tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75015442007-03-23T20:52:51.565-05:00KimBlogger5001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-33922268568236786142007-03-23T20:41:00.000-05:002007-03-23T20:52:51.850-05:00

... I have something of a self-esteem problem, and I'm afraid what this particular troll is saying is true. I just wanted to make my readers aware of what's going on in the comments with this guy (or girl? Who knows) in case someone wants to disagree.Here's what happened - I went to The Fake Doctor's blog, where he had a post listing his mail and responding to it. I commented something to the

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-53186384439817180462007-03-21T11:20:00.000-05:002007-03-21T11:23:21.679-05:00

Al Gore, on the fake global warming:"The Earth has a fever and just like when your child has a fever, maybe that's a warning of something seriously wrong," Gore said on "Good Morning America" today. Someone should tell Al that the only prescription for a fever is MORE COWBELL.It had to be done.

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-83722422983835668182007-03-20T11:03:00.000-05:002007-03-20T11:17:27.513-05:00

Michael, Todd, Christy and I went to lunch yesterday at Applebee's, and we had arguably the worst waitress on the face of the earth (for reasons other than the ones I'm about to document.) Michael, being a man of plain tastes (when it comes to food - I'm not trying to insult Kristen here) ordered a cheeseburger with only ketchup. Shortly after, we saw our waitress get in a car outside of our

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-36843584647964309962007-03-18T14:12:00.000-05:002007-03-20T08:16:30.373-05:00

I was reading an article in Popular Photography some time ago (it must have been around Christmas, because I don't think I've had a chance to read one since then) that issued a challenge - on a particular date in January, I think - to photograph your day. One picture every 5 minutes. Well, I didn't think I could do THAT (flashing 10 times per lecture would not be cool) but I did want to do a

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-91327927788309643922007-03-14T14:56:00.000-05:002007-03-14T15:06:38.686-05:00

Well, this set of blocks went reasonably well. I got an A in path, a B in pharm, and an unmentionable grade in genetics (which was okay, considering I only read half of the genetics notes (once!) and only went to about half of the lectures. I put it on the back burner this time. You almost have to do that when you're juggling ~23 credit hours' worth of exams.)Thanks be unto the Lord for all of

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-46673605718181803672007-03-11T15:50:00.000-05:002007-03-11T15:59:39.308-05:00

So, I removed some files from my downloads folder - I also removed the link over in yonder sidebar. My server was down earlier for awhile (a problem with GoDaddy, it turned out) and I was afraid that I'd been pegged as a copyright infringer and yanked from the Internet. I got spooked. Also, I don't want to go to jail. Although jail might be better than these four exams I will be failing on

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-60738439560045092132007-03-08T18:46:00.000-05:002007-03-08T21:30:19.039-05:00

Hey, you know what I keep forgetting to tell y'all? While perusing my pharmacology lecture schedule (which is a completely interesting thing to do during class sometimes) I discovered that one of our required lectures (on dermatologic pharmacology) is to be given by none other than my ex-dermatologist who doesn't know how to use lasers or treat patients like real people. I will, of course, be

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-70984668331452796452007-03-01T19:40:00.000-05:002007-03-01T20:07:02.809-05:00

So, the top 10 girls sang. And I recorded it - with my good ol' VCR, since American Idol has apparently embedded some sort of "anti-record" critter into their broadcast (hence the weird colored lines that cover half of my screen when I try to play it back through Windows Media Center. Boo! Once again, Fox.Ruins.Everything.) I can still make mpegs from VCR recordings, though, and will have

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-20639864976826599452007-02-28T12:16:00.000-05:002007-02-28T12:27:38.603-05:00

So, the guys apparently raised the bar this week. Not so hard to do, when all you did the week before was quietly place the bar on the ground and then back away from it, whistling. I did record this one, without the strange multicolored lines, and will have mpegs up for download shortly. Until then, here's my somewhat-live blog:Phil Stacey - Missing You (John Waite) - Still sings good. Still

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-49605876002907599302007-02-27T05:43:00.000-05:002007-02-27T06:17:14.759-05:00

Occasionally I get an interesting quiz posted as a bulletin on MySpace, and I usually bring it over here because I find bulletins on MySpace annoying in general. Especially the ones that are like those stupid chain emails - *shudder*. Check things out at Snopes before you pass them along, people!What ended your last relationship?Hmmm. It was almost 10 years ago and couldn't really be

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-42381136863996310752007-02-23T08:12:00.000-05:002007-02-23T16:34:42.633-05:00

I find out my first rotation and my first rotation group today (the things that we start doing in July, provided we pass USMLE Step One.) I'm nervous, y'all. I wonder if there's anybody who doesn't want me in their group.EDIT - Well, I start in Psychiatry. Woo! That's the relatively easy rotation, from what I hear. And Todd's in my group, as well as other people that I like and can get along

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-62291457082979525522007-02-21T22:35:00.000-05:002007-02-21T22:44:11.941-05:00

I'm having problems recording American Idol this season with my Windows Media Center (and all Fox shows, for that matter - I noticed that Sunday's Family Guy had this problem too.) It records, but when I play it back, there are colored vertical lines covering the bottom half of the screen. What's up with that? Is there some sort of protection on Fox shows now? If so, that SUCKS. I mean, I

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-75051089413981188652007-02-20T22:13:00.000-05:002007-02-20T22:29:28.064-05:00

I had American Idol - the top 12 guys - on tonight while I was plodding through my genetics homework (I hate busywork in medical school. Grrrr.) I didn't pay very close attention, but I thought I'd post the names of the contestants and the songs they sang in case someone is Googling "what did blah blah blah sing". I also recorded it, and will post a mpeg in the AI folder of each performance

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-83243524596076732742007-02-12T23:53:00.000-05:002007-02-13T00:22:12.112-05:00

Well, this afternoon I emerged unscathed from the bowels of the Evil Pharamologic Emperor Zurg (I hope.) NOTE: Sometimes I type bizarre things, like "Evil Pharmacologic Emperor Zurg" to see if someone eventually Googles them and finds the bizarrity-containing post. They usually do.Tomorrow at noon I have pathology and then patient care (have I started studying for patient care yet, you ask?

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-21257302023539590482007-02-10T15:34:00.000-05:002007-02-07T09:05:27.473-05:00

It's official - I have gone straight up insane, y'all. It's the pharmacology that's done it to me. The pharmacology!! I think I should just be a fake doctor like Zach Braff.The other day, Christy and I were going to lunch (meeting Todd and Michael at Fazoli's) and I was mixing up my pronouns something awful. Like this:Me: It needs to get some gasoline.Christy: What does?Me: Oh, I meant "I"

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-1164858296619957622006-11-29T22:44:00.000-05:002007-02-07T09:04:38.003-05:00

So, I have two tests tomorrow. It's 10:30PM and I haven't started studying for the second one yet. I think I did okay on today's pathology exam, though, although I wouldn't mind lightly kicking my GI pathology professor (my liver and biliary tract path professor? Him I want to hug.) Medical school, sometimes, sucks - suckity suck suck sucks. I think we should send terrorist suspects to medical

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-1164949108818624512006-11-30T23:10:00.000-05:002007-02-07T09:00:47.276-05:00

For the 2nd installment of our medical ethics course, we had to write a critique of a peer-reviewed article that addressed one of the topics on our schedule for the semester. The paper I critiqued was on medical errors, and it focused on whether or not doctors would even tell the patients about particular hypothetical errors, or how much detail they would provide, etc., and a bunch of other

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-1164985595338763042006-12-01T10:04:00.000-05:002007-02-07T08:26:16.076-05:00

Wow - my eeeeevil dermatologist story got picked up by Kevin, MD. Awesome.

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-1165171280636379552006-12-03T13:35:00.000-05:002007-02-07T08:18:45.965-05:00

I mean, Flavor Flav also wants me to fail medical school - not that Tyra Banks wants Flavor Flav to fail medical school. Just so we're clear.I'm telling you, since I have been a medical student, there is an America's Next Top Model marathon on VH1 the weekend before a big exam - EVERY TIME. (A few times, that's not quite true - but Flavor Flav has picked up the slack with a Flavor of Love

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-1165449023514372602006-12-06T18:47:00.000-05:002007-02-07T08:16:28.489-05:00

I just have to say that it was quite bizarre to see Matthew McConaughey, Oprah, and her audience chanting "We are Marshall." Bizarre, but cool all the same. Go see the movie when it comes out on December 22nd, everybody - it looks like it should be pretty good. The dang preview makes me tear up every time. Speaking of the preview, watch it here:In other news, I can't believe that my computer

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-1165679527409608392006-12-09T10:23:00.000-05:002007-02-07T08:11:47.108-05:00

Since I was accused by commenters at Kevin MD and now at the RateMDs forums of being deceitful by using my "excessively airbrushed senior picture as a "before" picture in my "victim of malpractice" story, I thought I'd post some pre-burn snapshots. You know, so you can see what a freakazoid I REALLY am, and that I look absolutely nothing like the senior picture I posted earlier. Except not. The

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-1165724219580196422006-12-09T23:14:00.000-05:002007-02-07T08:08:02.297-05:00

So, I've been nominated and chosen as a finalist for one of the Weblog Awards - but, I need some votes. Like, about 100, in order to take the lead. Heh. If you'd like to help me out (and you think I deserve the award, of course) go here and vote. You can vote from the same computer once per day.I'd really appreciate it! Vote early and often, and tell all of your friends, and their friends, and

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-1168911736367485982007-01-15T20:40:00.000-05:002007-02-07T07:58:46.876-05:00

I love Hugh Laurie so very, very much and could listen to him give speeches all day. He works words like "caboodle" into ordinary conversation, which is obviously a commendable quality.In other news, I will not be the least surprised if I fail pharmacology.The end.

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-1170213088785067142007-01-30T22:01:00.000-05:002007-02-07T07:57:31.680-05:00

I read in TV Guide this week that Dave Matthews is going to be a guest star (i.e., Patient of the Week) on House M.D. in March. He'll play a pianist. Oh man, my head may explode. I am endlessly entertained by them both.In other House news, there was a good song at the end of tonight's episode - Grey Room by Damien Rice (iTunes). I Googled the lyrics and then added it to my iTunes cart.Speaking of

Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501544.post-1165983303197354172006-12-12T23:09:00.000-05:002007-02-06T22:00:43.538-05:00

I've had a Canon 30D for about 6 months, and I loooooove it except for one thing - almost ALL of my indoor pictures show up fine on my LCD, but when I load them into Photoshop or into a folder on my computer, they are underexposed. I can fix it with Levels or Curves in Photoshop, but it's annoying (and time consuming) to have to do that with every single indoor picture I take. Does anybody have a

Kim