{"id":321,"date":"2010-06-20T00:45:01","date_gmt":"2010-06-20T00:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=321"},"modified":"2010-06-20T00:45:01","modified_gmt":"2010-06-20T00:45:01","slug":"skit-and-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2010\/06\/20\/skit-and-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Skit and Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-517\" title=\"2010.06.19\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/2010.06.19.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>Traditionally, commencement celebrates the graduating residents and fellows who are completing their training in ophthalmology. However, tradition at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masseyeandear.org\">Mass Eye &amp; Ear<\/a> also stipulates an important role for the first-year residents &#8211; the junior skit. Over the course of two weeks, my classmates and I collaborated in a momentous effort to gather attending physicians from every department (including our chairperson) to make a fool of themselves in front of a camera. More important than my hacking cough or my grand rounds presentation, the video editing consumed my waking hours. The result was a creative masterpiece in the style of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox.com\/24\">&#8220;24&#8221;<\/a> to parody events at the infirmary in the course of a day. Commencement festivities concluded on Thursday with dinner at the downtown <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardclub.com\/club\/scripts\/section\/section.asp?NS=DC\">Harvard Club<\/a> overlooking the Boston skyline. Friday was our departmental annual meeting, with a series of research talks that concluded with yet another lavish dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loebhousefunctions.harvard.edu\/\">Loeb House<\/a>. To celebrate with the graduating seniors, we set out for drinks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omrestaurant.com\">Om<\/a> followed by dancing at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royaleboston.com\">Royale<\/a>. Some smart talking and fast money handling (not by me) finagled a discounted cover charge before we hit the dance floor to the beat of hip hop, techno, and pop. It was my first night out in a long while, and it reminded me of how fun it used to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditionally, commencement celebrates the graduating residents and fellows who are completing their training in ophthalmology. However, tradition at Mass Eye &amp; Ear also stipulates an important role for the first-year residents &#8211; the junior skit. Over the course of two &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2010\/06\/20\/skit-and-dance\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}