yeah so this morning i attended a group session with a psychologist named mr. negron... he's awesome. anyway, the patients in that group were absolutely adorable. the group usually focuses on substance abuse problems and maintaining sobriety "on the outside." so one of the patient was sitting there reading the old testament for a while, and all of ( Read more... )

yeah so i don't think oakenfold is playing anymore at central park in august. underworld is still coming, but i don't think they're worth seeing outdoors. something about the sound quality. speaking of which, we all went to see ram's band letterist play at the 169 on east broadway last night... damn they were GOOD. the lead singer, pam, is like a ( Read more... )

yeah so everyone's making fun of me today. this being a psychiatric center, my colleagues are trying to diagnose me with either conversion, somatization, or major depressive disorder just cuz i'm a little down today and i have some body aches and no appetite. punks ( Read more... )

yeah so i had some interesting conversations this weekend. i think new york is making me an argumentative assertive little punk. :D i like it ( Read more... )

yeah so we're stuck here at manhattan psychiatric center with very little to nothing to do. from 10:30 to 3, we've got nothing to do, and then we have an hour's worth of lecture, and then we go home in rush hour new york insanity to work on presentations and stuff. ugh. it's ridiculous, really, to waste all that time during the day ( Read more... )

yeah so today was day 2 of my psychiatry rotation at manhattan psychiatric center over in harlem. it's such a different system here... it's going to take some adjustment, but so far i'm enjoying it. i finally unloaded both my suitcases and promptly realized that i need hangers. :P they didn't have any at the 99 cent store near my place called 99 ( Read more... )

yeah so I’m on the plane now, on the way to manhattan. I’ve got this monstrosity of a headache, but I think it’s just cuz of allergies. Gross. I wonder if I’ll have allergies in new york ( Read more... )

yeah so i can't believe it's been so long since i've posted an entry or even thought about my lj. well... come to think of it, i *can* believe it. not only have i not had access to a laptop since october of last year, my life has been a whirlwind of medical licensing exams, rotations, 12 to 36 hour shifts/calls, 110 hr weeks, and even more exams ( Read more... )

yeah so, i lost the feeling to write that locked entry. maybe later tonight. :)

peece

yeah so i'm in miami, just starting my second week of pediatric pulmonology and cardiology. so far it's going great! i love my patients, i love the medicine, and the residents and attending physicians are all wonderful. my resident is a first-year intern named felipe (i know, classic), and he's very good to me, so i guess i lucked out that way. it' ( Read more... )