Med School: An Insider's View

Ahhh med school. Thus far, it has been the best 14 months of my life, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Despite my very noticeble absence from this space the past week due to my being ass deep in cardiology (final exam this Monday!), med school definitely has its fun moments that make you wish it would last forever.

Even though we sit in a stuffy lecture hall for 8 hours a day, listening to crotchety old profs pontificate on obscure facts and diseases, we manage to have a good time.

Sometimes too much fun.

Today, it was tough getting through a long talk on health promotion and disease prevention, so we tormented each other with IMs and ... this:

Meet Ben and Mandi -- two friends and classmates of mine -- who had reached the end of their attention span by 10.30, and decided to embarass each other. (I might add they are married to each other.) They are awesome - and made me laugh so hard, coffee came out my nose.

And for a prime example of the IM dialogues that fly around during REALLY boring lectures, I invite you to peruse my pal Peri's blog (www.myspace.com/periblue). Check out her recent conversation with my bud Robin for some insightful tips on better ... ummm... well, go see for yourself.

Posted by LA at September 21, 2006 05:20 PM