You Are a Strawberry Jelly Bean

You love yourself for who you are, critics be damned! You know you don't have to take risks to make life more interesting. It's good enough as is.

What Flavor Jelly Bean Are You?

Triple birthday!

On Friday, we had a triple birthday plus any other excuse to celebrate. Here are some pics. Check out Jim and "his precious" (microbrewery beer) and Andrea's orange scarf. I've lost count of the number of times I've had this conversation with various people while knitting this scarf.

Random person: What are you making?

Me: A scarf for my friend's birthday.

Random person: Oh... Does she actually like orange?

Do you know how tempting it's been to go "Well, no, actually, she absolutely loathes orange."

Magnolias

I'd said I'd put my dad's magnolia trees up on my blog. They were just perfectly in bloom when I got home last weekend (now there are just lots of petals all over the backyard).

You Are 66% Tortured Genius

You are smart. Brilliant in fact. And while it's a blessing, it's also a curse. Your head is filled with everything - grand ideas, insufferable worries, and a good deal of angst.

Are You a Tortured Genius?

Life coach, eh?

Your Aura is Violet

Idealistic and thoughtful, you have the mind and ideas to change the world. And you have the charisma of a great leader, even if you don't always use it! The purpose of your life: saying truths that other people dare not say Famous purples include: Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Susan B. Anthony Careers for you to try: Political Activist, Inventor, Life Coach

What Color Is Your Aura?

Adventures in epidemiology

Here it is: end of day 1 of my epidemiology for residents class. Kind of funny to in a way come full circle in my year and end up back with old med school classmates. HOwever, class looks very dynamic and useful, looks like it will really be the resource I've needed and it's really interesting to come back as a semi-outsider.

Kind of brings me back to why I"m where I am: I hate pagers. I'm convinced that I must have nearly converted into an arrythmia every time one went off (which in a class of 30 internal med residents, was often). It's also a good way to look at where I am vs where I was: I keep talking about "the passion" for medicine that I never had that I think anyone would need to make it through. It's pretty awesome to see it in my old med school friends. I also felt it gave me a good comparison of where I was in med school: overwhelmed, uninspired, struggling to keep my head above water to where I am now: total keener, loving every minute of it and feeling totally gung ho about all my projects.

I scare men in muscle shirts

So, apparently, I should not watch skating in public. CBC had a rerun of the world championships ladies short program. I was at the gym watching it with my headphones on while doing cardio. Apparently, I am a noisy skating watch/critic. Was getting funny looks from the big buff guys around me who kept moving to machines further and further away.