Nerdy
Maybe it was the National Geographic on the coffee table about the solar system. Or pretty pictures like this from the Hubble spacecraft that make my mouth gape in wonder. Or the fact that I’ve rediscovered my love for ST:Voyager and it’s making me nostalgic (how much nostalgia can one of 26 really have before it become pathological?) and I’m exposing that geeky side…
But I really really want a telescope. Not a big fancy one (yet), but one that if I squinted, I could pretend that I was seeing the rings around Saturn.
I don’t suppose any of my illustrious friends out there know anything about telescopes? *wistful* Yeah, it’s a long shot.
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Started a new rotation today. Psychiatry. I’m still a little too disturbed to start sharing the funny stories. When my attending starting telling me about our patients–the one that they had to so heavily sedate because he attacks everybody, or the one who wouldn’t eat anything because she was convinced that we were feeding her our children, or the one, in for a suicidal attempt and talks about how she watched her mother raped and murdered in front of her eyes and then was raped by her uncle at 6… Not to mention those with the sexual disinhibitions. And on and on. Within minutes, I was wide-eyed and twelve again, the small-town girl caught in big-city traffic.
It might be a long six weeks.
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On a good note–I did *finally* mange to meet up with the Neurology guy who I’ve wanted to be my advisor! We got a schedule for fourth year cobbled together (I may not have ruined my chances for residency after all!) and right after, I ran into the other doctor that I’m hoping to get a letter of recommendation from (yes, I ended the sentence with a preposition–whatcha going to do about it?!). After weeks of not getting ahold of anybody, everything is starting to come together. Whee!
P.S. A big big welcome and hug to my latest friend donnazita who ironically, is my oldest e-friend. We met 6 (no way!) years ago because of a a just-becoming known actor, Ewan McGregor, and our love for him was the building bridge to our friendship.
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Funny. I think I’m about to drop the pre-med thing (give up on psychiatry) and just go for a Masters in Social Work.
Although I suppose the people who are hospitalized are severely disturbed. Do they give you an psych background? How does that work?
Aw don’t do that. Unless you really really really don’t want to do medicine. Seriously, Marissa, the first two years of college, I did pretty poor and still got in. Things have a way of working out.
My exroomate is a Social Worker–are you thinking about doing medical social work? She has a good time with it–makes arrangements for hospice or health care, and I don’t know what else.
Yes, the ones that I work with are very severe–since I’m at the U hospital, it’s much of the homeless population that’s been off their meds, etc. The entire unit is locked and then there are closed wards, for those who are a risk or hurting others or staff, and a more open ward, where patients have groups and can eat together and have roommates. We’ve had two pysch classes, both taught my the same person who I loathed. The entire class was a waste of my time, and I didn’t learn much and it’s showing now.
I haven’t admitted anyone yet, but we do the interviews and figure out, based on how they’re acting and how much they can communicate what kind of disorder they are suffering from. Psych histories are very elaborate on the social aspect–where they grew up, what the family was like, what their jobs are like, etc. It should be interesting.
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I hate my biology class. And I like biology. I don’t want to take 6:30am Chemistry tests next year, on which everyone gets Cs.
If I graduate and still want to go to med school, I’ll do a post-bac program. I hate the way they make it here.
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The Ringers
Julia,
I was scanning your LJ…you never saw this? Ok, if not, do you know someone who saw it? Could you maybe find out if I am in it?…theonering.net had videotaped our Hobbit production and had even taken pics of me as Bombur.
Psychiatry sounds really tough.
I admire you for being a doctor.
Re: The Ringers
I did see it! Did I never post about it?? Shame on me.
It was incredible. The entire thing was fabulous. You probably were in it, but they flashed through a lot of the fan stuff really quickly–I barely caught glimpses of the line party held here. They do have a fan board where the directors and producers do comment, so you might want to ask them–they’re really really nice. http://www.lordofthefans.net
Yep. Six years. *shakes head* Phenomenal!
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The Ringers
Julia,
I was scanning your LJ…you never saw this? Ok, if not, do you know someone who saw it? Could you maybe find out if I am in it?…theonering.net had videotaped our Hobbit production and had even taken pics of me as Bombur.
Psychiatry sounds really tough.
I admire you for being a doctor.
Thank-you for the welcome!!! (Has it really been six years? Wow.)
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Eek. Psych is my intended major.