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[fahye]

You know what, universe, if you want to encourage this excellent jogging-in-the-morning pattern I've managed to force myself into, you might want to hold off on the sudden drenching downpours.

Ughghghjdsdhsajhsa guys it was so traumatising*. And of course it lasted only long enough to soak my clothes and hair right through; as soon as I emerged from my shower to go to breakfast, it all cleared up. VERY FUNNY.

Second year of med school starts today. I am armed with mascara, coffee, a new notepad, and agressively blow-dried hair. We're doing a 12-week neurology/vision/psychiatry block, and our very first lecture is about autopsy procedure -- some time this year every one of us has to observe an autopsy -- so I am feeling pretty enthused, all told. This song is helping.

*For those of you new enough to not yet be acquainted with my severe dislike of being wet (especially while wearing clothes) ... well, now you know. If I ever become a supervillain, my Secret Weakness will be the fact that every time it rains heavily I want to scream and huddle under an awning. Clearly I will have to employ umbrella-minions.

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[sophistry]

our very first lecture is about autopsy procedure -- some time this year every one of us has to observe an autopsy -- so I am feeling pretty enthused, all told.

I love my friends.

(I think I would feel the same way. I don't know what this says about me. Or you. Or like. Caleb. Anyway.)

ALSO IAWTC RE: WETNESS. Well, okay - I don't mind getting rained on if 1) it's a REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC downpour, and 2) I'm already on the way home and don't have to sit on any buses or whatever to get there. Walking a short while in a monsoon and not giving a fuck whether or not you get drenched is pretty damn liberating and awesome - so long as you know that you're only a short while away from a change of clothes and a mug of hot chocolate. Otherwise, getting rained on can BITE ME.

...Clearly I made an excellent life decision, being born in Ireland.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I love your enthusiastic intern-posts, keep them up!

I have British and burnable skin, I don't mind the cold, and I adore London beyond words. But I hate the wet. Luckily, all England & I need to realise our True Destined Love is an enormous fuck-off umbrella.

[pirateygoodness.livejournal.com]

some time this year every one of us has to observe an autopsy

Ooh, I wish our school had something like that. Although - I guess, having had the full cadaver experience already, it'd just be so that I could feel even MORE smug while watching CSI.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I think we only really HAVE it because we get no proper dissection experience like you guys do.

[platypusnoises.livejournal.com]

i wish the universe would encourage some sort of jogging-in-the-morning pattern for me. or really, jogging-in-the-anytime-ever.

so. would this be... a wicked witch of the west and "i'm melting!" sort of dislike? i'm getting rather amusing images of flying monkeys popping up with rainbow umbrellas to shield you.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

My secret is to refuse to let my brain wake up until I'm out on the pavement; just get out of bed, put on jogging clothes, and head out the door on complete autopilot. The hard part is getting that far, but once you've started moving, it's easy.

I also like to pretend that my New Pornographers shirt has magic jogging powers.

..........maybe. (Fortunately I don't MELT, I just have a whole-body EWWWWWW sensation.)

[pirateygoodness.livejournal.com]

Still, dude. AUTOPSY. You get to see someone figure out cause of death! Probably the physician knows a lot more about what they're doing than we did!

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I AM EXCITED :)

Omg, I was in the bookshop the other day buying Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases and it was full of FIRST-YEARS. LITTLE BABY MED STUDENTS. WITH THEIR O-WEEK NAMETAGS.

You have no idea how good it feels to no longer be at the bottom of the food chain.

[pirateygoodness.livejournal.com]

I believe that. :D

Interviews for the new incoming class start this month, and we get take the interviewees on tours of campus when they arrive, and I cannot WAIT. It will be so cool to be perceived as, like, a ROCKSTAR MEDICAL STUDENT SUCCESS, even if I am secretly a total stress case etc etc.

[schiarire.livejournal.com]

I agree! I don't know if this hurts or helps, but I usually roll around on the ground trying to do bicycle crunches (all I have to say about this is: OWWWWW) for a bit before leaving, meaning that getting out of bed doesn't even require being upright right away. I just slide out and lie down again.

I used to think I liked rain and then I lived in a place where it actually happens.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I helped out at interviews last year and it was SO GREAT, because after almost a year of working my ass off and having 'is it worth the stress?' moments, it was really good to be reminded of how much effort people put into getting INTO med school in the first place, and how it is actually a privelege to be here.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I think if I got out of bed and then lay down again immediately, I would never actually get to the running.

Paradoxically, I am looking forward to living in a place where disliking rain does not make you a traitor to your drought-stricken country.

[schiarire.livejournal.com]

Oh it's definitely not as nice on the floor as it is in bed. Baby steps!

[pirateygoodness.livejournal.com]

Something definitely clicked for me after I finished Structure and Function at the end of January, which is our first course and basically med school boot camp. Now we get to do PBL and specialized histories, and IDK. I feel much more like I'm supposed to be here now that I have that and an OSCE under my belt.