So, first Anatomy exam in the books. Not great but also not bad. I passed and with a little cushion even, and I now know what to expect from my professors. Also, the way I graded myself may have been harsher than what the professors might, according to one of my TAs.
But I have to go back to the books because we have our second exam (Biochemistry) on Tuesday.
Back to it!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Med School, Part I
Alright. So. Things have been a little crazy over here at la casa del oso since I started medical school. I have learned alot of things already including but not limited to: 1. Anatomy is less scary than my brain made it out to be. 2. People are weird, including professors. 3. Even the most asinine-seeming lectures can turn out to be really awesome 4. Smelling like dead people sucks 5. Being around smart people again is REALLY nice. 6. Anatomy lab makes everyone hungry, which is upsetting. 7. When people compare any part of anatomy lab to food, it becomes difficult to eat that food (i.e. one of my lab partners thinks that bone saws smell like Doritos) 8. The people you least expect can make you smile when you aren't prepared. For example:
We were given a lecture on loss prevention from our head security officer, who told us in his very best Chris Rock voice:
"That one high heeled shoe you have in the back of your car, it might not be important to you...but it's important to a crackhead.
The sweater you keep in the back seat of your car, might not be important to you...but it's important to a crackhead."
But now i have to go put on my pajamas and go visit some dead people
We were given a lecture on loss prevention from our head security officer, who told us in his very best Chris Rock voice:
"That one high heeled shoe you have in the back of your car, it might not be important to you...but it's important to a crackhead.
The sweater you keep in the back seat of your car, might not be important to you...but it's important to a crackhead."
But now i have to go put on my pajamas and go visit some dead people
Monday, July 20, 2009
Discussion Question
In honor of the moon landing anniversary, i pose a discussion question. When you were younger and learning about (or witnessing, for our older viewers) the lunar landing what did you think life would be like in 2010? Has life lived up to your expectations or are you still pissed off about not having a flying car?
In honor of 40 years
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In honor of the brave men who traveled all those miles to prove that ours is bigger.
Thanks to the people at Cake Wrecks
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
How very cool
Spear-wielding chimps snack on skewered bushbabies
17:00 22 February 2007 by Rowan Hooper
For similar stories, visit the Human Evolution Topic Guide
In a revelation that destroys yet another cherished notion of human uniqueness, wild chimpanzees have been seen living in caves and hunting bushbabies with spears. It is the first time an animal has been seen using a tool to hunt a vertebrate.
Many chimpanzees trim twigs to use for ant-dipping and termite-fishing. But a population of savannah chimps (Pan troglodytes verus) living in the Fongoli area of south-east Senegal have been seen making spears from strong sticks that they sharpen with their teeth. The average spear length is 63 centimetres (25 inches), says Jill Pruetz at Iowa State University in Ames, US, who observed the behaviour with Paco Bertolani, of the University of Cambridge, UK.
And the method of procuring food with these tools is not simply extractive, as it is when harvesting insects. It is far more aggressive. They use the spears to hunt one of the cutest primates in Africa: bushbabies (Galago senegalensis).
Bushbabies are nocturnal and curl up in hollows in trees during the day. If disturbed during their slumbers - if their nest cavity is broken open, for example - they rapidly scamper away. It appears that the chimps have learnt a grisly method of slowing them down.
Take a look at the chimps in action, in these three videos
Cave life
Chimps were observed thrusting their spears into hollow trunks and branches with enough force to injure anything inside the holes, Pruetz's research team says. The chimps used a "power grip" and made multiple downward stabs - much the same way as a human might wield a dagger.
Ten different chimps in the population were observed to perform this behaviour in 22 bouts. In one case the researchers saw a chimp remove a dead bush baby and eat it. Here is the chimp enjoying his grisly meal, and cleaning his small spear (5MB, Requires QuickTime).
And, in what is thought to be another first for chimps, the Fongoli population have taken up aspects of cave living. They use the the shady interiors for socialising, taking siestas and picnicking, the researchers say. Pruetz jokes that she would not be surprised if the chimps began making cave drawings.
The Fongoli chimps inhabit a mosaic savannah - patches of grass and woodland - where there are no red colobus monkeys. The absence of these monkeys, which are the favoured prey of several other chimp populations, may explain the Fongoli chimps' unique spear-hunting behaviour.
"Given the lack of opportunity, Fongoli chimps have come up with a way to get around the problem of how to get protein in their particular environment...using tools to hunt," says Pruetz.
Secret snacks
Intriguingly, the behaviour is mostly confined to females and immature chimps. Adults hunt and eat green monkeys, but males have priority over access to the meat. Pruetz suggests that Fongoli juveniles and females get around this by exploiting a niche that is relatively ignored by adult males - and spearing little bushbaby snacks for themselves.
"Immatures and females are innovative in solving the problem of feeding competition," she says.
Chimps regularly seem to be discovered doing things once thought unique to humans (see Stone Age chimps were handy with a hammer). "Back to the drawing board again in terms of trying to define how humans are special," says Pruetz.
Journal reference: Current Biology, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.042
17:00 22 February 2007 by Rowan Hooper
For similar stories, visit the Human Evolution Topic Guide
In a revelation that destroys yet another cherished notion of human uniqueness, wild chimpanzees have been seen living in caves and hunting bushbabies with spears. It is the first time an animal has been seen using a tool to hunt a vertebrate.
Many chimpanzees trim twigs to use for ant-dipping and termite-fishing. But a population of savannah chimps (Pan troglodytes verus) living in the Fongoli area of south-east Senegal have been seen making spears from strong sticks that they sharpen with their teeth. The average spear length is 63 centimetres (25 inches), says Jill Pruetz at Iowa State University in Ames, US, who observed the behaviour with Paco Bertolani, of the University of Cambridge, UK.
And the method of procuring food with these tools is not simply extractive, as it is when harvesting insects. It is far more aggressive. They use the spears to hunt one of the cutest primates in Africa: bushbabies (Galago senegalensis).
Bushbabies are nocturnal and curl up in hollows in trees during the day. If disturbed during their slumbers - if their nest cavity is broken open, for example - they rapidly scamper away. It appears that the chimps have learnt a grisly method of slowing them down.
Take a look at the chimps in action, in these three videos
Cave life
Chimps were observed thrusting their spears into hollow trunks and branches with enough force to injure anything inside the holes, Pruetz's research team says. The chimps used a "power grip" and made multiple downward stabs - much the same way as a human might wield a dagger.
Ten different chimps in the population were observed to perform this behaviour in 22 bouts. In one case the researchers saw a chimp remove a dead bush baby and eat it. Here is the chimp enjoying his grisly meal, and cleaning his small spear (5MB, Requires QuickTime).
And, in what is thought to be another first for chimps, the Fongoli population have taken up aspects of cave living. They use the the shady interiors for socialising, taking siestas and picnicking, the researchers say. Pruetz jokes that she would not be surprised if the chimps began making cave drawings.
The Fongoli chimps inhabit a mosaic savannah - patches of grass and woodland - where there are no red colobus monkeys. The absence of these monkeys, which are the favoured prey of several other chimp populations, may explain the Fongoli chimps' unique spear-hunting behaviour.
"Given the lack of opportunity, Fongoli chimps have come up with a way to get around the problem of how to get protein in their particular environment...using tools to hunt," says Pruetz.
Secret snacks
Intriguingly, the behaviour is mostly confined to females and immature chimps. Adults hunt and eat green monkeys, but males have priority over access to the meat. Pruetz suggests that Fongoli juveniles and females get around this by exploiting a niche that is relatively ignored by adult males - and spearing little bushbaby snacks for themselves.
"Immatures and females are innovative in solving the problem of feeding competition," she says.
Chimps regularly seem to be discovered doing things once thought unique to humans (see Stone Age chimps were handy with a hammer). "Back to the drawing board again in terms of trying to define how humans are special," says Pruetz.
Journal reference: Current Biology, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.12.042
Saturday, July 4, 2009
We got married!
Two months ago, kevin and I threw a party for his graduation. When everyone got there they were surprised to find out that we were getting married. We had the wedding in my lovely sister and brother-in-laws back yard (which was awesome by the way guys thanks). We got to see everyone and celebrate with all the people we love. It was awesome. Here are the first pictures that have been edited. Our wedding was officiated by the Rev. Dr. Ted, which was so much fun and so awesome to have someone important to us who we love as our officiant. All in all, i think it was perfect. Thanks to everyone who helped out!
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
Update!
Just wanted to give you guys a quick peek into what Kevin has been doing. He is (as most of you know) a month away from finishing the fire academy. As a special treat for putting up with all of them the captains allowed friends and family to go and watch the boys during their first night time burn simulation in the burn building. I got some pretty cool pictures if i do say so myself. Here they are. 100th post coming soon!
This is a survivor
This is a survivor
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
A letter to my boss
Dude, i know that you feel sorry for yourself because you never amounted to anything. I understand that you feel the need to exert your modicum of power every chance you get because work is the only place you get to show it but really, be human. Don't bully people into working when they really can't. Don't make underhanded comments that are offensive and then get pissed off when people call you out on it. No, doctors are not glorified-college-graduates who can sew. I understand it was a joke but once you push peoples buttons long enough it stops being funny. Ohh and really, you shouldn't snicker under your breath and make snide remarks when there is a huge shipment that i have to stock. Yeah it's funny that you don't have to do it yourself but you know what, at least i still can lift these boxes. Is that the reason you don't offer to help with the heavy ones? Cause you cant?
Ohh and little prissy boy. Really, our job is NOT hard. Why does it take you 3 hours to do a job that takes me 30 minutes? Why do you feel like you are better than everyone else? You are not special! Ohh and really, no one cares that you broke up with your boyfriend this week or that you dropped out of law school to pursue your "dream" which you have since not been able to identify.
And to the stupid people who i encounter every day....screw you. Why would you call FedEx to come pick up a package at our office when you AREN'T here yet? Why do you stay after closing time every night when you know full well what time we close, you aren't dumb (at least in theory). Why would you come to the office and do things that don't count as work (surf the internet, leave and get coffee) and expect me to say you were here?
If everyone could just leave me alone today, it would be great. kthxbye
Ohh and little prissy boy. Really, our job is NOT hard. Why does it take you 3 hours to do a job that takes me 30 minutes? Why do you feel like you are better than everyone else? You are not special! Ohh and really, no one cares that you broke up with your boyfriend this week or that you dropped out of law school to pursue your "dream" which you have since not been able to identify.
And to the stupid people who i encounter every day....screw you. Why would you call FedEx to come pick up a package at our office when you AREN'T here yet? Why do you stay after closing time every night when you know full well what time we close, you aren't dumb (at least in theory). Why would you come to the office and do things that don't count as work (surf the internet, leave and get coffee) and expect me to say you were here?
If everyone could just leave me alone today, it would be great. kthxbye
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Not to be bitchy but....
Have you seen the movie Idiocracy? It was worth seeing once, the premise is that 1000 years from now the planet is filled with really dumb people because all the smart people put off having babies for their careers or only have 1 or 2 children, while the dumb people replicate like rabbits therefore diluting the gene pool.
I can't help but think of that movie in the last two weeks with the story of the octuplets that have been born. Now don't get me wrong, i like babies. I encourage people to have children, even multiple children. But how is it responsible to have 14 babies in 6 different pregnancies when you are living out of your mother's house, without income? How is it that people i know who CHOOSE not to have children because they know it's not the right thing for them to do have people looking down their noses at them while this idiot and people in similar situations like the Duggar family (who granted have spaced their 18 children out and have enough income to stay afloat without the government) get their own tv shows and hours of news media attention?
And what doctor in his right mind would implant 6 embryos at once, i understand the necessity to implant more than one, really i get it, IVF fails in most cases but if you were a doctor who had done 5 other IVF procedures on this woman which produced 6 children, why would you risk implanting 6 embryos knowing full well there was a possibility that they could all take?
The guy i feel the worst for in this situation though is the poor schmuck that donated his sperm when this chick asked him 8 years ago for him to help her have A child. I bet he is shitting his pants knowing that now he has 14 biological children with a mother with no means of income. Poor dude.
Anyway, enough bitching for now, happy monday!
I can't help but think of that movie in the last two weeks with the story of the octuplets that have been born. Now don't get me wrong, i like babies. I encourage people to have children, even multiple children. But how is it responsible to have 14 babies in 6 different pregnancies when you are living out of your mother's house, without income? How is it that people i know who CHOOSE not to have children because they know it's not the right thing for them to do have people looking down their noses at them while this idiot and people in similar situations like the Duggar family (who granted have spaced their 18 children out and have enough income to stay afloat without the government) get their own tv shows and hours of news media attention?
And what doctor in his right mind would implant 6 embryos at once, i understand the necessity to implant more than one, really i get it, IVF fails in most cases but if you were a doctor who had done 5 other IVF procedures on this woman which produced 6 children, why would you risk implanting 6 embryos knowing full well there was a possibility that they could all take?
The guy i feel the worst for in this situation though is the poor schmuck that donated his sperm when this chick asked him 8 years ago for him to help her have A child. I bet he is shitting his pants knowing that now he has 14 biological children with a mother with no means of income. Poor dude.
Anyway, enough bitching for now, happy monday!
Monday, February 2, 2009
I know, I know
So i have been conspicuously absent from my blog recently. Partially because i haven't had anything interesting to write about and partially because i have exactly zero time. So i guess it's update time. DH and I are both doing well, if very busy. As of today DH has started his fourth week in the fire academy. It is kicking his butt but he seems to be enjoying the process and the brotherhood. I have been working ALOT but it's about to get worse. As it stands DH has to leave the house by about 5:30 or 5:45 to get out to the academy on time. For those of you who know me, I don't exist that early in the day. This schedule also means that he is in bed by 8:00 like an old man. Therefore, depending on my schedule at work i get to see him for a couple of hours over dinner or not at all. This are going to begin to get interesting as well this month because along with the ACT class I am teaching at the local-can't-pull-our-heads-out-of-our-asses-high-school. I am also going to begin to drive an hour down to bumfuck to teach an MCAT class two nights a week from 6-9 at my alma mater.
Anyway, enough with the bitching. Last night held a welcome respite from all of this back and forth working and scheduling. We went to DH's fire recruit class Super Bowl Party. We had a blast. I got to meet many of the men he's been working with and I liked all of them. Which was great seeing as how recently i've grown tired of the immaturity of DH's friends. These boys had exactly the right amount of immaturity and boy were they funny. I even got some really great pictures of the festivities.
DH and the boys pigging out before the party even starts
The boy's posing to see who is prettiest.
Tailgaiting, litteraly!
All the boys at the end of the night
Anyway, enough with the bitching. Last night held a welcome respite from all of this back and forth working and scheduling. We went to DH's fire recruit class Super Bowl Party. We had a blast. I got to meet many of the men he's been working with and I liked all of them. Which was great seeing as how recently i've grown tired of the immaturity of DH's friends. These boys had exactly the right amount of immaturity and boy were they funny. I even got some really great pictures of the festivities.
DH and the boys pigging out before the party even starts
The boy's posing to see who is prettiest.
Tailgaiting, litteraly!
All the boys at the end of the night
Friday, January 30, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
I love this dude
And for those of you who have been living under a rock for the last year, the original
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