I went to the cadaver lab for the first time today. I know I am all big talk about loving the anatomy, but I had a moment where I felt a little lightheaded. It was suprising to me. I think it was just hard to see this body on the table and realize that this was a person and now.....well it was just hard to adjust.
I don't think this summer is going to be too overwhelming. The lectures are right in line with the reading and it isn't like a dumping of information. My professor is quite endearing. He is older and has taught Anatomy for 15 years. He tells stories of his son (who is a Marine), grandson, wife, and daughter with pride and love.
So since the class hasn't been taking up much time yet, I have been watching tv. Like a bum I sat all day watching Deadliest Catch. I think I caught almost the entire second season. For those of you who haven't seen this great show, it is a reality show documenting 5 boats in their race to fish Alaskan King Crab in the Bering sea. These men work almost non-stop (20-40 hour stretches at times) in terrible weather doing extrememly physical work until they meet their quota. The "pots" as they call them are 1000 lbs cages controlled by hydraulics. They are loaded with chopped up herring as bait, and then lowered strategically into the ocean. They let them sit for 20-36 hours and then bring them back up. When the fishing is good, despite wind, storm, and lack of sleep, the captain pushes the men work until all the pots are placed or brought up. It is brutal. I am pretty sure I would cry a lot if I was on the boat. Even if all I had to do was sit in the cabin below.
PA school isn't so bad.
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The thing I don't understand about crab traps is why don't the crabs that get caught tell the other crabs about the trap?
Or maybe they do and the other crabs don't believe them. Like they think they are just trying to keep all the chopped up herring to themselves?
"It's a trap! Don't come in the cage! You'll get stuck too!"
"You're not fooling me! I see that herring you've got all chopped up for yourselves in there."
You'd think after the cage is mostly full they would finally wise up to the fact that the others aren't packed in there on purpose. Is there any herring left at that point? Who are the last crabs that say "Hey! crab pile! I think I'll join in" and then squeeze into the cage?
Somebody needs to teach these crabs about evolution. According to Darwin, shouldn't crabs stop getting caught in cages at some point? Isn't that how it works? Those smart enough to stay out of cages live to have babies and pass on the good genes?
That's some good thinkin' doug. Crustaceans are fools. We can really learn a lesson from them.
Don't crawl into steel cages just for a bite of herring.
And yeah, what about that evolutionary development. Why are frogs changing sex to procreate in same sex conditions, when crabs can't even develop the cunning to avoid a trap? Huh?
I'll tell you why. Television. The crabs like the limelight man.
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