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It’s official. I’m a pediatrician. #MatchDay2016

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Bowie: Alan! Fancy a cup of tea?

Rickman: ALWAYS

Lemmy: Okay, we get it, "Snape." Just pass the sugar.

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Did I mention we made it to BOTH Harry Potter Worlds? (And we may have worn matching Marauder’s Shirts because we are nerds.) Diagon Alley is awesome. Hogsmeade is great, too. Its definitely steep to get the double park ticket needed to ride the Hogwarts Express between both parks BUT if you CAN swing it, I highly recommend it.

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Kat I shot down to Orlando for a surprise trip to celebrate her bday now that I’m done with all of my 4th year rotations. We had a great time hitting up Downtown Disney, Harry Potter World (Diagon Alley & Hogsmeade both) as well as Epcot’s World Showcase.

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Wedding season was upon us. Time to fly back home to NJ for a quick black tie affair for a buddy I've known for the past 15 years. We do clean up nice when we aren't covered in human fluids and sleep deprived.

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So my posting has been super delayed secondary to being in my LAST rotation of medical school. What?! Step 2 CS and CK are over and crushed. Two more weeks or a pediatrics elective and I’m done with all my requirements. Katrina and I have also celebrated 6 months which is pretty awesome. Here’s what 6 months looks like in 2 minutes and 50 seconds with a little help from Adobe After Effects CS5.

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Katrina came to Chicago this weekend and even my 24hour trauma surgery call from 6am Friday to 7am Saturday (8 traumas; 4 gunshot wounds, 0 sleep) couldn’t keep us from hitting up some summer festivities. We started off at the once monthly Randolph Street Market, the biggest antiques market in Chicago and one of the biggest in the US. It’s an HGTV favorite. K liked the jewelry and deals whereas I liked the champagne tents and the free hot sauce samples. We followed that up with Brunch Part 1: Kaiser Tiger in the West Loop before heading off to the swarmed Wicker Park Fest. Sunday we hit Twisted Spoke in the West Loop for Brunch Part 2 for some of the best Bloodies I’ve had to date (Jalapeno Tequila bloodies anyone?) before making our way to Wrigley for the Cubs vs. Phillies. We closed out Sunday with the much more breathable Taste of Lincoln where we were up-close-and-personal with Trippin’ Billies, Chicago’s own, and one of the top DMB cover bands in the country. Shout out to all the parents with their kids between 5-8years old jamming to DMB in the front row.

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I can’t find much info on Sjowgren other than the few singles she’s released since March of this year but those, in and of themselves, are more than enough to get anyone started. My favorite thus far has been “Seventeen.” It’s catchy and perfect for summer.

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"I quite agree that much of the book will seem coarse, rude, bad-tempered, violently prejudiced, unconstructive -- even frankly antisocial in its point of view. Serious critics, serious librarians, serious associate professors of English will, if they read this work, dislike it intensely; at least I hope so

Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire (a bday gift from K’s dad)

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This might be one of my new favorite quotes, even more so heading into the 2016 National Residency Program Match.

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“Same man. Different hat.” - KRQ

I guess in the midst of USMLE Step 2 CK prep my domain ran out and someone randomly bought it which is very weird -- I mean www.34thandnow.com? Really? Who would want that other than me in 2010 when I was living on the corner of 34th St. in Philly?  Maybe the universe bought it in an attempt to tell me that since I started the blog during my pre-med post bacc program in 2010 (left pic) am now 2 months away from finishing my M.D. in 2015 (right pic) that I should get something more official aka www.34thandnow.org. Honestly, I think all 6 people that read this come from Tumblr or know me personally haha so it shouldn’t be a big deal.

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.38 Special, “Hold on Loosely.” #SotD

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Upcoming Events

June 23: Turn 29; ERAS opens for NRMP 2016 Match June 24: Get my USMLE Step 2 CS Score after 2 months of waiting June 25: Sit for 10hr USMLE Step 2 CK June 26: Finish cardiology; officially 2 rotations (8wks) left ‘til MD MSIV is reaching critical mass and I’m over here just drinking my 6th coffee of the day and trying to not fall asleep in the Cath Lab.

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Coachella? More like Couchella. I'm in.

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I've listened to "Let You Go" by The Chainsmokers (ft. Great Good Fine OK) something like 10x in the past two days. It's quickly becoming one of my favorites on my study playlist.