A Humorous Humerus

It's certainly been an interesting day. Did one more batch of anatomy studying of the appendicular skeleton and, without using the sheet, remembered each term and correctly labeled it. All 100 or so of them. Not too shabby.

Calc and Human Anatomy went pretty well, I suppose. Nothing too terribly interesting, aside from getting into rotating lines around axes in Calc (Washers...OH NOOOOOEEES!!!).

The Town Hall meeting...Admittedly, it went better than expected, though I suppose different than expected is more accurate of the evening. The whole hate crime itself wasn't really discussed at all which, again, was rather unexpected; ultimately, perhaps it was for the better, so as to not get bogged down in what is, to me, more or less a dead end of discussion waiting to happen. Doesn't mean it shouldn't have been discussed necessarily(Dean did mention the details of the event), but there, to me, isn't a whole lot to say about it.

Instead the discussion was about diversity and whatnot. Can't remember every little thing said, but Ted(can't remember his last name) said some pretty good stuff; it had something to do with the indirect effects on others via changing ourselves. As I've said to other people, individual responsibility is absolutely crucial is so many things...Just some random quotes from the evening:
RR: "You don't burn down the village to roast the pig....You can learn to disagree without being disagreeable" (both of which were others' quotes, but still)
WG: something about students and "making excellent work" and following our passions
: to faculty, allowing students to express their passions.

I feel like my comments weren't all that profound/ concise, quite frankly; my first, to answer the "What does it mean to be a diverse community", revolved around protecting the freedom/rights of individuals and that their are certain responsibilities of the individuals of the community and the community itself, but that what they specifically are are not so certain. My second one, which I said after WG's comments, revolved around the two most important assignments to me: the (first) memoir and my arthritis paper assignment. Honestly, felt kind of embarrassed after both, since, again, didn't feel like I contributed a whole lot; the whole matter probably was not helped by the fact that there were probably 150 or so students/faculty there and the fact my heart was pretty much in marathon-mode after talking that first time.

Still, I'm very glad I stayed for both the initial Town Hall and the after-session; as it were, I stayed until about 10 pm(about 3 hours total). Got to talk with some pretty cool people and meet a few new folk. Rev Rice also talked to me a little bit(more like some comments here and there); he suggested that I consider teaching, as well as becoming a doctor. In addition, he mentioned something along the lines of being curious about/ looking forward to the dedication section of the book(s) I'll write. Can't remember exact quote for that last bit, but something along those lines. Either way, was a little taken aback(in a good way, that is) by his comments.

Also, there was something about AM's positivity that...I don't know. It just made me, at the time, very happy and glad I stayed for the post-Town Hall thing, rather than immediately going to study.

I'll definitely have to think this whole matter over in my head some more. I just feel...different somehow. For the better, I think. And, hopefully, I can become..."better" somehow and use that improvement to help others. But the key is, improvement of the community starts with self-improvement. Or so I believe, at least.

I'll probably end up reflecting on this whole matter more some point down the road...

One other note for the day: things are really seemingly awkward with AR. Not sure what the specific reason(s) is (well, aside from everything in the past), but yeah. It's bothersome, but what can one do. As I neglected to mention in the random thoughts below, one other goal of mine is to, hopefully, patch things up there. Not sure how, but, again, I'll just let things happen and we'll see. Not gonna force the issue or anything.

That's it for tonight. Should probably get in bed soon, so I can wake up bright and early for Injection Number...7, I think? Sounds about right. No real noticeable improvement yet, though I'm still hopeful. Doesn't mean injecting won't still suck, but alas.

I suspect I'm going to have some pretty bizarre dreams this evening. We'll see, I suppose. Also, really hope I'm not tempting fate, so to speak, by doing that "specific"-themed show...

Randomness and MCAT madness

Finally, time to post. Week has been good. Wegman's banquet is always good, particularly after that 3 hour intro MCAT course. Surprisingly, don't have much work at all today. Aside from 3 hours of MCAT class, about an hour of anatomy lab studying and a half hour of anatomy lecture studying. Maybe will re-look over my Calc 2 hw, since I left some of them incomplete. Kind of hoping the professor spends time explaining the more difficult problems(as in, three graphs and how to set it up) so we don't have to spend half the class period going over hw. Alas.

Should be an interesting week, I suppose. Chance of MOAR snow/sleet mid-week, I believe. Probably won't affect classes, though, considering our GWMS professor came despite the pretty poor conditions last Wednesday. Which is a good thing, I think. The class has been interesting, so far, though I do hope we get a bit more discussion in during class. Also, cat dissection for anatomy lab. Can't say I'm particularly looking forward to that, but we'll see.

Oh yeah. Still never got to those random musings. I feel like it's a little lame to start getting into this already into the semester but alas. Just some goals/ points for this semester:
1) For a while(relatively speaking), I've been wanting answers to certain questions. I can only attest to this for myself, of course, but I'm not a particular fan of seeing only part of the picture of events(yay for vagueness). Anyways, I wish I had gotten to ask some of the more important questions in my one opportunity to clarify what happened exactly, but alas, didn't get the chance to completely ask them / I'm terrible about remembering exactly what things to ask. I don't want to press the issue, as it'd probably be particularly awkward for me to ask said person to talk about said past things. Still, I'm hopeful, sometime before graduation, I'll get the answers to those questions.
2) Dreams: I keep forgetting that I also wanted to keep track of dreams and whatnot on here or something. A recurring theme: I can't seem to actually damage anyone in my dreams. Next time I have a specific example, I shall be sure to record it, but yeah.

I feel like I had a third random thing, but it's been a while since I even thought of writing down those random thoughts, so it's possible one of them has slipped my mind. Aw well. The first one is the main one I remember wanting to mention.

Anyways, that's all I've got. Monday evening should also be interesting, depending on how that Town Hall meeting goes. We'll see, I suppose...

Darkness settles on roofs and walls...

Another wonderful weekend gone and past and, arguably, the most productive weekend I've had to date. As in, productive, but not rushing productive because I need to get that paper done for Monday productive. Little step, little step, as they say. Took the practice test for Kaplan. Not God-awful terrible, but certainly needs work. More or less what I expected. There's quite some time from now until the real deal, so plenty of time to improve.

And once again, will postpone random thoughts until another day. Tomorrow is looking like it won't be too too bad, so maybe we'll write something then. We'll see.

Until then...

Filler

Understandably, it has been a busy week and, as such, have not written anything. About to head to a lab meeting. Will be sure to update this thing sometime, if not today, tomorrow.

Delaying the not-so-inevitable

I'll get to random thoughts at a later date...Hoping to get up early in the morning. Relatively uneventful day. Doctor's visit was quick, watched some SH, ate some microwave meals...the usual stuff. Finished packing early this afternoon, so that was good. Didn't get out of bed until 10:20ish, not so good. Though, being up until 4ish will do that. Odd night for sure, last night was. I'm hoping the sound next door wasn't actually what I heard, but we'll see, I suppose.

Heading back to college in the early afternoon and then, soon enough, this semester will commence. Can't say I'm much looking forward to it, but alas.

Dread not, Dreadguy(and other assorted thoughts)

It is late in the evening, relatively speaking, and I feel like listening to some music, so what better time than to do some writing in the meantime. Once again, a few things:

1) I still don't know why I'm writing this whole thing, aside from to keep track of thoughts and for my future amusement. Perhaps I'll post the thing at some point on FB, but I do feel like a bit of a...for lack of better word, douche for, by posting the blog, somehow giving the impression of "hey look at this". I don't know...I'm odd about these kinds of things. I really shouldn't care about things like this, but I do. It's an odd thing. And I've just posted odd in two consecutive sentences. Anyways...

2) And now I've forgotten what number 2 was...Hmm...Crap. Wait...was it the name? Maybe. Hmm. Damnit. Well, was thinking about changing the name of this thing. Oh screw it.

Anyways, music time now. Boot up, Masaaki Endoh!

So, some random thoughts in what is sure to be a long as hell post.

Also:

3) This overall seems like a better alternative to the whole "memoir sequel" thing. Doing that second one was time consuming as all hell, albeit finally finished as of the day before going back for junior year. That being said, I'm glad I did get around to finally finishing that. Was certainly a very interesting year and summer, to be sure. Besides, this will let me write thoughts and the like on a daily basis, rather than thinking back on it months after the fact.

And now listening to Hallelujah covers. Rufus Wainwright is the way to go, but Cale's is damn good as well. But to each his or her own.

And...still no random thoughts. Surprise, surprise. It's getting a bit late, and my mind is going south, so perhaps it is best to save this for tomorrow. Sounds like a plan. Until then...

Nightmare Syndrome

Another quick thought: Dreams. I also say that I shall keep a log of my dreams and whatnot, but, like so many things of that nature, they remain thoughts and nice ideas and nothing more. Perhaps, in addition to daily musings, this too can serve that purpose.

Also, another thought: Names. As in, using the names of other people that I mention here. False names are a bit too complicated for me, perhaps. Maybe initials would be the best option at keeping track of people, without outright saying who is who. Or perhaps codenames...Though I suspect that might be just as complicated. Hmm...We'll figure that one out yet.

Either way, off to browse some more Sherlock or even some of There Will Be Brawl(thank you TVtropes for introducing it to me) before bed. I bid you adieu.

Late One Night....

I'll be sure to write a longer post tomorrow(well, later today...). Such is my attempt at keeping this thing going consistently. Anyways, an interesting day, I suppose. More long-terms things to talk about in my next post, including musings on still unanswered questions. Anyways, farewell for now. Stay classy, as they say.

Reborn the Monster

And so, once again, I have returned. And at this time of night, no less. I am tempted to make this my place of record of the happenings of my life or something of the sort, since writing 200-page memoirs is rather tedious and time-consuming. Just started watching The Greek Interpreter and shall continue it in the morning with a bowl of HNC. I understand that I keep saying that I shall keep this thing going on a more regular basis, and, once again, I shall do my best to keep that goal. We shall see, indeed...