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Memes

2009-12-03T06:48:47Z

Memes
You know how sometimes people on your friends list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute. Since when were they working THERE? Since when were they dating HIM/HER? Since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

Please copy the topics below, erase my answers and put yours in their place, and then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration. One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out.

1. First name: Erin. I go by my middle name, Alicja, pronounced A-leet-see-ah

2. Age: 24, almost the big 2-5. Incidentally, that's also my "golden" birthday, as I was born on the 25th

3. Location:Vancouver, BC. Just moved here in September, across the country from everything and everyone I know.

4. Occupation: RN on spinal unit (people who break their backs/need elective surgery) neuro (the brain and nothing but the brain) and burns, plastics and trauma (NOT cosmetic plastic surgery.)

5. Partner: Just Chris. We are boringly vanilla compared to most of his friends.

6. Kids: Not yet. one day..like 5 years from now.

7. Siblings: My sister Frannie, step sister Millie and step brother Shelbie. Mostly I talk about my sister.

8. Pets: Two cats, George and Reggie. George is now bigger than Reggie, although I don't think HE knows that yet. She still rules the house with an iron fist.

9. 3 biggest things going on in my life:
A) I am currently working towards a short term goal of working in the Intensive Care Unit. This will take a much longer time than I want to, however it's kinda necessary if I want to, you know, be a good nurse.
B) My sister is having a BABY!! So I'm busy chatting to her about that and trying to figure out how I'm gonna make it home for the delivery.
C) my sister is getting married! so I'm helping plan the wedding/showers/etc.

10. Parents: Ed and Jackie (married to Mike). Although they seem like pretty much normal people (my dad anyway. my mom is batshit crazy) my dad has a remarkably interesting past.

11. Some of my closest friends are: very far away from me right now.

Adventures in Sleep Dentinstry

2009-04-23T04:28:03Z

so, I had to go get a tooth removed, and due to my dental history and HIGH anxiety related to dentists, they gave me a sedative. It was a drug called Triazolam. I remember getting my blood pressure taken before taking the medication, going to lie down, chatting with one of the assistants for a while, getting hooked up to an O2 sat monitor and then I had to pee. they seemed really concerned with the whole peeing thing, and they called for some help. At this point I'm thinking "what? the drugs haven't taken into effect yet, I'm okay" then I tried to stand up..and it didn't work. They gave me a SHITLOAD of freezing (like 2 20cc syringes).
This is Chris filling me in.
At one point, they had to call him in the room to help get my arm out of my sleave cuz i couldn't life my arm up. They asked me to hold my arm up, and I managed to get it..nowhere. So Chris held my arm up so they could take my blood pressure. I can remember some of tooh extraction, but not a whole lot. Chris left after they took my blood pressure the first time so he could fill the prescription for pain medication and go get my crocheting that I left at the hospital the night before. Apparently like 6 people helped him look for it, so thank you for that. I remember thinking during the extraction "I hope they give him the tooth, I want to look at it" I also remember him doing the stitches and thinking "oh wow I can't feel that at all" Chris got back from running errands in time to help me to the car along with the dentist's dad, who is also dentist. The dentist gave me a shot to wake me up, and I remember thinking "what's that for? i'm already awake" According to Chris I visibly woke up and was able to do things like move my own limbs. apparently I told the dentist's dad that his son was really good. I also had no concept of my own limitations and was uncertain why I even needed help. On the car ride home, Chris told me all about how he made me some hard boiled eggs and had potatoes cut and ready to boil so I could have something to eat (he had to work in the after noon) and that he picked up my pain medication. He also told me that he would leave a note so when i forgot I could read the note. I said "don't worry about writing the note, I'll remember everything". I completely forget this conversation taking place. So we get home, Chris helped me out of car. He Grabbed one of my arms to try and help, but I wasn't stable enough, so I fell back into the car. So he grabbed both arms and hoisted me out and I proceeded to yell at him for not using proper body mechanics (I also don't remember this conversation). So as we were walking Chris was trying to help me. The entire time I was insistant that I could walk, so chris said "you don't want to fall, you just had your tooth taken out" and I said "what's the worst that could happen? I can't knock my tooth out, it's already gone"
Once he got me up he helped me walk in. Then we got to the elevator. I leaned against chris and fell asleep. and then apparently deciced I was done standing. the we got off the elevator kind of akwardly walking sideways through a door. Walking to the hallway to the apartment I would walk straight for a bit, and then veer left. for no reason. thank god our apartment is close to the elevator. So chris gets the apartment and has to let me go so he can open the door. I kept telling him I could hold myself up. As he was getting the door open, I started to slide against the walll..falling. After I got in the apartment, I went straight to the kitchen cuz I had the hiccups. chris told me to go to bed, he'd bring me a glass of water. So I went towards the bedroom, I decided I had to pee (kinda remember this) chris asked me if I could do it by myself, and Isaid NO (Do NOT remember this part) and Chris walked me into the bathroom, and I got myself on the toilet. i also asked for my pain medication (wanted it before the freezing wore off) Chris went to get me a glass of water from the kitchen, and by the time he got back I was using the bathroom cup. he handed me the bottles. I looked at them, and I remember one of the bottles (dexamethasone) but i couldn't understand the directions. the T3 I looked at it, read the directions, got the cap off and took one (don't remember this). I tried to open the decadron, but couldn't, so chris poured it for me. When I took a drink with the pills, I said "I'm gonna drool" so i used one hand to block the part of my face that was frozen (don't remember this) I also demenstrated to chris which part of my lips/mouth were frozen. "I can feel it, I can feel it...I can't feel it". So then I went to bed. I got off all my clothes except my socks. Chris helped me with those (don't remember this) Chris covered me with the quilt, cuz I get cold when I'm sleeping. then I slept till 745pm.

and that's my story.

Edit by Chris-"At no point in the afternoon were you going ANYWHERE by yourself. I was carring you. You were unable to sustain your own weight"

make me an offer...

2009-01-20T18:07:34Z

"The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me. It will be about or tailored to those five lucky "victims."

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
- What I create will be just for you.
- It'll be done this year
- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be fic. It may be poetry. I may draw or paint something. I may use my crafty wiles. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you have to put this in your journal as well, if you expect me to do something for you!"

Foodie List

2008-08-21T12:52:45Z

The Omnivore's Hundred is a list of foods the gastronome Andrew Wheeler thinks everyone should try at least once.
The rules of the meme:
Bold those you have tried.
Strikethrough those you wouldn't eat on a bet.
Italicize any item you'll never eat again.
Asterisk any items you'd be interested in trying but have not yet.
Under line anything you don't know what it is.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea*
3. Huevos rancheros*
4. Steak tartare*
5. Crocodile*
~~6. Black pudding~~
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht*
10. Baba ghanoush
~~11. Calamari~~
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo ghobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart (street meat baby)
16. Époisses de Bourgogne
17. Black truffle*
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes (mango wine, really quite delicious)
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes (I don't get it..they taste like tomatoes)
22. Fresh wild berries
~~23. Foie gras~~
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche*
~~28. Oysters~~
29. Baklava* (having it in GREECE!)
30. Bagna cauda*
~~31. Wasabi peas~~
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi* (meh, alex said she wanted to try it, so I do too)
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects*
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk*
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more*
~~46. Fugu~~
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear*
52. Umeboshi*
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
~~55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal~~
56. Spaetzle (mmmm...spaetzle)
57. Dirty gin martini*
58. Beer above 8%*
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips*
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads*
~~63. Kaolin~~
64. Currywurst
65. Durian*
66. Frogs’ legs*
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (what about beavertails?)
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho*
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe*
74. Gjetost, or brunost
~~75. Roadkill~~
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
~~78. Snail~~
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant*
85. Kobe beef*
86. Hare
87. Goulash (mm...spaetzle and goulash)
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate*
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
~~94. Catfish~~
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox*
97. Lobster Thermidor*
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee*
100. Snake*

alot of the stuff is crossed out due to an allergy to fish.

Interview me Meme

2008-06-21T23:24:19Z

The Interview Me Meme
Here are the rules:
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you 5 questions of a very 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.

These are from..Joe. LJ name...something.
1. Marriage! What's up with that! When's the big date?
-August 30th! you are more than welcome if you want to fly out. We are both very excited.
2. Where are you two gonna live?
-We are moving to Kitchener Waterlo, and have a couple apartments for viewing in two weeks
3. Who do you still talk to from the old days?
-you. that's pretty much it. Steve if he would talk to me
4. You miss me. You know you do. I know you do. And what's worse, I know you know you do, so what do you miss most?
-watching movies, playing Euchre ridiculously late at night
5. Can I borrow $3,000? I need schoolin', and baby I ain't foolin'. Waaay down inside....
-I'm paying for a WEDDING. I don't have an extra $3,000 hanging around. Go buy yourself a scratch ticket you freak.

Cheer up Hamlet!

2008-02-21T19:39:47Z

Cheer up, Hamlet; chin up, Hamlet; buck up, you melancholy Dane! So your uncle is a cad who murdered Dad and married Mum. That's really no excuse to be as glum as you've become! So wise up, Hamlet; rise up, Hamlet; perk up and sing a new refrain. Your incessant monologizing fills the castle with ennui. Your antic disposition is embarrassing to see. And by the way, you sulky brat, the answer is to be! You're driving poor Ophelia insane. So shut up, you rogue and peasant; grow up, it's most unpleasant; cheer up, you melancholy Dane!

-can I get a coffee? black.
-cream and sugar?
-yeah. black.

-everybody cries when they get stabbed, there's no shame in that.

-it's lighter without the ego.

meme from alex! woo!

2008-02-11T21:59:07Z

so, she asked me five questions about myself. I post the questions and answers, and ppl let me know if they want ME to ask THEM questions
1. So how much do you want wedding planning to be over?
so much...I'm pretty much done all the big shit, we've got the hall, and the ceremony site, and the DJ and photographer..and chris is doing the invititations
2. When was the moment you knew you wanted to marry Chris?
after that horrible may 2-4 camping trip. I realized that no matter what, I'd love him, and stand by him, and he would do the same for me.
3. What is your ideal job and why?
my ideal job is a ER nursing job where I work 3-11. I love the ER and I love the 3-11 shift. After about 20 years of that, i think I will work from home for canada pension.
4. What trait in other people most frustrates you, and why?
when people take no interest or initiative in their own healthcare.
5. If you could become a master of any single skill, what would it be?
kick boxing, or some kind of fighting thing

wwoo...meme

2008-02-05T02:07:16Z

http://kevan.org/johari?name=Ali_W
go here and pick attributes you think describe me!

The Proposal

2007-11-06T00:26:55Z

We went to the school for a picnic and we were sitting in front of the pond in this clearing and the sun was shining and we were just about to eat when he said that he wanted to say something. So he said “ I love you, you are my best friend, you’re my everything. I realized that it doesn’t matter what I say, I don’t need some grand gesture or a crazy song. So it’s just you and me and a little question and a big box. Alicja Wakerley, will you marry me” and he handed me the box.

And that's the story.

authors as exes!!!1111oneone

2007-10-03T18:57:02Z

Treating book authors as though they were exes, who is...:

The one who seduced you and fucked you over and broke your heart in a million pieces and laughed about it: Anne Rice

The old flame you don't see very often anymore but whom you still really enjoy getting together with for a few drinks and maybe a pleasant nostalgic romp in the sheets: Roald Dahl (yup..)

The mysterious dark gothy one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3 a.m. at weird coffeehouses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized he really was fucking crazy: Kurt Vonnegut

The mysterious dark gothy one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3 a.m. at weird coffeehouses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized he really was fucking crazy... and then a few years ago he cleaned himself up and got a job in the food service industry and now he won't shut up about how much hates George Bush as if he's the first one who ever hated George Bush and he's still fucking crazy and immature and annoying but boy is he still hot: Stephen J Cannell

The one you spent a whole weekend in bed with and who drank up all your liquor, and whom you'd still really like to fuck again although you're relieved he doesn't actually live in town: hhmm...Dan Brown (stop laughing)

The steady: Douglas Coupland..he's just so...steady.

The alluring stranger whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with: Isaav Asimov (I agree with alex on that one)

The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with but ultimately you're just good buddies 'cause the friendship is there but the chemistry ain't: JRR Tolkien

The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool guy except it's never really gone anywhere: Neil Gormain

The one who's slept with all your friends, and you keep looking at him and thinking, "him? how the hell did he land all these cool babes?" the guy that wrote Snow Crash..I just don't get it...

The one your friend has fallen for like a ton of bricks and whom she keeps babbling to you about on the phone for hours, and you'd be happy for her except you just know it's going to end badly: hhmmm....I can't think of any right now.
Also-Chuck Palanhuik gets the "old flame that I have crazy sex with when they're back in town" category.

Memething

2007-09-25T23:26:11Z

01. Do you have a tattoo?
02. How old are you?
03. Are you single or taken?
04. Eat with your hands or utensils?
05. What were you doing last time you daydreamed?
06. Ever seen a corpse?
07. Fall Out Boy or Lesley Garrett?
08. How did we meet on LJ?
09. Whats your philosophy on life and death?
10. If you could do anything with me, and have no one know, what would it be?
11. Do you trust the police?
12. Do you like Country music?
13. What is your fondest memory of fandom?
14. If you could change anything about yourself what would it be?
15. Would you cheat?
16. What do you wear to sleep?
17. Have you ever peed in a pool?
18. Would you hide evidence for me if I asked you to?
19. If I appeared on your doorstep, unexpected, what would we do together?
20. Which do you prefer - short or long hair?
21. Do you sing in the shower?
22. What's your favourite fruit?
23. If you could bring back anyone that has passed, who would it be?
24. Tell me one interesting/odd fact about you?
25. What was your first impression of me?
26. Have you ever done drugs?
27. Will you post this so I can fill it out for you?

I kid you not...

2007-09-20T21:24:47Z

http://www.sexinchrist.com/

sad

2007-09-18T02:10:22Z

So I'm watching some..show on TLC about a very obese man. I think that when your legs can no longer hold you up, it's time to start worrying. He just seems so..okay with it, and it makes me wonder how he can be okay with it. He's over 700 pounds..hamburgers are NOT an option.
However, it does make me feel better about my weight...

New Rule for EVERYONE

2007-07-23T21:51:03Z

Okay people..if you see a pregnant lady..you are not to say the following:
"you are HUGE"
"are you sure you're not having twins, maybe you should have another ultrasound just to be sure"
"were you due a month ago!"
or anything like that
the following is acceptable
"wow, you're beautiful"
"congratulations, when are you due"
or, just let her bring it up...
that is all.

Harry Potter 7

2007-07-22T23:41:06Z

Started at 1200
finished at 0538pm
Really good book..and yeah..I cried a bit at the ending. SHUT UP! you did too!

My only beef is a teeny tiny one that I will discuss with those who have finished it.

Sigh

2007-06-16T21:26:25Z

So I'm watching Mythbusters, which is an awesome show. However, sometimes being a nurse spoils it for me. I'm currently watching the one where they test if it's actually worse to wear a steel toe boot (because it may cut your toes off, as opposed to just breaking them if you wear regular boots) However, if you recieved a serious crush injury to your toes..the doctor would amputate them..so..really...moo.

Further Explanation

2007-05-25T04:42:59Z

It is my birthday tomorrow, and Chris over-nighted a package to me.
it was the "because" package. Because he loves me.
so there were 8 little things, all with "because" on them
"because you are awlays looking for one on your way out"-hair elastics
"because I needed to tell you"-a list of reasons why he loves me
"because sometimes the lotions sting"vaseline for when my hands get really cracked
"because sometimes you will have a bad day"-a calling card
"because I'm sweet on you"-a little box of chocolates
"because you can't steal mine"-some socks (I steal his socks..alot)
"because I can't keep them soft with mine"-lip chap
"because sometimes it's nice to do it at home"-chapters gift card
cuz I was telling him how I don't have any books here

and that is why Chris is my favourite person ever.

Smiles

2007-05-24T23:28:44Z

Just wanted everyone to know that I have the best boyfriend ever.
Sorry Katie and Jen...

My Trip to Edmonton

2007-05-12T19:53:06Z

So, my first plane fights were completely unremakrable. There was some turbulance, but nothing crazy like they show on TV. (once again, TV you have LIED to me!). Once I got to Edmonton, I got my bags okay, then made the mistake of catching a cab to where I'm living. $75 later, I am poorer than I expected I would be. To the point where food is a luxury I can't afford right now. At any rate, I get to the residence, and it is UNDER CONSTRUCTION!! (for those of you from UOIT or who have heard my stories, you'll understand). I can't get AWAY from it. I'm all moved in now and unpacked and making up lists of stuff to buy from the dollar store when I get money. I met a bunch of the other girls that are also working at Capital Health with me, and they seem really nice. I start on Monday, orientation for a week, which I get paid for, thank GOD.
ANyway, that's all for now

JOB

2007-04-25T21:15:58Z

I GOT THE JOB IN EDMONTON!!!!!
SO EXCITING!!!
Another happy note-I don't leave for Edmonton until the 11th, so that means I get to see all the peoples that I love!

Books This Week

2007-04-05T16:49:46Z

Book 1-Sushi for Beginners by Marian Keyes
Really funny, well written book about 3 women in Ireland who realize that what they have isn't really what they want or need. (that sounds like a publicity tag...) At any rate it's a great, easy read.

Book 2-Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes
Very satirical look at high society in New York...I recommend it to anyone who wants a good laugh and an easy read.

Book 3-Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
This is the second book in the Ender's Game series. AMAZINGLY written look at society, and how time changes society's opinion of what was once seen as a heroic act. It also looks at how cultures view different things. All in All, really good. It is science fiction, but I think that alot of people would like it.

Rockatude

2007-04-04T02:23:40Z

Just for everyone out there-
Jen is the AWESOMENESS

My Day...for all the nurses out there

2007-03-15T00:40:37Z

0650-Get to 9M, my placement for the semester. I've only got 13 shifts left, and am very excited. I generally enjoy 9M, for the sheer variety of patients. Print off a worksheet, start looking at the kardex's and report from night shift.
0715-Get a call that my patient from room 11B needs to get ready to go down to nuclear medicine by 0800 for a PICC line insertion, then she was getting a bone scan, then a foot x-ray. I ask the night nurse "If I pull the stretcher up in the hall, can she get out of bed and walk to it" The nurse says "yup, for sure". I go inthe room..the patient is an AMPUTEE!! and not an arm amputee..a leg amputee. Myself and another nurse get her on the stretcher.
0720-Lab techs come up to draw blood from my patient on the stretcher
0730-my patient goes down for her tests, etc
0730-1030-I give some enemas, talk with some families, etc
1100-A nurse decideds he's too sick to be here, Janet and Barb frantically try to get someone to come in. They do. She comes in, he leaves. She's getting report..a patient walks out of her room and down the hall to the nurses station (unaided) and says "I was just wondering when the nurse is going to come and give me my bed bath"
1130-my patient comes back fron nuclear medicine, vomiting profusely. Her family then spends the next hour following me around until the Dr. orders gravol and antacid.
1230-my other family has been constantly pestering about the fact that my patient hasn;t had a bowel movement yet. I explained to them that the pt is having problems because they don't want to poo in front of their family. The say they understand, but don't leave the patient alone....Fuckers.
1300-one of the RPN's asks me to look at an IV site that she thinks has gone interstitial...it did...quite badly. The RN that left sick told her it was just "positional"..bullshit.

and so on...until 1915 (715pm) when I went to go catch the bus..that didn't come until 745......

music quizzy

2007-03-07T16:05:08Z

If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be?
How to do it:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc).
2. Put it on Shuffle.
3. Press Play.
4. For every question, type the song that's playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button.
6. Be honest.

Opening Credits- Melanie Done-Still Desire you

Waking Up - Anna Nalick-Catalyst (this is a very mellow song...it would put me back to sleep)

First Day of School - Rascal Flatt-Long Slow Beautiful Dance

Falling in Love - Fuel-Won't Back Down (hmm...this would be better for my fight song)

Fight Song - U2-In the name of Love (good reason to fight..I guess)

Breaking Up - Mandy Moore-Cry (SHUT UP!! you listen to it too)

Life's Good- Linkin Park-Crawling

Mental Breakdown - Elton John feat. Blue and Kenny G- Sorry Seems to be Hardest word

Driving - Allison Krauss-now that I've found you

Flashback- Eminem-Toy Soldiers

Getting Back Together- U2-Sometimes you can't make it on your own (seriously)

Wedding - Stevie Nicks-touched by an angel

Final Battle - Pearl Jam-Jeremy

Death Scene- Boondock Saints OST-The Blood of Cu Chulainn

Funeral Song- Edwin Collins-Never met a girl like you

End Credits- Seven Mary Three-Lullaby (GOOD SONG!!)

extramild @ 2007-02-22T17:41:00

2007-02-22T22:41:42Z

ppssssstttt....it's chris's birthday today