I went on a run with my sister today. For those of you wondering (and you know who you are) her goiter situation seems to be under control. She stopped taking her medication because of side effects; she's been trying to regulate things herself through her diet.

I used to rail against people who would do things like that. But since I've made the decision to go to med school I've toned it down a bit. Because now people are associating me with "Western" medicine -- and I don't want to be the white doctor boy who turns up his nose at alternative treatments. Even though that's who I really am.

Tomorrow I'm going to tell you the real reason my dad's second marriage didn't work out. I just found this out recently and it's... well, let's just say that it could be the opening scene for the TV movie that will someday chronicle his spiral from regular crazy to serial-killer crazy.