So states Angela Bassett before she takes off Katy Bates' hand with a single slice. Bates made the cardinal sin of confusing immortal with invulnerable. You can't die bebe, but you can suffer rather well. I'm currently catching up with my American Horror Story: Coven (aka Season 3). Like it. It's odd, I didn't see the first season at all, and I had ( Read more... )

it felt like it yesterday. the brief went down like some slick Hollywood script. Here we are, the patient is this, this could happen, this will happen, these are the choices we have, any questions ( Read more... )

Had our compulsory Christmas “do” on Friday night. Though it’s nice we do anything for Christmas at all I was angsty about the whole affair and unfortunately my suspicions proved justified ( Read more... )

feeling strung out and ug ( Read more... )

this past 8 days has been a trial. and i write this with a sore throat so sore it feels like i'm gargling with ground glass. Speaking is about 10% of normal pitch and pace, I might have to resort to sign language on monday if it doesn't clear up by then ( Read more... )

i think it's nicer with the run-up to the holidays than it is the holidays themselves ( Read more... )

well here we are on Christmas Day. I'm in work on the morning shift. And, as I'm blogging, it might give everyone the indication that we don't have a lot to do ( Read more... )

it's odd how your first christmas party can go so well and your second can go so badly ( Read more... )

can't find my hairbrush and not happy about it. to some this might seem a tad over-reactionary but that hairbrush is actually one of the top 10 precious things int he world to me cos my mom bought it for me on the fly back in december 2008 when i got admitted as an emergency during the cluster-fuck post-op scenario. It's a memory of my own ( Read more... )

i went to counseling today. Clevedon, looks strangely similar to Norfolk ('Never Let Me Go' joke) complete with container ship steaming out to sea, keeping me entertained while i sat in my car eating sandwiches and killing time before the appointment ( Read more... )