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I've always been into Dungeons
and Dragons and fantasy gaming

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stuff.

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And I saw that UVA had
a blacksmithing club.

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I was just like, oh, my gosh.

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I need to do this
right here, right now.

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And first time
going to the forge,

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it was just so,
in a way, magical,

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because there were all
these tools at my disposal.

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If I could think
it, I could make it.

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The heat, though-- it's actually
kind of nice in the winter,

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but if you have the forge weld,
you have to get it white hot.

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And you can't step away because
if you leave it for a second

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and it overcooks,
it's going to melt it.

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So you're just standing there
in this endurance contest

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with the fires of Odin.

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But once you get it
to the temperature

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that you want and it comes
out the way you want,

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it's all worth it.

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I have my hammer.

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Her name is Juanita, and she's
a four-pound German hammer.

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I take her with me
everywhere I go.

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She's kind of a good luck charm.

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I took her with me when I
went to go take the MCAT, so,

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you know--

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I am interested in
surgery, and a lot of that

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involves working
with your hands,

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in particular orthopedics.

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I find it really fascinating.

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They call them the
carpenters of the body.

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You just kind of get
in a zone, and you just

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get to see it transformed before
your eyes using your own hands.

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And then when you have
your finished product,

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you can just look
at it and say, there

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is nothing else on this
earth that looks like this.

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I made that.

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