This week, I discovered new medical school blogs from strangers by typing in "Medical school" into the magic Google machine. I found entertaining blogs about medical school and the standard woe-is-me entries about how tiring, entertaining, pointless it is to be a medical student, even though we will go on and become the top earners in American society. The backrow blog has had its fare share of bitch sessions about medical school, and I realize now that these stories aren't universally entertaining. They are only amusing to our small, select audience of secret medical student readers, Jack's dad and sister Eileen, and Lindsay, our friend from the Detroit suburbs. What this blog needed was wider appeal like my hero David Sedaris.
And what I want to say is: yes, I'm in medical school, and it consumes a lot of time, but I am still an interesting person, regardless. In essence, I want to reclaim my identity from medical school, and I want to say to UTCOM, you have not destroyed me - I am still desperately clinging to the last shards of my personality. For instance, I do a funny white person voice with Farrah**, I really like zombie movies, and I love Sephora. In other words, I am a person without you, medical school. I am a person of varied interests, and I will now have to end my affair with you. We are officially on a break until I reclaim myself from your tyrannical clutches (really, medical school, you are as possessive as a jealous mistress). No more, I say! Down with medical school entries about butt abscesses and patient care! Viva non-medical school-related blogs!
**Really, it's very humorous. I wish blogs had audio capabilities.
--By Mariam, who can talk about things other than rotations and medical school. Just ask her about the Nazi plundering of art treasures during WWII.
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I could probably get us these audio capabilities because of my musical background that is completely unrelated to medical school!
This blog is also a good way to give shout outs to our readers so they feel special!
I love the irony of using actual links to the butt abscess and patient care blog entries, rather than just referring to them in the body of the text.
Several things:
1. I thought by going into medicine I would always have these awesome cocktail party stories to tell, but you are totally right, no one cares. The people who do care tend to just be waiting out your story so they can let you diagnose some funny looking thing on their back.
2. Their white people voice is VERY funny, I am a little worried they got if from talking to me.
3. Seriously, medical school sucks.
Haha I now think sannere is right!
Sometimes if you tell a medical student a funny story, they'll listen to it politely but really they'll be waiting to one-up your story in terms of grossness, absurdity, or outlandishness.
Sounds like me!
And please try to get your white people impression uploaded! I'm curious about it now.
I can think of a few blogs written by people, not to be named, that think medical school is the greatest and most difficult thing to EVER come across this planet.
Thank goodness yours isn't one of them. Your blog is the bestest on the internets
I do feel extra special! :-D
Could you link to a video from YouTube of you doing this impression? I think you have really inspired a lot of curiosity here.
Viva Butt Abscesses!! (Sorry, I just can't let go.)
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No! You don't have a life outside of medicine? That can't be! You're supposed to sell your soul to the betterment of mankind!
There are not very many people who can say they still have a personality after medical school. Then again, there are those who didn't even have one to begin with. That's a shame.
(I noticed this is an old post...I'm way behind on my blogroll)
That didn't make sense. I meant "You have a life outside of medicine". I think I need a nap. My nearly 5-month-old is still having a hard time from the time zone switch.
Not to sound like a crazy stalker, but I've been reading your blog for about three years after finding it on my friend from high school's facebook page. I'm not in med school (although I was a bio major for two years and wanted to be a doctor... until I realized that's probably a bad thing), and I still get tons of kicks out of your blog. So, there. Viva medical school related blogs (and hopefully "I'm going to never get out of my intern year, but I really will even if I have to kill other interns" blogs).
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