So.....

I'm done moving.

An update:

Finished:
Hunting for Hope, Scott Russell Sanders
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M. Pirsig
True at First Light, Ernest Hemingway
A Man Without A Country, Kurt Vonnegut
The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship, Charles Bukowski
Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut
Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality, Dr. Pauline Chen
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death, Jean-Dominique Bauby
How Doctors Think, Jerome Groopman
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling
The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

In Progress:
On the Road, Jack Kerouac
Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance, Atul Gawande
Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science, Atul Gawande
Choke, Chuck Palahniuk
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Summer Reading List (Evolving)

Here's what I have so far (bolded titles have been finished):

Hunting for Hope, Scott Russell Sanders - written by my favorite professor at IU

On the Road, Jack Kerouac - a classic, and the timing feels right

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, Robert M. Pirsig - the subject matter intrigued me

True at First Light, Ernest Hemingway - it's Hemingway. I can't go wrong.

A Man Without A Country, Kurt Vonnegut - it's Vonnegut. I can't go wrong.

The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship, Charles Bukowski - a different strain of Bukowski

Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond - recommended by an IU professor in order to 'round out any quality liberal arts education'

A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson - recommended by same professor that recommended Diamond, for the same reason

Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut - I've never read it, for some reason

Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality, Dr. Pauline Chen - on the Pritzker reading list, and something I've been interested in for some time now

Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance, Atul Gawande - another quality book recommended by the Pritzker folks

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science, Atul Gawande - Pritzker, again

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death, Jean-Dominique Bauby - Pritzker, again, and I've heard good things

How Doctors Think, Jerome Groopman - Pritzker, again.

Choke, Chuck Palahniuk - written by Fight Club author. Involves a dropout med student. Interested?

One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Pritzker, again. Good things, again.

Finish the Harry Potter series

The list will evolve as I finish some of these works, I'm sure. There's also quite a few of books from the Pritzker recommended reads list - I'm partially following the list for two reasons: I've never been a fan of medically-oriented TV shows (Scrubs, ER, etc.). This is primarily because I don't watch TV all that much and secondly because I find other things more worthwhile. The second reason is that my exposure to medical literature is limited and doesn't extend far beyond Michael Crichton, sadly. So I hope to resolve that situation.

Medical Specialties

It's difficult to keep an open mind regarding one's future when a financial aid information sheet asks:

"Name of medical specialties under consideration:

Specialty #1)
Specialty #2)
Specialty #3)"

That question, along with, "Are you considering primary care as a specialty?", is geared toward third years, or at least one would think. But it lends a sense of immediacy to my summer.

Prediction

If Hillary gets remotely close to securing the nomination, or if she does, Evan Bayh will be named her VP candidate. He helps win votes in a red state, brings a Midwestern flavor to the ticket (since Hillary disowns her own roots except when she's, you know, campaigning in the Midwest), and he's been used to offer a moderate dimension to the national Democratic scene before (see the DNC from a few years back).

In doing so, Bayh would finally receive the national PR he needs to make a legitimate run at the White House - his campaign stalled early on this year, but I think it's interesting that he still dropped out earlier than what most expected. Maybe it was some early signal calling on the Clinton campaign's behalf; they did, after all, anticipate having the election wrapped up by Super Tuesday.

Why Clinton Always Asks For A Debate

Days before the next primary - it's simple, really. She knows that the more time Barack spends on the ground, traveling from locale to locale, the worse it is for her campaign. Generally, the advantage Barack has from a day on the road is significantly greater, considering his lack of name recognition and voters' skepticism of a young first term Senator, than it is for Hillary, considering her household name and familiarity.

Thursday In Bloomington

Cubs Win over the Brew Crew, Crean starts to settle in, I'm essentially done for the week (academically, my lab work remains on the docket), Initiation for the chemistry fraternity is tomorrow evening, my graduation date is officially set, and I'm struggling to find time to make it to 4 graduation ceremonies (Biology, Biochemistry, English, University-wide) during the span of one Saturday.

We'll see how it works.