Hey there, folks. It's been a while since I've been around these parts. Turns out, life is keeping me a lot busier than I expected. But when is that not the case?

I'm about to start my second month of general surgery. Since starting my third year of medical school, I've done a few months of inpatient internal medicine, pediatrics, general surgery, hematology/oncology, and family medicine. I've been with patients when they bring people into the world and when they say goodbye. I've told people that their cancer is in remission, and I've come out of distressing surgical procedures to tell patients that their cancer has spread and they likely only have a few weeks left. It's been terrifying, depressing, amazing, and fun all at the same time.

But it's been a lot of time. Much more than I anticipated. If you're a GameSpot member who's following me because you're interested in medicine, I'll be keeping a more up to date blog over at Doctor Fishypants. I was also recently asked to contribute to Medscape, the student portion of WebMD, as a student blogger. For those interested, you can find the Match Game blog over here. You'll need a free account to access it.

In terms of video games, I haven't been doing much. I plowed through Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, but I still have to go back and finish up the achievements. Maybe try out some multiplayer. LittleBigPlanet 2 has been keeping me pretty busy also. I'm still looking for good portable RPG to take the place of Jeanne d'Arc. I tried multiple times to get into Knights in the Nightmare, but that game is just way over my head. I just downloaded Hexyz Force on PSN because it was on sale, so we'll see how that goes. Bethany seemed to enjoy it. Any other suggestions?

I'll try and catch up with people and duties here as soon as I can. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

On a completely unrelated note, is it just me, or does the HotSpot theme song sound exactly like the theme from Welcome Back, Kotter?