Wow, I really don't feel like 1/6 of my third year of medical school is already over. But IT IS!! I'm excited to be finished with my first rotation - that being psychiatry. It was really not for me. I could handle the outpatient care just fine, but acutely ill schizophrenics and other psychotic patients were not my favorite. I have decided that I need to do a much better job of studying during my other rotations. That good ol' type A-perfectionistic-slightly-obsessed-med-student personality makes you kick yourself when you don't feel like you know as much as you should in a given topic. Oh well! I'm pretty sure for the rest of the time I get to write "psych consult" and be done with it. Other than those PCPs that like to try to manage depression themselves...argg!
On another note, I finally sold my Monte Carlo! YAY! I even got close to what I wanted for it. Now I need to buy the new toys I want to keep my Santa Fe nice...but I should probably wait until my slacker loan company decides to cough up the money that I needed back at the beginning of July. *sigh*
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Life, Love, and 404 File not Found
I know that most people do not like rejection, however I think that using technology to soften the blow is a little lame. Text messages, chat programs, social network websites, and email. Sure, rejection hurts less when it's not face-to-face, but the sincerity and level of interest are lacking to a high degree when the original message from the person pursuing a relationship cannot be delivered in a more personal fashion. Even when you've met a girl before, asking her out via an AIM chat is not the way to go.
I'd like to think that most people are also becoming aware of the vulnerabilities that they open themselves up to by trying to establish romantic relationships over the internet. For the longest time, I refused to join myspace for that very reason. Sketch-sketchiddy. I was convinced to join facebook where I understood it to be a closed social network. However, now after being a member for over two years, I have received messages, with the nature of being hit on, from a person I don't know. My response - same as my dog's least convincing trick: play dead. Fortunately, this game plan will allow my profile to remain hidden from this person. I guess letting them see it might clue them into the fact that I'm in a relationship already - a college neighbor who approached me in person to express interest in me. Ballsy, huh?
How did our grandparents ever do it? They were able to establish relationships without the use of computers!?!
So, if you are looking for love on the internet, maybe you should become familiar with the 404 File Not Found message - at least if you are looking my direction, you should go educate yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/404_error
I'd like to think that most people are also becoming aware of the vulnerabilities that they open themselves up to by trying to establish romantic relationships over the internet. For the longest time, I refused to join myspace for that very reason. Sketch-sketchiddy. I was convinced to join facebook where I understood it to be a closed social network. However, now after being a member for over two years, I have received messages, with the nature of being hit on, from a person I don't know. My response - same as my dog's least convincing trick: play dead. Fortunately, this game plan will allow my profile to remain hidden from this person. I guess letting them see it might clue them into the fact that I'm in a relationship already - a college neighbor who approached me in person to express interest in me. Ballsy, huh?
How did our grandparents ever do it? They were able to establish relationships without the use of computers!?!
So, if you are looking for love on the internet, maybe you should become familiar with the 404 File Not Found message - at least if you are looking my direction, you should go educate yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/404_error
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