So last night was my night at the AIDS Hospice. As I was walking in, EMT's were wheeling out one of my regulars (patients, not volunteers). I'm fairly certain he was dead. If he wasn't, it appeared as if he would be very soon. Way to start the evening ( Read more... )

Yesterday really fucking sucked. Today? So far, one giant ton of suckage. And some of the assholes who called meetings yesterday to yell at me for no reason keep trying to act like they are my best friend again today, which really pisses me off ( Read more... )

When I was 6, I saw one of those infomercials on TV where they show you the starving kids with the flies buzzing around them and the giant starvation belly, and I told my mom that instead of a Hannukah present that year, I wanted to “adopt” one of the starving kids like the commercials said we could for the cost of a cup of coffee a day ( Read more... )

Last Thursday was my night at the AIDS hospice. Usually, this is my favorite night of the month. This time, for some reason, was awful. To put things in a bit of perspective - my year to date looks something like this ( Read more... )

Is it bad that there was a volunteer at the AIDS Hospice last night that was annoying me So Damn Bad that I wanted to punch her in the face? I even chewed her out more than once, and she still wants to come back next month! Ack ( Read more... )

Days where my coworker makes a run to the border are the Best Days Ever. Because even when you are on the phone screaming at really important people about how if they don't get their act together you are going to stop promoting their show...it all seems OK with Taco Bell deliciousness in your hand. And to think, before I worked here I had never had ( Read more... )

So nothing puts a shitty day at work in perspective like the AIDS Hospice. I exited the subway in Harlem just as the skies opened up. What a way to greet me, Harlem. But by the time I got to the Hospice it was sunny again and our rooftop party proceeded as planned. It was one of my most amazing nights there so far. We had more than 30 residents ( Read more... )

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What a wild and wacky night. It was my first volunteer stint with Lifebeat since the surgery, and I was training a new girl who was scared and shy. So needless to say I had to step it up a notch.
What show was I working, you may ask?
Well, here you go...


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