This blog post would be better in 3D

There's a list on the school website called "Things you need to do before orientation". I've distilled it here:

• PANIC

also, so much anger and resentment toward doctors in the comments of this article: Why Would Anyone Choose to Become a Doctor?

Obviously, I'm far from concretely deciding on a field of medicine to go into but I'd be lying if I said that primary care had ever seriously crossed my mind. This isn't because of the comparably low salary but because it seems so frustrating. Primary care physicians (bless 'em) have to deal with a population that pays little care to preventive action or to long-term solutions (for example, diet&exercise to combat obesity, which is the real cause of your knee pain, rather than drugs). It seems like parenting. I don't want to nag. Or maybe I'm just naive.
(probably. Whoops.)

This also seems like a reasonable place to put my "Why do you want to be a doctor?" answer. I had a nice memorized one for interviews that I've forgotten, but this one is a little more rambley and therefore more of an actual thought process: "Reaching your full potential" is cheesy, but it's cheese I believe. We can argue about what human rights are all day, but I think everyone has the right to pursue their full potential. And if their body is holding them back from that, I want to fix it. Boom. Go back to your business. I feel pretty durn sure that my own potential lies in removing those obstacles for others. (In addition, insert healthcare access, public/global health philosophizing here)

Of course, we all know that people my age can make really terrible decisions. After all, look who Selena Gomez is dating.

Hey-o.

p.s. Obvious candidates for Lesbian Sunday (instead of Saturday, just this one time)...all the awesome lesbians who got married in New York today! whee!

p.p.s. Important petition! Getting birth control covered under all insurance plans, without co-pay. Remember, it's cheaper than a kid. (Also, is prescribed for a variety of other issues, such as menstrual regulation and severe acne. But you knew that. Go sign it!)