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Jaded dissident.

Aquarian conspirator.

Irresponsible hedonist.

Irredeemable Laodicean.

A Man Of Supreme Inertia.

Given to hyperbole.

A work in progress.

Extending my narcissism in order to have compassion.

I'm glad I don't like cauliflower, because if I liked it, I'd eat it, and I hate the stuff.

I'll never eat duck vaginas, because...what if I liked them? (ok, I stole this one from Louis CK, but it was too good to pass up!)

I graduated from med school a few years ago and since then have been on a personal spiritual journey exploring the ideals of goodness, truth and beauty in the universe, which sadly ends this July when I start a psychiatry residency here in Brooklyn. Turn, Turn Turn!

I'm here to share my opinion of the books I love, the books I love to hate, and the books I hate to love.

True fact: I'd read all the Enid Blyton books ever written before I was 10 years old. God bless you Enid Blyton!]]> male Brooklyn, NY 06/2007 06/2009 23 402 280 true 5811232 read 5 true 233843 currently-reading 117 true 233842 to-read 55 false 2110196 favorites 12 false 2124338 trashireadinairportsandbathrooms 9 false 2124285 graphic-novels 2 false 2130349 always-reading Breakfast of Champions (Paperback) by Kurt Vonnegut]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18654048 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165517166s/4980.jpg 115719 Arsalan http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115719-arsalan Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:14:45 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/21776-anyone-hooked-on-in-treatment http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1179691707p2/99.jpg 115719 Arsalan http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115719-arsalan Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:27:39 -0700
I guess I should introduce myself. Hello everyone. My name is Arsalan and I'm an In-Treatment-oholic! I've seen every episode uptil episode 30. Being a PGY-1 psych intern my experience with therapy is limited but I think what Paul is practising is very closed to a form of therapy described as Intensive short term dynamic psychotherapy pioneered by the canadian psychiatrist Habib Davanloo, who basically believes in "speeding up" the therapeutic process by attacking defense mechanisms so as t bring unconscious conflicts to the pre-conscious and conscious mind. We see Paul do this most often with Gina, maybe because he wants the therapy to end as soon as possible, given his counter-transferential feelings for her. ]]> Ulysses (Paperback) by James Joyce]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18466544 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173877044s/338798.jpg 115719 Arsalan http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115719-arsalan Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:54:08 -0700 more...]]> Les Misérables (Penguin Classics) by Victor Hugo]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18655099 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213467739s/33175.jpg 115719 Arsalan http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115719-arsalan Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:24:35 -0700 Why I Am Not a Christian & Other Essays on Religion & Related Subjects (Paperback) by Bertrand Russell]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18655026 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175038876s/472025.jpg 115719 Arsalan http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115719-arsalan Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:22:21 -0700 Psychobiology of Mind-body Healing (Paperback) by E.L. Rossi]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18654878 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 115719 Arsalan http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115719-arsalan Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:18:34 -0700 Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Hardcover) by Edgar Allan Poe]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18654829 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5177ceSpYkL._SL75_.jpg 115719 Arsalan http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115719-arsalan Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:17:30 -0700 Light in August (Paperback) by William Faulkner]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18654520 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166394564s/10979.jpg 115719 Arsalan http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115719-arsalan Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:05:03 -0700 Digital McLuhan: A Guide to the Information Millennium (Paperback) by Paul Levinson]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18654497 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172859035s/225114.jpg 115719 Arsalan http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115719-arsalan Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:04:13 -0700 The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine (Hardcover) by Anne Harrington]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18654467 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187675715s/1745958.jpg 115719 Arsalan http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/115719-arsalan Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:03:18 -0700