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SCRUFF

dr_scruff

About Me

Je suis introverti. J'ai des vues très arrêtés. Je suis raffiné. Si vous voulez apprendre à me connaître.....

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The 14th Dalai Lama

Music:

4 Strings - Basement Jaxx - The Beastie Boys - Beck - Björk - Sarah Blasko - Blur - The Cat Empire - The Chemical Brothers - Chicane - Coldplay - Ferry Corsten - Crazy Penis - Daft Punk - The Dandy Warhols - Darude - The Dissociatives - Endorphin - Faithless - Franz Ferdinand - Freestylers - George - Gorillaz - Gotye - Groove Armada - Jamiroquai - Jet - Jack Johnson - Judge Jules - Norah Jones - Kid Kenobi - Kosheen - Krafty Kuts - Sarah McLachlan - Massive Attack - Pete Murray - Mylo - Paul Oakenfold - Placebo - Röyksopp - Xavier Rudd - Sash - St Germain - Roger Sanchez - Scissor Sisters - Bob Sinclar - Martin Solveig - The Streets - Tiësto - Travis - Paul van Dyk - The White Stripes

Movies:

American Beauty - A Clockwork Orange - The Constant Gardener - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - Dead Poets Society - Dogville - The Dreamers - Elizabeth - Jewboy - Kill Bill (Vol 1 & 2) - The Motorcycle Diaries - Napoleon Dynamite - The Pianist - Schindler's List - The Shawshank Redemption - Turtles Can Fly - You and Me and Everyone We Know

Television:

Iron Chef - Kath & Kim - Little Britain - The Office - Scrubs - The Simpsons - Six Feet Under - South Park - The Chaser's War on Everything

Books:

American Psycho - Glamorama - Less Than Zero - Lunar Park - Mao's Last Dancer - The Catcher In The Rye - The Good Earth - The Rules of Attraction

My Blog

SCRUFF UPDATED

Well, I'm 2 months into my Gynaecology term.  My consultant thinks that I have an identity crisis.  He is adamant that Gynaecology is my true calling and I should stop trying to fool myself ...
Posted by SCRUFF on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:49:00 PST

Swooping Magpies, Surgery and Self-Inflicted Stupidity

It's the start of spring and the magpies have come out to mark their territories.  There is one on  our street that is quite an agressive bugger.  For those who are unfamiliar with this...
Posted by SCRUFF on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:00:00 PST

Sunday mornings....

Sunday mornings are not meant for working....  Here I am, at 8 AM, in my office at work - the first Sunday I have had to work in over 3 months.  So what am I going to do over the next 13 hou...
Posted by SCRUFF on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 04:16:00 PST

Coffee Machines and Organisational Psychologists

Well, I'm into my 3rd month of Anaesthetics (did I ever tell you I want to be an anaesthetist?!) and my 6th month at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.  Since being an employee here, I've noticed that...
Posted by SCRUFF on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:46:00 PST

Did I ever tell you I want to be an anaesthetist?!

I've finished my third day in the Anaesthetics at the RAH.  How do I feel?  I feel exhausted (maybe inhaling too much of the gas), but glad that I'm back doing what I enjoy.  It beats n...
Posted by SCRUFF on Fri, 11 May 2007 06:08:00 PST

Bidets, Communicating With Car Indicators and Public Announcements with Personality

OK, I've returned from my holidays in Vietnam, but unfortunately not before I contracted a food borne illness.  But the feral dogs stayed away, so no rabies.  This leads nicely into somethin...
Posted by SCRUFF on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:12:00 PST

Introduction to Vietnamese Motoring

It's Day 5 of my journey here in Vietnam and I have managed to be hit by a scooter only once.  Luckily, I have not had any food-borne illnesses nor contracted rabies from a feral dog. The trip st...
Posted by SCRUFF on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:30:00 PST

Incomprehensible Rambling

It's 4.45am and I'm in front of the computer in the Doctors Lounge, cricket on TV (Ireland vs England), Placebo on my iPod and the stale stench of toasted cheese in the air (a staple diet of the night...
Posted by SCRUFF on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:37:00 PST

Happy New Year

For those of the oriental kind, happy new year to all of you.  So how will I be welcoming in the Year of the Pig?  I get to spend it with my new "family" at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. ...
Posted by SCRUFF on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:28:00 PST

A well earned break?

After 4 weeks away from the hospital, my holiday has come to an end.  I started my journey with a few drinks en route to Perth with Amy and from there we continued our binge at the Royal Perth Ho...
Posted by SCRUFF on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:57:00 PST