11. Songs of the Humpback Whale - Jodi Picoult
I should really have said 250 books (not including Jodi Picoult), but I can't, cos I'm obsessed with her stuff. I really shouldn't be, cos this wasn't that great. Confusing the first time, predictable the second (obvious, really).
I will, will, will read Mary Barton next week. Before I go home for Christmas. Then the nightshifts will beckon, and I will up my speedy reading.
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Sunday, 8 November 2009
Updates.
3. I joined the Dance Society!! I now do Beginner's Hip Hop, and Intermediate Ballet. Very fun :) And Showcase in March! That'll be no.50 gone...
6. *BIGGEST JELLY GRIN* I've now done 1 fasciotomy w/ debridement & closure, 1 wedge resection of big toe, 1 patella stabilisation w/ Goldthwaite's procedure, 1 post-fasciotomy debridement, 1 extensor tendon repair of middle finger, 1 carpal tunnel decompression, 1 2ndry repair of tendon, 1 washout & debridement, 1 DHS, 1 ORIF #radius.
Then another week, I did 2 CHS, 1 cannulated hip screw, 1 Thompsons hemiarthroplasty.
I've seen a billion CHS's, ORIF's, K-wirings, and patella stabilisations with or without Goldthwaite's procedures. I'm still after an intramedullary nailing, and a hip prosthesis removal (nearly got one, but it was delayed til 9pm, and I was starving...).
51. My last CHS was a 90year old dear, who happily let me use her as my first real cannulation. Only two tries, and I was in! I also got to intubate! *dances* Well, I got to pop the ET tube down while the anaesthetist held the laryngoscope (I have a tendency to take people's teeth out with it...) but I'm still counting it!
77. The 36 hours of ambulancing didn't yield any trauma, but 2 days with a BASICS doc did. Kinda. We went to an 'entrapment/rollover of pregnant woman', but she self extricated before our arrival, so all we did was assess, medicate, and follow to hospital (via a pub for a much needed cup of tea!).
78. I have this one figured out already. Trauma elective - HEMS & The Royal London :D
6. *BIGGEST JELLY GRIN* I've now done 1 fasciotomy w/ debridement & closure, 1 wedge resection of big toe, 1 patella stabilisation w/ Goldthwaite's procedure, 1 post-fasciotomy debridement, 1 extensor tendon repair of middle finger, 1 carpal tunnel decompression, 1 2ndry repair of tendon, 1 washout & debridement, 1 DHS, 1 ORIF #radius.
Then another week, I did 2 CHS, 1 cannulated hip screw, 1 Thompsons hemiarthroplasty.
I've seen a billion CHS's, ORIF's, K-wirings, and patella stabilisations with or without Goldthwaite's procedures. I'm still after an intramedullary nailing, and a hip prosthesis removal (nearly got one, but it was delayed til 9pm, and I was starving...).
51. My last CHS was a 90year old dear, who happily let me use her as my first real cannulation. Only two tries, and I was in! I also got to intubate! *dances* Well, I got to pop the ET tube down while the anaesthetist held the laryngoscope (I have a tendency to take people's teeth out with it...) but I'm still counting it!
77. The 36 hours of ambulancing didn't yield any trauma, but 2 days with a BASICS doc did. Kinda. We went to an 'entrapment/rollover of pregnant woman', but she self extricated before our arrival, so all we did was assess, medicate, and follow to hospital (via a pub for a much needed cup of tea!).
78. I have this one figured out already. Trauma elective - HEMS & The Royal London :D
Monday, 20 July 2009
Nee Naw :D
Another one bites the dust. 12 hours of ambulance riding :D Some of it on blues and twos through city centre traffic - very fun :D
Still 24 hours of ambulance shifts left to beat off No. 77 as well....
Still 24 hours of ambulance shifts left to beat off No. 77 as well....
Saturday, 11 July 2009
High-buzzz ridin'
AH my gosh. Had a post-results celebration (not mine, clearly) with R & F (1st & 2.2, respectively, in 1st & 2nd year, again respectively) with a trip to Alton Towers.
NEVER GO TO A THEME PARK WITH ADRENALINE JUNKIES.
Arrival. Drag Jelly across site. OBLIVION. Hello, Fear.
After a tense hour in the queue, we were strapped in. I was blocking blood flow to 3 of R's fingers. I couldn't also hold onto F since I wanted to hold onto some part of the harness!
Up, Up, Up.... Beautiful view.... Clunk. Tip forward. That looks a long way dow- ARGH! I swear my heart stopped for those split seconds freefalling towards a hole that doesn't look wide enough to admit all of us! The (incredibly short) rest of the ride passed in such a rush of adrenaline I loved it. I came off grinning. And shaking. And with a very bruised lip - I made the mistake of nibbling it as we came to the top, and on the downfall the G was so much I couldn't retract my teeth from my lip. Gorgeous teeth marks in face for the rest of the day!
Then Blade. Dislike. Staring towards the (distant) ground with little gravity is bearable on Oblivion, cos it's split-second, but repeatedly? No. I hate rocking boats. End of. I even insisted we sit in the middle, wuss that I am.
What else? Ooh, Runaway Mine Train! My favourite (til later)! That's my kinda-coaster! Not too fast, not dangerous enough to require full body harness, but still a bit of an adrenaline thing! And we have an awesome ride photo of me squealing in excitement and R looking very chilled, as usual.
Then we had 'wuss-time'. Twirling Toadstool! F opted out, assigned to camera duty. R & I enjoyed it tons :) Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Ride! This was great! Boat ride down a chocolate river with all the scenes from the movie! And then a ride in the Incredible Glass Elevator - amazing graphics and motion effects!
And spooky time.... Duel first - this was ace. I absolutely hate haunted houses, but give me a laser gun and they become so much less scary! However, I was crap. My score was in the low single digit thousands, compared to R's 42K. Hehe, boys and their toys!
HEX. Totally creeped me out. The video's bit I was alright with, cos it wasn't too freaky, but ohmigosh the swing! Really disorientating when you see the ceiling disappear BENEATH you! Once in a time kinda ride though, cos once you work out what's happening I bet it isn't half so weird.
We got in the queue for Spinball Wizard, but it broke while we were waiting, so we gave up on it :( Looked really good though! Rita was closed for the whole day, which was pretty gutting for F, who'd never been on it and was dying to try!
Quick trip back to X-Sector, where F & R went on Submission. I wussed for camera duty. I hate upside down! They enjoyed it though. Crazy people!
Next, over to Forbidden Valley.... R & F went back on Blade, to sit as near the back as they could get for maximum no-gravity freakiness. I chilled. They went on Nemesis (and hated it, haha!) while I went for a wander round the park. Ok, in honesty, I was trying for another go on the Runaway Train, but I went the wrong way, and the queue was massive, and I.... you get the picture. No more train :(
So, we'd done Oblivion and Nemesis. The last one of the big 3 remained. AIR. Pretty late in the day by now, so we got on with less than quarter hour wait, and I was SO nervous! Mainly of dropping out of the harness, but also - upside downy bits! And very fast! And just general rollercoaster ARGHness! So, once again, depriving R's fingers of circulation, we set off.
WHOOSH.
It was AWESOME!!! My first coherent words were 'can we do that again??'
So we did :) And it was even more awesome, cos I finally let go of the harness and flew! I'd have gone round a third time if R & F weren't so knackered and ready for home...
Bye-bye, rollercoaster virginity. I won't miss you at all! Now, when can we go back???
NEVER GO TO A THEME PARK WITH ADRENALINE JUNKIES.
Arrival. Drag Jelly across site. OBLIVION. Hello, Fear.
After a tense hour in the queue, we were strapped in. I was blocking blood flow to 3 of R's fingers. I couldn't also hold onto F since I wanted to hold onto some part of the harness!
Up, Up, Up.... Beautiful view.... Clunk. Tip forward. That looks a long way dow- ARGH! I swear my heart stopped for those split seconds freefalling towards a hole that doesn't look wide enough to admit all of us! The (incredibly short) rest of the ride passed in such a rush of adrenaline I loved it. I came off grinning. And shaking. And with a very bruised lip - I made the mistake of nibbling it as we came to the top, and on the downfall the G was so much I couldn't retract my teeth from my lip. Gorgeous teeth marks in face for the rest of the day!
Then Blade. Dislike. Staring towards the (distant) ground with little gravity is bearable on Oblivion, cos it's split-second, but repeatedly? No. I hate rocking boats. End of. I even insisted we sit in the middle, wuss that I am.
What else? Ooh, Runaway Mine Train! My favourite (til later)! That's my kinda-coaster! Not too fast, not dangerous enough to require full body harness, but still a bit of an adrenaline thing! And we have an awesome ride photo of me squealing in excitement and R looking very chilled, as usual.
Then we had 'wuss-time'. Twirling Toadstool! F opted out, assigned to camera duty. R & I enjoyed it tons :) Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Ride! This was great! Boat ride down a chocolate river with all the scenes from the movie! And then a ride in the Incredible Glass Elevator - amazing graphics and motion effects!
And spooky time.... Duel first - this was ace. I absolutely hate haunted houses, but give me a laser gun and they become so much less scary! However, I was crap. My score was in the low single digit thousands, compared to R's 42K. Hehe, boys and their toys!
HEX. Totally creeped me out. The video's bit I was alright with, cos it wasn't too freaky, but ohmigosh the swing! Really disorientating when you see the ceiling disappear BENEATH you! Once in a time kinda ride though, cos once you work out what's happening I bet it isn't half so weird.
We got in the queue for Spinball Wizard, but it broke while we were waiting, so we gave up on it :( Looked really good though! Rita was closed for the whole day, which was pretty gutting for F, who'd never been on it and was dying to try!
Quick trip back to X-Sector, where F & R went on Submission. I wussed for camera duty. I hate upside down! They enjoyed it though. Crazy people!
Next, over to Forbidden Valley.... R & F went back on Blade, to sit as near the back as they could get for maximum no-gravity freakiness. I chilled. They went on Nemesis (and hated it, haha!) while I went for a wander round the park. Ok, in honesty, I was trying for another go on the Runaway Train, but I went the wrong way, and the queue was massive, and I.... you get the picture. No more train :(
So, we'd done Oblivion and Nemesis. The last one of the big 3 remained. AIR. Pretty late in the day by now, so we got on with less than quarter hour wait, and I was SO nervous! Mainly of dropping out of the harness, but also - upside downy bits! And very fast! And just general rollercoaster ARGHness! So, once again, depriving R's fingers of circulation, we set off.
WHOOSH.
It was AWESOME!!! My first coherent words were 'can we do that again??'
So we did :) And it was even more awesome, cos I finally let go of the harness and flew! I'd have gone round a third time if R & F weren't so knackered and ready for home...
Bye-bye, rollercoaster virginity. I won't miss you at all! Now, when can we go back???
Stories for Strawberry Selling
9. North And South - Elizabeth Gaskell
One of the classics bought for me, by R, for my birthday. LOVED IT! I'm a sucker for a classic with a fiesty girl. In fact, I'm a sucker for any book with a fiesty girl! Margaret was pretty bloody awesome though. Rejecting two proposals (I'd have taken Mr Thornton on first glance!) and throwing herself in front of a baying mob, while having a chronically ill friend, a dying mother, and a preoccupied father. Totally psyched to read 'Mary Barton' now, if this is a toned down Gaskell!
10. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Another R classic :) Well, whoah. Totally struggled to follow it to start with, what with so many characters everywhere, but it got easier once Ellen took up the story. Think it definitely needs a re-read, though, to properly get it. I never really sympathised with any of them, except maybe Ellen, but was I supposed to? Heathcliff is kind of an 'emo of yesteryear', while Edgar... PANSY! And Catherine plain annoyed me. Yes, both of them (Complicated much?!).
One of the classics bought for me, by R, for my birthday. LOVED IT! I'm a sucker for a classic with a fiesty girl. In fact, I'm a sucker for any book with a fiesty girl! Margaret was pretty bloody awesome though. Rejecting two proposals (I'd have taken Mr Thornton on first glance!) and throwing herself in front of a baying mob, while having a chronically ill friend, a dying mother, and a preoccupied father. Totally psyched to read 'Mary Barton' now, if this is a toned down Gaskell!
10. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
Another R classic :) Well, whoah. Totally struggled to follow it to start with, what with so many characters everywhere, but it got easier once Ellen took up the story. Think it definitely needs a re-read, though, to properly get it. I never really sympathised with any of them, except maybe Ellen, but was I supposed to? Heathcliff is kind of an 'emo of yesteryear', while Edgar... PANSY! And Catherine plain annoyed me. Yes, both of them (Complicated much?!).
Friday, 26 June 2009
Inseparable, me and my book.
8. The Girls - Lori Lansens
Awesome. Really takes you into the characters. Not much in way of plot, but really feels... real. And anything with something as rare as craniophagus twins is always gonna lure me in :D
Awesome. Really takes you into the characters. Not much in way of plot, but really feels... real. And anything with something as rare as craniophagus twins is always gonna lure me in :D
Sunday, 21 June 2009
Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go...
86. Waitressing, at the agriculture show. Check.
89. Strawberry picking. That's manual, right?
89. Strawberry picking. That's manual, right?
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