Now you don't have to stand up tall.

But, baby, you must stand up.

- Jakob Dylan

Still feeling spooky and introspective. In a way, it’s nice. I love my job so much that sometimes I find myself thinking about nothing but public health for days on end (I once gave my mother the recipe for oral rehydration solution in an email but forget to tell her about my engagement ring). Looking inward is a nice change. I have been thinking lately about things like poetry, and wanting to read books with more depth to them than mystery novels with recipes. Also, listen to Bob Dylan, the Indigo Girls, Counting Crows. That kind of thing.

Wanting to read is especially nice because I haven’t been able to read books in a couple of weeks. Not sure why, but for the very first time in my life picking up a book has no appeal for me. I’ve been reading fan fiction about the TV show Sports Night, and stuff about reproductive health. That’s about it. This is actually so odd that I choose not to think about it, since I have spent my life since the age of 5 with my nose stuck in one book or another. Voracious and indiscriminate – science fiction, mysteries, experimental fiction, poetry, short stories, novels, magazines, whatever. It has actually felt weird to move around the house without a book in my hand.

I am hacking my way through a report on physician training at the moment. No one has asked me for it, but I know it’s due and I want it done by the end of the day. Luckily, I’m good at this stuff so it’s no great problem.

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