And I don't like it one bit.
Fuck snow.
What is good about it?
Ok, it's pretty for like the first day. And sledding and stuff is fun when you're a kid.
But like the only other good thing is skiing, and I'm not much of a skier, so as far as I'm concerned, we can just skip this winter thing and skip right into summer.
Please?!
So today was a shitty day at work. Just one of those days that I was so busy I felt like I never got a chance to catch up. Felt like I was always out of the loop. Five minutes behind and a dollar short. I just wanted to go home. But when I finally got out of the OR I learned that there was another emergency case added on.
And this one.... this one gets to me. Major ethical dilemma. I probably shouldn't post it online, but basically we took out some body parts without permission. Ones that she will miss and can/will change her life forever. Not cool in my book.
So finally it's 830 and I get to leave.
And I walk out to my car, and it's snowing yet again.
And my fucking battery is dead.
DAMMIT.
I call the security desk at the hospital. "oh sorry our battery charger is broken". I asked the maniac kid plowing the parking lot (which must have been plowed about an hour previously- it had about 1/4" of snow on the ground, not sure why he was doing it again.) He just acted like I was annoying him, and sneered that no, he did not have cables. Hmm. I call another friend who I know is on vacation and doing nothing. He's in Rochester. I call my intern, hoping he's still in the hospital- nope he's already gone. I call my dad, who can't help, but who will listen to me bitch. Finally call my landlord, who came to the rescue. (Consider yourselves lucky PMT, you were next on the list since you're nearby!) Guess I could have called AAA but I thought it would take forever. Fortunately the car started right up.
But I learned two things.
1- my gloves are not warm AT ALL
2- neither are my boots. Waterproof, yes. Warm, no.
I honestly started to worry that I had frostnip- my fingers and toes were tingly and painful, and then numb. Finally, 2 hours and a cup of cocoa later, they are almost warmed up. And I wasn't even outside that long. I was in my (unheated) car most of the time.
So I just let my car run in the garage for an hour to charge the battery (and build up toxic levels of fumes.) I really hope it starts in the morning.
But one good thing-
I LOVE this new CD. I can't stop listening to it.
"We the Vehicles" by Maritime.
(I feel like someone has posted about it before. (e:hodown)? Or am I crazy?)
Check out my user song. I seriously love it. "Parade of punk rock tshirts" by Maritime.
Sleep tight peeps. :)
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02/06/2007 23:09 #38046
God DAMN it's cold out!02/04/2007 15:31 #38009
random ramblingThis weekend has seemed so long, but so fast...
I have spent the whole thing on call, which always keeps me a little on edge.
It's damn cold out. I don't like it. I am ready for summer. And as I was grumbling about my taxes yesterday, I was thinking "and what exactly do my taxes provide me?" I don't use the city's schools or any of that. And as I slid around corners on my multiple trips to and from the hospital, I thought "apparently not prompt snow-clearing services in the city". Well MY street NEVER gets plowed, so I've come to not expect that. But when I went in yesterday at 7, it seemed like nothing had been done even on the main roads. I figured I'd give them a break, it was the weekend. But when I had to go in again at 4pm, the roads were still a mess. Neverending battle I guess.
Then last night went to Empire Grill on Hertel. I'd never been there before. It was pretty damn tasty. The med students wanted to take us (the residents) out. Since I was on call, no drinking, but I could at least go along for the ride. so a nice dinner, then back to one of the studs' apartment for a bit of an 80's dance party. It was fun. This was an awesome bunch of med students (not to mention one was nice eye candy). But they're so sweet. At the end of the nght they all gave me huge hugs and said how much they liked working with me (even though I only worked with them for a week.) They were probably just trying to kiss up, but I'll take it. ;) My pager was mercifully silent- to the point that I was afraid maybe the battery had died. Then back in to work this morning, and a trip to wegman's, which was a bad decision. Forgot about last-minute super-bowl-party panic shoppers.
And tonight the stupid superbowl. I hate football. I don't even know (or care) what teams are playing. BUT, I have a nice tv, and I like hanging out with people, so maybe I should do something. We'll see.
I think it's about time to make a new mix. I have gotten so much new music lately that I haven't even had a chance to listen to it all. Here's a list
Okkervil River
Neutral Milk Hotel
Maritime (I'm digging this one)
Deerhof (haven't listened yet)
Arcade Fire
Peter Bjorn and John (love love love!)
The new Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The new Shins (sounds great so far)
pre-ordered the new Bloc Party and the new Modest Mouse
Of Montreal (also cool)
Mezzanine Owls
Bright Eyes (the jury is still out on that one, but I like the lyric "i want a lover I don't have to love. I want a girl who's just out to give a fuck" or "I want a lover I don't have to love. I want a boy who's so drunk he doesn't talk."
In fact, I think I will make it my new user song.
Yup, done!
Ok, enough for this pointless random post.
Later peeps!
-J
I have spent the whole thing on call, which always keeps me a little on edge.
It's damn cold out. I don't like it. I am ready for summer. And as I was grumbling about my taxes yesterday, I was thinking "and what exactly do my taxes provide me?" I don't use the city's schools or any of that. And as I slid around corners on my multiple trips to and from the hospital, I thought "apparently not prompt snow-clearing services in the city". Well MY street NEVER gets plowed, so I've come to not expect that. But when I went in yesterday at 7, it seemed like nothing had been done even on the main roads. I figured I'd give them a break, it was the weekend. But when I had to go in again at 4pm, the roads were still a mess. Neverending battle I guess.
Then last night went to Empire Grill on Hertel. I'd never been there before. It was pretty damn tasty. The med students wanted to take us (the residents) out. Since I was on call, no drinking, but I could at least go along for the ride. so a nice dinner, then back to one of the studs' apartment for a bit of an 80's dance party. It was fun. This was an awesome bunch of med students (not to mention one was nice eye candy). But they're so sweet. At the end of the nght they all gave me huge hugs and said how much they liked working with me (even though I only worked with them for a week.) They were probably just trying to kiss up, but I'll take it. ;) My pager was mercifully silent- to the point that I was afraid maybe the battery had died. Then back in to work this morning, and a trip to wegman's, which was a bad decision. Forgot about last-minute super-bowl-party panic shoppers.
And tonight the stupid superbowl. I hate football. I don't even know (or care) what teams are playing. BUT, I have a nice tv, and I like hanging out with people, so maybe I should do something. We'll see.
I think it's about time to make a new mix. I have gotten so much new music lately that I haven't even had a chance to listen to it all. Here's a list
Okkervil River
Neutral Milk Hotel
Maritime (I'm digging this one)
Deerhof (haven't listened yet)
Arcade Fire
Peter Bjorn and John (love love love!)
The new Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The new Shins (sounds great so far)
pre-ordered the new Bloc Party and the new Modest Mouse
Of Montreal (also cool)
Mezzanine Owls
Bright Eyes (the jury is still out on that one, but I like the lyric "i want a lover I don't have to love. I want a girl who's just out to give a fuck" or "I want a lover I don't have to love. I want a boy who's so drunk he doesn't talk."
In fact, I think I will make it my new user song.
Yup, done!
Ok, enough for this pointless random post.
Later peeps!
-J
01/31/2007 20:56 #37943
yum!Chocolate covered...
ginger flavored...
Altoids?
Odd, but very yum. I want to chomp down the whole box.
They also have cinnamon and peppermint.
and paul this site made me think of you:
The Candy Warehouse
ginger flavored...
Altoids?
Odd, but very yum. I want to chomp down the whole box.
They also have cinnamon and peppermint.
and paul this site made me think of you:
The Candy Warehouse02/03/2007 15:53 #37958
nickel and dimingUgh. Stupid taxes.
So last year I didn't get a refund. Didn't owe MUCH, but still, was hoping for a refund.
All my friends got refunds. So the time has come this year that people are talking about what to buy with their refunds. I was kind of eyeing a wii...
So I sat down to do my taxes. They're really not complicated. I have one W-2 form. A million dollars in loans, but they're deferred so they don't count. An IRA that somehow is out of the tax loop.
So I used turbo tax, with a 20% discount from my bank.
And I owed, again. Dammit! Owed $62 federal, and got $32 from the state.
Turbotax saved me nothing, so I wondered what my $45 went towards. And then I printed out my return. Freaking 1040EZ. I could have done that myself for free.
Oh well. I guess it's good I didn't owe a lot.
I am on call all weekend and it blows.
The ER just called about a butt abscess.
Gross. I have already written about how much i hate butt abscesses- (e:jenks,23)
I am going to make them wait for me to eat before I go see it, since it's passive aggressive of them to call me about something they can take care of themselves. Fuckers.
I hope you are all having a less lame weekend than I.
So last year I didn't get a refund. Didn't owe MUCH, but still, was hoping for a refund.
All my friends got refunds. So the time has come this year that people are talking about what to buy with their refunds. I was kind of eyeing a wii...
So I sat down to do my taxes. They're really not complicated. I have one W-2 form. A million dollars in loans, but they're deferred so they don't count. An IRA that somehow is out of the tax loop.
So I used turbo tax, with a 20% discount from my bank.
And I owed, again. Dammit! Owed $62 federal, and got $32 from the state.
Turbotax saved me nothing, so I wondered what my $45 went towards. And then I printed out my return. Freaking 1040EZ. I could have done that myself for free.
Oh well. I guess it's good I didn't owe a lot.
I am on call all weekend and it blows.
The ER just called about a butt abscess.
Gross. I have already written about how much i hate butt abscesses- (e:jenks,23)
I am going to make them wait for me to eat before I go see it, since it's passive aggressive of them to call me about something they can take care of themselves. Fuckers.
I hope you are all having a less lame weekend than I.
jenks - 02/03/07 17:57
yeah chico you're right, I know. At the end of turbotax they gave you the option of doing a form to adjust your witholding, but they say the ideal is to owe just a little- like you said it's a waste for them to hold your money all year. But it sure would be nice to get a big fat check that I wasn't expecting. One chick said she's getting $4k back!! And going on vacation. and imk- I dunno, I'm just withholding whatever they take out of my check automatically. But I still might buy a wii. I'm debating.
yeah chico you're right, I know. At the end of turbotax they gave you the option of doing a form to adjust your witholding, but they say the ideal is to owe just a little- like you said it's a waste for them to hold your money all year. But it sure would be nice to get a big fat check that I wasn't expecting. One chick said she's getting $4k back!! And going on vacation. and imk- I dunno, I'm just withholding whatever they take out of my check automatically. But I still might buy a wii. I'm debating.
chico - 02/03/07 17:14
jenks,
If you think about it from an economic/finance perspective, you're probably better off owing a few bucks to the Feds in April than collecting a few hundred from them, even though it doesn't feel as nice. Reason being that refund comes from somewhere -- extra money withheld from your paychecks over the previous year -- and so during the previous year you had more money to invest, save, blow on new Apple gadgetry, etc. And if you didn't blow it on cool stuff, that means you were able to invest it somewhere, hopefully where it was bearing interest for YOU. If on the other hand you let the Feds overcollect from you, sure, they'll give you the refund. But the Feds keep the interest on that money. So, feel better about this, because at least the Feds didn't work you over and steal your interest last year! :)
jenks,
If you think about it from an economic/finance perspective, you're probably better off owing a few bucks to the Feds in April than collecting a few hundred from them, even though it doesn't feel as nice. Reason being that refund comes from somewhere -- extra money withheld from your paychecks over the previous year -- and so during the previous year you had more money to invest, save, blow on new Apple gadgetry, etc. And if you didn't blow it on cool stuff, that means you were able to invest it somewhere, hopefully where it was bearing interest for YOU. If on the other hand you let the Feds overcollect from you, sure, they'll give you the refund. But the Feds keep the interest on that money. So, feel better about this, because at least the Feds didn't work you over and steal your interest last year! :)
imk2 - 02/03/07 16:30
jenks, you ever think that maybe your friends that are getting the refunds are just having more withheld throughout the year than you? what are you claiming? 0 on federal and 0 on state? if so, well, then, youre kinda fucked. nothing you can do. unless you have a kid. it will save you a ton of money on your taxes. you can keep it in the basement, with the bunnies.
are you buying the wii? i have a coupon to circuit city for $40 off of a $199 purchase good till 3/31. i reckon they should be in stock by then. i think i will buy one with it and can make you a copy of the coupon.
jenks, you ever think that maybe your friends that are getting the refunds are just having more withheld throughout the year than you? what are you claiming? 0 on federal and 0 on state? if so, well, then, youre kinda fucked. nothing you can do. unless you have a kid. it will save you a ton of money on your taxes. you can keep it in the basement, with the bunnies.
are you buying the wii? i have a coupon to circuit city for $40 off of a $199 purchase good till 3/31. i reckon they should be in stock by then. i think i will buy one with it and can make you a copy of the coupon.
01/30/2007 16:28 #37925
Housing (not gross!)Ok since a few peeps seem to be looking for places, I swiped this flyer at work today. But there's no date on it, so in all honesty it could be from last year- I don't know how often they change them.
There's a pic (sorry I don't have a scanner to include it)- but it looks like a nice little house with a small front yard and garden.
It says-
Apartment for rent
Features:
-first floor, 2 bedrooms, nice closets
-hardwood floors, berber carpets, freshly painted
-well insulated, LOW utility bills (gas- avg. $63/mo)
-updated kitched w/ stove and refrigerator, great cupboard space
-dining alcove off kitchen
-washer/dryer hookups/ dry basement w/ storage area
-quiet street in elmwood village, walk to shops, hospitals, etc
-owner occupies upper apt only in summer, VERY quiet
-no pets/no smoking
675/mo plus utilities, includes one off street spot
or
700/mo for the same with one garage spot.
Available July 1, call 884-5273
No idea if it's a dump, but the pix look cute so I figured I'd pass it on...
There's a pic (sorry I don't have a scanner to include it)- but it looks like a nice little house with a small front yard and garden.
It says-
Apartment for rent
Features:
-first floor, 2 bedrooms, nice closets
-hardwood floors, berber carpets, freshly painted
-well insulated, LOW utility bills (gas- avg. $63/mo)
-updated kitched w/ stove and refrigerator, great cupboard space
-dining alcove off kitchen
-washer/dryer hookups/ dry basement w/ storage area
-quiet street in elmwood village, walk to shops, hospitals, etc
-owner occupies upper apt only in summer, VERY quiet
-no pets/no smoking
675/mo plus utilities, includes one off street spot
or
700/mo for the same with one garage spot.
Available July 1, call 884-5273
No idea if it's a dump, but the pix look cute so I figured I'd pass it on...
You always give such good music recommendations! It's awesome.
Great song, sorry about the car woes. My maroon marauder has been a stud through this weather. It's a little Galant that I think is speaking yiddish to me when I start it up "No fuuuuuuckin wayyyyy!" But off she goes.
Knock wood