Suck it, Kate Middleton
May 19, 2011
Huh, that was an overly aggressive blog title.
I’m going to a wedding this weekend for the lovely Alice Macgill – recently Dr., soon to be Mrs. Maybe she wants to be Ms. Maybe Dr. will trump all gender-specific titles. Regardless, I’m more excited about Alice’s wedding than I was about Kate’s. So there.
Anywayzzle, long time no blog. To summarize pediatrics – the patients are adorable and they all have asthma and eye infections. Today I had to xerox a form and it came out of the machine with crayon all over it. The wards are slow for allergy season. No complaints here. I hate snot. Plus, in my down time I can catch up on Sponge Bob in the Playroom.
More importantly, I am leaving the country. For those who still don’t know (even though I think I’ve posted this on the internet approx. 17,000 times):
I AM MOVING TO VIETNAM IN JUNE. I WILL BE THERE FOR A YEAR.
Preparation so far… Yesterday I begged my loan lenders to give me a deferment while I’m gone. My landlord has my move out date. My passport is getting a work visa. Marcel is moving to Pennsylvania. John Montrose is going to become a vagabond for a few weeks. It looks like we will purge most of our earthly belongings at the end of the month (moving sale soon – stay tuned).
Most importantly, I’m trying to make a new blog for Vietnam. I learned a little CSS (what?! really?!) so I’ve been playing with how it looks. If anyone would like to preview, let me know.
I’ll leave you with that, darling reader. Time for a bus to Philadelphia for the greatest wedding of the year. (Yeah, Kate, you read right).
Latest Pro-Blog Post
May 18, 2011
gchat, pediatrics, and tigers
May 15, 2011
A week of pediatrics. Cute patients, but it reminds me too much of being a nanny to do it full time. And, it’s a well-known fact that I think snot is one of the grossest substances on the planet.
So, here are some reflections on the past 6 days, a la me and my teammate “rick” on gchat
me: hey, they let me go at 9:30 yesterday, fyi Rick: 930 am? me: yeah Rick: whoa what time did you go in in the morning? me: 7. how late did you stay when you were on call for a weeknight ? Rick: like 5ish me: great. Also, I think the resident I was with might take my parakeet. Rick: haha nice Rick: wow 930, i hope that happens when im there me: I was so pumped Rick: i know, thats like a day off basically me: but I ended up sleeping all afternoon Rick: and then youre up already…well whatever me: yeah. I have no regrets, why are developmental milstones so boring? Rick: peds is horrible, i miss ob me: yeah me too Rick: i cant imagine why anyone would want to do this me: I can’t imagine who did the research to see that a 15 mo old makes a 3 cube towr, but an 18 mo old makes a 4 cube tower. I was definitely making a 4 cube tower by 15 months. Rick: i was doing algebra by 15 months me: and really, it takes you three months to figure out you can put an extra block up there? By the time I was 18 months I was learning to play Beethovan, Rick: i was watching a thing on tigers last night, and the mom tiger was moving her cubs to another den…and she had 4 cubs…and after she had moved the 4th one, she went back to the old den and kept looking for more because tigers cant count. isnt that weird? they cant count to 4 me: well. human babies are smarter than grown up tigers. but tigers can still eat us. Rick: true me: this is going on the blog by the way Rick: i can count the seconds left of my life as a tiger eats me hah fine. can you make my name he rick? *be me: sureBe Great, Work Hard, And Avoid Radium
May 11, 2011
Meet Lisa Aslan
May 10, 2011
Lisa is a very good friend of mine. I have short-changed her on this blog. So, to over compensate, here is a brief summary of our friendship.
In 2005 Lisa graduated college and then went to Israel. I also graduated college that year and stayed in Philadelphia. We had not yet met yet.
Then, she moved to Brooklyn to test people for HIV and so did I. We worked together teaching homeless people about health for just under a year. (Side note – this is still the most fun job I have ever had).
In 2008 Lisa went to get her MPH in Baltimore (after a short trip back to Israel). I missed her terribly. So, she came back. Thus, we have continued our love for each other here in New York. In spite of my radio-silence about her on this blog, she has been a major piller in my social life — including but not limited to: most major Jewish holidays, an absurd amount of study breaks, and talking on the phone for unwarranted periods of time. I am dreading our second year apart.
(Lisa, I hope you’re reading this. If you don’t leave a comment I am going to embarrass you. more. love, roz)
14 minutes of bliss
May 4, 2011
For those of you who haven’t already heard [of] my incredibly talented friend (whose CD has carried me through psychiatry and now also OB/Gyn): meet Anyssa Neumann.
I have been listening to her a lot lately. Our exam is in two days. As usual, please say a prayer for me and send good vibes Friday morning. Thanks in advance.
ALSO: If you love Bach, Beethovan, and a little Messiean/Prokofiev, and/or you want Anyssa’s CD, don’t be shy. It’s amazing.
The beginning of the end
May 3, 2011
Today I gave my piano away. Now, anyone need a bookshelf? Or a Parakeet? Or an apartment in Brooklyn?
Agreed
May 3, 2011
”I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
-Anonymous
Eargasm
May 1, 2011
Here’s what I’ve been listening to while I study
- Yellow Ostrich (Favorite Newish Brooklyn Band)
- Cee Lo Green (<3 <3 <3)
- Waking Lights (Favorite New Jersey Band. –What?)
The Other Blog
April 30, 2011
I wanted to cut and paste my latest pro-blog post, but it’s not allowed.
So, you can read it here
Since you’ll need to log in… (yep, I made you an account. thank me later).
Username: RozPlotzk
Password: Plotzk
My mother was born in: Philadelphia
