I just realized that I haven't updated for almost two months! eek! Med school is really getting kind of crazy, so it's been hard to find time to write. We just got out of a fairly brutal exam on Monday and Tuesday, so the last three or four days have mostly involved recovering and preparing for our third block.
this is a good depiction of how we feel about the exam;
http://whatshouldwecallmedschool.tumblr.com/post/23638955819/that-one-time-you-think-you-are-ready-for-the-exam
So at USC, we're a "systems-based" curriculum, so for the spring of 1st year and all of second year, we go through body systems (skin, renal, brain, etc). In the fall, we do a semester of "Foundations of Medical Sciences", where we have four "foundations". We just finished FMS2, or more appropriately named by some of our classmates as FML2. And now we're on to FML3. We do most of our gross anatomy dissections during our FMS's, but leave certain parts to the systems. For example, we are doing legs & arms during our Musculoskeletal System, and Head & Neck during our neuroscience system (I think). I really like it because they spread it out so we get to do a little bit of everything over a longer period of time, so there is an opportunity for everything to sink in (aka a chance for me to learn all the material 5-6 times until I finally remember it). Anyways, so during these foundations, we do everything from Biochem & Genetics, to Immunology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology, etc etc. I'm particularly looking forward to FMS4, when we do all the Public Health things, so I can finally put my undergrad skills to good use. I've accepted that I probably will never use my History of Medicine knowledge ever again, but it was nice to learn about it nonetheless.
So after the exam, I've been trying to catch up on shows. It's a little disorienting since I'm SO behind on everything, and some shows are on hiatus, and other ones have too many episodes I've just kind of given up. But here are my thoughts on the few that I've kept up on:
1) The Voice: I think this season is the best one yet! There are a few superstars on each coach's team (Christina, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton & CeeLo), that at this point, it's really anyone's game. They introduced a new concept called "the steal" this season, where during the battle rounds, coaches can steal up to 2 singers that are being sent home from other teams, so everyone got a chance to snatch up some good singers. I've never actually watched any season long enough to get to the live shows, but I'm actually pretty excited to see some of these competitions go down, and see if the singers who switched teams will be so motivated that they end up winning!
2) Bones: Bones has not been as good this season, unfortunately. The cases are still super fantastic, but I think the drama is not as great anymore. Bones and Booth kind of have these married couple fights, which is great that they're still together (since that is what I hoped for for the first like 6 seasons), but obviously, it does not make for good TV.
3) Once Upon a Time: This season has been good! Emma & Snow got sent back to the fairytale land, so this season is all about Charming and getting them back! Also, the Evil Queen Regina has a mother who is EVEN MORE EVIL THAN SHE IS! Also, there is Mulan, the strong Asian woman princess, and Aurora (sleeping beauty) - who is not actually my namesake, but I still identify with her nonetheless (FYI - my sorority nickname is Aurora, in case you were confused)
4) Elementary: I started this new show about a modern day Sherlock Holmes, with Lucy Liu (again, strong asian Woman) as Holmes, which has been kind of cool. I actually just really enjoy like detective/CSI type shows, so me liking this is a given
5) How i met your Mother: Ted's going to meet the mother this season. I can just feel it.
Anyways, I need to go to bed now because I'm going to Disneyland tomorrow! But I'll do more life updates next post (other than TV)!
Happy reading!
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