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Things that aren't fun: Rounds where students are expected to present things, combined with absolutely no instruction on how to go about this. *facepalm* This? Is going to be me in pure BS mode for the next hour or so.

Went out to dinner with a friend last night, to celebrate Freedom From National Boards. We were out rather late, since she's on the exotics rotation just now, and they're notorious for keeping students for hours and hours after 'normal' business hours are over.

Did 30 minutes of circuit training with weights this morning, but it was rather lackluster. Gonna have to a) go for a run this afternoon and b) get heavier weights. Mine are too light.

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Subjects covered in case rounds after gross rounds (which were an experience, truly):
1) Which famous celebrities it's good to look like.
2) Which famous celebrities it's an insult to be compared to, even in looks
3) A children's pathology cartoon book, to best answer the question: "Mommy, what happens when Daddy drinks too much?", to be complete with dying, screaming liver cells and the Evil Mr. Fibrosis.
4) What are the possible results of a pit bull mix eating two batches of high-fiber pumpkin cookies?
5) The awesomeness of Liam Neelson and how his characters tend to die part-way through movies.
6) Related to 5: The awesomeness of 'Gangs of New York'
7) Related to 6: How sad it is the resident has not seen 'Gangs of New York'
8) Related to 5&6: Why movies need to not be 3.5 hours long
9) Related to 5,6, 7, 8, and life in general: The awesomeness of 'Taken' and how we all need to see it.
10) The relative merits of Jason Bourne, violence in movies, and book vs. movies
11) Who's going to eat the last muffin?
12) The making up of words to sound official. Off-shoot: Con-specific violence is an awesome term. Protip: does not relate specifically to prisons.
13) How we all lose at Trivial Pursuit but would kick ass if there was a medical version.
14) Related to 13: How do we know that seminomas are the most common cancer in pigeons but don't know the answers to the Trivial Pursuit game?
15) Who studies cancer in pigeons?
16) No, seriously, who's going to eat the last muffin?
17) Taking bets on if that rabies-suspected horse is cleared for necropsy yet.
18) Taking bets on when the horse will actually be cleared for necropsy (most popular: 2:30pm)
19) Dinner plans (most popular: Burgers at the TG)
20) Residencies and where to go for the best social program.
21) Related to 20: Not pathology anywhere but UCD, as the other programs are boring.
22) Cases
23) Guys, that muffin looks lonely.
24) Vegan people vs. Normal people. (I DIDN'T SAY IT)
25) The things animals eat, and a rehashing of the pit bull vs. high-fiber cookies problem
26) The school of CYA
27) The resident's artistic ability, and how she needs to illustrate book discussed in topic #3
28) The tragedy of not having any cookies, because the pit bull at them, and the relative merits of cookies vs. muffins
29) ... Do we now have lunch break, now that we've had coffee and muffins (except for that last one, someone eat it quick)?