The Life of an Egg

"In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again." -J.Agee

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Location: Los Angeles, California

I am addicted to Flamin Hot Cheetos, goat cheese, rainbow sherbet, and hummus. I want to meet Paul Farmer. I can't touch library books because they smell. I have a tattoo of the tree of life on my back. I have a problem with picking at my nails when I'm nervous, stressed out, or bored. I am irrationally proud of being from California. One of my main goals in life is to be a good person. And finally, please don't ask for medical advice, especially if it involves any sort of discharge.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Reliving a very stressful moment of my life

Today is Match Day. Except this time, I'm not a fourth year medical student, matching into a residency program. Looking back, this was an incredibly stressful time... probably the most life-defining moment that I've ever experienced. The second most life-defining moment being the time I found I had gotten into medical school in the first place. But I digress.

Here's my post from last year... It was brief because I was over-run with emotions but was in too much shock to really convey how I was feeling.

This morning, I went to Match Day to support my wonderful friend and it was as intense experiencing this from the other side as it was last year. I didn't want to be there because it brought back so many confusing memories but I wanted to be supportive so there was no other place I'd rather be.

I hope one day we get rid of the Match process. It's such a mind-game. and it's unnecessary torture.

On the upside of things, there are some great people staying on in our program so I'm pleased.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

thank you for coming to match day even though you didn't want to be there. words can't describe how much it meant that you were there. thanks.

5:12 PM  

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