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[29 Sep 2004|10:44pm] |
i'm transferring loyalty. this shit is slow.
ohio snap
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| moving on |
[27 Sep 2004|08:35pm] |
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Dear friend,
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| way to go, hp |
[26 Sep 2004|12:30pm] |
the kinks "picture book" is on an hp commercial right now.
i think the same commercial also used the cure's "pictures of you" once.
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| this mess we're in |
[26 Sep 2004|12:16pm] |
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okokok.
last night was spent catching up with slimsonian here in beloit. we rented "club dread" and "starsky and hutch" and watched them both in succession. while the former was chock full of gratuitous nudity and theatrical blood, and the latter was packed with feathered hair and fake moustaches, neither was as funny as we had hoped. "club dread" falling flat was especially disappointing, since i loved "supertroopers" so much and was expecting it to be painfully funny. it wasn't terrible, mind you. just not as funny. granted, the premise was more of a teen-slasher-comedy movie, more "scary movie" than "i know what you did last summer," but still -- i expected more laughs than i got.
i took the psychiatry shelf exam on friday. man, was that a load of crap. it wasn't very difficult or anything, but it was LONG. 100 multiple choice questions in 2 hours. doesn't sound like a problem. almost all of our exams the first 2 yrs of med school were multiple choice and i generally finished well before time is called. but this exam was insane. each question had a small case that prefaced it, that was about 7-10 sentences long. that eats up a lot of time! you have to read and process a case before EVERY question. i found myself well below the halfway mark by the time an hour had passed. i barely finished in the time allotted, and forget about checking my answers. ugh. either way now, it's done. tomorrow i begin pediatrics, and while i'm very excited, since that's the general field i'm thinking of going into, i'm going to very much miss the cakewalk schedule of psychiatry. no more 5-days-a-week-come-in-at-8-and-leave-by-5-at-the-latest-with-no-call-days for me. back to the 6 day a week grind, coming in before 7am daily. better get used to it.
i've been thinking about purchasing webspace and sprucing up things a bit. this livejournal layout is admittedly retarded (although, if you REALLY want lame, check out ohio snap), and i'm not such a huge fan of the LJ interface. it is easy to use, though. i just want something a little more pretty and a lot more unique COOL. but what domain name would i even register for? i haven't given this much thought.
in other news, i've been thinking about subscribing to salon.com. anyone ever do this? they have all sorts of extra shit they'll send you if you sign up, like a free subscription to US News & World Report, and some other things. i really enjoy reading all that stuff, but i wonder how much time i'll have once rotations kick back up into gear again.
also, since janice has left, i have "inherited" all her DVDs that she left behind, for the time being. i had no idea my sister was into french new wave cinema, although i do remember we all got a kick out of watching "band of outsiders" with my mom a while back.
i want to go back to europe.
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[23 Sep 2004|07:26am] |
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| son of a bush |
[22 Sep 2004|06:59am] |
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Those who seek to bestow legitimacy must themselves embody it, and those who invoke international law must themselves submit to it.
In hindsight, experience shows that actions taken without a mandate... are doomed to failure.
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confidential to chuck: daryn kagan grew out her hair (!)
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| what does exanimate mean? |
[12 Sep 2004|05:42pm] |
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so i'm currently watching the mtv video music awards on rerun, for the first time. thoughts:
1. alicia keys + stevie wonder (+ lenny "optional" kravitz) = pretty damn cool. i felt like i was watching the harlem renaissance orchestra or something.
2. interviewer to marilyn manson: "so did you take a yacht or something to miami? how'd you get here?" manson: "i rode in on mandy moore." HI-LARIOUS.
2(b). manson: "if mandy and i had a love child, and she was old enough, this is what they'd look like (the polyphonic spree)" ??? wtf
2(c). i'm quite impressed that mtv actually had the polyphonic spree play. i wonder who cancelled.
3. jigga in his white suit, beyonce on the arm.
4. yellowcard. this band has a violinist in it? i can just imagine buddyhead shredding them to pieces.
5. that asian guy from linkin park got fat. WAY TO BLOW IT
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| downtime |
[03 Sep 2004|11:06am] |
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see, here's the thing about working this small inpatient child psych ward.
there's only 2 attendings, and one fellow. at any given time, one of the attendings and the fellow is in with a patient. there are two med students, me and this chica, and the patients are more or less divided evenly between us. now we can go in alone with the patients and talk to them, but admittedly, neither of us know what the hell we're doing, aside from making friends with the kid and getting to know them. but usually, if we're to get something done, it's one of us students, plus one of the attendings, plus the fellow, talking to a patient.
which means, at any given time, one of us students isn't doing shit. like take me for example. this morning i got here at 8am. morning report at 8:30am. then we met with one of the patients at 9:30am, talked with him until 10am. we went straight to a family meeting for my other patient, which i was in until about 10:45am. then the attending and fellow went into a phone conference with the other med student and one of her patient's families. so i've been doing nothing for the past 20 minutes or so. because my "bosses" are all taking care of patients that i'm not following. i have no notes to write.
there are 2 computers that we can use here. both are located in the staff workroom, which has a big picture window in it so you can see the front desk and the goings-on in the hallway. which means, you have to be very careful while surfing the net, keeping one eye on the door, ready to alt-tab if the bosses come in.
which they're about to do now. i see them coming.
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| well excuse me princess |
[03 Sep 2004|07:17am] |
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i've been rotating through the child psychiatric unit for the past week. it's been an interesting trip. bottom line: i think we're overmedicating all these kids. they all have an underlying diagnosis of ADHD, so they're all bouncing off the walls and talking (yelling) at the top of their lungs. but since it's inpatient, they all have something on top of that - in the case of most kids that i've worked with so far, they have problems with anger and agression. most of them come in with reports of getting into fights, yelling at their parents or teachers, antagonizing classmates, etc. the kids have been as young as 8 and as old as 13 (the ones i've worked with, anyway). but whenever i sit down with them, they act just like kids their age should. we have fun, we joke around, we play games, we laugh - it's anything but a show of agression.
but then the kids express concern that there's so many cameras in the unit (it's all girl, interrupted up in this bitch), that everything is lined by fences and locked doors, that they're being force fed al whole slew of meds they never used to be on, that they get locked inside their rooms and only get let out for "activities" -- all of this stuff would drive ME crazy, no wonder these kids are losing it. but then the docs get excited and prescribe the kids a bunch of adderall and tranquilizers and then wonder why these kids are getting depressed. i mean, WTF!??!
and i tried explaining my thinking to one of the docs, who kindly listened to me, and then said he must disagree. (remember when someone else once said, "i hear your protests, but i must respectfully disagree?" what a load of crap)
ahem.
well i better go off to work now... don't wanna be late.
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| sonuvabush... |
[31 Aug 2004|06:37am] |
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i hate the bushes.
i really hate them.
laura bush was just on CNN. bill hemmer asked her how she felt, seeing hundreds of thousands of protesters turn out in NYC, a massive gathering of people all focused on making sure that her husband does not cheat his way into office again (not CNN's words verbatim). her answer talked about how great it is that we live in a free country that we can protest like that, and that now afghanistan and pakistan are free, and that's all thanks to her fucking hubby. basically just didn't answer the question. how about "holy shit, my husband the nimrod president has sparked worldwide and stateside protests of unprecedented history-making size - people are turning out en masse to stress that they will not accept another idiot running this country into the fucking ground."
at least i can fake an accent and pretend i'm not american.
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| the calm before the storm |
[30 Aug 2004|06:55am] |
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my third-yr medicine rotation has come to a close. i took the 4 hour, 10 essay exam on saturday morning and bid that chapter of my life farewell, and i totally sound like a retard when i write stuff like that.
i had pulled an all nighter, so when i got home from the exam, i burned one (or two or three) down with my girlfriend, and then proceeded to pass out for about 4 hours. when i came to, i felt like i was underwater and didn't snap out of it until about halfway through garden state (which was pretty disappointing, to say the least). we went over to lindsay's for some veggie lasagna, burned a couple more, went to the movie, and then amy and i went out to angelic to meet the rest of my now-finished classmates in medicine.
which was kinda boring.
so we split after a drink, once caitlin found us, and got some taco bell, took that shit home, ate that shit, and then i passed out again.
nice celebration.
this morning i begin my psychiatry rotation. child psychiatry. at meriter child hospital out in fitchburg or something. i wonder if they'll make me wear a tie/white coat. i hope not, that'd be nice. one month of child psych. i've heard that it's mostly a bunch of ADHD, and a lot of "acting-out" disorders (pre-anti-social behavior).. but i think it'd be cool if i got a bunch of sixth sense kids seeing dead people and shit. i'd have to re-watch that movie, study up.
my next rotation is in pediatrics, so working with kids should be a good transition, especially since that's what i want to go into (i think).
random thoughts:
1. the kerry daughters got booed when they appeared at the VMAs last night, which isn't entirely surprising. the fucking thing was in miami, i mean hello, that's brother jeb's state! yeah, it's depressing that the media elite and B-list celebrities will boo the daughters of the closest thing we have to hoping that we save some face in the international community, but come on -- simple plan didn't get signed because they were smart or AWARE.
2. campaign ads. have you noticed that kerry ads dissect bush's policies and offer alternatives, whereas bush ads simply defile kerry? of course, the only thing that dubya's got going for him is that he's the big strong guy still fighting an unnecessary war that he started, looking for shit that don't exist. can you tell i'm bitter? basically if bush wins again, i'm moving to canada... when i'm done with school.. in like a million years... FUCK WE"RE ALL (i'm) DOOMEDDddddd
3. i have an espresso royal travel mug that i got from my sister. am i allowed to bring that in to electric earth and get a refill? i'm totally gonna get busted and then i'll be FUCKED
4. haircut. i need a haircut.
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| and so time passes on |
[22 Aug 2004|03:47pm] |
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as i get older, i feel less and less excited about my birthday. i'm not one of those people that freaks out about aging - i think this has to do with the fact that i'm younger than most of my friends. i just don't even think about it. i had to work at the hospital on my birthday and i didn't even mention it to my team - simply because i forgot. seriously. i mean, i was thinking about it as i went in to work, but by the time i got there and was rounding on patients, i was thinking about what i had to do and not that i was 25.
but it was a very nice birthday. i drove back to madison, and amy had a whole bunch of gifts for me, which was very thoughtful of her. she even giftwrapped! i got:
1. ipod power adapter for the car. this will get used a LOT.
2. trainspotting collector's edition 2 disc DVD set. i've been coveting this for a while.
3. wet hot american summer on DVD. i just need to own this. i think i've rented it about 6 times.
4. a stylin' blue and brown pinstripe dress shirt. i can always use more dress clothes, now that i have to dress up daily.
5. ice cream cake. ICE CREAM CAKE!
my sister came up and she brought me homemade chips and salsa and bean dip, and a cake pan with a box of cake mix and some icing (i will make the batter and eat it raw). my parents gave me some cash (which will be used to pay my speeding ticket last week) and my aunt sent me a card, which said "happy birthday cousin!" and she signed it from her and jeannie. that was very sad/thoughtful/wonderful. i definitely need to call her and thank her.
then my family came up and we went out to porta bella, where i ate way too much, then we came back and had ice cream cake. after they left, amy and i kicked back and relaxxxed, lindsay and caitlin and nels showed up and we drank and watched olympics. we had high hopes (no pun intended) to go out for a drink or two, but we never made it because everyone got a bit tired and i had to be up at 5am the next day anyway.
so it was a fine birthday. thanks everyone!
the next morning, i trailed no less than 3 cops on the way back to milwaukee. my schedule got thrown off because i couldn't go faster than 70mph. the worst was when there was a whole line of cars following one cop, and nobody had the balls to pass him (esp since i have a very fresh speeding ticket). we must have been going about 63. definitely below 65. well, a honda hatchback decides to be brave and slooooowly passes the cop. he must have taken 3 minutes to get in front of the cop. seriously, he was probably only going 66 or 67. as soon as he gets in front, the cop turns on his lights and pulls him over.
WHAT A DICK.
now i have to go back to studying.
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| the tyranny of distance |
[12 Aug 2004|10:26pm] |
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medicine in milwaukee is much different from the same rotation at UW health. as a med student, that is. for one, at UW i was in by 6am, out by 6pm on a good day. here at aurora sinai, i usually wake up at 7, get in by 8, and leave by 2pm. and the time from 9 or 10am until when i leave is generally filled with lectures and teaching by my attending, and very little patient-oriented work. we have to do 7 work-ups and 5 discussion while we're here. in madison i think i turned in my last work-up on the last day of the rotation. we're barely 2 weeks into this rotation and i've got 6 workups and 2 discussions done. EASY STREET.
on the downside, everything is way low-tech at aurora, which is to be expected. aurora is a not-for-profit hospital which specializes in serving the underserved. UW is a world-class, state-of-the-art teaching facility. so there are differences. little things, like the computers at UW are waaay better and more updated than here. also, the radiology dept at UW is way more kitted out than here. at UW i don't think i ever looked at a real film, but at aurora, that's all they got.
and it kinda sucksdick that nothing seems to stay open in milwaukee. not in my neighborhood anyway. there's an imax that closes at 7 or something. the mall (the mall!) closes even earlier, like 5 or 6. so on the rare days that i come home early, get my work done early and have little to do in the evening... everything's closed. so i entertain myself with cable and dialup internet. actually, when i have downtime, i usually escape to madison. or amy comes to visit here. last night she showed up at 6:30pm and left at 4:15am. i felt bad that she had to wake up and drive home at that hour, but she had to work, and she was totally willing to make the drive. which makes me a very lucky boyfriend.
i'm bored with my shirts and ties and slacks. i want new ones. why can't dress clothes be cheap?
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[02 Aug 2004|11:24pm] |
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reporting live from my new digs in milwaukee.
i'm here until the 26th for the second part of my medicine rotation. today was the first day. last night i gave absolutely no forethought to how i should pack for a month away, so i checked and double-checked everything. but then i ended up forgetting every single one of my neckties. luckily for me, amy will be delivering those into my hands tomorrow night.
this new apartment is pretty sweet. CENTRAL AIR! on a day like today, that's so necessary. they're putting us up here for free. library hill apartments, right across the street from the milwaukee public library and 4 blocks down from the hospital.
originally, the room assignments put me in 101B, which was a room already occupied by a med student. we were to share rooms. NOT COOL. the last time i did that was with rob back in 1998-99. which was a terrific time, but i think that even he will agree that my days of sharing bedrooms with someone i'm not sharing beds with are over. so i had been crossing my fingers, hoping that i'd get a single room -- i didn't.
as luck would have it, i bumped into one of the girls from my last rotation, and she mentioned that her apartment had a spare bedroom with no one in it. after a little bit of discussion, i moved in! and its great. i've got the smallest room, and it has no closet but it has a pretty neat wardrobe in it. i can't complain, i'm just happy i have my own room. it even has this TOTALLY RADICAL compaq deskpro ancient computer with dial up internet access. yes, i'm rocking the 56.6 kbps on a windows 95 machine. it's delightfully slow. patience.
the team i'm working with seems pretty cool. don't really know enough about them to form an opinion though. i already picked up a patient today. acute pancreatitis. which is more GI stuff. but that's all right. at least i don't have to be in until 7am and they give us parking.
later today i went with new roommate caroline down to pere marquette park to see john kerry speak. we waited almost 3 hours to get into the park, and then another 30 or 40 minutes to score a slice of pizza, cuz we were starving by that time. herb kohl and russ feingold were there, and they were both good speakers. teresa heinz kerry was there too, and she was very good. dave grohl was there (??) and he played an acoustic version of "my hero" and then talked about how his band was too loud to play these sort of functions. then john kerry spoke, and you could hear the bush supporters across the street chanting "four more years". teresa kerry said that they must be asking for "four more years of hell", which got the crowd cheering. and then the kerry crowd started chanting "three more months", which was pretty funny.
and then i died of heat delirium because it was 99843984580 degreeez out there.
and now i'm going to go pass out because it's late and i have to be up in a few hours. goodnite.
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