(Parked outside of New Britain General Hospital. Several backboards are leaned up against the concrete exterior of the Emergency Department, sprayed-on stenciled names indicating the services to which they belong ( Read more... )

I've been fiddling about with Pokemon HeartGold for the last couple of weeks and all in all it's been a pretty good experience. In a mod-happy social circle it's difficult to find a reason to purchase actual games instead of just taking advantage of R4 and the magic of the Internet, but the remakes have proven to be a lot of fun ( Read more... )

Things are getting kind of weird around my house. Here are some choice quotes ( Read more... )

ME: *digging through my backpack before work, coming across an old H1N1 application full of personal info ( Read more... )

Valentine's Day is coming up. Personally, I'll be 0 for 23, but I'll be working, and that makes me very happy.

The story behind it under the cut, cross-posted and edited from an old Facebook note. It's the story of why I became an EMT.

( A Valentine's Day Story )

I've half-heartedly worked my way to the far end of a bottle of beer, the drinking of which has at this point become more a need for completion than buzz. And I'm thinking about mouse-clicks, about one nigh-unfathomably small interval of a lifetime evaporating, and how all gathered up and grouped together it makes for an awful lot of life, and an ( Read more... )

Ops: "Hey, O'Neill. Come in my office for a minute ( Read more... )

Regardless of how bad things get, they could be so much worse.

Life is good <3

For the most part, LiveJournal has outlived its usefulness. I've been feeling lately like a more organic approach to keeping up with people's lives - less facebook and more phone calls - suits me better. Content updates from me have been sparse, and will continue to be so. But with the meta-disclaimer out of the way, I find myself in a mood to ( Read more... )

I will be starting a job as a paid EMT at Hunters Ambulance in a week and a half, with substantially better pay, benefits, and hours. I have three remaining shifts at Starbucks before my resignation is effective ( Read more... )