To Blog is to be given the ability, not the right, to free one’s mind and to write objectively about such things as school, life, and just the ability to have fun.
Thus I will begin 
I’m pretty jazzed to be an official blog writer, mainly because I have another blog at another page It’s been a year since I’ve started blogging, and it’s a great catharsis for me.
I do not know if this blog will be quite as “open” as some of my other postings, but that’s okay. This is not the time, nor the place, to be talking about some of my struggles. Instead, this is to introduce YOU, the prospective and new student, into my life, my “isms,” my differing ways, means, and methods into handling so much of what goes on in medical school.
So today, well, is 9-11. It has been eight long years since that fateful day in lower Manhattan, Washington, as well as a isolated farm field in Pennsylvania. As I write this, a B-52, a stalwart of the military since the early 1950’s, has just flown overhead, no doubt in a flyover for a Friday Night football game, or in a 9-11 ceremony.
I took part in a remembrance ceremony with the local FD, Police, as well as the Armed Forces Medical Students (HPSP for you into acronyms), as well as any other students who wanted to come to school early and partake in a brief moment of silence and a speech or two.
Needless to say, it’s always a bit moving today, especially because I was 20 years old when it happened, my dad is a fire fighter/EMT, and I’m now in the healthcare field. To have the uncompromising desire to help the fellow man, to race up stairs to save people, to put out a fire, all when everyone is heading down, is guts, grit, steely reserve, and everything else I ever hope to be.
I can only dream of this resolve at this time; I just don’t have the training or education yet to do that. I do hope to have it someday though; it’s not all education and training however, but more of that inner voice saying “do what ya do.”
So, think of what those around you have given up to make this country safe since that day; think of the soldiers, the CIA and other spy agency acronyms, the police, the fire departments, and even that person next to you, who is now reporting things that are suspicious. They are what make us safe; they are what make us great — the ability for the everyday person to have a say in how safe our country is and how it’s run and managed.
I’ m a bit of a conservative patriot, which at times puts me at odds with people, but I love a good debate, and I love debating opposing viewpoints! So don’t be afraid to comment, or say what’s on your mind, even if you disagree. Trust me, I won’t belittle, defame, slander or otherwise bash you, but I may try to convince you of my viewpoint I won’t talk politics much, unless it ties in with the medical system, which, well right now it is. That being said, it will be but a minor player in the overall theme of my blog, which will probably differ from some of the others.
I’m more of a tell it like it is kind of person, albeit it in a very verbose way. I get wordy, go off on tangents, and like to tell a good story. I won’t recant each and every day for you, but will tell you, my now faithful and fellow reader, what makes me tick, how I manage, what I find appealing and even a bit of what turns me off from here. One cannot be objective without seeing both sides of the coin, and I think that only helps YOU, the prospective student, in making a decision.
So hop on, enjoy the ride, and if you ever have any questions, no matter if it pertains to my blog or not, ask away! I will always answer truthfully
