Howdy howdy, fellow fuzzy-critter-peeps-who-read-my-journals. Time to get that old journal off my page. How you all been? As per usual, I've been something of a ghost lately. And that won't change for at least a few more weeks as this first quarter of school winds down. It's crunch time, after all. Still a boatload of reading to finish, drugs to memorize, policies and skills to really nail down, and every other little thing that comes up in school like this. Always busy, busy, busy, I am.

Of course, I'm still me, so naturally I've been taking what little free time I do have and hitting the movies. I have to. It is the way of things. Plus there's a lot of good stuff out at the moment, furthering my motivation. The offbeat-yet-cute The Good Dinosaur, the hyperrealistic-and-affecting Spotlight, the riveting and well-earned Rocky VII: Adrian's Revenge Creed, the generally outstanding Bridge of Spies, the utterly adorable The Peanuts Movie... and still plenty of exciting stuff yet to come. Thank goodness I've got a three week winter break, as I'll need it to catch up on everything big landing at the end of the year. And also finish all my fun reading (like getting through the rest of my Discworld collection), and hang out with friends, and generally do relaxed things. Not to mention upload this backload of art I've yet again been accumulating.

Then it's back on the saddle again for Q2 and all that comes with that. Like specialty rotations! It'll be time for me to scrub up, hit the OR, and shove a tube down someone's throat for real. No pressure.

In the meantime, like I said, I hope you're all doing well, and that 2015 is winding down in proper fashion. To those of you going to MFF, know that I envy you and wish I could be there, but the timing just wasn't happening this year. I hope you all have a wonderful time!