spartacus82

Winter post

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:50:45 GMT

Internet from Hereford is so rubbish I may have to limit my posts to one per season.
Hope everyone is well. Well, obviously not everyone or I wouldn't have a job. But I do hope YOU are well and that if you are you remain happy and disease-free. If not then get well soon.
Christmas and New Years are a write-off due to sadistic on-call scheduling but will hopefully make it to Hog thing in December.

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:51:50 GMT

Just had 2 months of exams followed by shadowing my job so not much time for updates. Apologies to those who've tried to invite me out to things, I've just been stupidly busy.
As of friday I am now a doctor. I start my Hereford FY1 job in August so will try to make it up to Birmingham before then or I'm not going to see people for ages.
Hopefully see you all soon.

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:30:37 GMT

Which ABBA member are you ?

This pointless quiz was made by TMO

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:36:08 GMT

I'm typing this in the GP practice in Chasetown, which is a charming little slum somewhere north of Brownhills (somewhere north of Walsall, which is somewhere north of Birmingham). So it's pretty north, and almost impossible to find. Sadly I realised last night that my GPS receiver thingy had disappeared. Cue 2 hours of frustrated searching and swearing (when I should really have been revising for finals next week), before I finally gave up in the early(ish) hours of this morning. All this meant that I had to find my way here today after 4 hours of sleep using an ancient A-Z of Birmingham which sadly stopped slightly short of Chasetown. God knows how I got here but I did. Now if make it through this mornings surgery without falling asleep in front of my patients

On the 15th day of christmas my true love gave to me... seven cannibalistic triops

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:35:28 GMT

Past month has been spent working in alcohol & drug rehab and watching my triops eat each other. Now have two left and things aren't looking good for the small one.
Discovered that Binky the kitten loves cheese (and has hence been redesignated 'Binky the mouse'), and that he will spend hours chasing a laser dot without getting bored. Stupid animal.
Off to London this weekend to meet some of Becky's friends. Seeing as I haven't met them before it would be nice to make a good impression so I'm planning to get wasted and make a tit of myself.
Christmas has been cancelled due to another lot of finals exams in the new year. I start back on the 2nd jan :-(

I'm a big girl :-(

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:13:11 GMT

Was finding it hard enough to sleep with final exam worries. Then heard a weird noise coming from the blinds above my head. Switched my lamp on and there was a massive house spider crawling towards me.

Result: Blinds are now completely smashed beyond all recognition (luckily the window survived the onslaught), there is spider gunk on my shoe and spider bits on my bed and I feel even less like sleeping. Bastard, bastard things.

Apologies to anyone who doesn't like to hear about spiders being killed. Don't try any of those 'but they eat all the crawly and fly-ey things' arguments though. I like insects. Spiders can fuck off.

Binky the kitten loves spiders. Wish he wouldn't leave their legs lying around though.

EDIT 7.22 AM
Woke up after 3 hours of sleep to find another huge house spider staring down at me from the ceiling. Slain with fancy-dress sword. Am now utterly tired and pissed off.

Moooo!

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:15:23 GMT

I'm doing A&E in Hereford. It's very rural, reminding me of my beloved Devon. So far I've seen one farmer who was gored in the arm by a bull and another who was bitten on the eye and testicles by an angry bullock (he didn't seem very keen to explain how it happened). There have been several other agricultural injuries and it makes a nice change from all the stabbings, gunshot wounds and drug overdoses I'm used to seeing in Birmingham emergency units.
Unfortunately there isn't much to do here. I can't even visit the nearby cider museum because they stole my weeks allowance for a parking permit deposit.
Have to do two weeks of this before I can come back to Brum so won't be around for a while.

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:26:03 GMT

"Water Sports (piss or golden showering) may involve pissing on or into someone elses clothes or skin" is one of many sentences which I find disturbing in my genito-urinary medicine handbook helpfully provided by the med school. Pissing on or INTO someone else's skin?

Other worrying things: In the helpful list of sexual practices, 'fucking' and 'body massage' come right at the bottom, well below 'water sports', 'daisychaining', 'anal fisting' and 'playing with quantities of faeces', giving the impression that straightforward sex or a simple back massage are acts of unimaginable depravity.

"When asking about the patients sexual orientation, ask if they have sex with men, with women, or with both. Speak slowly when asking this question."
WHY? WHY SLOWLY? SO I CAN SAVOUR THE UNCOMFORTABLE ATMOSPHERE?

"Oil based lubricants include baby oil, skin moisturisers, olive or other vegetable oils, massage oils, butter, margarine, petroleum jelly and anti-fungal pessaries."
Excuse me? Who the hell uses anti-fungal pessaries for lubrication? Who uses butter, for that matter?

This week I'm on placement at the Whittal Street G.U.M. clinic so if you have an appointment there make sure to say hi. I won't be around for a while after that as I have a two week A&E rotation in Hereford and will have to live in the hospital :-(

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:09:59 GMT

Sorry about the lack of updates recently. I'm slowly being worked to death.
In fact... what am I thinking, wasting time on LJ? I should be working.

Oh ok, I'll take 2 minutes out from learning about hernias.

This week I have been:
Doing my poor over-worked house officer's jobs for her
Filling in my surgical log book all over again after I lost the last one whilst running around trying to resuscitate a patient.
Getting covered in blood every single day (have now resorted to wearing black shirt and trousers which is a pain in this heat)
Having crazy men insist on showing me their testicles, even though the reason they'd come in was for a chest infection.
Building a shiny new computer
Blowing up the hard drives originally intended for the computer
Finding out that Psycho Will likes to wander round the house naked in the dark
Lying awake at night listening to the generator powering the traffic lights outside my window.
Growing pumpkins
Playing with Puss
K, maybe I'm not quite that busy :-)

Not so keen on LJ any more. Particularly all those memes that go "tell me 10 reasons why you think I'm such a great person" or "Would you 1) felate me? 2) let me lick whipped cream from your scrotum? 3) engage with myself and a group of random drugged-up strangers in a massive orgy of perversions including shrimping, docking, anal flowering and bagpiping" or the ones where you just let everyone know what an exciting life you've had by listing all the extremely naughty things you've ever done (eg have you ever 1) had sex 2) had sex with an animal 3) raped and murdered someone 4) raped and murdered an animal 5) bought a coldplay CD and then listened to it while raping and murdering several baby animals in front of a group of horrified toddlers whilst dressed as father christmas).
Not sure what some people are trying to prove.
Maybe I'm just bitter cos I don't have time for memes any more.

No idea what all that was about, I blame the heat.

PS. The answers are yes, no, yes, yes, yes, no, yes, yes.

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:51:43 GMT

Thanks everyone.
The riots have calmed down now and there are Australian soldiers everywhere so I should be fine, once I learn how to cope without alcohol which has been banned because of the riots. The other students were evacuated to Australia but I couldn't afford to change my flights back to England so I'm in the hut by myself and having to make friends with the locals. I've found another internet cafe but it's expensive and hard to get to so I probably won't use it much.
See you all in a couple of months.

The Solomon Islands

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:59:32 GMT

I made it here ok and spent this morning delivering babies.
There is rioting in protest at the new Prime Minister. A lot of buildings have been burnt down and there are mobs of drunk protesters roaming the streets who've threatened us and thrown stones at the windows. I've been evacuated to the British High Commission. Hopefully things will calm down soon and I can move back to the hosptial. Don't think I'll be able to email from now on though as it looks like the internet cafe there has been torched. Wish me luck.

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:35:07 GMT

Exams are over and I'm off to the Solomon Islands for a couple of months. Most of you probably wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't posted this. Any requests for stuff?

Also, found this whilst looking for something completely different: http://wildlifeonlesvos.org/index.html
It's the Lesbian Wildlife Hospital :-)

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:00:46 GMT

I'm in the Daily Mail today.
*sigh*

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:26:02 GMT

the Helper
Test finished!

you chose CX - your Enneagram type is TWO.

"I must help others"

Helpers are warm, concerned, nurturing, and sensitive to other people's needs.

How to Get Along with Me

Tell me that you appreciate me. Be specific.
Share fun times with me.
Take an interest in my problems, though I will probably try to focus on yours.
Let me know that I am important and special to you.
Be gentle if you decide to criticize me.

In Intimate Relationships

Reassure me that I am intersting to you.
Reassure me often that you love me.
Tell me I'm attractive and that you're glad to be seen with me.

What I Like About Being a Two

being able to relate easily to people and to make friends
knowing what people need and being able to make their lives better
being generous, caring, and warm
being sensitive to and perceptive about others' feelings
being enthusiastic and fun-loving, and having a good sense of humor

What's Hard About Being a Two

not being able to say no
having low self-esteem
feeling drained from overdoing for others
not doing things I really like to do for myself for fear of being selfish
criticizing myself for not feeling as loving as I think I should
being upset that others don't tune in to me as much as I tume in to them
working so hard to be tactful and considerate that I suppress my real feelings

Twos as Children Often

are very sensitive to disapproval and criticism
try hard to please their parents by being helpful and understanding
are outwardly compliant
are popular or try to be popular with other children
act coy, precocious, or dramatic in order to get attention
are clowns and jokers (the more extroverted Twos), or quiet and shy (the more introverted Twos)

Twos as Parents

are good listeners, love their children unconditionally, and are warm and encouraging (or suffer guilt if they aren't)
are often playful with their children
wonder: "Am I doing it right?" "Am I giving enough?" "Have I caused irreparable damage?"
can become fiercely protective

Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

The Enneagram Made Easy
Discover the 9 Types of People
HarperSanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages

You liked the test? so please RATE it :-)

You are not completely happy with the result?!
You chose CX

Would you rather have chosen:

AX (SEVEN)

BX (NINE)

CY (SIX)

CZ (ONE)

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 0% on ABC

You scored higher than 30% on XYZ

Link: The Quick and Painless ENNEAGRAM Test written by felk on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Broken heart and broken bones

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:30:38 GMT

The more miserable I get, the worse things get.

All work for Psych Exams make Finn go mad

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:22:25 GMT

La la la la la la la la
Mmmm, antipsychoticy goodness
La la la la la la la la

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:10:59 GMT

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:34:46 GMT

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	Dear Cupid, This year, I've had my ups and downs in the love department.
Yartek heard that Yartek had dumped me and sent me an inflatable Sapphrine. Snooo and I shared a wonderful tryst with a dildo built for two. nietzsche_baby gave me an STD which makes my skeleton want to jump out of my body.
So as you can see it's been a hectic year. Can you please make Sallamino hook up with me this Valentine's day? Sincerely, spartacus82

Take this Quiz at QuizUniverse.com
( or, take the 'clean' version at QuizGalaxy.com )

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:13:44 GMT

Greed:	Low
Gluttony:	Low
Wrath:	Very Low
Sloth:	Low
Envy:	Very Low
Lust:	Low
Pride:	Very Low

Take the Seven Deadly Sins Quiz

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:22:38 GMT

My penis's new name is Winnie the Terrifying Weapon of Mass Destruction.
Take Name Your Penis by badasstronaut. today!
Created with Rum and Monkey's Name Generator Generator.

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:13:45 GMT

How evil are you?

Sun, 08 Jan 2006 20:53:30 GMT

Started my psychiatry rotation this week. Friday was my first time on the psychiatric wards and it was quite bizarre. After pressing the buzzer to be let in I was led to the nurses office and spent the morning sitting in there, watching patients shuffling around and occasionally pawing at the glass or banging on the door. In fact, the whole experience had the feel of some low-budget zombie movie and I found myself starting to fear that someone might accidentally let one of the patients in and they'd start biting people.
The lectures are interesting but worrying, as I seem to have aspects of every mental illness going. However we have been reassured by the lecturer on mood disorders that all medical students are well recognised as suffering from a whole group of abnormalities, especially narcissism and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:23:30 GMT

I have nasty electrical burns on my thumbs. Fooking VCR. Fooking Parents making me do complicated electrical repairs when I have absolutely no training and I've had too many fooking fosters, fook my stupid research projects, fook my fooking shit clown car and it's incessant fooking breaking down, fook fooking glandular fever related fatigue, fook Exeter, fook Brum, fook more stress than I know how to deal with, fook illnes and stress-induced anorexia and face-gouging-related acne and fook FOOKING CHRISTMAS!
Think I'll go outside and play in the sleet.

Mon, 05 Dec 2005 01:49:01 GMT

Stupidly tired now as have just finished my research protocol, to be handed in in a few hours. Busy day tomorrow, so instead of going to bed like a normal person I'm going to post random crap on my LJ and look for my strongest painkillers. And then go to bed. Tomorrow I have to present a case study, look at the protocol I wrote just now, realise it's awful, panic and rewrite it even worse, get chocolate/mud/miscellaneous brown stain on it and then hand it it, and finally get the results of my blood test back to find out if I have glandular fever.

All you have to do is select, from the list below, the adjective you think describes me best, and leave it as a comment (which will not be screened). And you can always do it anonymously if you think it might be a little on the negative side. They are:

sick,
wrong.

Sun, 04 Dec 2005 22:57:06 GMT

More fun in theatre with this guy tomorrow
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