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Jeremy

"Lungs have an innate quality to suck."--Hypocrates

About Me

Musician, Drummer, Anatomy TA, Public Health TA, Physician hopeful, truly South African at heart, and I love to rock minneapolis with a hot fiery passion of J-sauce.

My Interests

Playing Music and Drums, Hiking the North Shore, running, Mt Biking, traveling, a good book, Medicine, Public Health.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone that wants to meet me...excluding Tim Melin

Music:

Dave, Butch Walker, Marvelous 3, Stroke 9, BNL, Erykah Badu, Shades Apart, Collective Soul, fallaway, Cake, Eve 6, Fiona Apple, Ani Defranco, Fallaway, Fall Out Boy, Tonic, Gabriel James, Miles, Max Roach, Fuel, India Arie, Green Day, Nickel Creek, Zim Ngqawana, Vusi Mahlasela, Amour, Paul Simon and Garfunkle, Our Lady Peace, Prince of Egypt (sound track), Aida (sound Track), Good Night and good luck (sound track), Maroon 5,Dixie Chicks, Elliot Smith, Radiohead

Movies:

Gabriel James @ Varsity Theater, Minneapolis



10.01.06 Truman Show, Hotel Rwanda, Good Night and Good Luck, Sound of Music, Power of One, Goonies, Big, Tommy Boy (anything Chris Farley), Groundhog's Day, What about Bob, Coffee and Cigarettes, Band of Brothers, Harry Potter, Series of Unfotunate Events. Kong

Television:

in the few instances that i have time: The Office, Biggest Loser, CSI, Grey's Anatomy, Family Guy

Books:

Dreamer, Tuesdays w/ Morrie, Mountains beyond Mountains, Mastery of Love, Angels and Demons, Macho!, The Handmaids Tale, Rhetoric of Social Movements, and sadly my Physiology textbook.

Heroes:

Paul Farmer, MLK, and my Mom

My Blog

For Mom

....See me...I am more than a lab value, a diagnosis and a treatment plan.I am a person with a desire to livewith a love for lifeand with sadness for what's lostSee me...You exam my ailments, and its ...
Posted by Jeremy on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:35:00 PST

MLK'S DREAM

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shado...
Posted by Jeremy on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:47:00 PST

something to strive for

To practice medicine with good spirit does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work...It means to bring your calm and loving heart right into the midst of it....
Posted by Jeremy on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:59:00 PST

Give you

I would give you my whole heartbut it's less than you would needfor I don't have the courage to even startbecause uncertainty is certainly not for meYou gave me summer's appleand I enjoyed every bitte...
Posted by Jeremy on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:15:00 PST

When right is wrong...

Life is messy...Life is very messy...I like it that way, but lately I wish it wasn't. Its difficult that something that feels overwhelming right at the time, may be wrong and more importantly "messy....
Posted by Jeremy on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:14:00 PST

Self pep-fest...

I've decided that is important to be indecisive...Why...because if you don't think critically about the choices you have in life you may end up not liking your decisions. But at the same time, spendin...
Posted by Jeremy on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:49:00 PST

Love Corner

Love Corner,I saw you on the corner again today,Our worlds are but a babys breath awayYour cardboard cries at my heartLives that live a breath apartChorus-Why am I here?Why are you there?What causes m...
Posted by Jeremy on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:48:00 PST

Another Song/poem

Two-hour walks and six-mile talksBegins our painted storySwirling colors of two best friends Across the canvas of good intentionsA 4-year eclipse and a Boston tripBreaks the silence of our lipsBut we ...
Posted by Jeremy on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:20:00 PST

Don't read into this too much, just a song for some old thoughts

Can you feel my resistance to the insistence of your heart?A fake half smile.salt for wounds of our fresh startInches away from your eyes and miles away from these liesThat exist between the existence...
Posted by Jeremy on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:36:00 PST

Medical School.

Med School will suck and rock at the same time...hmm... it will Ruck! or Sock!... Life brings us experiences that we cannot understand, when an opportunity exists we all have the choice to either take...
Posted by Jeremy on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:51:00 PST