the tour

I remember listening to this song the day I got into medical school. Really, it doesn't make any sense in terms of the lyrics or anything... it just sounded triumphant, and that's how I felt at the time.

Three and three-quarters years later I'm sitting in the airport waiting to begin my tour as I (and the schools) decide which residency program I'm going to be joining in July. It hit me as I left my house that somehow these (almost) four years have just whizzed by and I'm at a point I couldn't even fathom when I first got accepted.

How do I feel? It's a mixed bag, as usual. Anxiety, excitement, ... and gratefulness.

It's strange, I try to imagine how me from 2008 would have reacted if he sat down beside me and had a chat about what's transpired over the past four years. He'd probably say I look a bit more tired, and probably with a different style. I'm sure he'd have no idea what was in store for him.

But it's not over yet.

Woodkid - video for "Iron"

Can't wait for him to finally release his LP this year. His EP, Iron, is fantastic. Highly recommended.

More music videos need to be like this, although I guess it's not surprising coming from this guy being an afficionado for video directing.

All-star CD of 2011

As discussed earlier, I've compiled an "all-star" list from some of my favourite albums of 2011. Essentially what I've done is used my favourite first track as #1, favourite second track as #2, and so forth...

A couple honourable mentions were "Helena Beat" by Foster the People, "Lonely Boy" by the Black Keys, and two of Drake's tracks "Over My Dead Body" and "Take Care"

Still haven't decided on my favourite album of 2011... just recently found out about the album As Bright As Your Night Light by Nerves Junior  and it's blowing me away...

Cat Power - King Rides By (cameo from Manny Pacquiao)

new obsession

Sigur Ros - Inni

This is why I need to see these guys live one day.


Sigur Rós: Festival (Live) from Sigur Rós on Vimeo.

first snow

When there's a recent snowfall, or when it's snowing out, I tend to automatically listen to Arcade Fire's album Funeral. From front to back. This is an album I almost never shuffle - it just seems to flow so well.

Maybe it's the soft but high notes on the piano or glockenspiel that are present in many of the songs that just make me think of the snow falling.

200000 kilometers

You can't see it very well since I was driving on a freeway at the time, but yesterday I caught my trusty car hitting the 200 000 km mark. I was not the one responsible for racking up the first ~150 000 but it still felt like quite the milestone for her.

I may be speaking as a romantic in this case, but it felt almost symbolic. There's nothing like seeing a bunch of zeros that makes you reflect about where you are in that situation, or in life.

Times are a-changing. I feel like I'm in the midst of likely the biggest transition period of my life (so far) for more than just the obvious career reasons, and I'm excited.

I can already tell - Chapter 25 is going to be a remarkable one.