101 Things You Shouldn't Do at the Opening of Star Wars 3

8. ask if there's in any Qidich in this one
9. say, "Who's the little green guy?"
10. talk to Triumph the dog
11. ask the 3 girls in line if they want to go on a date.
12. when they say no, ask if you can watch them make out with their girlfriends
13. ask where the Ewoks are

Gross

This patient I had today had the nastiest foot I've ever seen. He was missing some toes and the other ones were all black and dead. Fuckin gross.

Cypress

Yesterday Rodney and I went to Cypress Mountain. We were going to go back to Whistler, but decided that since Cypress got a bunch of snow, we'd just stay local.

Highlights:

• mountain to ourselves. there were only a handful of people there
• we built a jump. the jump was good, the location wasn't
• warm weather and a little bit of sun now and then
• I finally did some jumps again!
• I did a grab
• Rodney's backside 180 with a grab
• good, cheap sushi after with a large Sapporo

Ahh... good times. :)

Oh Thank God...

My old new boss came by today and offered me the job back in IS. Thank God, now I can leave the ward. This is like a "Get of hell, free." card. I wrote my letter of resignation and left it with my current boss, but I haven't talked to her yet. I guess I'll have to talk to her on Monday.

Hooray! Oliver is now finished with wiping ass and bodybagging.

101 Things you Shouldn't Do at the Opening of Star Wars 3

1. dress up like Gandalf and block the entrance to the theatre and yell, "You shall not pass!"
2. during the whole movie say, "who's that guy?" and "What did he say when I asked 'who's that guy?'"
3. read the opening text out loud
4. go dressed up as Spock
5. say things like, "I heard George Lucas was making 3 movies after this about Anakin's children."
6. at the end, ask out loud, "So you mean Anakin is Darth Vader?"
7. stand in line for the midnight show and make comments about how only losers watch Star Wars in the middle of the night.


Feel free to add on.

Movie Review

Sin City with Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, and Clive Owen

A little violent.

Another Good Day

I went to Whistler yesterday. Beautiful! There was almost a foot of new snow so I found a lot of untouched powder. I didn't go crazy this time, just took it easy and had fun. Let's see, highlights:

• almost went off a cliff
• knee-deep powder everywhere
• freshly groomed packed powder
• soft landings on all the little jumps
• empty mountain, only a handfull of people were there
• no line-ups at the lifts
• nice warm day with the sun shining

Back on the Block

So I started my shifts on the ward on Wednesday. Its been a while since I've worked on the ward so needless to say I was pretty rusty. The whole day I was disorganized, running around, and completely lost. My first night shift was a little better but I'm so tired right now I'm falling asleep at my keyboard. I've made my decision: I can't be a bedside nurse for long. Its not that its too hard or too tiring, I just don't have the patience for it anymore. I end up babysitting adults and catering to the needs of my patients. "My water is too warm, I need ice in it." "Can you straighten out my sheets?" "My linens need changing, they're 2 days old." You don't need a degree in anything to do these tasks. I didn't spend 4 years and thousands of dollars to make a bed or get someone water. My education can go to bigger and better things. Sure being a bedside nurse is a "noble" profession, but I'm finding it more and more demeaning. I'm not your waiter, I'm not your housekeeper, and I'm not your babysitter. If all you want me to do is carry you to the washroom and not listen to a word I have to say about your health and the fastest way to recovery, well then you've just lost another nurse to something better. If everything I've learned has been reduced to babysitting duty, thank you, but I'll find something else to do.

Movie Review

Closer with Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, and Jude Law

Holy Crap Natalie Portman is hot.

The movie was pretty good too.

Inspirational Quotes

He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
- unknown

I'd rather be right than President.
- Henry Clay

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
- Leo Buscaglia

If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
- unknown

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are thus enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.
- Anwar El-Sadat

Last Day

*sniff sniff* Today was my last day in my HIS position. On Monday I go back to my old job on the ward. Oh well. I've already applied for a permanent job with HIS so I expect to be back before my birthday.

Movie Review

Under the Tuscan Sun with Diane Lane and Sandra Oh

Okay, I'm not ashamed to say that I really liked this movie. It has the main character that you love, the eccentric friend she meets, the super-nice-guy (like in Pretty Woman), the best friend, and the exotic locale. Its a good movie to just sit down and watch with a glass of wine. If you haven't seen this, just go watch it. Thank you.

BTW, I'm not gay.

One Last Time

This year was such a bad snowboarding season. It started good way back in December but by the time Christmas came, the snow was pretty weak. The whole season I think I only went about 5 or 6 times. Well, yesterday, I went One Last Time! Whistler had received a big dump of snow last week and yesterday was great! The bottom half of the mountain was crap, but the top half had powder and packed powder. Terrain park, tree runs, fast blues, and new friends made for an awesome day on the mountain.

The Old Job

I haven't written here in a while. In two weeks I'll be going back to my old job in the hospital.

5 Good Things About it:
1. neat stories
2. easier to pick up overtime
3. more days off
4. don't have to think about what to wear
5. I get to work with patients again

5 Bad Things About it:
1. annoying patients/families
2. body fluids... ew
3. 12 hr shifts
4. night shifts
5. less politics

Pictures

If you've ever noticed, I never post pictures in my blog. Sure, I'll have links to pictures, but there's never pictures as part of the blog. Now, don't think I'm going to start this now, because I'm not. In fact, I'm doing something better. I've set up a picture blog with textamerica.com (ya, there's no canadian one that I know of). Now, all the pictures I take with my phone will automatically get posted there. I put a link over on the column to the right too -->

Check it out if you get a chance.

Lethargic

I don't know what it is, but lately I've been having trouble sleeping. I'd go to bed around 10pm, fall asleep for about 30 minutes or so and then wake up and not be able to fall asleep again. Then I'd end up being awake until 2am and my alarm goes off at 6am. Because of this I've been feeling really lethargic and worn out. Maybe I'm just getting sick. I need some time off work. I haven't had more than 3 or 4 days off in a row since summer.

Can't Sleep

Do you think you know 80's music? Check this out and test yourself!

Reading is Fun

As I said, in an earlier post, I've been reading to try to make myself more cultured. Don't get me wrong, I don't force myself to read just so I can sit with a pipe and talk about how some author is trying to make a statement about bob loblaw. I read for entertainment too. Its like a movie in your head.

Top 5 List of Books That I Thought Were Fun to Read:
1. The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
2. How to be a Canadian by Will & Ian Ferguson
3. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
4. A Short History of Everything by Bill Bryson
5. Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Another Quiet Night

You can stop reading. The title says it all.

Toothpaste

You know how Aquafresh toothpaste has those 3 stripes? If you were to squish the tube for a while in all directions, would the stripes mix together for make a gross-coloured paste? Or would the stripes stay? I'd like to try it, but then I wouldn't want to use the toothpaste anymore. Who wants to brush their teeth with a greyish goop?

Also, Aquafresh is my favourite toothpaste, but one thing I hate about it is when you get to end of the tube and one of the stripes run out. Usually, when I'm down the last little bit of toothpaste I only get white and green stripes. The red stripe is gone! I feel like I'm getting ripped off.