End of finals joy

Spoon-Book I Write

Now Featuring Harmony!

Dedicated to Jon


And this was the 46th attempt, when we both decided it was time to sing it blind after having a Tsing Tao.


And this failed one is my favorite cause my mom's in the background going HEY HEY. Then she suddenly stopped doing it after that failed take. It was very sad.

Pre-thanksgiving procrastination panic

Cover of St. Vincent-Black Rainbow
Disclaimer: To your surprise, I am not affiliated with Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent. I am not financially benefiting from these vids. I just really like the song? Phew. Hopefully the copy right po po won't throw me in the clink.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KDzQuwryrQ

Anyhow this video...eh. And since I only had one ear I couldn't hear how off it sounded at times. But this was the perfect antidote to...doing work? Hahah. It was funny cause at one point, in a failed video, I tried to shrug free of the cord and the entire headphone FELL APART. ahahah.

You can find the real video on this site
http://www.blogotheque.net/Andrew-Bird-et-St-Vincent
It's the last song of the show, but this entire video is probably my new favorite thing. In vet school news, our finals are quickly approaching and I am starting to worry. We've covered a lot of ground this block, with a lot of repro, renal, and hepatobiliary physiology. We'll see what happens. I'm excited for Thanksgiving!!

There are many things I hate about this video, but I don't want to attempt it again for now when I have so much renal physiology to study. Also, GO DUCKS!! 47 to 20. Halloween was amazing; thanks, Hayden and Nick!

Cover-The Shins-Gone for Good

Disregard

The fact that I am sick and my voice is out of my control.

The Finches-The House Under The Hill

In vet school news, we had midterms all last week. Pretty disappointed with how I did, and what was represented on the midterms, but things go on as things do. We're fresh onto a new block, with a new group and facilitator. So far, so good. I'm glad they gave us this turkey case well before Thanksgiving...

Disregard where

I almost choke on my own spit. Classy. Regina Spektor-Eet

Apparently quitting facebook didn't help

because now I spend my time recording bad videos of myself. Here's another song in G: Rogue Wave: Eyes.


That's it for now.

Continuing in the tradition of

songs in G (because I know approximately 7 chords) Cover of The Magnetic Fields: The Saddest Story Ever Told
Also. Please disregard bad bed hair. Sorry. Also. The constant peeking at the computer. I must have tried 6 times without looking and kept messing up the chords. All 4 of them. Sigh. You have to start somewhere.

This is terrible.

But you know what? Mary Travers died, and I'm going to pay tribute to her by playing something terribly, recording myself while doing it, and then POSTING IT ONTO THE INTERWEB. Because that is how I roll. Sigh, RIP Mary.
I'm also failing at studying, but I don't think the panic has set in yet.

My vision is going

Each eye sees double. It created a heck of a problem when I was driving the other day, since I was essentially seeing 4 superimages. What's frustrating is that I want to know the physiology behind why this is happening, but that's a learning issue I don't want to get into right now.

Also, I put Radostit's Large Animal Medicine on my lap while reading an anatomy for horses book. And now my bones ache because Radostits is quite possibly the largest heaviest book I have ever owned. Note to self: Don't do this again.

Week 5

We just finished off a shortened week due to Labor Day, which on the one hand was nice cause it was short, but on the other hand terrible because it was short. I feel like I'm expected to know just as much as a normal week (everything about coagulation cascade, skin histology, facial vessels anatomy) but we essentially only started Wednesday. Ugh. We had substitute facilitators all week, which was kind of cool, but it lacked consistency, which I guess I'm a sucker for.

Heading into Week 6, which apparently is when everyone, chill or not, loses their s*** completely. Is that right? Am I supposed to self censor now that I've entered into the professional world? Right.

Halfway through Week 3

I'm totally stressed, behind, but loving vet school. Is that weird? I got so used to feeling stressed and angry during undergrad, but it's weird here. I feel like I'm getting the bang for my buck, the people here are pretty much awesome, and the professors are super into the program. I'm kind of worried because some of the chill people broke down today, and I feel my breakdown is inevitable and will surely follow my positive assessment. Shh. It's ok.

I've spent way too much on textbooks in the last month, but I have to just consider it an investment and go from there. And maybe, I don't know, actually read my books. Sigh. No real time to update besides: forelimb, hindlimb, muscle, patho, physio, bone formation cartilage formation bone healing cartilage healing muscle damage muscle healing white muscle disease lots of inhaling of formaldehyde or its equivalent, LIs LIs LIs etc.

Somehow it is possible

To feel completely swamped, overworked, and underprepared within the first week of classes. I'll just have to accept this as the norm and continue on, even though I'm feeling really stressed. PBL definitely is a paradigm shift. Each week we get a case and work through facts, problems, ideas, plans, and learning issues. It's generally recommended to get your Anatomy down the first few nights and the Physiology and Pathology the next few. However, the learning issues aspect of the cases is huge. There are just so many things to learn, and not enough hours in the day to go through them each. So we split them up. For example, this week, I was responsible for researching and writing up documents regarding Sprains and Strains, Mechanisms of the Inflammatory Response, Production of RBCs and WBCs, Causes of Leukopenia, and Arthroscopy vs. Arthrotomy. However, the case focused on joint problems in the canine forelimb. I didn't spend enough time in the anatomy/pathology aspect and now have a decent understanding of the innate system and hematopoiesis, but a limited comprehension of osteochondritis dissecans which is not ideal. There's this added burden of not knowing when's too deep, and when it's time to just count your losses and move on. Today was supposed to be devoted to studying the anatomy, but I am a slow reader. It's going to get better, though.

Orientation!

Today was the first day of orientation. It was slightly odd for me, since most of the team-building part of the orientation occurred at Frank Dining Hall on Pomona College's campus. It was surreal to participate in all these activities at my alma mater, and it'll probably continue to be surreal all throughout this ordeal, since we'll be in Sontag for parts of tomorrow and our white coat ceremony will be held in Little Bridges, which was like a second home to me as an undergrad.

So far, the team building has been pretty inspiring and fun. The lectures about the changing field and the importance of EQ and self awareness etc. have also been great and illuminating, but they were just a tad on the long side. I felt my energy flagging, but I think the company throwing all these activities is doing the best it can to engage us.

I'm probably going to go to bed soon cause I'm exhausted, and we have a full week of this. Haha, not a good sign that I'm so tired. WE AREN'T EVEN AT THE HARD PART YET.

Blog Inauguration

*Crashes champagne bottle on the side of the ship*
Welcome. I will be starting vet school at Western University of Health Sciences this fall. I don't anticipate much time to blog, but I will try when I can.