BIOGRAPHY
1974 MADE IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS, USA
1975 FIRST USED TOILET AND FASHIONED IMPRESSIVE BRANCUSI-LIKE SCULPTURES FROM MEDIUM OTHER THAN CLAY. SOON BECOME JADED AND BRILLIANT SCULPTURE CAREER SHORT LIVED.
1975-89 GROW
1989-92 VIOLIN, VIOLA, PIANO BEGINS. STILL CONTINUE TODAY. HOWEVER, OFTEN MAKE NEIGHBORS VERY VERY ANGRY.
1990 BEGIN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER AT SIX FLAGS OVER TEXAS AS A TRASH-MAN. SPEND THREE SUMMERS AT THE AMUSEMENT PARK. REALIZE THERE ARE FEW THINGS IN LIFE MORE REPULSIVE THAN WARM FERMENTING TRASH JUICE ( THE MUSIC OF ENYA BEING ONE OF A FEW NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS)
1993 GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL HEAD SOUTH TO UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN TO TRY HAND AT SLACKER-DOM. AS IS CUSTOMARY IN ANY COUNTER-CULTURE TOWN IN THE MID 90S, IM QUICKLY INDOCTRINATED BY DORM UPPERCLASSMEN ON THE RELATIVE MERITS OF CHE GUEVARRA, HACKEY SACK, JIMMY HENDRIX, DISC GOLF, THE BEATLES, PEACE, PHO, GUITAR, QUINTIN TARINTINO, EXISTENTIALISM, THE EVIL MACHINE, NATURE, SOUTH INDIAN CUISINE, NOT SELLING OUT, AND THE PHYSICS AND FLUID MECHANICS GOVERNING THE CONVENTIONAL WATER PIPE
1994 BEING WORKING AS TUTOR IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. BIOLOGY, AND CHEMISTRY. WHEN I DONT FULLY UNDERSTAND SUBJECT AND INEPTNESS BECOMES APPARANT( AS WAS TOO OFTEN THE CASE) SUGGEST WE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER SUBJECT AS IT WONT APPEAR ON TEST (HOWEVER ALWAYS APPEARS ON TEST). STILL LOVED BY STUDENTS.
1996 HEAD TO LONDON TO CONTINUE STUDIES AT QUEEN
MARY AND WESTFIELD UNIVERSITY, DISCOVER THAT THE ENGLISH REALLY DO HAVE BAD TEETH. BACKPACK TROUGH ENGLAND, NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, FRANCE, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, MONACO, GERMANY, AUSTRIA, ITALY, THE VATICAN, GREECE, CYPRUS, ISRAEL, AND PALESTINE. DISCOVER THAT WHITE T-SHIRTS TURN BROWN INSTANTANEOUSLY WHEN WORN FOR EXACTLY MORE THAN 3 AND 1/2 DAYS.
1998 BACK IN AUSTIN GRADUATE FROM UT. ALTHOUGH COLLEGE DID SEEM TO BE A BIG HAZE AS IT WERE, COME AWAY KNOWING HOW TO TANGO AND HOW TO TIE CHERRY STEM IN MOUTH. HEAD TO SPAIN TO TEACH ENGLISH TO SCHOOL CHILDREN. REALIZE THAT DEALING WITH CHILDREN REQUIRES SUPER HUMAN MEASURE OF PATIENCE, VOW TO NEVER HAVE CHILDREN (ON PURPOSE AT LEAST). LATER THAT SUMMER TRAVEL TO CZECH REPUBLIC, FRANCE, ITALY, AUSTRIA, AND ENGLAND. WHEN IN PRAGUE PONDER THE HUMAN CONDITION IN FRONT OF FRANZ KAFKAS HOUSE.
1998 MEDICAL SCHOOL BEGINS. AS THUS FOUR YEARS OF LESS SLEEP THAN HUMAN BODY REQUIRES
1998 ELECTED PRESIDENT OF MEDICAL SCHOOL CLASS. HOLD POSITION FOR 4 YEARS. POSITION GOOD FOR RESUME AND MANY FREE LUNCHES, CHICKS DIG IT TOO. TRY TO BEGIN SCANDAL WITH INTERN AND CIGAR IN CLINTON-ESQUE MANNER, HOWEVER SOON REALIZE I HAVE NO ACCESS TO SEDUCTIVE INTERNS AND CUBAN CIGARS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE. FRIEND SUGGESTS I SETTLE FOR CLEANING LADY AND A BENSON AND HEDGES MENTHOL, I PASS. ALAS NO LEGACY OF SCANDAL, NO ONE WILL REMEMBER ME. OH WELL. WHAT WILL BECOME MY LEGACY THEN? I SETTLE FOR CARVING MY INITIALS ON TREE IN PLAZA. NF WUZ HERE. TREES ARE LATER CUT DOWN. FORMER PRESIDENT FEELS LIKE HE JUST CANT WIN.
1999 ANOTHER SUMMER, ANOTHER TREK. NEW COUNTRIES THIS TIME SCOTTLAND, IRELAND, HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA, LUXEMBOURG, PORTUGAL. REVISIT FRANCE, SPAIN, AUSTRIA, AND ENGLAND. TRY HUNGARIAN GOULASH. FINNED $5 FOR JUMPING SUBWAY TURNSYLE IN BUDAPEST (THRILL OF BEING A CRIMINAL MORE THAN WORTH $5 HOWEVER).
2000 THIRD YEAR OF MEDICAL SCHOOL BEINGS AT PARKLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. A VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF PATHOLOGY. AFTER FALLING ASLEEP WHILE RETRACTING DURING SURGERY VOW TO NEVER FALL ASLEEP DURING A SURGERY AGAIN. AFTER FALLING ASLEEP AGAIN MAKE SAME VOW. VOW TO NOT STAY UP 40 HOURS IN A ROW AND THEN REALIZE IM IN MEDICAL SCHOOL. VOW TO STAY UP 40 HOURS IN A ROW. AGAIN BEGIN TO PONDER THE HUMAN CONDITION.
2001 HEAD TO SUNNY COSTA RICA FOR MUCH NEED RESPITE. SEE ACTIVE VOLCANO, SURF, AND STREAK NAKED THROUGH IMPORTANT NATIONAL PARK/RAIN FORREST . MISS PLANE BACK AND MISS FIRST DAY OF INTERNAL MEDICINE ROTATION. THIS DOES NOT GO OVER WELL WITH DEAN DR.WAGNER.
2002 IN SPRING BEFORE GRADUATION HAVE ONE MORE GO AT BACK PACKING. THIS TIME SOUTHEAST ASIA. GO TO MALASIA IN BORNEO, BRUNEI, THAILAND, CAMBODIA, CHINA, JAPAN, AND SINGAPORE. LEARN IMPORTANT LESSON AFTER BUMPING HEAD NO LESS THAN FIVE TIMES ON LOW DOOR FRAMES. WILL NOW ALWAYS DUCK WHEN GOING THROUGH DOOR IN ASIA. ALSO OF NOTE ACCIDENTALLY EAT OX ENTRAILS.
2002 FINALLY GRADUATE FROM MEDICAL SCHOOL.....NABEEL GETS AN M.D.
2002 BEGIN RESIDENCY
2002 HEAD TO TURKEY, SPILL BEER ON EXPENSIVE RUG
2003 HIKE IN THE HIGH ANDES MOUNTAINS OF PERU AND EXPERIENCE THE JOYS OF ALTITUDE SICKNESS, REGGAE IN JAMACA, AND DRINK MOJITOS IN CUBA, BIGGEST ACCOMPLIUSMENT OF TRIP IS SNEAKING COHIBAS AND AN "I LOVE CUBA" SHIRT PAST CUSTUMS.
2003 RESIDENCY IF FINE BUT FIND MYSELF ON TRIP AGAIN. CHILL IN JORDAN AN WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN IN CAIRO
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