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It is, of course, essential that I lay my hands on a copy of G.A.A.Y., by Jarlath Gregory, for essential novel research. Oh yes. A book about the Dublin and London gay scenes?
Essential to my LIFE.
If only it wasn't only available on Amazon UK and shipped in "four to six weeks." I'm going to have to make a prowl when I get there (and will wind up ordering it ANYWAY, unless, miraculously, Blackwell's has it).
Also, I newly hate April Fool's Day. I really do. All those years of vague dislike has crystallised to the realisation that nothing that anyone does/says today can be taken seriously...even if they are serious.
I hate this "holiday". But on the bright side, it means a lot of people are playing "Holiday" by Green Day, and that's, to quote someone, "a good thing."
Essential to my LIFE.
If only it wasn't only available on Amazon UK and shipped in "four to six weeks." I'm going to have to make a prowl when I get there (and will wind up ordering it ANYWAY, unless, miraculously, Blackwell's has it).
Also, I newly hate April Fool's Day. I really do. All those years of vague dislike has crystallised to the realisation that nothing that anyone does/says today can be taken seriously...even if they are serious.
I hate this "holiday". But on the bright side, it means a lot of people are playing "Holiday" by Green Day, and that's, to quote someone, "a good thing."
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like you care-xposted to my journal because I don't think I ever told my fans this..
So, yeah, I work in a cardiac hospital, and April Fool's day was sooo wunderful! Yee!
I ...
1. Look at the patient cencus
2. Find the name of the doctor for that patient
3. Find the name of the nurse on the station
4. Call the station, ask for the nurse. Tell her, in a brusque tone, that I am Jane from the OR. (They all believed me, because the OR nurses are curt as a matter of principle. Or maybey gene pool)
5. Ask whether Mr. or Mrs. Whatever in room # whatever is ready to be picked up for their CABG, we are coming up to get them for surgery in a few minutes. (pronounced 'cabbage' -coronary artery bypass graft - it's a BIG FUCKING SURGERY. As in, cardiothoracic surgeons are standing by waiting for your patient, is he ready? )
6. Try not to LOSE IT during the moment of stunned, horrified silence on the other end, while they scramble for the patient's chart.
7. When they ask, somewhere between a growl and a shriek, with an incredibly thin veneer of control over their voice, "When was the patient scheduled for CABG? I wasn't told in report that they were having bypass surgery today...", howl "APRIL FOOL's!!"
8. Wash, rinse, repeat. This soon becomes a total failure because as more and more nurses and techs find out what you're doing, they gather around, and you all make each other laugh, and it's blown. But the first four or five people, man, oh, it was so fucking fantastic.
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Re: like you care-xposted to my journal because I don't think I ever told my fans this..
Actually, can I
I wish I'd been at work on the first of April, but I don't work Fridays. The company I work for, however, is reputed to be CRAZYMADINSANE on that holiday. And if it's anything like it was on Halloween, I believe it. They were NUTS on Halloween.
And sexy angels in boots...ooh yeah, I want twelve.