Scott's MD-PhD Adventure

Monday, August 20, 2007

Goldie Rain

My grandmother discusses the rain with my mother. And gestures.

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Goldie Fields Phone

My grandmother realizes Macy's is Marshall Fields. Then, her ear turns the phone off somehow.

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Goldie Pussycat

My mother calls and my grandmother thinks she sounds funny on the phone.

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Goldie Ceiling

My grandmother asks about my ceiling.

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Goldie Twain

My grandmother tells me how her son/my uncle couldn't say the letter R very well.

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Goldie Friends (Again)

My grandmother discusses my friends, again. (Yes, this is a completely different day).

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Goldie Filipino

My grandmother discusses her Jewish chiropractor and his Filipino wife, and teaching me Jewish.

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Friday, August 17, 2007

Goldie Turnip Frog



My grandmother, after discussing abortions, explains how to get one with a turnip. Oh, and how someone from the islands didn't like frogs.

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Goldie Twin



My grandmother discusses an aunt who had a "twin inside of her" (aka teratoma).

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Goldie Richard Teeth



My grandmother tells a story about her son/my uncle who had an overbite and what happened when she brought him to the barbershop.

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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Goldie Mixture



My grandmother discusses my friend Joe, half-mexican and half-korean, and my friends. again.

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Goldie Amtrak experience



My grandmother discusses her horrible Amtrak experience, the conductor, and then woman who sat next to her who had Parkinson's disease. Then she talks about teaching everyone to use the toilet on the train.

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Goldie Proselytizing Gift Certificate



My grandmother explains how Jehovah's witnesses try to convert her, but jews don't convert people.



My grandmother discusses the gift certificate my mother got for her birthday, and what she did with it.

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Goldie Friends Earrings



My grandmother discusses meeting my friends, including Ina, and how I told her to tell stories. She gets so excited...she forgets she's holding the phone! Then she talks about Lexie and Andrew and goes off into a tangent about earrings.

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Goldie Gay Straight Or Taken



Highlights of when I watch Gay Straight Or Taken with my grandmother, and she talks along with it.

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Goldie Laundry Boobs



My grandmother starts telling a story about her Chinese laundryman, and ends up talking about boobs, even though it's risque.

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Goldie Names



My grandmother explains her name, and how even though it's odd, it's better than what those crazy people are using for names these days!

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Goldie Apartment



My grandmother tells my mother how the apartment is colorful, clean, and gorgeous (even the coffeemaker!) how I am thin and younglooking!

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Goldie Amtrak ticket



My mother calls Goldie, but it doesn't sound like her. Then she explains buying her new $34 ticket, but she's confused as to how much it was. (Her ticket was sent to the wrong place, so she has to get that refunded and get a new one instead.)

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Goldie Shoes Wife



My grandmother tells everyone about my first pair of shoes! HYSTERICAL! Then she tells the story of when I was three and how I spoke to the old people.

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