happy-lambie

Absolutely in lovelovelove with my original Yu Yu Hakusho artworks (”Delinquents” and “Yukimura Keiko”) by @maiji !! Srsly, I get happier whenever I look at them. <3

There is one constant in medicine: doctors play a central role in delivering care. And they will continue to do so, irrespective of any future changes to the federal regulatory landscape. However, recent studies have found a growing shortage of physicians in the United States. Considering that doctors occupy the apex of the medical system, this trend should represent a significant concern to nearly all of the stakeholders within the American healthcare industry.

First, markets for medical services are deeply regional and unique to their various metropolitan statistical areas. Medicine operates within tight-knit clusters of physicians and practices, hospital systems, state licensing and regulation, and networks of payers. Despite this, very few studies focus on compensation at the local level.

Second, there is a longstanding concern surrounding the gap in pay between male and female professionals. In this report, we analyze the gender gap in physician pay, and report its results across specialties, states, and metro areas. While it is beyond the scope of this study to offer explanations as to why this gap exists in the way that it does, we do hope that this information can shed more light on this important issue.

- i have spent the last two weeks looking for Count Chocula and nothing. it literally might as well not be October.

- Friday was my birthday! got chocolate chip pancakes and coffee with a friend in the morning, and the weather was overcast and nice so i ended up walking to the Rodin museum and they had public sketch pads and pencils, so i spent some time. then “tempt” choreography at pole and peach moscato at home.   incidentally, i think this was the first time i felt a little lonely on my birthday.. it’s the way things go though - overall i had a lovely day (minus the part where i scream internally at being definitively closer to 30 than i am 20).

- still watching 90′s anime OVAs. Gunbuster is perfect.

- struggling to finish reading The Violinist’s Thumb by Sam Kean, which is weird because i’ve never had this problem before... i think im so used to being online and listening to podcasts or watching youtube videos etc. i forgot what it’s like to just sit down with music and read a book that i don’t need to study.    i did manage to finish Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Vol. 1 which is fucking beautiful. i spent twice as long with it as i usually would with a manga because hnngh every single panel...   America’s Bitter Pill and Lolita are still next.

- my first month of pole is almost over, and i still mostly just flop around pretending to look sexy, but since this is the first time in about eight years i’ve ever been consistent about exercising; i feel really good. i even managed to sort of climb/shimmy up the pole without a spotter on Saturday. gotta lift tho.   i also have been running about a 3.75 mile bridge three times a week and am seeing my pace improving. 10.45′ today from 12.00′ :)

- on my playthrough of Kingdom Hearts (ps2), i found this innocuous detail in the Hollow Bastion library - there’s a neat little abstract painting in white and green and blue and lavender underneath the stairwell by the table and chair and it’s just so pretty and special. so i’m in the process of replicating a real life version of it for myself. with glitter. because i can’t give myself enough projects. because idk how to handle my free time.

- actually have to start practicing for interviews, as well as reviewing onlinemeded videos for emergency medicine in november. basically my last real med school rotation ever omg.

- my succulents are thriving (i think).

- i really really wanna play cuphead.

- omg last thing, i had a really epic emotional arc with two mermicornio plushies in a barnes and noble that also facilitated a discussion with my mom about color and gender stereotypes.