Porch Monkeys

There sure are a lot of em out here. And no, I'm not being racist... for one, the term is being taken back (see Clerks II) and secondly, I want to BE a porch monkey. That's what I think everytime I drive by someone sitting on their steps. I actually get jealous. I am just so fucking sick of studying.

The one aspect of porch monkeying I don't understand is the porch itself. Why do people like sitting on their concrete steps? Surely there is a couch somewhere in the house. Or at least bring a cushion outside. And a laptop with wireless internet... or a gameboy or a magazine or something.

It's interesting because I'd never even heard of the term until I watched Clerks II over the summer, but around here there are literally people on every block sitting on their porches. In fact, I think I was able to spot one near my school using Google Earth:



Since I'm on the topic of race, another thing I've realized is that I have a very skewed perception of indian people. I think I tend to assume they are brighter than they actually are. Not that I've met any who are particularly dumb (I haven't since high school), but I do find it mildly amusing when I realize that I am smarter than one. It's always pleasantly surprising. Like outeating a fat guy or outrunning someone who looks cut. I guess I've spent too much time around genius NASA rocket scientist indians and the scary indians at Stanford who'd fuck up the curve in all of the upper level CS classes (crypto).

Anyway, I've finished week 3 of classes and had my first final exam today. How did I do? I honestly have no clue. I wouldn't be surprised if I got honors, but I also wouldn't be surprised if I failed. Seriously. It was the most subjective, ridiculous test I've ever taken. But that class is really just a distraction from anatomy. Which is still my bitch.

So far I've realized that the hardest thing about medical school is not the material. Yeah there's a shitload to cover but it's all pretty manageable... it's really just a matter of putting in the considerable amount of time required. The biggest obstacle is fighting the inner urge to jack off. This is a battle I find myself losing with increased frequency. I find myself doing all kinds of unproductive retarded shit just to put off studying. Like blogging. Or jacking off.

As far as career direction, I seem to have developed a pretty strong dislike for peds. I'm not sure if that's the result of my annoyance with one particular class, but right now I can't see myself doing the peds thing unless I'm cutting them up. Geriatrics on the other hand are really cool! For some reason I thought they'd be depressing to deal with but we got to interview a bunch of geriatrics this week and they are really great to work with and very inspirational. Plus if I set up my own geriatrics clinic I would totally have the alliterative edge. But I also think I'd also rather be cutting them up.

It was also pretty neat the past couple of weeks learning about carpal tunnel anatomy. Especially since I used to have so many pains from sitting in front of they keyboard 24/7.

I need to start making these blog updates shorter but more frequent. Time to get back to the grind... Football game vs. Oregon tomorrow. GOOOOO STANFORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!