Delicious Placebo

1. Would you ever work MDRF again or is that bloom off the rose? I would work again, but would rather be somewhere quiet and relaxed.  Bullseye was good, but just too hectic for my taste.

2. How is your current career different from the career you thought you’d have right after high school? This is pretty much the career I have been hoping to have my whole life, yay!

3. You’ve mentioned your Mom before – what is the one lesson she taught you that you use most in your day-to-day life? (btw – I bet she rocked !) Well, since she died before I old enough to learn much from her, all of my lessons come from things I know about her, not from her.  I would have to say that the very biggest lesson is that suicide is bad, and it really hurts the people who love you.  That has been important for me to remember.

4. Here’s a personal one? briefs, bikinis, boyshorts, thongs, or commando? All of the above!  It just depends on what I’m wearing, and what time of the month it is.

5. Borrowing from kudrasslipper: If you had to eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? Can it be like a 5 course meal? A greek salad, steak and broccoli, and fruit salad (I’m trying to think of what would keep me going the best and still be tasty.. if I didn’t care about weight or nutrition, I’d say ice cream)

NOW:
1. Leave me a comment saying, “Interview me.” -
2. I will respond by asking you 5 questions of a personal nature.
3. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them 5 questions.

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1.  Do you like Bleu Cheese? *nom* *nom* *nom*
2. Have you ever smoked a cigarette?  nope
3. Do you own a gun? Guns both terrify and entice me, but no
4. What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? never even seen a Sonic ‘cept on TV
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? I am terrified of doctors.  I almost always cancel my appointments, its that bad.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? meh
7. Favorite Christmas song? Carroll of the Bells
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Cranberry Juice
9. Can you do push ups? I used to be awesome at push-ups.  I have arthritis now, arthritis sucks big time.
10. What is your favorite movie? Fight Club (I am Jack’s total surprise)
11. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? Duh, my big ‘ol diamond!
12. Favorite hobby? learning to make, but never actually making, stuff
13. Do you like your life? meh
14. Do you have A.D.D.?  No, I just have a lot of ideas.
15. What’s one trait that you hate about yourself? my body
16. Middle name? Ann
17. Name 3 thoughts at this moment: I wonder what people think of this, damn it’s late, I wish there was more Yeager
18. Name 3 things you bought yesterday:  ummmm.. I don’t think I bought anything yesterday.  It’s still Thursday for me
19. Name 3 drinks you drink regularly:  water, pepsi or dew, cranberry juice
20. Current worry right now? why the hell do I have to be so damn fat
21. Current hate right now? my body
22. Favorite place to be? In front of a computer
23. How did you bring in the New Year? at work, watching the ball drop via streaming video in the hospital basement eating 7-11 hot dogs
24. Where would you like to go? away from everyone else
25. Name three people who will complete this:  I can name three that already have, does that count?
26. Who’s answer do you want to read the most?   um, everyone?
27. What color shirt are you wearing? Grey (go army!.. no really, that’s what it says)
28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? Synthetic materials make me feel icky
29. Can you whistle? yup
30. Favorite color?  pink *squee!*
31. Would you be a pirate?  meh
32. What songs do you sing in the shower? I don’t
33. What’s in your pocket right now? don’t have any pockets
34. Last thing that made you laugh? I don’t remember, probably my retarded dog
35. Best bed sheets as a child? They were sheets.. my family didn’t go in for that kind of thing
36. Worst injury you’ve ever had? When I broke my 5th metacarpal the day after I got outa SP
37. Do you love where you live? I love my house, I wish it was in a neighborhood where I felt ok going outside alone
38. Favorite boy name:  meh
39. Favorite girl name: Evelyn
40. How many TVs do you have in your house?  1 – but we watch TV on the computers, of which there are 7 (monitors)
41. Who is your loudest friend? loud? um.. that depends entirely on how much alcohol is involved
42. is missing  childhood
43. How many animals do you have?  2 dawgs
44. Does someone have a crush on you? I heard likes me, but thats prolly just a rumor
45. What is your favorite book? Any one of Chuck’s first 4 or 5ish books
46. What is your favorite candy? anything fruity (gummy bears, skittles, starburst)
47. What is your favorite sports team? meh
48. What song do you want played at your funeral?  I dunno the name of the song, but it’s by the Greatful Dead.  My dad wanted it at his funeral and his gem of a third wife shat on that memory.. so for him.. it’ll be that one that goes “that wasn’t made, by the hands of.. something.. it’s a hand me down.. la la la something….”
49. What were you doing 12 AM last night?  at work, my shift ends at 12:30
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up this morning?  Oh hell no, this kid needs to learn to drive because Pasadena is fucking FAR

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Now that my hair is long enough again to use all of my hair accessories (hairsticks and such), I naturally want to chop it all off again.  My hair is long, heavy, and hot.  I hate having it in my face so it is ALWAYS up.  It either has to be long enough to completely put up, or short enough that is already out of my way.  Soooooo….. do I chop it all off again?  I can either go short and have some kind of girly hair or I can shave it again and then get some girly hair after it grows out. 
Whenever I cut it, I miss having hair to play with and put up into fun styles.  I also have not really wanted to do much fun styling since I’ve put on all this weight.  I don’t feel pretty so I don’t go out of my way to try and look nice.  In my never ending quest to make excuses for things, I figured that if I cut it I will have additional motivation to get my ass in shape so that when I have long hair again it will be all pretty on my slimmer body. 
Is that totally lame? Should I cut it? How short?

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One of America’s top rated hospitals, the University of Maryland Medical Center, is full of inept staff.  This was my call with one of the new attendings in the ER:

Dr Smartypants: Hello I have been calling all week to get my password to work and blah blah blah some other stuff about why nobody gave me a password and who I talked to yesterday and whatnot.

Me: Ok let me make sure your account is active.. *type* *type* *type* *lookupstuff*… Ok you’re account is active, and your password has been changed since the account was created.  Since you can’t log in, I will reset the password so that you can start over.

DSP: No I never logged in it doesn’t work.

Me: ok well someone did, because I can see it right here, the password was changed.  Anyway, let me make sure we have the spelling of your name correct (it was something ethnic-ish sounding).  It’s s-m-a-r-t-y-p-a-n-t-s correct?

DSP: yes that’s right

Me: ok I changed your password to ds1234, thats your initials and the numbers 1 2 3 4

DSP: ok i’ll try that *click*

…. and he hangs up, doesn’t bother to try it while we’re still on the phone…
*ring* *ring*

Me: Helpdesk, this is Me

DSP: the password you gave me does not work

Me: ok let me try it on my end (I go log in as him..) Yes, it works.  Are you typing in all lowercase? Make sure your caps lock is off

DSP: *type* *type* no it doesn’t work

…at this point I’m frustrated.  I know it works, I just logged in as him so I know it’s a matter of him not being able to spell his own name or mash out the 6 characters I gave him for his password…

Me: Sir, the password works.  I just used it with no problem.  Try again.

DSP: ok *type* *type* oh.. ok I see.. *mumble* *mumble*

…I can tell he is now reading the password change screen.  This screen has 3 fields.  Old Password – New Password – Retype Password.  PLEASE someone tell me if that is confusing because me, I think that makes sense.  I have lots of passwords for lots of things and when I have to change the password this is typically the kind of screen I see…As he mumbles to himself, I hear “ok old password (he says his name, presumably he also types his name) new password (he says his old password) retype password (says his old password again)…

DSP: no it doesn’t work

Me: No, it does work, you’re typing the wrong stuff.  That first box says “OLD PASSWORD” so type your old password (don’t get me started on people who can’t understand the concept of ‘old password’) Now in the next box type what you want your NEW password to be.  Then retype the SAME thing in the next box.  Then click OK

DSP: ok that seemed to work

I urge you, please, do not trust your doctor!!!  I understand they are supposed to be good at being doctors and things like technology may not be their forte.  I’m ok with that.  But if you can’t read a screen of prompts and then enter the requested information at those prompts, you have no business even walking upright.  I hate stupid people. Even more, I hate stupid people who think they are smart just because they’ve been through lots of years of school.

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