With medical school starting soon, I think it's time to start my inaugural blog series focused on my Pre-M1 summer activities. As part of this series, I'll try to post photos of and provide commentary about what I am doing with the ~2 months of free time I have before medical school starts. For this first post, I'm going to do an "About Me" so you all can get to know me.
About Me:
Personal
- 24 year old male
- Grew up in the SF Bay Area
- Graduated from UC Berkeley in 2011, majored in Molecular and Cellular Biology (Immunology emphasis)
- Spent the last two years doing biomedical research at the NIH near Washington DC
- Attending The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine starting August 2013
Interests
-Avid SF Bay Area sports fan (Niners, Giants, Warriors, Sharks)
-Technology and tech journalism (#TeamAndroid)
-Movies/film (especially neo-noir, favorite film of all time is The Usual Suspects)
-Fitness/weightlifting (amateur level, no steroid-infused meat head shenanigans)
The Origin of "401"
No, 401 does not refer to the area code in which I grew up. It refers to a story amongst my high school friends about creative ways to deal with insomnia that frequently keeps you up until 4:01 AM. Eventually, we ended up using 401 as a sort of group call sign that made us feel cool and cliquey. 401 didn't actually help us become cool or achieve any significant high school related social status, but it was our thing. It has stuck since then, and any reunion of high school friends involves a lot of yelling of "401!" and bro-hugging. It's all very cute, actually.
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