A Whole New Bloooooooooggggg

Are you bored with my blog? I'm bored with my blog.

Quite honestly, my life is simply not interesting enough to be blogged about. At least not very often. It was quasi-interesting when I was simultaneously planning a wedding and applying to medical school, and it may recover "interesting" status one day when I finally become "Mommy, MD". But for now, all I do is study all day. And no one wants to listen to me bitch about studying all day. That's just a downer.

So, I've decided to take this whole blogging thing in a new direction. Inspired by a Blogger-extraordinaire friend of mine (*cough* Laura Cooke *cough* *cough*), I've decided to use this space as an outlet to express my opinions and my perspective on "issues" that interest me. This could cover a very broad range of topics - who knows where we'll end up - but quite frankly, I need it. I NEED to think about things beyond the scope of the day's medical lecture topics. I really love to write (as you may have noticed), and everyone needs a hobby (even medical students who "don't really have time" for such trivial personal indulgences), so I'm converting this blog into a more structured "hobby". I don't expect to develop a large and devoted following - I might even lose readers if I get boring enough (though really, what could be more boring that what I've been writing about? And YOU'RE still here. I'm talking to no one, aren't I. Faaabulous). But I think this will be a healthy outlet, and I hope that I stick with it.

That said, I've got some ideas and I hope to start composing some "structured rants" very soon. I hope to be stepping up the quality of my writing, and including research and links to support my views and promote active interest. I'll emphasize again that these posts will be heavily opinion-based, but being a scientist at heart (and by trade, I suppose) I usually don't assert strong opinions without having some sort of concrete basis for them, so hopefully I won't make a complete ass of myself.

And fear not - I won't completely shut down the "personal update" portion of my blogging. Those of you who actually enjoy listening to me bitch about studying all day will still get your fix, maybe once every week or two - I haven't quite decided on frequency. But rest assured, I got ya covered ;]