Been an interesting week. I caught a nasty cold Monday night and have been out sick from work for the past 2 days. Been feeling better today and will go back as scheduled on Sunday. At home I've been going a little stir crazy to the point where I went out to the grocery store yesterday to pick up some juice as a way to just get out of the house ( Read more... )

Got back from a week vacation the other night. Was very much in need of it as I was starting to feel classic mental burnout that can come from spending 40 hours a week with crazy and volatile people. Was in NYC for a good chunk of my vacation. Funny, I hated the city when I lived there, but as a place to visit there's a lots of fun to be had. ( Read more... )

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your livejournal along with your 7 songs. Then tag 4 other people to see what they're listening to ( Read more... )

It's not often that I post stories about my experiences at the Crisis Care Center, but this one was too good to pass up. The event taught me a lot about myself, my principles, my co-workers, and about the maliciousness of some people ( Read more... )

Nights like tonight make me realize something that I don't often think about out: I really like my job.

It's not often that I see a clip or cartoon on the internet that totally moves me and leaves me still and breathless. With this one, it was the aesthetic beauty, the entrancing music, the high quality animation, and especially the emotional connection I felt to some of the main character's experiences when I compared it to similar experiences I've ( Read more... )

So yesterday at work, I look at the calender for May. The 4-month shift rotation changes starting May 1 and instead of working 7AM-7:30PM on Sundays like I've been doing since January, I'll be working 7AM-3PM on Sundays for the summer months. However, one of my colleagues who is working the 7AM-7:30PM on Sundays during summer is going on vacation ( Read more... )

Throughout my life, I have been fortunate in that I haven't ever had major health problems. The occasional flu, strep, or whatnot, but never anything more than the common infections that most Americans experience at one time or another. Unfortunately, I think that the tide is changing ( Read more... )

Over the weekend, I dyed my hair golden-blond again. Since then, I have heard the following terms used to describe my new look ( Read more... )

This entry was meant to be posted 2 weeks ago when the news was still fresh, but due to laziness and boredom with the internet that I've been feeling lately, it's coming up now on my mid-week day off from work.

When Jake and I watched the Oscars a few weeks ago, we were cautiously optimistic that Brokeback Mountain would walk away with the top ( Read more... )