"Hey Marvin, can u pass me the brain?"

Autopsy viewings were pretty cool today. I used to want to be a medical examiner when I was in high school. I love the mystery aspect of the job and how you have to solve the puzzle. But after seeing it today and how it all goes down....yea...I would never want that to be my daily job. At first it was a little shocking to see an empty chest just cracked open with organs sitting in a steel bucket the doc just slicing and dicing the liver, or whatever organ he was on. But after the first body, you kind of get used to it. We saw a couple of decomposing bodies and that just adds a whole other element of ghastliness, with the whole rotting flesh smell. They say you get used to it, but I'm pretty sure i don't want to be in any situations where I "get used to" the smell of rotten flesh and death, not so much, thanks. I guess my days of wanting to be Dana Scully from the x-files were a little far fetched lol. I just thought she was so cool and smart...AND her hair looked awesome during all of her autopsies. Knowing me, i'd get dead people blood all over my face cuz i had an itch in my eye haha. It is very interesting, to say the least, how the docs and forensic techs sort of dissociate themselved from the bodies. They joke and laugh and try to guess how people died or make up "alternative endigs" so to speak. And really, its no disrespect to the dead, they just have to find a way to not get bogged down with the death they see everyday. I can imagine if you don't lighten up, you won't make it very long.  

Total today, we saw 2 decomposing bodies that were found in the desert, a suspected drowning, a MVA, and a man found dead in a drop house, suspected overdose. I was actually a little sad, to my own surprise, to see the drowning. It was an old man who looked like he was such a sweet guy. He could've been anybody's grandpa, just went for a swim, but ended up getting tired in the deep end and drowning, really sad. It still is somewhat shocking to see how they just manhandle these bodies around so rough. I guess its the job, but i just kept picturing my grandma or somebody on that table being cut open and eviscerated like that...unfortunately i'm a very visual person lol. I visualize everything, even the bad things. The lighter side of that case was that as  they were making the classic "Y" cut...we saw a "cyst" near the bladder. As the bowels and everything were being removed the tech popped the cyst and it ended up being a penis pump! It was actually pretty entertaining cuz we were all trying to figure out how that exactly works. I guess you work with what you have to lighten the mood of this poor old man who drowned. It was an interesting day that's for sure. Glad I got to go and observe!

In other news, i'm sad lance is in 4th in the tour. I really wanted him to get it this year, but its not over. I just really really hope he comes back. I don't like Contador, he's a little jerk. In my own training news...i'm going to start getting really really serious starting friday. No more every other, when i'm not tired, workouts. I HAVE to make myself run outside, swim more often, and ride like there's no tomorrow. I need to take on the heat and just do it. I know if i don't, i'll just look back and say "i should've done more with the time off I had." Not that I don't have time off...i still work all day everyday, just a short day...like 8 hours...instead of 14 or 15 like i'm going to have here in a couple of months. So no excuses, I have to get in gear!