I'm a Third Year Osteopathic Medical Student. For more information you can look around my profile, message me, befriend me or visit my somewhat dated Personal Website .
I was born in Bremerton, WA and I'm an alumnus of Bremerton High School in Washington State . I received a Naval ROTC scholarship and subsequently attended Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. In May of 2000 I received a BA in Biology (Animal Physiology) and an Officer's commission. After five years of worldwide service to include two Middle East deployments and Pre-Commissioning Duty on USS RAINIER and USS MOMSEN , I resigned my Lieutenant's (O-3) commission to attend Western University of Health Sciences on a Navy Health Professions scholarship. I will graduate in 2009 as a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.
I don't know what I want to be when I grow up, but I'm thinking about becoming a Flight Surgeon and deploying with a Marine Helicopter Medevac squadron. The flipside is Undersea Medicine and deploying with SPECOPS or EOD people, then returning to comoplete a Family Practice Residency with an OB Fellowship. What I do when I get back might change, though, as General Surgery and Anesthesia are interesting. Somewhere in here I'm opening an Adult Family Home in which my Mom and others can live when she gets older.
When I retire I intend to work in a little hospital or ER somewhere, teach at the new Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Yakima, WA, and own my own SCUBA diving shop.
Time is very important to me. I schedule my time not to devalue the importance of my friendships, but to ensure that my friends get the time that they deserve.
Grammar and English are important to me--I believe that words have specific and concise meanings, and communication is easier when people use their language to its full extent. I didn't go to an Ivy League college to learn English only to not use it properly.
I miss my Girlfriend very much, and wish that long distance relationships weren't the story of my life.
The 43-star flag (1890-1891).
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FIVE: Major, influential goals or responsibilities imminently due or past due. Social interaction unwelcome.
FOUR: Specific, immediate goals identified and marginal accomplishment threatens a negative situational escalation. Rare social interaction. Dinner invitations will likely be declined.
THREE: Specific, immediate goals recognized and marginally on track for completion. Cordial, polite social interaction. Dinner invitations may be declined.
TWO: Specific, immediate goals recognized and on track for completion. Social interaction welcome. Dinner invitations will likely not be declined.
ONE: Vacation-mentality, no specific immediate goals to be accomplished. Social interaction welcome and sought.
