Comedy as old and flaccid, yet still as funny as Grandma's arm-flaps

Does anyone want a free dog? Krista emailed me earlier about a golden retriever/yellow lab (not sure of the breed) that NEEDS a home ASAP. I know it's a long shot but I thought I'd try!

Today we gave our iguana his first real bath. He has a huge bowl of water in his enclosure that he could fit his whole body in if he wanted to but he usually just uses it to poop in, lol. Today my dad had to clean out his cage so we put him in a bathtub with some warm water. He went NUTS. I got whipped so many times (and he hasn't whipped anyone in like 6 months). He started getting used to it after awhile and seemed to like when I poured the water on his back. It was an adventure to say the least.

Tomorrow I'm going to Amanda's baby shower/welcoming party for Jordan. I have no idea what to get her! I already got her a bassinette, baby book, and a couple of outfits. But that was before she knew whether or not she was gonna have a baby shower so now I feel like I need to come with something. I know the baby has MORE than enough clothes and has all the essentials. I asked my nursing friend (who had a baby a few months ago) what her favorite gift from her baby shower was. She said the most useful thing was a baby sling (one of those slings to carry the baby in). It had a lavendar pouch in it that put the baby right to sleep and she said she LOVED it. I think I might get her one of those. Think that's a good idea? I'll go shopping tomorrow and see what I can come up with.

*sigh* I have so much going on right now, I can't even keep it all straight.

Man, I just made the best omelette ever.

They're called Zip-loc Omelettes and they rock (I found the recipe online). You just take a Zip-Loc freezer bag (has to be the freezer kind), dump in some eggs, cheese, whatever you like in your omelette and shake it all up. Put it in a big pot full of boiling (has to be boiling rapidly) water for about 10-15 minutes and voila! It turns out better than any normal omelettes I can make (plus you don't have to clean anything). It comes out of the bag perfectly and looks really cool. It's good for when you've got lots of people over because they can write their name on a bag and put in whatever they want and you can cook all the bags together in the pot. Good stuff :)

Just thought I'd share because it turned out way better than I expected, lol.

So I went to Melissa and Sarah's party yesterday :) I had fun seeing people and just hanging out. I got some sunlight, lol. I wish more people I know were there (it was kinda awkward because I didn't really know any people there besides Melissa, Sarah, and Chantal). Oh well, it was cool :) I ate sooooo much food. It was insane.

But yeah, here's some pics :)

( Aloha )

That's all :)

Someone better go see this with me, lol.

So I got my haircut :) I'm actually really happy with it. It's very airy and feels really nice. So without further ado, here's some pics. I swear it looks better in real life...really, lol.

( Hurrcut! )

So I'm getting a haircut on Monday and I have NO idea what I want. The main point is to get rid of all the split ends and damaged bits but I don't mind losing some length and getting an actual nice haircut, lol. It's been like four years since I even had a trim.

What do you guys think would look good on me? I was just planning on letting the hairdresser do what she thinks would look nice (with limits of course, lol) but my mom said that's a bad idea. I just want nice hair, I really don't care though, haha.

So yeah, if you guys have any suggestions, I'd love it!

American Idol spoilers ahead!

( Woooo! )

Hahaha, go watch this video. It's awesome.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1068990231680562950&q=Talking+cats&pl=true

It's "talking" cats. I love the last cat...I wish my cats could talk :(

I think I may have become addicted to American Idol. Haha, I don't even know how it happened. I've never watched a single season up to this point (I usually just watch the auditions) but my parents got into it this season and now I'm pretty much addicted. I found that out last night when we lost power for over TEN HOURS and I was just pissed off that I was gonna miss American Idol, lol. I love me some Taylor Hicks, haha. Who do you guys want to win? Tell me I'm not the only one who watches it, lol.

I didn't really have anything to say, I just don't feel like studying for my exam tomorrow. :)

As per family tradition, I spent Easter weekend in Saint John :) It was fun. We stayed at the Hilton, which was really nice. Our rooms had a view of the harbour so I got to watch all the cute seals swimming around, lol. Good times. I had been thinking about getting a new piercing since school is done for the summer and I could have time to heal it so I went to Outworld and ended up getting my left tragus pierced :) I really like it. The guy who did it was great (really helpful!). It didn't hurt as much as I expected, it was a lot of pressure to get the needle through the cartilage though O_O But yeah, so that was cool. It doesn't really hurt at all now unless I accidentally hit it or something. Which I've done several times, lol. It just sucks that I can't sleep on that side. Oh well, I love it anyway :) Here's hoping it heals up well.

Other than that, I don't think I have any news. I've got one more exam to do (on Friday). I gotta go in to H&R Block tomorrow with my mom to sign some stuff or something. God, I don't understand taxes. They better not expect me to actually know anything, haha. Hmm, what else...oh yeah, I got a bunch of yummy chocolate for Easter :) That'll do me for like three years (anyone who has been in my room knows that I hoard chocolate, lol).

But yeah, here's some pictures because I haven't posted any pictures in forever.

( Tragus piercing, dressed for work, and a cute degu! )

That's all for now :)

P.S. My pictures might be super huge but I don't know how to fix them. I resized them in Paint Shop Pro AND in Photobucket but they still keep coming up huge on my computer.

Haha, today was weird.

We noticed this weird ass bird in the yard. It definitely stuck out so I took some pictures of it and went online and posted them on a bird message board (so that someone could tell me what the hell it is). Turns out it's a freakin SHOW PIGEON. Yeah, that's right. People actually breed special pigeons to put in pigeon shows. Yes. It has a band on its leg so they told us to try to catch it so we could find the owners. So yeah, that was my afternoon. Trying to catch a fancy ass pigeon. Just like Ace Ventura, lol. I also had to call around to different breeders of show pigeons in the area (who knew they even existed?). It keeps flying away and then coming back so tomorrow if it's around, I'll try again. All the other pigeons are like "bitch please" and they keep standing in little clusters and puffing themselves up. I don't think they like the pretty pigeon, haha. Except the fatty male pigeon, who keeps doing a little sex dance or something.

Anyway, here is Mrs. Fancy Pants (as she's known now)

( It's called a Chinese Owl...for real. A rose by any other name is still a friggin' pigeon. )

Well, I just got back from my first shift at the hospital. I literally feel dead on my feet, lol.

I was at the hospital by 7am. We started out by just shadowing a nurse (seeing how the morning routine goes). I was paired up with a nurse who had six patients on the go. We got everyone up for the morning. I sat in while one of the patients did "dressing practice" (got herself dressed in front of the occupational therapist with some help). That made me kinda sad because she was confused and had a really hard time. When we first walked in, she was looking really sad and the nurse asked if she wanted anything and she said "a miracle." *sigh* Anyway...after that, we got everyone to the dining room for breakfast. That was kinda fun cuz we just walked around in the dining room helping anyone who needed help (which was a lot of people). It's just confusing cuz everyone's asking you for stuff and you either have no idea where it is, or you don't know if they're allowed to have it. Or you just plain don't know what they're asking for O_O It was cool though. After that, everyone went off to their appointments or the exercise class. I sat in on the exercise class and got a workout, lol. After waiting forever, it was time to get them ready for lunch. It was the same deal, then we were allowed to go for lunch (which was yummy, heh). By the time we got back, they were already in their beds resting or with their visitors. So that basically left...nothing to do, lol. We played cards with some of the guys on the unit and had a conference and that was it. I got my patient assignemnt...He's an older man who had a stroke and is paralyzed on one side. He's also a huge pervert, lol. It's kinda funny though. But yeah, I'm happy with that patient assignment...The unit is pretty cool. It's sad though...there was a lady with dementia wandering around the unit all afternoon asking us where the "cellar door" is. Hmm.

I'm sosososososo tired now though. And I have an exam tonight :( I gotta go study now.

Happy Valentine's Day :) For whatever it's worth, lol.

My dad got me a card...I thought it was pretty thoughtful for him, lol.

Anyway, I'm mostly writing because I don't feel like doing anymore homework right now (although I REALLY need to). I have an 8 hour shift at the hospital tomorrow and then a midterm at night. And an essay due the next day. I think I'm too stressed to be nervous about my first day in the hospital. I'm sure it'll kick in tomorrow though O_O Expect an update.

*sigh* I better go back to writing that stupid essay.

I'm in a nostalgic mood. I've been watching a lot of really old movies and it makes me kinda sad. Things were so much classier-looking back then, lol. Everyone was so photogenic (or the cameras had some neat tricks), they all had this same look about them. I really wish people still looked like that. And the guys were so damn attractive!

So I decided to make a picture post in memory of pretty people past :P I'm mostly bored but I really like these pics. Have a look (there's a side-boob in one of them so I dunno...if you have little kids peering over your shoulder, maybe don't look).

( Many many pictures...they don't make 'em like this anymore )

Well that helped me procrastinate a sufficient amount of homework, lol.

Yayyy, long weekend (for me anyway) :) I gotta get up and go to the doctor's office tomorrow though because my doctor didn't fill out my immunization for school properly. Grrr, then I called the office today and it was busy for like an hour straight and then the "We're sorry, the office is closed" message came on. Like hell it's closed, I've had appointments much later than that (unless they decided to close early). So I guess I'm going there in person tomorrow.

My first shift in the hospital starts on Wednesday! I went last week for my orientation and tour and it looks half decent. I'm excited but really damn nervous. I gotta pick up nursing shoes this weekend. I also have to find a tight t-shirt that I can wear under my scrubs because they warned us about dirty old men. I get my patient assignment on Wednesday too :) I hope I get someone with a sense of humor...I think that would make things so much less stressful.

I have soooooo much homework to do this weekend! I just finished a 20 page paper and now I have a shitload of other stuff. Gah, it never stops...>.< I have an entire huge ass poster to do this weekend on top of my essays (like the one me and Jess made for GSA). It's on alcohol...yay. O_o

Anyway, I suppose I should get started.

GOOD NEWS!!

I got my first clinical placement info today and I found out that I'm gonna be working on the physical rehab floor starting next week! :D I'm just so glad I didn't get geriatrics because I really don't think I'm suited for that (too sad all the time there). But yeah, I'm happy!

So yeah, things with me have been...hectic.

I have a nutrition assignment, heart health study guide (20-30 pages SINGLE SPACED, typed), health promotion paper and a health fair presentation due soon. On top of that, I'm getting evaluated tomorrow for lifting and transferring patients. And I have a huuuuge Physiology test on Tuesday that I completely forgot about until today.

*sigh* I'm tired of doing stuff. I think I'm burnt out from last semester with the 6 classes. I just have no energy anymore. Gah :(

I should definitely be studying right now. Instead, I watched The Babysitter's Club. Hmmm. Is it summer yet? Lol.

On a positive note, my Friday class got switched to Thursday so now I have a long weekend every weekend :D Hell yes.

Today was a day of firsts :)

I took blood pressures for the first time. I think I'm doing pretty well, for my first time. My only thing is reading it accurately, because the lines on the manometer are so little and they each represent 2 mm Hg. I took all my family's pressures though, and my lab partner Alison. I'm getting better at it :) I still need to find 5 more people to practice on (we need 10 different people).

I also voted for the first time! :D Go me, lol. I'm glad I didn't get lazy and just skip it. It was kind of an anti-climax though, haha. No bells and whistles...not that I expected any, it was just not that exciting, lol. Today at lunch, Andy Scott was walking around in the cafeteria at school stopping at every table to remind us to vote. So yeah. Not that I voted for him but whatever, it was a nice guesture.

I am SO tired. My degus woke me up initially but then I just couldn't get back to sleep (until about 5 minutes before my alarm, which was useless, lol).

I really think I'm allergic to colored tattoo ink. Or at least the kind the Lil Dave uses. My tat that I got in the summer is STILL red and bumpy and verrrrry itchy. It's really bad today :( I don't know what to do for it...lol, it's not like I can take the ink back. Gahh, it really sucks though.

I'm watching a sad documentary called The Girl Who Turned to Stone. It's about a little girl with a disorder that makes her bones get very hard and have bony growths (like a whole other skeleton) until they're just immobilized forever. *sigh* Makes me very glad that I was born without anything seriously wrong with me.

I just watched probably one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. It's called Children Underground; it's about homeless children leaving in a subway station in Romania. The leader of the country outlawed birth control and abortion, so now there are thousands of homeless kids on the streets. The movie centers on this little "family" of children and their lives. It's shocking to say the least. To REALLY say the least O_O It was such a sad thing to see. I don't really know what else to say about it because it's just an amazing documentary. And I've seen a lot of documentaries, lol.