RILL RILL (Clique NewTrends Mix)

Like Sleigh Bells? LOVE Sleigh Bells?!

Even if you don't know Sleigh Bells you need to listen to this remix of one of "Rill Rill". I dare you not to nod your head or tap your foot while this song plays.



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perspective

Sometimes it's easy to lose track of how good we have things, no matter the situation. You could be almost anyone in the world, and there's going to be someone who's going to be better at you in something, or doing something you could easily be jealous about.

Keep in mind though that for every one of those, if you really think about it, there could probably be a thousand others who wish they could be in your shoes.

electives coming together...

Submitted by application for a three-week elective at U of T near the end of August. If that goes through, I still have six weeks in July and August to fill up. I'm thinking of going with Emergency Medicine in Cape Breton for two weeks... and then maybe two weeks of Physiatry in Edmonton or Calgary?

sick = FTL

I hate calling in sick. Not only does being sick suck, but I find the guilt is just as bad. Why does it seem like no one except for me gets sick? Yeah yeah, I'm just being paranoid...

STARS simulator

So the STARS mobile simulator rolled into town today and I was scheduled for a 1.5 hour session inside this modded out RV. Instead, I spent 6 hours inside! It was a great experience! I wish I took a picture but it's fully equipped with an interactive mannequin that talks, blinks, breathes, has vitals... and even has responsive pupils.

Since I was the only person there at 9 AM this morning, they basically threw me off into the deep end with a simulation of me (and only me) managing an acute inferior myocardial infarction. Major fail, hahahahaha. We also ran simulations on septic shock, a fractured pelvis and a difficult airway. My brain is totally saturated now and I need to debrief myself on the information overload I received. With that said though, I probably won't forget any of the information I learned today any time soon.

the social network soundtrack

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Great great great movie. Even better score. I'm a sucker for soundtrack music, and The Social Network is a soundtrack I've enjoyed the most in at least a couple years.

Even better than the TRON: Legacy soundtrack? Oooooohh...... yeah I'd say so. Not bad for something Trent Reznor almost didn't do.

post-hibernation midpoint post + inaugural life-choice charts

Goddammit, it never fails! I don't think I've ever been able to blog for more than two months at a time consistently. It's funny to see when I track my stats that I was still getting a couple visits each month. Must have been an unfortunate interweb straggler or a very bored friend.

Anyways, a new category I'd like to introduce are the "Life-choice charts", basically outlining who's winning the horse race to own my life starting in little more than a year (holy shit!).

Without further ado, here are the initial rankings:

1. Internal Medicine
   
   The long-term frontrunner. In all honesty, EM has been the only one that has come close to toppling it. There are too many subspecialties in its massive blob of a "specialty" that I like. I get far more satisfaction in solving complex problems than performing a fix, even if the results aren't yielded immediately. I even enjoy its bread and butter. Diabetes and hypertension, hooray! To this point though, I haven't experienced true IM in the city. Will it crush my spirits?
   
   


2. Emergency Medicine
   
   Easily becoming my favourite part of the rural clerkship despite the long-ish 12-hour shifts. Variety is the spice of life, keeps me sharp, and where I learn the most. Includes the coolest of the cool problems, but also some of the most frustrating too. Working ~14 days/month with no call? I could live with that. Red flags abound like a minesweeper field - shift work, "NYD", shift work, shift work. My family history tells me I should know better.
   
   


3. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
   
   There isn't much about physiatry I don't like, but there's also a lot that I do like outside of physiatry. Laid back and great schedule but can I stay sane in a relatively narrow field?
   
   


4. Family Medicine
   
   I'd rather do something than nothing at all.