It seems as though my time as of late has been dominated by thoughts of the future. What do I mean exactly? Many things.
Concerning literature, I pretty much read like I'm tearing up the TRON universe. By this I mean I now have a wicked sweet Kindle. While I was formerly a staunch advocate for physical books, I now realize the utility of possessing what amounts to be a Hitchhiker's Guide in my bag (Seriously. Wikipedia and free international 3G? You come up with a better way to describe it). I'll never give up physical books; the weight of the paper and smell of the words are too wonderful, but the sheer ease of reading and on the go access to my library act as a nice addition to my bibliophile-ness.
With school, our attention has been forward-focused on the looming mammoth of Step 1. The first of three nationally required licensing exams, Step 1 is an orgy of all the medical information we've learned or will have learned or will have supposed to have learned over the first two years, all condensed into 8 hours of mind-numbing goodness. Who has two thumbs and is pumped? This guy.
The final sign that I'm obviously future bound? I wrote this whole post from my frakking phone. What?
Until next time.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Alive and Kicking
Contrary to what I can only assume to be popular belief, I am alive and well.
Much to my surprise, or at least cautiously optimistic belief, I successfully defeated the modular of Brain and Behavior. A nine week behemoth, it was advertised to be the most challenging module of the first two years of school- a reputation it seemed both pleased to have and eager to maintain. The most enjoyable result of being done? No more anatomy. A year ago we started in the cadaver lab and have sense made our way from the heart and lungs, through the GI tract, all around the GU system, up and down the extremities, and lastly into the brain, head, and neck. While dissection lab was usually pretty nice and a change-up from regular lecture, it's really nice to be freed from the afternoon time commitment and additional exams.
We're now into the module of Blood and Lymph which is going fairly well; it's very pathology focused which might mean a test that has its devil in the details. I still want nothing more (going on 2 weeks later) than to revel in the joy of being done with B&B, but have decided to get back to the grindstone. If I'm going to dance on the grave of this semester, I want to be damned sure it's dead. I don't know if it's cold in the ground just yet.
So that's what's going on. Fiction writing is still happening, slowly, but I am currently planning on waiting to post more until I have a better story formed. If I had more time, I'd like to be able to finish NaNoWriMo on time. I suppose with my late start, it'll just be a two/three/four month excursion for me. I mean, I'm a little busy with not shaving this month...
It is November, after all...
Until next time.
Much to my surprise, or at least cautiously optimistic belief, I successfully defeated the modular of Brain and Behavior. A nine week behemoth, it was advertised to be the most challenging module of the first two years of school- a reputation it seemed both pleased to have and eager to maintain. The most enjoyable result of being done? No more anatomy. A year ago we started in the cadaver lab and have sense made our way from the heart and lungs, through the GI tract, all around the GU system, up and down the extremities, and lastly into the brain, head, and neck. While dissection lab was usually pretty nice and a change-up from regular lecture, it's really nice to be freed from the afternoon time commitment and additional exams.
We're now into the module of Blood and Lymph which is going fairly well; it's very pathology focused which might mean a test that has its devil in the details. I still want nothing more (going on 2 weeks later) than to revel in the joy of being done with B&B, but have decided to get back to the grindstone. If I'm going to dance on the grave of this semester, I want to be damned sure it's dead. I don't know if it's cold in the ground just yet.
So that's what's going on. Fiction writing is still happening, slowly, but I am currently planning on waiting to post more until I have a better story formed. If I had more time, I'd like to be able to finish NaNoWriMo on time. I suppose with my late start, it'll just be a two/three/four month excursion for me. I mean, I'm a little busy with not shaving this month...
It is November, after all...
Until next time.
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