Uh-ungawa we got the powah
Just a quick update so I remember that this thing is here.
Plodding along on the Step 1 studying as the calendar continues it's march to June 12. Somedays I think it can't come fast enough and other days I don't ever want it to come. I've convinced myself that I can get an average score no problem. The question is if I can a standard above the mean ( about 85th to 90th percentile). I think that would be a rather large feat for myself. :cueannoyingcliche: Only time will tell.
April 2008 has a nicer ring to it than October 2007. Plus it has the added bonus that we'll know where we're spending the next few years (I'm not entirely sure why that matters) and I'll be about 100 fold calmer. October just had this impending doom feeling surrounding it. Residency applications are due by November 1st and if I want to take Step 2, late Sept or early Oct might be one of the best times. So to say I might have other things on my mind is an understatement. I'm of the mindset that I'd like to get married when it can be at the top of my priority list. I'm sure you agree.
I had an interesting exam today with the SPs (standardized patients) where I had to counsel a female patient who just found out she was HIV positive on why she should inform her husband, get informed consent for a 55 year old patient to have a screening flexible sigmoidoscopy, and tell a 34 year old alcholic that he had pancreatic cancer. Oh and I had to diagnose a headache case. One of the more entertaining exams I've ever had in my life. There's something rewarding about being given information and then being asked to tailor it on the fly to a particular situation. It's, like, they wanted us to use our analytical and problem solving skills. Will wonders of higher education never cease.
Before we go back to the grindstone, I'll leave you with some pop cultural type musings.
Music: The Gnarls Barkley album, St. Elsewhere, is nice but it doesn't really impress outside of Crazy. If you enjoy Cee-Lo or Dangermouse I'm sure you'll find things about it that you enjoy. The new Ghostface album, Fishscale, on the other hand is brilliant through and through. Ghost gets back to his early Wu-Tang roots talking about the streets, drugs, and NYC. It doesn't hurt that he finally linked up with some beatsmiths who do a great job of complementing his unique flow and delivery. Going to see A-Trak and The Rub on Saturday night as a 'congratulations to myself on being completely done with two years of medical school' since practicum is over on Friday.
Movies: Thank You For Smoking was thoroughly enjoyable. Aaron Eckhardt and Rob Lowe gave great performances and Katie Holmes was surprisingly non-intrusive. She was boderline enjoyable to watch. A lot of good, dark comedy and some excellent dialogue. 16 Blocks was a nice little thriller, if perjorative in it's predictability. Mos turned in yet another brilliant performance. If you're reading this Mos, it's time to give up the rap game and devote yourself full time to this acting thing. You've found your calling. Akeelah and the Bee was a cross between formulaic success from the ghetto stories and the Matrix. That's right. Fishbourne was Morpheus, Akeelah is Neo, Javier is Trinity, Darryl Chiu is Agent Smith, his dad is the Architect, Akeelah's mom is the Oracle, and Derek T the neighborhood dealer is Cypher. I think. I won't lie, I found myself a little misty eyed at the end.
Books: This Opal Mehta business is out of hand. I'm supposed to believe the ignorance of yet ANOTHER publishing company this year? I think not. I don't doubt for a minute that these 'packagers' had at least a suspicion that Opal Mehta bore a striking resemblance to another chicklit tome. Why you ask? Because all chicklit bears resemblance to each other. Wayne Marshall over at wanyeandwax.blogspot.com (sorry hyperlinking is broke and I'm too lazy to do it the long handed way) brings forth an interesting argument that perhaps Opal Mehta is more original than we think. He compares the culling together of various literary sources as analogous to a DJ culling together various audio sources for a mixtape or liveset. As someone who's a proponent of DJ culture and bringing together sources that might not normally be thought of as going down smoothly together, I'd love to agree with wayne. Unfortunately, I think it's somewhat different in this case. That's not how the book was marketed and no credit was given to the sources borrowed from. When a DJ does a mixtape he makes no pretenses about the originality of his presentation. And the tracklisting acknowledges that very fact. Opal Mehta contained no such tracklisting. But I'd be interested to see an original work that culled together reconstructed passages from other literary sources in an attempt to create WJ (word jockey?) mixbook.
That's it for now, join us next week as we explore the mating rituals of the yellow throated warbler. Or I'll just give yet another exciting update on my Step 1 studying. It's a push as to which topic would be more enthralling for the two people who read this.
Plodding along on the Step 1 studying as the calendar continues it's march to June 12. Somedays I think it can't come fast enough and other days I don't ever want it to come. I've convinced myself that I can get an average score no problem. The question is if I can a standard above the mean ( about 85th to 90th percentile). I think that would be a rather large feat for myself. :cueannoyingcliche: Only time will tell.
April 2008 has a nicer ring to it than October 2007. Plus it has the added bonus that we'll know where we're spending the next few years (I'm not entirely sure why that matters) and I'll be about 100 fold calmer. October just had this impending doom feeling surrounding it. Residency applications are due by November 1st and if I want to take Step 2, late Sept or early Oct might be one of the best times. So to say I might have other things on my mind is an understatement. I'm of the mindset that I'd like to get married when it can be at the top of my priority list. I'm sure you agree.
I had an interesting exam today with the SPs (standardized patients) where I had to counsel a female patient who just found out she was HIV positive on why she should inform her husband, get informed consent for a 55 year old patient to have a screening flexible sigmoidoscopy, and tell a 34 year old alcholic that he had pancreatic cancer. Oh and I had to diagnose a headache case. One of the more entertaining exams I've ever had in my life. There's something rewarding about being given information and then being asked to tailor it on the fly to a particular situation. It's, like, they wanted us to use our analytical and problem solving skills. Will wonders of higher education never cease.
Before we go back to the grindstone, I'll leave you with some pop cultural type musings.
Music: The Gnarls Barkley album, St. Elsewhere, is nice but it doesn't really impress outside of Crazy. If you enjoy Cee-Lo or Dangermouse I'm sure you'll find things about it that you enjoy. The new Ghostface album, Fishscale, on the other hand is brilliant through and through. Ghost gets back to his early Wu-Tang roots talking about the streets, drugs, and NYC. It doesn't hurt that he finally linked up with some beatsmiths who do a great job of complementing his unique flow and delivery. Going to see A-Trak and The Rub on Saturday night as a 'congratulations to myself on being completely done with two years of medical school' since practicum is over on Friday.
Movies: Thank You For Smoking was thoroughly enjoyable. Aaron Eckhardt and Rob Lowe gave great performances and Katie Holmes was surprisingly non-intrusive. She was boderline enjoyable to watch. A lot of good, dark comedy and some excellent dialogue. 16 Blocks was a nice little thriller, if perjorative in it's predictability. Mos turned in yet another brilliant performance. If you're reading this Mos, it's time to give up the rap game and devote yourself full time to this acting thing. You've found your calling. Akeelah and the Bee was a cross between formulaic success from the ghetto stories and the Matrix. That's right. Fishbourne was Morpheus, Akeelah is Neo, Javier is Trinity, Darryl Chiu is Agent Smith, his dad is the Architect, Akeelah's mom is the Oracle, and Derek T the neighborhood dealer is Cypher. I think. I won't lie, I found myself a little misty eyed at the end.
Books: This Opal Mehta business is out of hand. I'm supposed to believe the ignorance of yet ANOTHER publishing company this year? I think not. I don't doubt for a minute that these 'packagers' had at least a suspicion that Opal Mehta bore a striking resemblance to another chicklit tome. Why you ask? Because all chicklit bears resemblance to each other. Wayne Marshall over at wanyeandwax.blogspot.com (sorry hyperlinking is broke and I'm too lazy to do it the long handed way) brings forth an interesting argument that perhaps Opal Mehta is more original than we think. He compares the culling together of various literary sources as analogous to a DJ culling together various audio sources for a mixtape or liveset. As someone who's a proponent of DJ culture and bringing together sources that might not normally be thought of as going down smoothly together, I'd love to agree with wayne. Unfortunately, I think it's somewhat different in this case. That's not how the book was marketed and no credit was given to the sources borrowed from. When a DJ does a mixtape he makes no pretenses about the originality of his presentation. And the tracklisting acknowledges that very fact. Opal Mehta contained no such tracklisting. But I'd be interested to see an original work that culled together reconstructed passages from other literary sources in an attempt to create WJ (word jockey?) mixbook.
That's it for now, join us next week as we explore the mating rituals of the yellow throated warbler. Or I'll just give yet another exciting update on my Step 1 studying. It's a push as to which topic would be more enthralling for the two people who read this.
posted by Matt at 6:22 PM
2 Comments:
Fishscale is the first classic album of the year in my opinion...after further thought, I'd say it's even better than Supreme Clientele. Good post though.
Very nice! I like it. daily jigsaw puzzles
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