Strengths and Weaknesses

So I'm crunching through tonnes of med interview data for these med interviews I may or may not receive. Maybe this time next year I'll look back, and laugh at my own retardation before turning back to my pile of legal textbooks, as I try to survive 4 or 5 years of law school. Ah, such dismal thoughts. The logical representative of myself is tugging at my sleeve: why the fuck are you preparing for an interview you might not even get? Though you refuse to admit that you failed the UMAT, you didn't do that great. Your university entrance score is only borderline for med. Let's face it, even if you got the interview, and you performed outstandingly, you might not even get in. So, WHY?

But me, forever the optimist (or rather, just someone blind to the harsh realities of life), continue with my preparation. I've come to terms with myself over the past couple of weeks: no, I don't have that much passion for medicine, but I do have a passion for a career after med school. I figured that being a psychiatrist is something I actually want, and med is pretty much the stepping stone. When I tell Dad he butts in with "you're going to get stabbed by crazy people" and "heart surgeons make more because not many people decide to tough out a heart attack, whereas people could cope with their depression for ages". So to enrage Dad (well, I prefer to think of it as making him understand the feelings I feel), I tell Dad that I'm going to end up a plastic surgeon so I can fondle women's breasts. And they'll pay me for it.

Anyway, back on topic. I was looking at the interview question: what is your greatest strength and weakness? My first thought was, "huh, easy shit. I know me." Then I realised it was a trap. "I can't tell them that my beautiful face is my greatest strength and the fact that I don't give a shit is my biggest weakness. I'll get ripped to shreds!" Then I think about it a bit harder, and I was like, "yeah I can bullshit through the strength part."

Then came the weakness. Not that I can't think of any. I have plenty:
1. I have little concern for most people's feelings.
2. I laugh at inappropriate things.
3. I embarrass myself and those around me if it's entertaining enough.
4. I'm easily irritated. Moody, you might say. One minute sunshine next minute rain.
5. My patience is as long as my attention span. i.e., not very long.
6. I get bored easily.
7. I can become overbearing and annoying, very quickly (see previous episodes of my unrequited "love")
8. Almost nothing is ever worth my effort.

I'd continue, but the list is already at 8 items. That's heaps long. If I had to spill out every bad thing about me the list would go on and on and on and on, and by the end of it you'd think I was Hitler II or something. Okay, maybe not quite Hitler II, as I have nothing against Jews. But you get what I'm saying.

So should I cleverly make up a weakness which actually isn't that bad? So I wanna be a doctor. How about, "sometimes I care too much about other people and get too involved." Or "I can't stand those around me being unhappy and I will go to every effort to brighten their day". Gaaah, any retard can see through that much bullshit, let alone my interviewers. Honesty is definitely NOT the way to go. "I get easily irritated, so if a patient pisses me off I'll pull a Dr. House on them." Well, that's not really honesty, that's just stupidity.

Being House would be pretty cool, actually.

Hmmm, I'll figure it out soon...ish. I almost wish I'd done some work experience. I'm going to get fucked over if they ask me "you've never done work experience, how do you know what a doctor does, and how do you know that this is what you want to do?" I mean sure I can come up with a standard response...

Argh, it's just inconvenient.

Not that I should worry my easily-distracted brain over it. I mean, whatever goes, goes. Worst case scenario, I fail to get into med school, and I have a very angry father who will inevitably get on my nerves. Then I'll  move out of this house because fuck this place, and I will probably never talk to Dad ever again, so his rage wouldn't even matter.

Ah, strategic planning of the future has always been a great strength of mine. I should write that down.