Yesterday, when I got home from class, I went to wake up my laptop to do some work, and it didn't turn on. I restart it. It doesn't turn on. It started to, but the only thing that happened was that the light by the power button turned on and the cd rom made its usual start up noise. Then nothing but a simple blue powerlight being on and an ( Read more... )

I made a promise way back when that I wouldn't gripe about medical school: its workload and other ridiculousness. I knew what I was getting into, and I worked hard to get here. As a result, I don't really have the right to complain. I've gotten what I asked for. I've broken that promise to myself in the past, but mostly in relevance to the ( Read more... )

I just don't get it. When I moved into the dorms at UAMS, I asked if there was recycling, and I was told, no, will there ever be. Okay. I guess I was spoiled at undergrad where people were chastised to no end if they didn't recycle. It was deserved considering there was a recycling bin for every square meter of the campus. I guess I was just ( Read more... )

We started classes on Tuesday, January 2nd, which is hardly enough time to recover from New Years activities. We have the following classes until spring break (March 10-18th): Neuroscience, Physiology, Gross Anatomy, and Intro to Clinical Medicine. This term is supposed to be 1,000 times harder than last term, yet only a taste of how difficult ( Read more... )

I'm in New Orleans, with my family, very glad that Christmas is about to end. The Christmas spirit was up in arms earlier. I've been here for a week, and had a great time. Originally, my parents and I were going to spend Christmas on our own at their place. Well, I managed to arrange a last-minute family Christmas with my parents and my brother ( Read more... )

Here's a guy who's been marketing a scam goat serum cure for AIDS to Swaziland patients. It's truly awful ( Read more... )

It came up tonight--the topic of dancing. I don't know what it is, but it seems like a lot of people I know just love going to clubs, wearing shiny, sparkling, and otherwise eye catching clothing, and getting out on the dance floor ( Read more... )

Our lab dissections the past couple of days haven't been fun. We did the anus on Monday and the external genitalia on Tuesday. If you combine that with studying the male and female reproductive systems in microanatomy (a class consisting almost entirely of pictures of cells and what these little cells do inside these big organs), it leads to some ( Read more... )

And I love it. I love warm weather. However, I feel insanely guilty for enjoying the effects of global warming.

Oh, and the best way to celebrate a bad day in lab (read Monday and the anal triangle) is to go drink beer and decorate and eat christmas cookies with friends.

Every time I go home, I intend to bring something back home to leave or be fixed. Everytime I return back to school, I leave something behind very important. For instance, when I left on Tuesday night, I forgot a laundry basket full of stuff I no longer need at my apartment, including two bracelets that my mom could send to a jeweler to be fixed ( Read more... )