St. Louis has turned out to be an extraordinary city with respects to its sciences and the arts. Have been treated to tours of the Wash U and Barnes-Jewish-Christian (BJC) complex and went to Shakespeare in the Park. That's right, a full-length production of perhaps my favorite work by the Bard. Definitely warranted the 45 min walk and the 90 degree heat. Had a great conversation with K about the different types of power not wielded by Prospero in the play(luck, love, and the audience) and whether there was a religious element or simply a pagan one. Pretentious to the core but damn good fun.
Here's what a $40,000 education in the middle of nowhere has endowed me:
1. the ability to discourse fluently on the merits of Shakespeare and NMR spectroscopy
2. the ability to disdain cell phones
3. an inability to jaywalk
4. an inability to use public transportation
5. an attitude that things can be read and learned in a night
Well, the prospects of med school and grad school have become a bit daunting. My colleagues are a bit, well, rabid, about the MCAT and the AMCAS. Some lovely people, but wow, are people intense. Almost put me in tears earlier this week since it is making me quite stressed. Summertime stress. Ick.
Stir-fry #1 of the summer. Spinach has replaced asparagus as the vegetable of choice.
"If you are an overeducated (or at least a semi-overeducated) youngish person with a sleep disorder and a surfeit of opinions, the thing to do, after all, is to start a blog." NYT, 09.12.05
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