Tuesday, July 5, 2011

The Land Before Time

In a futile attempt to become computer-literate as well as to keeps those up to date on my chosen career path, I have officially decided to start a blog.  My inspiration comes from a fellow blogger (of the sweaty kind) as well as "Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog".  If you do not know either, you are missing out.  The name for my blog obviously stems from the Neil Patrick Harris show (see previous statement) and my attempt to honour (working on my UK spelling) him.  The chosen name, Dr. Smelly, will probably be what my future clients refer to me as.  Or maybe Dr. Smellhausen to be a bit more formal?  And naturally, I plan to focus my studies on creatures that have fascinated me since childhood.  You (if you do in fact know me) are probably thinking, "oh... Deer?  Horses?"  And to you I say, good guess, good guess indeed.  I will now digress as to share a favourite childhood activity of mine: playing deer.  To put it simply, I would run around on all fours throughout the house, as a family member would shine a flashlight on me.  Once spotted, I would freeze and stare wide-eyed into the light.  A deer in headlights.  Sometimes, I would be "hit by a car" and fall to my side, only to be rescued by the driver (a tolerable family member).  And the game would begin again.  But no, I do not necessarily want to specialise with deer.  What I would love to do most?  Orthopedic surgery on a great tyranosaurus rex.  I would settle for even a Hesperonychus elizabethae.  Sadly, my imagination is wilder than my actual dreams.  In my search to find a dino-friendly DVM program, I stumbled upon the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.  Headquarters: Edinburgh, Scotland. 

Okay I lied, my gentleman friend (copyright "Encounters of a Sweaty Kind") got me looking into vet schools abroad.  No, they are not a back up plan if you did not get into any schools in the states (I got waitlisted, thank you very much).  Look at said gentleman friend.  He did not get turned down by ANY vet school here in America (Cornell, Colorado, etc).  Edinbrugh is the place to be.  There are castles,  and it is the place where they cloned Dolly. 

So I welcome you aboard for this epic journey of an easily-frazzled, highly stressed but of course loveable vet-wannabe.  Buckle up, it is going to be a bumpy ride.

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