Weekend Update

This past weekend began with taking 2 shelf exams. Shelf exams are subject specific tests that our school requires us to take at the end of every rotation. This time I took the Psychiatry and Internal Medicine Exams. Each test consisted of 100 'retired' questions from the USMLE that seem to have to been written by a team of sadists well versed in irrelevant facts, esoteric terminology, and psychological warfare. At the end of the 2 tests, I felt as if I had underwent the equivalent of metal water-boarding of a quality that would make Donny Rumsfeld proud. Hopefully I weathered the storm; I'll find out in a couple weeks.

Things took a turn for the better when a whole gaggle of us headed into Manhatan for some post-test libations, as is the custom. The evening ended at a Karaoke bar on the upper east side called Iggy's Rock and Roll. This place is more fun than a barrell of drunken monkeys. It boasts a 98' long bar, reasonably priced drinks (for Manhatan) and non-stop Karaoke-palooza! Yours truly graced the crowd with a, dare I say, rockin' rendition of Journey's power ballad, Faithfully My performance was met by quite an enthusiastic reception from the teeming masses and even prompted a "Holy shit dude, you naaaiiled it!" from friend and fellow student, Jersey Pete. (delivered at the signature 110 decibles and with that "Fuhgeddaboudit" Jersey accent) A great time was had by all!

Sunday, Kathy and I decided to take Rileigh to Manhatan to do a little Christmas time sightseeing. We met up with Jersey Pete and Grace-who was in from LA to take a couple of the afformentioned exams. We went to Rockerfeller Center and saw the Christmas tree, did some window shopping and ate lunch. When it got dark we took a walk down to Times Square and confirmed that Rileigh is not prone to Seizures- all the blinking lights and crowds were very exciting to her, at least until she passed out asleep. Below are some pictures taken in the afternoon. Sadly my camera's battery died before it got dark.




Jersy Pete and Grace: