Paging Dr. Me

I need to stop watching doctor shows on TV. Not because I don't like them, but because it's a continual reminder that being a lawyer was my second choice. See, I wanted to be a doctor, and it was only my perceived ineptitude at science that stopped me from jumping on the med school bandwagon. Actually, I'm not entirely sure that I suck at science. I liked Bio well enough, and was actually good at it, but Chemistry was horrible. It was only by the strength of my lab partner that I actually passed. But anyway, misguided or not, I decided to major in art history instead and, realizing that this was not a viable career path, decided that law school would be a good path. I mean, I'm logical, and analytical, and I actually like to do research, and it's interesting enough, so why not? Actually, the impetus came one day when I was going home from my job one day in undergrad, and saw two girls who were legal interns, and they seemed really happy. They were yapping about their jobs, and how interesting it was, and, more importantly, they were wearing really cute suits.

But, quite honestly, I think I like scrubs better than suits. They're like glasses...they instantly make you look smarter, and hide all manner of flaws under their forgiving blueness. But it's not about the clothes people, it's about the ick factor. I love that stuff. I used to work at a hospital (in their financial department, nothing interesting), and we got to take these cool field trips over to the main hospital. We saw the gamma knife center, and the lab, and watched a surgery, which was the coolest part. Forget about the fact that I can't even clean the cat litter without gagging a little...for some reason that stuff just kind of fascinates me. I think it's the idea that you can open someone up and put them back together again, and if all goes well you saved someone's life. Whatever the reason is, I get jealous everytime I watch ER, Grey's Anatomy, even Scrubs (and yes, I realize that these are about as accurate as Law & Order is to life as a lawyer).

But, alas, poli sci won out over a bio major, and I'm stuck with the Rule Against Perpetuities instead of something that's actually interesting. But you never know, maybe I'll take the MCAT's just for fun...just to see how I do.