Nov

30

3 months down, 17 to go…

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dearest Nevis,
as i sit here* typing this, the corner of the house feels like it’s moving out from under me. i ran outside to stand on the porch and it’s shaking there too. back inside, i’m staring at the blinds to make sure they’re actually moving and i’m not just deliriously tired […]

Nov

30

Friday

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“People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to ‘The Art of Happiness’ by the Dalai Lama.”
~ Carmen Electra
histo
- pinna
- external auditory meatus
- cerumen
- outer ear hearing disorders
- otoscopy
- tympanic membrane
- auditory tube
- ear ossicles
- inner ear vestibule
- bony & membranous labyrinth
- crist ampullaris
- macula
- […]

Nov

29

7.3?!

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this is only the second earthquake i have actually felt (experienced, rode, survived — whatever you call it). the first was in Japan over 10 years ago. i have to say it was a bit anti-climatic on this part of the island. i thought i was just experiencing indigestion from the cafeteria […]

Nov

29

And I was wondering if I missed paying that bill too…

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yesterday: i learned that i can have a cup of green tea at 4pm and the caffeine doesn’t prevent me from falling into bed exhausted at 10pm. this is exciting news.
but has nothing to do with this post which was meant to be about last night’s power outage. whoops.
in the wee hours […]

Nov

29

Thursday

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“This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.”
~ Douglas Adams
histo
- psoriasis
- UV rays and skin layers
- mole vs. melanoma
- dermis layers, ridges, papilla
- hypodermis
- hair root, follicle, growth, baldness
- arrector pili
- sebaceous glands
- sweat glands
- nail
- Merkels’ disc
- Meissner’s corpuscle
- Pacinian corpuscle
- Ruffini’s corpuscle
- Krause’s end bulb
- muscle spindle
- Golgi tendon […]

Nov

28

Wednesday

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“God runs electromagnetics by wave theory on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and the Devil runs them by quantum theory on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.”
~ Sir William Bragg
histo [8-930am]
- post-exam consolation
- semi-heated (tense!) discussion about format of final theory/lab exam
- stratum corneum, granulosum, lucidum, spinosum, basale
- melanocytes, Merkel, Langerhans
- keratohyalin granules
- Olland bodies
- Jane Goodall (wrinkles […]

Nov

27

MED 1 Block 4 [re-cap]

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[block 1 re-cap] [block 2 re-cap] [block 3 re-cap]
last block before finals! done! there is a little bit of new material in Block 5, but not much. now we review, review, review (our boats gently down the stream) to remember all of the things we forgot.
but first! what happened over the […]

Nov

26

Just to contrast yesterday’s post…

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i received an email from my dad this afternoon. it was a photo of him bundled up to his chin in a winter jacket and a huge furry hat with big ear flaps. there’s nothing quite like November in Saskatchewan.
this time last year, Prince George, British Columbia was enjoying -36 degree C weather […]

Nov

25

Study break

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study breaks have to happen some time. and when they do… beaches are better.
“if there is one giant take-home lesson i’m learning from med school, it has absolutely nothing to do with cranial nerve mnemonics. prioritization takes a lot of practice and since i’m in this learning lifestyle for the long-haul, i […]

Nov

24

Small moments

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this morning i sat on the porch and waited for enough light to ride my bicycle to school. it was 6am and i wanted to get to the anatomy lab early to review things like trochlear nerves and maxillary arteries and levator palpebrae superiorii and omohyoids and mylohyoids and thyrocervical trunks and foramen rotundums.
but […]

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