or every time I turn on the t.v., which isn't very often) sometimes there is even a pirate ship in the bay. If we didn't discuss the priates, we would obviously be disrespecting them. Note: the above picture is of the fruit man from St. Luica. I know I have a picture of a pirate ship either form here or St. Lucia, but I can't find it so I just had to make due with this great ship!
Dr. Ernst, of our neuroscience department, was the rock star of a professor who was creative enough to intergrate priates into a lecture! (I usually don't mention names of professors but he, as well as the rest of the neuroscience department, are excellent and I don't really have any complants, except that the subject is difficult but that is the nature of neuroscience). At any rate, we were reviewing the eye and the accomidation when going from light to dark or vice versa. It can take approximately 20-30 minutes for the eye to completely adjust to the dark. Apparently a few semesters ago student asked if this might be why pirates wear an eye patch. Obviously, Dr. Ernst needed to reflect on this important questions. He said that yes, if you wear an eye patch, you would have one eye that is ready to go when you have to go below the deck for important pirate matters. Moreover, you would be able to hop right back up top (it doens't take as long to adjust to from dark to light as it does from light to dark).
On another note, Nordstrom called my parent's house on Saturday. Mom and Dad got the message right after Grandma's funeral that Nordstom misses me and wants to know if everything was okay since I haven't been by in a while. They also wanted me to know about the upcoming sale. I guess this wasn't the first time they've called and it always gives Mom and Dad a good laugh. I always knew Nordies loved me as much as I loved them!!! I'll have to pay them a visit in December!!!
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