Just kidding. About being offended. I do have a lot of Lady Gaga's music. Yep, I do. 
Some night, I completely forget I'm applying to med schools, stay up late goofing around on youtube or something and having a nice, relaxing time. Then, there are the far more frequent nights where I'm up till 3am worrying and researching this and that. I have no idea how so many of us do this every year. Every time my email makes it little blip sound signifying that Ive got mail, my heart skips a beat. And, without fail it seems, it's Borders sending me some coupons
Actually, Lady Gaga comprises a respectable percentage of my iTunes library, I am (somewhat) ashamed to say. How dare you?
My absolute biggest pet peeve is people treating me as if I am an idiot. I really, really hate that. And it happens in medical settings quite a bit. I know I certainly don't know very much yet but I do know my diagnoses and why I am taking the meds I take. I realize there are patients out there who just don't get it (I see them at my job) but I am not one of them and I don't think I come across as clueless. <sigh>
Maybe when we are finally physicians, StephBee, people will stop treating us this way?
) 
Hindsight, right!) 
PM coming your way. I don't like posting details in threads
jeeze, what kind of genetics class are you taking?! I never studied more than an hour. Then again, my genetics class was wicked easy.
I don't think I've EVER spent 14 hours studying for anything. Even the MCATs...(spent like 3 hours a day for about a month. Clearly it wasn't enough
Maybe orgo. Spent like 3 days studying for orgo. Maybe 14 hours total.
Now I'm going to catch up on sleep I know right! Our stupid profs put DNA replication, all DNA repair mechanisms, the cell cycle and regulation of the cell cycle on one exam and that doesn't sound like much but we have to know every single detail, protein names, subunit names, and the experiments that were done to prove everything. And so I had to cram that all into 14 hours in one day and like 4 hours this morning of studying... but the good news is I think I totally just rocked the exam
Ive got a big anatomy lab practical on friday so i'll be up late studying...just got home from work.
We're dissecting cats and we've got to know like 180 muscles. I guess it's a good thing I'm realy good at memorizing this but it's stupid becuase we had a quiz on monday that was another 180 human muscles. and sadly there's very little overlap.
in the meantime: Top Chef, Just Desserts! And then mythbusters
I'm kind of addicted to the show. It's stupid and yes that cake was fugly. 
It just happened like an hour ago! Thanks!!!
Pssh, is half of the stuff we do as pre-meds healthy? Nope! And is it going to get better in med school? Nope!
Dexter is wayyy better back to back. This season so far has kinda sucked. I mean, I was intrigued to see how he was going to handle being baby daddy and dad to astor and cody and instead, the writers shipped them off to grandmas house? wtf?
And I love Julia Stiles but her part is so lame. *soooo lame* It's kind of like weeds: I haven't seen an episode in like 2 months because I was just bored with the story line. Shane killed whatsherface and they go on the run...cliche much? With Lost, 24, and Monk over (and dollhouse cancelled), that leaves House, Chuck and a few other decent shows here and there but they premiered like 1000000 new shows this season and there's only like 2 (guilty pleasure: Hellcats and The Defenders) I can get into. I was so bummed they cancelled Trauma (though, that was probably because I loved watching the show and yelling at the screen that they were doing it wrong. ABCs man, ABCs! And who does CPR like that, really?!)
God, I'm a dork.
Mbeas....I would like to officially invite you into the 2015 thread. I like your stuff and we may need to be besties
an OFFICIAL invite!! for me???
It just happened like an hour ago! Thanks!!!
It just happened like an hour ago! Thanks!!!
Thanks guys!) 
Hmm...what kind of pastries?
This has been a really weird week. You know how sometimes you feel invisible? (I rotate through like 5 different jobs and volunteer positions, so I feel like no one notices me much at the moment) Well somehow this has been an odd week of recognition.
Last night I was at a meeting for one of my volunteer positions and I helped the guest with something. He stopped the meeting and said how much he appreciated it and how it took such intuitive empathy to anticipate what he needed and when. After the meeting, someone who I didn't think I had had very significant interactions with came up and said "Cougs, that was so nice of you to help with that....that was just so YOU!"
A couple of days before that, a person who I don't interact with much at the hospital found out I got into med school and came down 3 floors to congratulate me and tell me how she knew I would get in because I am so amazing.
Then a girl I took Calculus with last year ago was working in the shoe shop I was in tonight....and she remembered me and went on and on about how nice I was and how everyone in class loved me (I guess it didn't hurt that I brought in pastries for my birthday
And I got a letter from a patient telling me how much she appreciated me being with her last week.
And tonight I was made a mod....and other than in the 2015 thread, I never really thought anyone noticed anything I said
All of you humans are quite lovely this week
An assortment from Panera Bread.....muffin tops, bear claws, croissants, donuts.....random stuff
