I'm emmy. This is my journal. Most of it is friends-only, but you're welcome to read what isn't. Or become my friend.

I am moderately short. I have very green eyes. I read a lot, to the point that it could probably be described as a vice ( Read more... )

I am planning a trip to Australia in late November, and I would appreciate any advice anyone has to offer- and since my traveling companion is currently in a combat zone, I'm responsible for the details. Suggestions for what to do/see/where to stay? We're currently thinking Queensland and we're both of an outdoorsy bent, but no tickets or ( Read more... )

Project Hope is sending volunteers and supplies to Haiti on the hospital ship USNS Comfort ( Read more... )

I heard the bells on Christmas Day ( Read more... )

where you post the first line from each month, which is probably about as much of an annual summary as I am capable of at the moment.

January: I went to the Winter Classic today.

February: Tonight at work one demented homeless patient told me I was a bitch because I wouldn't bring him cookies (we don't keep them on the unit and he wasn't allowed ( Read more... )

I keep smelling jelly donuts really intensely in my room, which contains no jelly donuts.

... as long as the central authorities depend on alternative medicine as a robust avenue for covertly rationing healthcare, the purveyors of woo will always be able to flourish outside the real healthcare system. And this, DrRich believes, represents the ultimate value of woo, and establishes why we should all be encouraging and nurturing woo ( Read more... )

mordere's little sister Casey has entered a contest from Victoria's Secret in which the person who best answers the question "Why do you love your body?" gets a spa trip to NYC.

Since Casey is fighting a particularly brutal form of cancer, her answer is rather badass. And she could use a spa trip more than most.

You can vote for her entry here by ( Read more... )

Macbeth is a much more coherent play when Lady Macbeth is a hottie.

You'd think that if you wanted someone to work evening shift, you wouldn't call them at 8:30 AM the morning of ( Read more... )