acceptance from KCOM

"Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it."
--Socrates

You hope to find peace and strength... it seems that the stupid everyday things we tend to dwell on are so insignificant, yet each moment seems to add up to something that's bigger than you'd ever imagine. It's a strange feeling when all of the little things you've worked on in life start to amount to something bigger... the feeling inside when "going to..." becomes "will..." it's the moment when all of the "maybes" become more certain. The reality of following through with your dreams seems hard to swallow at first, but its worth in the end will be immeasurable.

I miss talking to you, laughing with you and even complaining to you... it's the stupid things we miss about people, like remembering the exact color of their eyes, the nuances of their hair color, how their eyes wrinkle when they smile, the way they move their hands in a gesture of kindness. There are plenty of intimate things that we can know about people, even though we don't always realize it.

I am about to embark in to the business of knowing people...of trying to figure out what it is they do and why they are doing it, and also of course, why it may be causing a problem within them. It is ubiquitous. It is reaching. It is amazing what you can know...perhaps more amazing that which you cannot. It can all be an interesting concoction to swallow. The ultimate fear in the end is that wordly intimacy might supercede personal intimacy... but is that ok? is the question.

While I'm tired and hungry, not to mention frustrated with my computer and digtal camera-- right now I'm enchanted with a complementary combination of cranberry and orange scents for the holiday. Combined, they actually really smell like sweet tarts... yum

k

first acceptance

I received my first medical school acceptance... and the good thing is that it was to a school that I'd actually want to go to- AZCOM! It's exciting to be in somewhere finally!!
I have my second interview for UA tommorow and then of course I'll be going to Missouri for my interview @ KCOM next week... already!

k

"I'm glad I didn't wear Prada tonight..."

Probably the first and only time anyone has ever heard those words come from my mouth... uttered at First Friday, an art gallery experience in downtown Phoenix. It involved a lot of walking, hence the phrase above. It was so fun! The people watching aspect was the most fascinating... an eclectic crowd of preppy boys, scraggly political activists, skanked-out girls and rock star wannabes. Something I'm going to go to more often... it's just fun to see all of the different "art" out there... a heroin-thin twenty-something with a cowboy hat playing a garbage can with eating utensils, a fifty-something balding man with a beer belly, selling "paintings" that consisted of different unflattering colors splattered on canvas.

But there have been other things that occupy my mind lately... most notably the prospect of attending (or NOT attending med school).... what else is new? I have another interview in two weeks at Kirksville in NE Missouri (pretty much the middle of nowhere.)

It was nice and cloudy today... I even wore a sweatshirt, but definitely didn't want to get out of bed this morning.

White lies... I have a friend (whose name will go unmentioned at this time) who tells them constantly, about the most stupid and insignificant things. It's incredibly annoying... why? because you lose your faith in them... if they lie about stupid things so easily, how easy would it be to lie about not-so-stupid things? hmmm... my point exactly.

until next time
k