Today was my first day of studying, and study I did. For nearly four hours now I have been going over anatomical introductions and textual explanations of the back, focusing primarily on the vertebral column. Fascinating, and even more fascinating, these hours have flown by, excellently, if I might add, soundtracked by John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Esperanza Spalding.

Tomorrow classes start; biochemistry begins at 9AM, and so far I do not believe that there is any prep work for that. Anatomy, as I've already described, presents with a present task, for on Monday we begin our cadaver dissections, starting with the back. I haven't dissected anything since a pig in the seventh grade, but I feel excited for this. When we toured the lab last week, we had our first faint, and hopefully all of will make it out this lab only slightly smelly and still on our own two feet.

On a final note, I'm feeling about this building, the Lee Medical Building, the way more religious people feel about churches, temples, or mosques. To me, this is sacred ground, from the tiled floors covered in double helices to unbelievably large ceiling window, something beautifully holy and pure is happening within these walls.