from alephs to ALIFs

[hopperheart]

not much was happening on the unit today, so i used the downtime to brush up on some cranial anatomy. hey, if i'm going to be a neurosurgical nurse, then what the hell, right? started out reading up on the physiology and etiology of aneurysms, which led to questions about the production of cerebrospinal fluid, which led to a need for review of the

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[zippoinms]

I love the ways you find beauty.

Also, edit the date so it shows up today! :D

[le_proustitute]

how, why, did i overlook this exquisite post till now, eight months under the bridge? i wanted to glide my eyes over nothing else afterwards, so i consumed it again, word by glistening word.

& i learned something new for this day that the lord has made: wherefore juxtamedullary.

i almost want to go into med school now. if they had language courses on the etymology of the body, i would so be there, with hundreds of little sticker labels to fill out and attach to my parts. i'd look like some escapee from peter greenaway's clinically artistic mind.

on the last line: pity the living bird who is not its labeled bones.

on the surprise special thanks: no, no, thank you.