Comments on: I’ve been tagged!

By: george

george — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:42:59 +0000

I am also a doc, at the other end of my career, at age 60. I have children your age. I am finally getting to the place (working 1/2 time) where I can really play my cello a lot.
I found you while looking for orchestral scores of Arturo Marquez’s “Danzon No.2″, and J. Pablo Moncyo’s “Huapango”. I played those pieces with the Campeche state orchestra during the year (2005-2006) that I, my wife, and our last child lived there for the cultural immersion. What I really want are orchestral parts, to offer them to the local the local college orchestra. I know I can get a study score for the Huapango from SheetMusicPlus for $35. The parts we played in Campeche were photo copies of parts in possession of the Orquesta Juvenil Mexicana. Neither has the name of a publisher on it. One was hand written. The other may have been trenscribed into someone’s computer program.

If you haven’t heard these pieces, you should. They are great fun to play (hard). Have you run into any sources of sheet music/scores down there?
Don’t neglect your music for the medical stuff. The latter, unopposed, can drain your soul, a little like Rolling’s Death Eaters. Also, if you are getting ready to finish up down there, be sure to read “House of God” by Samuel Shem (aka Steven Bergman), before you head off to an internship.

George Jolly, MD

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:47:55 +0000

Thanks for delurking! Sorry it took me two months to get your email–good thing I filled out this meme already! Thanks a bunch!

By: MsEllisa

MsEllisa — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:57:36 +0000

In high school I wouldn’t DARE miss class… I was very obedient. Besides we always had a laugh- I think we were a very cheeky year

By: enrico

enrico — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:34:11 +0000

Ory: Thanks for having always been there. I, too, lurk w/o commenting much of the time, but I read all the time, always coming away with a smile. Dr. Rob: Astute observation, and given the title of your site, I'd say we'd share a lot in common. Speaking candidly, my tendencies stem more from perfectionism/impossible goals than OCD, but these are flip sides of the same coin, I know. Dr. Schwab: Not interesting...please! We all relish the snicker-snack tales of your vorpal scalpel.

By: Sid Schwab

Sid Schwab — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:30:27 +0000

Thanks, I suppose. I may or may not respond, given my general sense that I’m not very interesting.

Don’t get rid of the vacuum cleaner.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:59:41 +0000

Well done. It is an honor to be your inaugural tagger. I would say your time management skills may relate to your dust fetish/aka OCD. Many good docs have OCD, so that is not a bad thing, but getting caught in details is often the ruin of the best laid plans.

We sound strangely similar in a lot of ways.

Rob

By: punchberry

punchberry — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:23:15 +0000

Hi Enrico:

Thanks for the tag! I am supposedly already working on that one, and well,,, I’m almost done! And I’ll be even closer to done when I actually start!

I hope that things are looking up for you, and that you are ready to show the boards who’s boss! I am sorry I have not commented in a while, but believe me, there are many other things I have been putting off. I have been reading though, and I really value the sincerity with which you describe your experiences. So, thanks!

Ory