On communication

[monsoon_nights]

Two days ago, my Vanderbilt interviewer (a medical student in one of the nearby med. schools) contacted me via Google chat about whether I had decided to go to Vanderbilt and what my future career plans were

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[andcetera]

Hahaha. Oh, life. I already have a weird relationship with D-Ram... considering we hang out backstage and stuff. I've just gotten used to it. After all, they are people. We're all people. C'est la vie!

[monsoon_nights]

I hate that phrase "C'est la vie." It's become so cliche. And I'm in a really bad mood because of economics, though nothing will make me more cranky than calculus.

[andcetera]

It's always been cliche. I love it because it is one of the few French things I know, and I've always thought French was such a romantic language. It is a good phrase...

[monsoon_nights]

French is only awesome when you really know the language, not just a few popular phrases. This is why I wish I had taken that instead of Spanish, though Spanish is probably more useful in medical stuff (hey! the internship does have some use after all!)

Yeah, I had to speak to patients in Spanish, since my sponsor person couldn't. It was pretty abysmal on my part.

[andcetera]

Wow. See, that's why Daniel takes Spanish. But I dunno. I'm just too in love with Latin, and then languages like French and Greek and Ancient Greek to take Spanish... I mean, name one Spanish masterpieces great, innovative work of literature other than Don Quixote and 100 Years of Solitude... see, it's kind of hard... but Laitn? Thousands. Same with Greek. And you just can't appreciate a translation like you can the original.