DIE SUPER!!! - G'morning, 2009!

[OblivionKnight]

...I don't think I'm going to acknowledge the above posts.  Mostly because I haven't paid attention since Monday >_>

Super: It was the cardiology resident coming to explain to us a patient we had consulted.  I asked why she was on 3 different beta-blockers, and the resident said, "no, she's only on one, the Coreg".  To which I pointed out that metoprolol, Coreg, and atenolol were beta-blockers.  Thankfully, the patient only got the Coreg (smart nurse, and I intervened fast enough), or they would have bottomed out.  But you'd think someone going to specialize in that area would know WHAT THE FUCK DRUGS YOU COMMONLY USE IN THAT SPECIALTY AREA.  Ahem.

On other pleasant notes:

I knew I'd see more illiterate people in WV.  On the other hand, I would have thought that healthcare professionals would recognize it more often.  Seriously, if a guy is consistently non-compliant, but can tell you the drugs he takes, there has to be something else going on >_>  Guy was admitted with symptoms consistent with taking too much of the wrong drug - he knew to take the right dose, but got the bottles confused.  

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I have to wonder if the tendency to create mangled latinglish phrases for inane reasons is just limited to the fields of law and medicine or if every hip academia circle just makes those on drunken margarita nights. Working with law text has fringe benefits and is more of a pain in the ass than raising a puppy.

[superaielman]

Half the motherfucking fight of medicine is getting the terms down. It's why they are such bastards about spelling and precise terminology in general in Anatomy.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Of course, I'm less concerned about the terminology than those authors' critical failure to properly use regency and gender assignment. Know which nouns have which gender, for the love of god. At least a mistaken latin phrase can be fixed with a google search and some judicious thinking. The level of grammar failure I see in a daily basis can't be cleansed by fire.

[superaielman]

Can't be too open about noun genders here Snow, or else Bard will make a pass at them.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I'm sure Mr. and Mrs. Justice will be elated at Bard's suave seduction skillz.

[Bardiche]

I've stopped making passes at people since ages, man.

And I've never hit on an object or part of a language before.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I've stopped making passes at people since ages, man.

The restraining order Tonfa has on you says otherwise, man. =(

[Cotigo]

Identification get.  Work Study get tomorrow.  Should study but eh video games.

[Veryslightlymad]

It's not very nice to post pictures of me without asking, Idun.  

*ducks and moves on*

Lady Door is a sometimes writer! I have folders full of half-started stuff, finished stuff (bad stuff and really bad stuff), and notesnotesnotesnotesideasnotes. When I get around to sending it out, I usually get published (go fig!), but I haven't tried the big paid markets yet because I am so goddamned lazy and not quite in the frame of mind to accept rejections with grace.

Instead, I am again editing someone else's novel! Sci fi this time.

*Smack* Bad.

If you can get the drive to write, may as well try to get published. Writing's a hell of a tough field in general. One of my favorite Sanderson comments was an offhanded line about how he wrote a half dozen novels before making one that he thought was publishable. (Elantris). Suppose that's true of all authors, but you got to try.

School starting again for me tomorrow. Summer was a glorious waste of time that I am going to probably regret on many levels in the long term, but damned if I didn't enjoy it.

Listen to this man. I'm (probably?!) older than you, and write way less, but I keep telling myself it's something I seriously want to do with my life. The solution isn't to wait until you feel good, it's to just write. Write write write. You've had some measure of success already! That should boost your confidence. Boooooooooooooost
FUCK YEAH, HORIZONTAL RULE!

I've stopped making passes at people since ages, man.

And I've never hit on an object or part of a language before.

You, my friend, have not LIVED.

[Idun]

I want sleep. :[

[Grefter]

LD obviously needs to write slash fanfics.  It is how you get published these days it seems.  Meyer, Paolini, etc. 

[Bardiche]

I've stopped making passes at people since ages, man.

The restraining order Tonfa has on you says otherwise, man. =(

I never hit on him.

[Veryslightlymad]

I've stopped making passes at people since ages, man.

The restraining order Tonfa has on you says otherwise, man. =(

I never hit on him.

You, my friend, have not LIVED.

[OblivionKnight]

LD obviously needs to write slash fanfics.  It is how you get published these days it seems.  Meyer, Paolini, etc. 

God, I am so hot.  Thanks for posting my pic for everyone, Gref!

[AndrewRogue]

I want a taco.

[Cmdr_King]

So... OK's sexiness inspires a fierce desire for tacos?  I think he's got a huge marketting window here.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

36ºC under the shade. I'd be more baffled to see that kind of temperature during winter, but it's pretty typical for these parts during the afternoon.

[superaielman]

*Whistles* About as bad as it was here today. Lucky you.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

The funny part is that it suddenly plummets to 19 ºC the minute 6PM kicks in. Ever since I got hired, I've been bringing my nightcoat for when I get back. In these almost five months, the coat hasn't been entirely unnecessary -once-. The center of Brazil has desert-like weather during the winter to spring lull.

[Luther Lansfeld]

Mwahahahahahahaha. NO MORE OF THAT WEATHER! IT IS 75/25 here today!!!!!

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

* Jo'ou Ranbu ships Ciato to Brazil~

[Luther Lansfeld]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

*kicks, screams* I WANT MY BEAUTIFUL WEATHER DAMMIT!

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

If the desert-like schizophrenia doesn't appease you, I can also send you to the country's north, where you get daily rain and 40 ºC heat waves. At the same time.

^_^

(Eerie perspective given you're moving tomorrow or something? Or did you already move to Canadiana?)

[Idun]

Dropped my Philosophy class.

Julia
 You are right to ask.  Actually, there is a prerequisite for Phil 3000:  Phil 2010, which is an introduction to philosophy course and quite different from Phil 1010, the critical thinking course for which you have received transfer credit.  So there is definitely material that the other students will have studied in 2010 that you will be missing. Let me know if you have additional questions, but I would say that the prudent thing for you to do would be to see if you can add another course at this stage and, if you can, to drop Phil 3000.

Thankfully I filled it with another class at the same time (as I need five classes a semester). History of Western Thinking, which is, WHAT, PHIL 3010, but has absolutely no prerequisite. I asked the professor if having 0 background in Philosophy would be an issue, she said no, so it's a keeper. Yep.