Monday, October 6, 2008

Stop torturing me, Mr Sandman!!

The exam nightmares have begun!
I usually dream that I am going into the exam right now, and am woefully underprepared.
In the dream, I can argue that the exams don't start for another month or so, but then they tell me that these are extra exams that I should have known about, and they count as well.
I open the paper, and the questions are ridiculous. I can't argue with this in my dreams, as it happens so often in real life, too.
Usually when I wake up the next day, I go and read a little about the scary topic from my dreams. 
That is, if it is slightly relevant. If it is about purple elephants, anti-gravity time machines, or the krebs cycle, I just ignore it and go on with my usual work.

7 comments:

Dragonfly said...

Ah the Krebs cycle. I remember it...except I really don't...

The Girl said...

So true. That is space in my brain that I will never get back. ;)

Milk and Two Sugars said...

Lol, aren't they horrible? The cruelest thing that happened to me last year was that I dreamt I was sitting exams after they were all over, and it was still just as scarey. Hope yours disappear in a timely fashion! Otherwise, do share, exams on purple elephants sound hilarious.

The Girl said...

Last time around (oh, how the cycle never ends! :D) I dreamt that we had an obstacle course as a part of the exam. I'll keep you informed if anything else pops out of my fun brain this time around. I have a thing for horror movies, so they may involve sitting exams through a zombie apocalypse. Zombie homeostasis is bound to be fascinating. ;)

Milk and Two Sugars said...

Hmm would zombies even have homeostatic mechanisms? Terry Pratchett has me under the impression that they're essentially static beings... ew.

Last night I dreamed I was examining a 10 year old boy with 3 nipples, and trying to convince his parents that those were the least of his problems. It starts!

The Girl said...

It would depend on the brand of zombie you are talking about. The 28 days/weeks/months later zombies were essentially humans with a rage virus, so they weren't undead. That would be easy.
However, the "undead" kind would HAVE to have some kind of intracellular energy source, particularly as they don't seem to require (or even possess) heartbeat, blood flow, or any sort of normal cellular regeneration. The only way to kill a zombie of this variety (according to the requisite folklore) is to decapitate them or destroy their brains. We can infer from this that perhaps the brain IS the central homeostatic regulator for these creatures, and supplies the energy requirements for their base level of functioning. Perhaps this is why they constantly crave brains, although without a working blood supply, one would wonder how digestion would work . . .
Oh dear, it IS exam time! Our exam questions are often so mad that I wouldn't be surprised to see a question on zombies in there. :D

What were the other problems of the 10-year-old with the three nipples? I am curious!

cramberry said...

Haha, yeah I get those too! I've even dreamt myself sitting through entire papers!

Btw I've been reading your blog for awhile now (since before I got into med sch until now, when I am in it!) and wanted to say I love it and it's been really inspiring! =)