Gluttony is oh so delicious.

Nina and I just got a Papa John's pizza at 12:20am. Actually it was two. I had this free online medium pizza deal if I ordered any pizza. The catch was that it had to be an online purchase, though you had the option of paying cash, which was great. I did not think they were going to take the order because the place stopped taking orders at 12:30 and I had just made the order at 12:20. It was definitely a douche baggy move, and I do not intend on making it a habit. Poor delivery guys that have to do those last orders. I tipped him pretty well.

The pizza btw was amazing. I ordered two medium pizzas, half roma tomatoes half pineapple. So good. Though I do feel pretty guilty eating so late. Boredom really makes you eat more. Starting last week, I had nothing to do because I've already taken all my tests before Thanksgiving break. I had like a week and a half of absolutely nothing...so I ate a lot. It's kind of gross. Okay, so tomorrow starts my detox from food...but I do have leftover pizza...that'll be the drive home tomorrow. Oh yeah, I'm going back home for the holiday. I've missed Chicago.

Ah, but first I have to attend a flu clinic for my fucking annoying pharmacy classes. Four hours of sitting at a pharmacy and waiting for a patient to come in a get a flu shot. Last week, I sat there for four hours and only vaccinated five patients. It was kind of ridiculous and I felt like my time was wasted for the sake of hours I have to do for a class. I don't really learn anything and it's four hours of my life that was wasted on sitting and making small talk with people I abhor. That's pretty harsh. But I am not retracting that statement. Most pharmacy kids are the lamest conservative assholes on campus. If Prop 8 was on the ballot, I am willing to bet that 90% of the college of pharmacy would have voted yes. They really have no life other than studying and going out for that blastered night after an exam. Ugh. I want to get out so bad. I mean what kind of person wants to be a pharmacist? Well, here are some I've observed so far:

1. People that wanted to go the med school, but settled on pharmacy.
2. People consumed with greed and found out that pharmacists make six figures a year.
3. People who loved science and are really good at it.
4. People with no social skills and thought pharmacists only count pills at the back of the store.
5. People who were influenced by their parents.

There's probably more, but these are the most common ones. Notice that I didn't put people who want to make a difference in healthcare. Ha! No one wants to make a difference. I had one class that focused on social and administrative pharmacy, and that's when I found out my whole class sucks. You either identified as social justice or market justice, and all but 10 people out of 120 agreed with market justice. They found social healthcare to be bunk. One of my group members kept saying "have you seen British people's teeth? I'm sorry but I like my teeth." You're going to base your decision of social healthcare on a stereotype? Americans are wayyy more obsessed with dental hygiene than any other nation. It's a cultural thing more than a healthcare thing.

There's going to be good and bad things from both justices to be sure, but social healthcare has more benefits than cost. Besides, most people identified with market because they assumed that Americans can choose their own insurance and be responsible for making that decision. But you know what? No, that isn't the case or else you wouldn't have so many people uninsured. And what about the bracket of people who don't qualify for medicare/medicaid or regular insurance? It makes me sick that these future pharmacists care more for their wallets than the welfare of society. People who identify with market justice only side with that because of the salary. You will be earning less money if social healthcare is implemented, but so fucking what? I think we get paid way more than we deserve to get...especially when I see how those six years of education are applied in community pharmacies.

I feel like Walgreen's has taken the skill portion out of pharmacy. Everything is so fool proof, but in a bad way...to the point where it makes pharmacists let down their guard a little bit because everything is automated. But since everything is automated, the career of pharmacy now fears that automation might be taking over and cutting down job opportunities. The point of all my classes now is to work on other skills that allow us to get subsidized, like these flu clinics and MTMs and screenings galore. How depressing is that? To keep our job relevant we have to become more like doctors, but still be distinct professionally from them. And we have to charge for every service that we do, even if it's services that pharmacists should already be doing. I wanted to be in this profession more when I thought I could make a difference, but pharmacy is controlled by conservative freaks that only see the dollar sign. I suppose any job it'll be like that. Everything's a business, so why shouldn't healthcare be a big booming business as well?

I received immunization training. ME. I can give flu vaccines and other vaccinations now...well under the surveillance of a pharmacist, but I have the certificate. I mean, yes it's helping the population receive flu shots because more people visit a pharmacy than a doctor's office. Fuck there's pharmacies everywhere now. Every big grocery giant has a pharmacy inside, and Walgreen's and CVS's are taking over every street corner in America. We are a prozac nation.