That's the real question, isn't it? How is this going to play out? How is this going to read on paper? It's really a question of what narrative am I going to choose. Will it be one of being beaten into submission by setback after setback? One of surrender? Or will it be one of redemption after multiple failures? Pushing off the dusty floor ( Read more... )

I joined Blip b/c @azizansari suggested it. Really glad I did now. This song is full of nostalgia for me. Jr. High great time to get into music.

Just joined and got RB'd by a vet @Modster. Blip already>Twitter. Better f/u w/ a good one so here's one of the great lyricists of all time Billy Joel

Amazing song by the supremely underrated band Big Star.

It's vacation time again and you know what that means? It means I finally have time to go on dates! While this time was a pleasant surprise, I should probably make the most of it. It's sad that I look at time off as time to improve my social life, but such is the life of a medical student - well, many of my peers are married or seeing people, so ( Read more... )

I can't believe it's been a year since I started rotating through the hospital. So much was happening at this time last year - so many changes and challenges. There is something to be said of the passage of time between wounds. A relationship was broken, two of my best friends moved away, and I found out I had failed a test all in the same week ( Read more... )

My roommate Jenny is moving out tomorrow. That's sad in and of itself since we've been roommates for the last 2 years, but what really got to me was her dog Riley leaving. I really became attached to old Riles. She's half the reason I started running. I took her for her final run today. We went our standard route, but instead of continuing to ( Read more... )

This message might sound cryptic and I don't really expect or even want anyone to understand ( Read more... )

Quite an incredible day as far as running goes. So I'm probably on week 4 of my 6 days of running per week thing. I went my usual 3.5 miles or so and since there are lots of up hill areas I tend to slow down once I reach the top and catch my breath. Today was amazing - I got to the top of the first steep hill and felt absolutely no tiredness in ( Read more... )

Surgery is going to be a beast... 12 weeks, 1 down. Since I'm on the specialties portion of the rotation it hasn't been too bad, but I know I need to take advantage of this time to study hard for the mock board at the end of June ( Read more... )