Island Med Student

Today’s pic was taken on Barclay Street in Baltimore, not far from my apartment. This was an incredible find. I saw one of her legs a few feet away. It reminded me of Hole’s song, Doll Parts, so I thought I’d include the lyrics here:

I am doll eyes,
Doll mouth,
Doll legs,
I am doll arms,
Big veins,
Dog bait.

Yeah they really want you,
They really want you,
They really do,
And yeah they really want you,
They really want you,
But i do too.

I want to be the girl with the most cake.
I love him so much he just turns to hate.
I fake it so real i am beyond fake.

And some day you will ache like i ache.

I am doll parts,
Bad skin,
Doll heart,
It stands for knife
For the rest of my life.

Yeah they really want you,
They really want you,
They really do,
And yeah they really want you,
They really want you,
But i do too.

I want to be the girl with the most cake.
He only loves those things
Because he loves to see them break.
I fake it so real i am beyond fake.

And some day you will ache like i ache.

“Baltimore - The Greatest City in America” photo series

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I have finished the second week of my psych rotation. I absolutely adore every aspect of the rotation, except for the commute. It’s actually very strange for me being a med student on a psych ward. I previously only knew the experience as a psych tech. You get so much less patient contact as a med student…and so much more paperwork. But I love it. I mean, I really do love it.

I am commuting from my apartment in Baltimore, MD to the St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast Washington, DC every day. The drive takes me anywhere from an hour on a good day to two and a half hours on a bad day. Given the heat (lately, in the 90’s), and the lack of AC in my car, it can be a hellish commute. Pretty much the only redeeming quality of the commute is listening to NPR, which I love.

I realized the other day that I am commuting from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Baltimore, MD to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Washington, DC. I am also commuting from one stadium (Oriole Park at Camden Yards), to another (RFK Stadium).

Chris Rock famously once said, “If a friend calls you on the telephone and says they’re lost on Martin Luther King Boulevard and they want to know what they should do, the best response is ‘Run!”

So funny, yet so true!

Note: I didn’t take the pic above, but rather, I stole it from Google Images. I promise to take some good pics of my commute in the future.

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Another pic stolen from Micah. This time it’s a Holga pic in color. The building with the sign on top is the Copy Cat, our home.

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Today’s pic was taken from my living room window. It’s the MARC train at Penn Station. I love everything about living above a train station EXCEPT the fact that on the weekends, they shut the train down, but leave it running so that it makes this horrible clicking sound for two days!

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Micah introduced me to the Holga camera a while back. Wikipedia sums up the Holga by saying it’s “an inexpensive, medium format 120 film toy camera, made in China, appreciated for its low-fidelity aesthetic.”

I encourage you to read more about it. I found it pretty fascinating.

Anyway, Micah has been taking pics of Baltimore with his Holga for a few weeks now and just recently got them developed and scanned. I stole today’s pic from him. He took it on the corner of North Charles and West Eager Street in Baltimore. I’ll probably be stealing more pics in the future for this series. Thanks Micah…I know how much you love it when I steal your stuff!

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For one reason or another, lots of folks in my neighborhood like to throw their clothes and other items onto the street for others to take. Sometimes, they even spray paint a piece of wood, or a door that says “free.” Anyway, I saw this spread of clothes from my window, and took a pic for today.

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I haven’t been able to post any Baltimore pics, as I’ve been on the West Coast for a week. But today I saw this sign in Baltimore, and couldn’t resist taking a photo. Baltimore has the coolest liquor stores, indeed.

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Baltimore is certainly famous for its crabs. There are restaurants serving crabs on just about every corner, and the crab even makes an appearance on the Maryland state driver’s licenses. There are also crab sculptures throughout the city. I’m not sure if they are all related, or if they were randomly created. I’ll have to do some more research on that. Anyway, I captured a photo of this one last night on our way to eat at an Indian restaurant. Enjoy.

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I just found 3 pics that were just too cool not to post. They were taken at a bar in Baltimore last week.

In other news, I’m enjoying my break, but it’s going way too quickly. I’ve been a lazy bum most of the time. Somehow I still have many emails in my inbox that I promise I will get to today or tomorrow.

I’m going to be going to San Francisco on Sunday, and returning on Thursday. I’m so excited because I get to see my bestest buds Circus Boy, Katie, and Dav. Plus, I’ve never been to San Fran! I know, I know, I will love it.

I can’t wait.

Anyhoo, enjoy these three pics a la rouge!

This is me and Nate looking very serious.

This one is just swirlylicious!

Just the three of us…

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I know Paris is actually “The City of Lights,” but this photo reminded me of that tagline. Today’s pic was taken by Micah out of our living room window a few nights ago. I had the idea of taking a long exposure pic to have a light blur effect from the cars going by. It didn’t come out exactly as I had planned, but it looks pretty cool anyway.

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