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healthyorganicgirl: ERMAGERD… this looks so good.

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:13:01 -0500

ERMAGERD… this looks so good.

"Sometimes suffering is just suffering. It doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t build character. It..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:11:17 -0500

“Sometimes suffering is just suffering. It doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t build character. It only hurts.”

- Kate Jacobs, Comfort Food (via anally)

“The world won’t get any better if all you do is sit...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:48:21 -0500

“The world won’t get any better if all you do is sit there and watch.”

Truer words need not be spoken.

Who do I live for?

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:39:10 -0500

An interesting revelation over the weekend seemed to come up. At the MSFC institute, speakers and attendees alike both mentioned concern for their well-being and how it could affect their loved ones or significant others. When they said they would be an abortion provider after medical school and residency, more often than not, their partner would show concern, and this seemed to weigh heavily on my fellow attendees’ heads. It’s scary how we’re told that we might even have to buy a place in another person’s name to protect identity just to safely serve our future patients. What other medical profession has to think about something like this?

On the way to the Tough Mudder, this being their first time, my teammates were talking a little bit of not just their own fears that if they died (highly unlikely btw) or got seriously injured, but that of their respective partners. There was a hint of annoyance in each of their tones, like remember there’s a last bit of mindless work to do before the end of the day.

In both instances, I remained silent, unsure of what to say, or whether to take part. I’ve never really thought about it because I really don’t have that person to stand by my side. I’ve gotten so use to doing things on my own, that my risks and personal victories remained just that - personal. I don’t have to think about that person who would worry about me, or anyone to share in my victories with. Or I just don’t think about all those people who would worry about me. But why would they? I’m replaceable. It’s who I am, and what I’ve been told time and again throughout life. I accomplish because they’re there. Because I love I challenge. I help people (or I try to) because it’s the right thing to do and really, I believe everyone deserves to be cared for, and placing one above the others would be selfish to a degree.

Sometimes I think it’s freeing to not have to be connected in that way. Other times I feel kind of left out when everyone’s got that person to worry about them, annoying as it may be. It’s an observation I’m noticing with more of my friends. Quite interesting.

atomstargazer: Science Summary Of The Week ▶ Reversing...

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:11:23 -0500

atomstargazer:

Science Summary Of The Week

▶ Reversing Obesity: http://is.gd/SpQwKM
▶ Stem Cell Cloning: http://is.gd/c9dVfC
▶ 3D-Printed Solar Panels: http://is.gd/PbD97i
▶ Brain Shocks: http://is.gd/6JnDAz
▶ Lunar Crash: http://is.gd/XoRoeS
▶ Bacterial Circuits: http://is.gd/hyEeSF

Science Days
▶ May 17, World Information Society Day
▶ May 18, World AIDS Vaccine Day

Scientists’ Birthdays
▶ May 13, 1857 - English pathologist, Ronald Ross
▶ May 14, 1686 - Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
▶ May 14, 1946 - Surgeon & inventor, Robert Jarvik
▶ May 15, 1859 - French Physicist, Pierre Curie
▶ May 16, 1950 - German Physicist, Johannes Bednorz
▶ May 17, 1940 - American Scientist, Alan Kay
▶ May 18, 1901 - Biochemist, Vincent du Vigneaud

Enlarge This Graphic : http://is.gd/RA5uDo

More Science Graphics On My Flickr Page : http://is.gd/kO94br

This week in science via IFLS

Stem cells: http://bit.ly/12vsvqh
Climate change: http://bit.ly/17RcMX9
Fungi: http://bit.ly/115CdeJ
Butterflies: http://bit.ly/12chvw6
Fossils: http://bit.ly/10OCG68
Depression: http://bit.ly/10dgnHh

This past weekend was the Medical Students for Choice (MSFC)...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:02:33 -0500

This past weekend was the Medical Students for Choice (MSFC) Activist Leadership Institute. Being one of those selected across the country from the tons of applications, we experienced a whirlwind of information and workshops to be better organizers, activists, orators, and framers through the context of future abortion providers. At the end, as a “charger,” we discussed what our ideal 2016 would be in bout 10 minutes. Stuff in the circle is what we want. Stuff outside the circle is stuff we want to get rid of.

Apparently there was a lot of agreemtn on - men having babies and safe (implied) sex.

Hell yeah. 2016 is looking awesome.

Another Tough Mudder Down...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:07:00 -0500

Many more to go.

This time, a different group of old friends. We’ve known each other since the beginning of med school, taken NoH8 photos together, continued close relationships, and on the eve of their graduation, done something they’ve always been afraid to do, yet still always wanted to do, before. Through perseverance and blind courage, we get shocked and beat down to hell. And yet, we come out of it alive, better for it, with beer in hand.

Cheers.
Here’s to team Unicorn Sparkle!

ps. My mohawk has returned!

Piano Works 13 (by Julien Martorell) I love watching these. So...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:04:04 -0500

Piano Works 13 (by Julien Martorell)

I love watching these. So much peace and beauty in movement.

"I’m one of those people that you have to keep your eye on or I’ll wander off into the woods and..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:29:39 -0500

““I’m one of those people that you have to keep your eye on or I’ll wander off into the woods and forget to come back.””

- -Jack White.

Me too.

marvelentertainment: Agents! Prepare for “Marvel’s Agents of...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:48:38 -0500

marvelentertainment:

Agents! Prepare for “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” coming to ABC Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET this fall!

Is Coulson an LMD??
Totally looking forward to this.

That awkward moment when you tell an asthma patient that you are going to examine him quickly and he...

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:03:33 -0500

That awkward moment when you tell an asthma patient that you are going to examine him quickly and he immediately bends over and gets ready for a prostate exam…

It’s a Café Tacvba kind of night.

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:14:40 -0500

It’s a Café Tacvba kind of night.

letthesuninside: Alex Honnold in Newfoundland with Hazel...

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:00:21 -0500

letthesuninside:

Alex Honnold in Newfoundland with Hazel Findlay [800x1200] (OS)(neverstopexploring.com)

Wayne McGregor | Random Dance in the Rain Room (by...

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:26 -0500

Wayne McGregor | Random Dance in the Rain Room (by BarbicanLondon)

There is such beauty in movement, in all things we do. I would absolutely love to visit this exhibit one day.

Photo

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:00:16 -0500

(via There Is A Brazilian Mascot For Testicular Cancer Named Mr....

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:30:00 -0500

(via There Is A Brazilian Mascot For Testicular Cancer Named Mr. Balls)

Oh. My. God.

I shouldn’t snicker. It’s cancer. But… curly hairs. And they’re touching it. O_O

You tell ‘em Elizabeth Warren. Read more here.

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:39:44 -0500

You tell ‘em Elizabeth Warren.

Friendly Dating Advice (by ReverseCowboys)

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:07:18 -0500

Friendly Dating Advice (by ReverseCowboys)

Climbing on my mind...

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:39:00 -0500

I just mis-typed “delayed” and sent a message that something would be “belayed.”

Climber problems.

laughingsquid: Ender’s Game, First Trailer For Film Adaptation...

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:48:00 -0500

laughingsquid:

Ender’s Game, First Trailer For Film Adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s Classic Sci-Fi Novel Released

I am so stoked for this!

The Enemy’s gate is Down.