out the winder

Boy have I dropped the ball on this blogging thing. But it's my blog, so I can drop the ball if I want.

Well, we are officially finished with anatomy FOREVER! Unless you count relating anatomy to the diagnosis and treatment of patients....which is important. But anyhow...we are done with anatomy lab, dissections and tests FOREVER!

This last dissection unit was especially interesting as it involved the head and neck. Kind of weird to cut into someone's face/pull someone's scalp off/chisel into someone's orbital plate. The strangest parts, by far, were the review sessions where numerous human heads were pulled out of plastic bags. Only in medical school....or the mob I suppose.

So now that anatomy is over I have a ton of extra time on my hands....hence the blogging. I've become a podcaster as well. I really fought this, but after much evaluation, I've decided it's really the best way to go. I can sleep in a bit in the morning, watch Price is Right, then study the material from the previous day while my mind is still fresh. Then in the evening, I podcast the lectures from that day. This saves me all kinds of time (I no longer have to get ready in the morning, drive to school, find a parking spot, walk to class....) and the schedule seems to correspond better with how my brain works. And I don't take as many naps now that I get a little more sleep in the morning. My dad is still on me to go to class and "make connections" with my class mates, but I figure that's what Facebook is for, isn't it?