Banana Mania Yellow

Thank you Crayola! Remember the Crayola Big Box (with the built in sharpener on the back *gasp*) that had a whopping 96 colors?! You could color for hours with that bad boy, especially if you were a lucky enough kid to have the Crayola Metallic Crayons AND Scented Crayon Scent (which of course I was ;) ). Well folks, I have some sad news. Our generations most magical and precious treasures are no more. Instead the coloring book collectors and aspiring young artists of today get the 150ct. Telescoping Crayon Tower. Not only does it come with a built-in sharpener (for convenience), but the sucker is 3-tiered and has 54 more color choices! I bet kids these days can't even color in the lines, what a waste!

Totally not what I intended this blog to be about, so back to Banana Mania Yellow. The color I have decided best represents the color of all my MCAT study books. Why two different companies chose yellow, I do not know. Maybe because of yellow's neutral, gender friendly, peaceful connotation? Helps to remind all of us who are studying for the MCAT's what the sun looks like, because they surely ain't seeing it for the next two months!

Oh MCAT, the "Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad"-ly deemed acronym for the Medical College Admission Test. The test that if failed can shatter all your dreams, but if passed can shatter your social life. And I have to take it in 83 days... (Insert prayer for me and/or praise to God for yourself that you aren't in my shoes. ya thanks a lot)

Along with obtaining an adequate/exceptional MCAT score (depending on the school you apply to) there is the med school application which consists of a personal statement of some sort. This statement must explain why you want to go to medical school, what your best qualities are, why you are better than that 2000+ others that are applying, and how amazing their school is. In short, you B.S. them in 5,000 characters or less.

So why have I finally decided to go to medical school? From animal science to public health to now med school, from compassion for animals to compassion to humans. At least I have kept my interests in the same scientific Class (Class Mammalia represent!).

- Animal science = sticking your arm up cows, pardon my french, ass and sitting behind girls whose computer screen saver consists of hundreds of pictures of them and their horse (no offense to all you out there who fit this description, it was just not for me)

- Public Health = can be the most vague, ADD and oftentimes abused profession on the planet. I don't want to go in to the details. Basically in order to accomplish anything public health related you inevitably need MDs or PHDs.

Don't worry my reasons for wanting to become a doctor are not really this cynical. I really do have a compassion for human medicine and the hard science behind the public health message.

Public Health feeds the masses, but Medicine is what nourishes the individual. Public Health plants the seed, but medicine provides the water and sunlight necessary for growth. Modern medicine lacks racism, hate, and discrimination in a world filled with assortments of all. It is our best friend and it is our worst enemy, but either way, when used correctly, medicine does not lie. It is the individualism of medicine that attracts me, the idea that each life is unique and non-universal. Every individual comes from an unparalleled past, dwells in an ever-changing present, and, is solely responsible for creating their future. Making each person a puzzle cut into hundreds of different pieces that doctors have to fit together in order to make a person whole again.

I love puzzles :)