Mighty Fine Anatomy

I just got back from an hour in the anatomy lab, and I have to say: I didn't realize how much I missed it. Of course, this is a step up from the second year course, since we have the experience of actual dissection, instead of just looking at prosections. But I can't quite describe the experience of opening up the dura mater and seeing the spinal cord and cauda equina up close and personal. Sorry. But it's cool. I'm really glad that I get to do anatomy again, and that we'll get to do anatomy in second year as well under the new curriculum. For a few moments, right now, I feel the drive to study hard and learn everything I can about the human body, to honour the donors' gift. I'm not at all sure how long that will last. I hope for awhile. I can't imagine what it takes to allow your body to be cut, poked and prodded, inside and out, for two years, by less-than-knowledgeable students (although we will be knowledgeable by the end). I am very grateful, and I don't want to lose that gratitude.

Why doesn't anyone ever STOP me?

Yesterday, I was walking down the hall in MedSci, and there was this huge collection of broken-down and cut-up cardboard boxes, most of them a bit taller than me. Well, this whole class-musical-director thing has gone to my head, I guess, but I just saw -- SETS! And, because I'm a bit crazy, and because I happened to be with two individuals that I'll term 'enablers of insanity', I "rescued" a metric crapload of the cardboard and stashed it in the lounge while I figured out how to get it back to my apartment (and indeed where to put it once I got it there). Finally, with the aid of a guy in my class with a van, I got it all back to my place...and then with the aid of my roommate, got it all stashed under my bed/in my closet/in the storage room. In other words, I owe a lot of people, and we have the raw materials for sets, for free!

No, we're not building sets till April...why do you ask?

Weather

I need to invest in an umbrella.

Or maybe an ark.

Stupid rain.

~isolde