I forgot to mention: I'm going to DC in July to become an orthopaedic surgeon.

Since I'm keeping this electronic record of my life (I think I've got at least eight years on here... damn), I might as well include incredibly important, pertinent pieces of information.

:D

he has Alzheimer’s-or some other kind of
dementia, no one knows (cares)-
he was homeless, a drunk,
no family,
imprisoned both by his nursing home and his own
disappearing
mind ( Read more... )

Dear Livejournal,

I'm engaged.

Sincerely,
Scott

P.S. Watchmen was awesome.

Kari bought me Watchmen in its entirety. It's amazing. I highly recommend it to anyone who saw the preview and thought "What the hell?" only to find out that yes, Watchmen really was named to Time Magazine's Top 100 Novels of all time. There are many metaphors and provocative ideas on the nature of power and humanity that I can't even begin to ( Read more... )

I just saw The Dark Knight, and it was very good. Possibly fantastic. Utterly tragic. It is what Batman Begins almost was, and will be quite difficult to improve upon. However, watching it (technically, watching Heath Ledger as the Joker)-- that is, watching an actor totally inhabit a role, humanizing the inhuman-- it made me miss acting. I miss ( Read more... )

I downloaded Weezer's Red Album today, and I must say- I'm quite impressed. It's very experimental (several songs feature other band members singing besides Rivers!), but the bonus tracks from the UK/US Deluxe edition are the best ones. Funny I suppose. I will put myself on a limb and say that the best track on the CD is "The Angel and the One", ( Read more... )

I'm going home this weekend! Ed and MK and my cousins are home from college, my friend Walt is home, MK brought some friends back from college, and so we're planning a big campfire-based drunk-party ( Read more... )

I got my boards score on Wednesday. I got a 95. The highest score possible is 99 ( Read more... )

Friday was my test. It sucked, really really bad. It was easily the hardest test I've ever taken, given both the time it took (8 hours) and the content (a woman has back pain; here is every single lab value you could ever get for her. What's the diagnosis? Choices A-K: idiopathic back pain, bone cancer, bone fracture, bone resorption, renal failure ( Read more... )

Officially, I have one week until my board exam. This is pretty scary. However, I've been doing fairly well on practice tests, and I'm taking a test given by the National Board of Medical Examiners tomorrow, so hopefully it will portend good things. If not, I will probably cry ( Read more... )