Bruised

So I have these random bruises that have cropped up in the past day or two. I'm assuming they must be from when I assailed that fence, but I don't remember it being that physically traumatic. I have a fairly impressive one that runs medially along my left calf and spans just over 5.5 inches. Several others over my ribs, triceps, palms, and along where the adductors and gracilas are situated...

A depressing fact to note..

"The 2010 Main Residency Match was the largest in NRMP history, encompassing more than 37,000 applicants, 4,100 graduate medical education programs, and 25,500 residency training positions."

This seems to imply that over 10,000 applicants for this year's match failed to match. Of course this probably includes the ones who "pre-matched", e.g. signed outside the match, but even so, that's a really sobering number who did not match. I know several people who didn't and thankfully some of them were able to scramble into open spots, but others have not yet been so fortunate. I'm thankful that most of my interests are non-competitive so I have some resemblance of a chance of getting a field I'll enjoy, but still...