Jenks's Journal

04/09/2006 13:13 #23828

more music...

Hmmm... not too much to say lately I guess. I hate ECMC. I hate trauma. Spent 24 hours yesterday dealing with a guy in a car accident- started at 6:01- i hadn't even taken my coat off, when mercyflight got there. Then we had to go to CT scan and stuff- he was fucked up. High speed car accident, they don't know what happened except that they found him 40' from the car. His skull was broken in like 10 places, and his brain was dead. So we spent most of the day going through all the official tests and paperwork to declare him officially brain dead. Lots of family hanging around the ICU crying all day... it sucks. But some good came of it... we were in the OR from 2am to 6am harvesting his organs. That's a weird experience. I think the med student almost cried when she saw the heart start to slow down and stop. (like literally SAW the heart stop.) Tragedy that they couldn't use his heart for transplant. Nice healthy 28 year old heart went to "waste". Oh well... we got kidneys and liver, and they might take tissue (skin, bone, eyes, etc) too- so that can help at LEAST 3 people. And I stayed late to sew him up nicely. Figured it's the least I could do for the poor family...

Ok, sorry, wasn't planning on posting that but it just came out.

What I was PLANNING on doing was posting this song. A random friend that I love but never hear from (a frat brother of an ex) emailed it to me out of the blue... lyrics and all. And it seems to fit in with the theme around here lately...

So I give you 'your ex-lover is dead', by Stars.

Dammit. It's too big. So until I manage to crop it down somehow, you just get lyrics. And instead my user song is a boppy little techno tune (streamline, by newton) from this Pepsi commercial with Jimmy Fallon and Parker Posey. (I love when he scoots on his ass. Jimmy Fallon is adorable.)

Oh my god that one is too big too!!

Ok. Last one. Some happy indian dance music for Timika.

God that was strange to see you again
Introduced by a friend of a friend
Smiled and said 'yes I think we've met before'
In that instant it started to pour,
Captured a taxi despite all the rain
We drove in silence across pont champlain
And all of the time you thought I was sad
I was trying to remember your name...

This scar is a fleck on my porcelain skin
Tried to reach deep but you couldn't get in
Now you're outside me
You see all the beauty
Repent all your sin

It's nothing but time and a face that you lose
I chose to feel it and you couldn't chose
I'll write you a postcard
I'll send you the news
From a house down the road from real love...

Live through this, and you won't look back...
Live through this, and you won't look back...
Live through this, and you won't look back...

There's one thing I want to say, so I'll be brave
You were what I wanted
I gave what I gave
I'm not sorry I met you
I'm not sorry it's over
I'm not sorry there's nothing to say

I'm not sorry there's nothing to say...

olemanrunin - 04/09/06 21:48
sad, happy, funny commercial - you could be somebody's hero really - heroine...

deeglam - 04/09/06 18:26
trauma has to be sooooooooooo hard to work in. I can't even imagine the shit you see....man o man....

04/07/2006 23:50 #23827

Welsey Wellis

Funny.... in my last post I mentioned Wesley Willis ((e:jenks,105)). And then Lee mentioned him today. ((e:leetee,159)). So just for you Lee, my new usersound is "I whupped Batman's ass" by Wesley Willis himself. But since I just realized you can't hear usersounds, I will try to put it up (along with some other bonus songs) in Gather, if I can find it....

Ok, I found gather, in Firefox. Not working in safari at the moment it seems.
But anyway... my frist gather uploads-

0136918001144468795
"I whupped Batman's ass"

0760614001144468993
"Johnny Depp"

and finally-
0940069001144469087
"Suck a caribou's dick"

hope they work for you Lee!

leetee - 04/08/06 00:22
i couldnt pick up I wupped Batmans Ass" 'cause it has the same gather number as "Doin Time In Jail" that Zobar uploaded... interesting

leetee - 04/08/06 00:08
Thanks, Jenks! Working on getting them right now!! :)

leetee - 04/07/06 23:52
awe, thanks for the thought... putting it up on gather is very sweet of you. Hope you can get things sorted with gather on your computer. If you dont get the chance to put it up, then dont worry about it one bit. It really is the thought that counts. :)

04/06/2006 10:38 #23826

mmm, lint clot
Category: music

So I felt like switching up my song... and was looking through itunes... I have SO much music I have never even listened to... I found so many things I wanted to put up... Decided on this b/c this guy is so insane that it's funny. Makes me feel better about my life. ;)

ooh... speaking of insane... maybe i should put up Wesley Willis. There's an idea... You'll have to stay tuned. So much to share with you all!

And I am still taking suggestions for vacation... please!

-J

mrmike - 04/06/06 18:10
Pooh on cruises. ANything requiring a social director seems off. I prefer a knowledgeable conceirge myself. Sounds like a Jamaican beach would be the ticket.

mrdt - 04/06/06 14:03
i've never been on a cruise and usually my vactions are more of an adventure that wear me out more than everyday life. I think you just need to relax and soak up some sun, though. I'm thinking Mexico and not Americanized mexico like Cancun but somewhere you can soak up some culture and relax resting your body/mind while reinvigorating your soul. i'm thinking 4 nights, 5 days and the rest of the time you should explore Toronto or Niagara Falls--- there's a web site lastminuteclub.com that sells off vaction packages pretty cheap.

04/05/2006 11:36 #23825

cruise?
Category: vacation

Ok-
this will be very quick since as usual I am at work and should not be online.

I have a week of vacation coming up- first week of may. Happens to include the big 3-0 bday.

I want to go do something fun.
My wishes are- sun, fun, relaxing. I am more into the "lay around by the pool, get a tan, drink drinks with umbrellas, chill and relax, with occasional excursions", kind of vacation, than the "get up at 8am for aerobics and non-stop adventure EVERY DAY!" kind of vacation. (wow that was crazy grammar. Hope it made sense.)

I went to club med (turks and caicos) a few years ago- it was a blast. A little cheesy, but fun, and the all-inclusive aspect is great- never got out my wallet, bought a drink, paid a tip, etc, once.
Another thing I'm thinking might be fun is a cruise. Again I can handle a little cheese, but not too much. But i don't want a family-centered kiddie cruise, i don't want want a couples-only mushy romantic thing, but i also don't really want a cheesy singles thing...

so my point is-
anyone been on a cruise and have any recommendations? words of advice? i'm not really sure where to even start looking, which cruise lines are decent, etc.

Ok, so much for 'very quick', but now i need to get back to work.

thanks for any advice you may have, peeparoos.

-J

metalpeter - 04/06/06 19:47
Been On one Cruise it was preaty cool and it was fun. But I wasn't the one that planned. When you dock you can explore the places them selves or you can book excursions based on what you want to do. I would say if you go you should get off at each port you can do stuff on the ship as you travel between places. I know there are some that Leave from Florida, Atlanta and New York. If you belong to AAA they have a travel department that you can go to.

zobar - 04/05/06 20:37
I went on a Caribbean cruise with my family when I was ...15. Even as a sarcastic fucker I had a great time. It was very cheezy, but it seemed that it would be Wrong if it weren't. There was a great mix of people on the ship - there were families, and mushy couples, and cheezy singles, not to mention old peeps and a wedding party - but when everybody's all mixed up like that there's a real chill vibe. A word of warning, at least on Carnival the price is not _all_ inclusive; you pay for liquor and some other things when you leave the ship. [This causes a shock for many people.]

- Z

jenks - 04/05/06 19:43
no way... I'm 30 on cinco de mayo too! 5/5/76 baby! Birthday buddy... I knew you seemed cool. ;)

codypomeray - 04/05/06 19:28
your birthday is the first week of may!!! so is mine. cinco di maio!!! big 3-0 for me as well!!! a fellow taurean. that rocks. well hopefully you end up doing something brilliant. i think i am going to try and get all of my friends to go to a bar in the city where you bring your own booze and everyone hangs in this room and sings karoake. (sp?) just an idea for me at least.

04/04/2006 18:08 #23824

The shining
Category: movies

This is awesome...

I finally just followed the link in an email a friend sent me months ago...
I guess there was a contest where people re-cut the trailers to famous movies to make them seem like something different- the winner was for the the Shining.
Check it out- worth it I promise.

What is with the freaky snow today??

I am in major culture shock... At Children's we're not allowed to do ANYTHING without getting approval from the Fellows, which is why people hate it so much. But overnight I went from that, to ECMC where my interns are asking me "what do you want to do, boss?" I'm not sure I remember how to make decisions on my own...
And we skin-grafted some burned hands today... For some reason that one case makes me kind of queasy. Burns in general are gross, and hands are especially bad. shudder... gives me the chills. But, he should be fine, so that's good.

People get burned in the stupidest ways... I'm coming to learn that most (serious) burns involve some majorly stupid choices. Like falling asleep with your cigarette with your oxygen on.... throwing gasoline on a fire while drunk... or a good one today- taking a hammer and chisel to the gas tank of a car that's been on its side in your backyard for six years. (he assumed that the gas would be gone after all that time, but didn't bother to check- and it exploded on him.)

And my tongue hurts... I got "a talking to" yesterday about the tongue ring... Seems someone took issue, and rather than talk to me about it, went over my head to the fucking CHAIRMAN. Not cool. But he told me that he'd never noticed it, didn't personally have a problem with it, and admitted that there is no dress code and thus he can't MAKE me take it out. Also said that I am judged by my performance, and that as long as this doesn't affect my performance, I should be ok. Said he'd like to just put in my file that we "had this conversation" and he will "leave it to my discretion" and leave it at that. So I'm not really sure what to do... No, they can't MAKE me take it out. But at the same time, surgery is an ultra-conservative old boys' club. And I don't want to rock the boat. I'd always said that the minute someone said something, i'd take it out... But now that that time has come- I don't really want to. I mean I guess I'm not that especially attached to the thing, but it's been in 9 years... would feel weird without it. So today i switched to a 'flesh colored' retainer... but it's too short and has sort of sharp edges, so it's hurting me and making it feel weird to eat.
What a bunch of BS though. Isn't it 2006 around here? Bleh.

Hmm... seems my bi-weekly thai craving is setting in. Might have to see what I can do about that, since it's been so long since I've been to the grocery story that I've been eating popcorn/toast for dinner lately.

take care peeps.
-j

p.s. dare I admit my horrible guilty-pleasure purchase? I just bought the new Sean Paul cd. I think I should be embarrassed. But... but.... I must admit the beat makes me bop my head. I have no shame. ;)

jenks - 04/04/06 21:56
oh my god that's horrible... But I can totally believe it. Yes, the burn unit is right across the hall from the TICU. And to be honest, I can't believe that doesn't happen more often. The nurses in there are superhuman to do what they do... Scrubbing and scraping all that raw, burned skin till it bleeds (sorry, was that too much?)... While the patients are screaming for them to stop... Twice a day, with (i'm sure) not nearly enough morphine. Yeah... I'm not usually comfortable with my "authority" and I'm not really into the "you do it because I'm the doctor and you're the nurse" attitude- but that is one thing I gladly leave to them.

mrdt - 04/04/06 21:36
Or my personal favorite:
proceed to the 3-bay sink, which is filled with ice and water, and take an enormous gravity bong-hit from the 3 liter bottle, meanwhile your saute pan heating up is getting way two hot.

Fire the fish. add fat to the pan and watch it start to burn and flare up. remove pan from heat. add the fish to pan --- hot fat flies from the pan to hand instantly killing nerves and sending cold messages to the brain.

Suck it up like a man and get back to work. no time for the hospital, not with orders up. ice it gradually... remember it everytime you look at your hand... respect the fire.

imk2 - 04/04/06 21:32
ha ha, your posts remind me of grey's anatomy episodes. i say leave the tounge ring. have you ever read the tipping point? it can take just one person to preciptate change.

regarding the burns...i remeber when my daughters father was at the ICU at ECMC for months, which was and might still be on the same floor as the burn unit, and a man got free from the burn unit and ran down the hall and started scraming at all the people in the ICU waiting unit..."THEY"RE KILLING ME HERE, PLEASE HELP HELP HELP....." and was pleading with anyone who would listen, until the nurses or orderlies caught up to him and hauled him away. it was so disturbing. like a scene out of a movie, because i can gurantee you, everyone who was standing there, wondered if they're really torturing this man, even if our rational minds told us otherwise.

sorry for the grammar and the mispellings, i'm a little drunk,....well a lot of drunk...i know, i know, it's only 9pm but i've been drinking since 5pm and have been rechecking this comment for the last 20 min.