T Diddy :: Your Friendly Black Dentist

Where has the past month gone? I am engulfed in the never-ending proliferation of didactic material. From Biochemistry to Dental Anatomy, I am consumed to my ears with information. The time is flying because I do not have time to think. If I think, that is time wasted. I have to just "do"!

My day begins normally at 8am with the first class. I sit through 2, 2-hour classes until lunch hits. I have one hour for lunch. During lunch, I normally look over material to be sure I do not get behind. Classes resume at 1 pm and continue until 5 pm. Immediately after class, I go swimming for 1/2 hour 3 times a week. I go home grab a quick bite to eat and meet up with the study group at 7 pm. We study until 11 or 12. Of course there is more to do. This means I go home, shower, and look over stuff as I pass out awaiting a new day.

In all honesty, it is a lot of work, but it is very similar to Accenture. There I worked 12 -14 days. The main difference is that I enjoy Dental School compared to my utter hatred for Accenture. I do not mind the long schedule. In fact, I actually love it. I love learning about the body. Now, this does not mean I would like to do other things with my life. I look at this as paying dues to getting into a profession that will allow to live the life I want to live.

Here it is Oct 1. Dental school has been a major part of my life. It has not been my life because I will not allow it to. During the past month, I went to Mark's B-day in South New Jersey, went to brunch with an old work colleague, and I got engaged. Yes, I got engaged to my wonderful woman. This past flurry of a month has flown by, but what memories already. October, here I come.

I just read a blog and I cannot believe I read it. It was very random. I am too tired to type anything. My brain hurts and I cannot wait until the next 1.5 years pass. This will be the time that I begin to actually get to interact with patients on a regular basis.
I get to show off my drilling skills that are coming along quite nicely. I hone these bad boys on the computer animation drilling dummy. This is the cool thing about school. Looking at cells in the microscope sucks. Anybody who says otherwise is full of it or they are crazy.

I was going to write about how I miss the professional environment of work. This comes from a intellectual respect and age maturity level. I have seen some childish things while in school from the young pups. It is hard to relate when they still want to go booze it up just because it is Friday and I just want to go home and chill. On second thought, all of my friends in NYC do that. Maybe it is I who has the communication issue. Nah. Since, I did not feel like writing to much, I just wrote my first thoughts. As I conclude, I cannot wait to go to sleep tonight. It has been a long week learning about Spleens, Cranial Nerves, Fatty Acid Digestion, and acing yet another test.

Out like my desk light right about now!

Dental school is great. It is truly fascinating to learn about the human body and how it works. It is even more amazing how many of my new colleagues are 21 and 22 years old. Even more amazing is how when I go to the library, my school mates are 18 years old. Frankly, we have nothing in common except the backpack and books we have. Through my interaction, reality has hit me straight in the face telling me that I am 1) older 2) they are Yaounde and dumb.

Late night on Tuesday, I was leaving the library. A young brother (a black guy for those who think I have a brother) was having a conversation with the security guard about the collection of MP3s he has been jamming to. He mentioned that he was listening to the Old School R&B.
"You know how I do it. A little Tevin Campbell, Surface, Keith Sweat, Soul 4 Real. Yeah, you have to feel the ol' skool R&B. You know?"

I could not believe my ears. You are calling Tevin Campbell old skool. Tevin is not old school sucka. Teddy P. is old school. These cats today use the word 'old school' for anything that did not happen the past year. Wait a second! Maybe he is. If I put together the fact that Tevin was singing, "I'm Ready" in 1994, and the young bro was born in 1987, then it would be old school to him. This kid, who probably thinks he is a man, is a baby. He was born when I was in 7th grade. When I started working in 1997, he was 10 years old and in the 4th grade. He grew up on Brittney Spears and Master P. Two people who are just terrible. He only knows the pop Ice Cube. He does not know the hard core Cube talking about AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted. He does not know.

The one thing he probably does know is that I am one old bastard. Damn, I am 30 and grew up on Old School music. These damn Kids.