Hump Day 5-17-2008

Today was a special day for us second year students: Hump day! We now officially have two years left of dental school. The 4th years have graduated, and we are awaiting promotion to third year status on June first. To celebrate this memorable day, the LDS guys and gal (Kristin) decided we should get together for a BBQ and pyro technique event, a.k.a. the burning of the scrubs. Now we know what you are thinking; grow up, right? Well, it's tradition, and we wouldn't want to disrupt the delicate balance in the universe by breaking tradition. So Leo Christensen volunteered his house, the date was set, the hamburgers were grilled, and the scrubs went up in flames.



These next few pictures are the photo opportunities provided for our memories just before we symbolically torched our first half of dental school. You can feel the anticipation and excitment radiating from the shaka, the smiles, and the words scrawled across the worn, used, and ready-to-be-retired scrubs.

Here are nearly all of our crazy LDS (and one wannabe LDS) classmates.
From left to right: Josh Erickson (Montana), Aaron Layton (Utah), Kristin/Mark Simkins (Nevada/Utah), Paul Porter (Utah), Bob (not LDS, but we won't hold it against him- Oregon), Sean Morgan (Washington), Ryan Pini (Utah, but to make his wife TJ happy, Arizona), Dan Griffiths (Indiana), Bradley Tew (Washington), and lastly, kneeling in front, Leo Christensen (Arizona)

How much gas did you put on those scrubs, Leo? And TJ, where is the water?

Here is our burnt offering, after Leo managed to slip away from the flames to help TJ pull the hose closer to the fire, thus saving us all from a near disaster. The hose wasn't seriously that hard to control, was it TJ??? It only took a few minutes for Leo's neighbors to come out with an inquisitive look on their faces. They were probably thinking, these are dental students? We let Leo explain, and I am sure after his explanation of "it's our halfway mark," they were thinking: 1. He (Leo) never ceases to surprise us, and 2. Those crazy mormons. Anyway, everyone had a great time, and we are now ready to face our finals week and our promotion from the basement (where all the labs are, and thus where we have spent this entire year) to the third floor (where all the clinics are). We are looking forward to the windows and the change from dentoforms to patients.