March 24, 2008

After the Storm

Posted in Med Student Mumbo Jumbo, Reflection on Literature, Spellbound News, Spellwright News at 10:04 am by blakecharlton

Apologies for the blog neglect. Like some brooding and unavoidable storm, Winter Quarter Finals loomed on the horizon of my life for the past few weeks and then enveloped everything in a maelstrom. The shear amount of material was staggering. The reading in particular troubled me as it forced me, for the first time as a medical student, to face off with my disability. For a month or so, I had to wake up at 8am, bike into the med school for lecture/lab until 5pm, wolf down dinner, and then read and/or memorize in the computer lab until 2am. At which point I would bike home, pass out, and wake up at 8am the next day to do it all over again, 7 days a week. According to the second years, this will be the worst quarter with regard to time pressure. I really and truly hope that is accurate. Read the rest of this entry »

March 5, 2008

Seeds of Change Cover!

Posted in Short Fiction at 8:23 pm by blakecharlton

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I’m in full-tilt-boogey-finals-studying mode, so my thoughts are too mashed-up for prose. So let’s give a quick list of my reactions to the above image: Read the rest of this entry »

March 2, 2008

This is Your Brain on Med School…

Posted in Med Student Mumbo Jumbo at 4:22 am by blakecharlton

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