Recent working diagnoses I have given:

1. psychosis, not otherwise specified (likely schizophrenia, though this technically cannot be diagnosed until six months of symptoms have elapsed)
2. heroin dependence in remission
3. social phobia
4. obsessive compulsive disorder

Frequently played iTunes songs:

1. Red-Eye (The Album Leaf)
2. Headlock (Imogen Heap)
3. You Didn’t Know Me When (Harry Connick, Jr.)
4. Sunday Evening in Your Street (Ulrich Schnauss)

Recent purchases:

1. Le Pens (by Marvy Uchida—a good pen, in my humble opinion) in seven different colors
2. Mooncakes! (Mid-Autumn Festival is September 25th this year.)
3. Salmon sushi rolls
4. Four yellow nectarines

Things I considered writing about, but didn’t:

1. The dogmatic creeds of psychotherapies that can make each school seem like a cult
2. An open request for recommendations of good sandwich and cookie shops for my pending trip to New York City (the black and white cookie discussion is here)
3. The surgery resident (I think he’s still a resident) who has no idea who I am, but who has nonetheless made a positive impact on the way I think about my identity as a physician
4. The geographical spread of my friends (over the past week, I’ve spoken to people in Irvine, California; Sacramento, California; San Francisco, California; Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and how that kinda sucks