ChibiHorsewoman

[color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]There's laundry to do and it's mine, but I just can't bring myself to care enough to do it. Maybe I'll get lucky and the laundry fairy will come in the middle of the night and do it.:catgirl:[/color][/font][/size]

[color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]I'm up at 6am reminding myself that I have to bring my daughter's snowpants to school this morning because her pre-K teacher is taking them outside today. Meanwhile I have a facebook message from my fiance's cousin up in Surrey an hour north of Vancouver that she hasn't seen any snow yet. Sounds like the Vancouver winter games are SOL.[/color][/font][/size]

[quote name='Raiha'][COLOR="DarkOrchid"][FONT="Times New Roman"]Actually I breezed through airline security when I was coming back from the Philippines into Hawaii, and Hawaii into California. For one, at the airports I went through in the US, I did not in fact get groped by a woman [or even a man]. When I first traveled to Heathrow, and I was actually old enough to qualify as a homicidal maniac in my own right, I was happily rubbed down by a woman old enough to collect Social Security had she been a US citizen. In Manila International, I was groped at every possible opportunity, my bags were passed through scanners that too so long I was pretty sure they'd become permanently lodged in the machine, and the same thing happened in Hong Kong as well as interior China. And while people might complain about a 'pat' down in the US, I can safely say other foreign countries have no qualms about giving your reproductive organs a quick squeeze. Every time I get lonely for some burgeoning intimacy, I just travel international. And while I don't get my balls squashed by an airline attendant the way my dad and male cousins do, I DO get my breasts felt up just in case I'm smuggling explosives in my padded underwire bra. And they complain about a touch free device? PAH! [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]I only have experiance with traveling back and forth from the States to the inlaws but when I was coming back from Kelowna, BC to Seattle, WA it was kinda crazy. For one thing even though you're supposed to get to security 2 hours prior to international flights the security gates didn't open until 45 minutes prior to my departure- so I at least had plenty of time for check in (15 US dollars for one bag to fly about 500 miles or so). And I just had to send my carry on through not take my shoes off or anything like I did back in my hometown airport.There wasn't even any groping or a hand held metal scanner so I feel kinda hurt.:animeswea I'd have to say in some ways the Canadians are pretty cool and not into groping. Getting my connecting flight in Seattle was more of a juggle (I do partially blame the time of day- 6:45AM ) But on the bright side since it was a larger airport there were more customs agents (4 compaired to 2 in Kelowna) I believe the lay overs at SeaTac were worse than the security checks in either YLW or ROC. Having said that though I did have fun getting into Niagra Falls ON over the past summer from NY. Also the security guards at Phoenix's Sky Harbor airport don't seem to mind a quick grab.[/color][/font][/size]

[quote name='Raiha'][COLOR="DarkOrchid"][FONT="Times New Roman"]On the radio this morning they said such scanners were in the US too, but I didn't want to really listen to people whine about me posting an article from FOX news.[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]Yes we do have the full body scanners in the US- they did one on a trial basis at my local airport and I used it back in September when I went on holiday to Canada. And to be honest you see nothing but an outline. One of the local news stations showed what you'd see during a 6pm broadcast before I went on holiday. If you're going to freak out about seeing an outline you need to lay off the glue. I guess if they have a problem with children going through the full body scanners they could use the old fashioned method to avoid issues. But for adults this is my safety or my family's safety we're talking about... and if you want to be scarred for life go ahead and get a better view f me. While we're on the subject though, has anyone besides myself traveled by air from the US to Canada lately and back and noticed how much more stuff you have to go to to get back into the states then get into Canada?[/color][/font][/size]

[quote name='Magus']If I wore a mask/helmet I get to do silly poses like an idiot and not feel embarassed about it because they don't know my face.... The Great Saiyaman. (I could've included Lelouch in here...)[/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4] You forgot Tuxedo Kamen/ Mask and Moonlight Knight from Sailor Moon. Of course for Moonlight Knight you'd've had to mention having a towel around your face. :catgirl:[/color][/font][/size]

[quote name='SunfallE'][COLOR="RoyalBlue"][FONT="Lucida Sans Unicode"]I've no idea what it will be like, but I'm not terribly worried over it. I used to have a more negative view of nursing homes but not anymore. I had to get guardian ship for my grandmother who suffered from dementia and lacked the ability to care for herself anymore. As much as I wanted to leave her at her home, there just wasn't the funds to pay for someone to keep an eye on her all the time. It didn't help that her memory problems resulted in her taking a broom and smashing things when they didn't work right. It gave me a better appreciation of how important those kind of places are. She got the care she needed and with her memory issues she didn't know where she was, at all. Though it also meant she no longer knew who I was either. I only hope I make it to 90+, like my grandmother did, before needing that kind of care. [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4] As someone who's worked in memory care, hospice and as a home aide as well as someone who will be marrying into a family with a member with alzheimers I have to give you a lot of credit for taking care of your grandma for as long as you were able to. It's a lot of work to take care of someone depending on the stage. I'm also glad you don't feel any guilt for putting your loved one in the care of people who are somewhat trained to do so. I say somewhat because every case of Alzheimers/ demensia is different. My soon to be mom in law is a CNA and when she gets home from work she takes care of her mom. Recently she also found out that her boyfriend has Parkinson's while visiting him in Alberta. When she came home she put her mom in respite care for a week in the nursing home she works at for a week. So see even the people who make a living taking care of other people's loved ones need a rest. It's not easy. But we do it anyway.[/color][/font][/size]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE=1][url=http://failblog.org/2009/12/22/contestant-fail-2/][B]This person's[/B][/url] stupidity is actually physically painful for me to watch.[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]Poor Kellie Picker... she makes good music but doesn't know the capitol of Hungary. Oh and as stated on my signature my membership on the OB has lasted longer than my first marriage. Horray for longevity![/color][/font][/size]

[color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4] Called in sick to work today because I've been throwing up, my back hurts and my leg hurts. It's now 2:46pm EST and I'm still in my PJs and slippers and about to start an [B]Avatar the Adventures of Aang [/B]marathon. Best sick day ever- though the emistiss still sucks.:bdance:[/color][/font][/size]

[quote name='Rachmaninoff'][FONT="Trebuchet MS"]If I do like my other relatives and have issues with dementia, I won't even know I'm there since I'll be reliving the past. I can't say I'm too keen on the idea but at the same time it's too far away for me to really care about it.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]Interesting Rach, my fiance's maternal grandma has alzheimers- a form of demensia. Right now it's just her short term memory that she has issues with (I called Wednesday before Christmas and she told me that she'd have Lee call me and did he have my name and number after I'd told her who I was) Her long term memory is still in tact (with obvious exceptions, she thinks my fiance and his brothers are younger than they really are)She can for the most part get herself dressed and do the majority of her ADLs without supervision, but my fiance's mom walks her through the steps of taking a bath (She's a CNA at a local nursing home) and writes down lists of some activities to keep her busy (ie: feed the fish in the fish pond, let the dog out ect ect) so she can slow the effects of the disease along with the medications. But you're right you won't know your in a nursing home. Or you'll know your not at your regular home and keep insisting that someone take you back to your home- or get your decesed spouse to come get you. When I worked in assisted living for strictly memory care residents one guy would sometimes go down for dinner, go back to his room and take a nap then come out a few hours later convinced he'd missed dinner- so myself or one of the other RAs would make him a sandwhich. There was also the time one new resident convinced four other residents that there was a resturaunt in the main lobby and they kept hitting the exit doors trying to find it. :animesigh. Growing old isn't too enjoyable of a prospect, but there's an Irish saying that goes: [COLOR="Green"]Do not regret growing old, many are denied the PRIVLEDGE[/COLOR]. And I believe that's true.[/color][/font][/size] [quote name='SaiyanPrincessX'][SIZE="1"]I saw a comedian talking about this once, it was really funny. Listening to rap, and swearing like a sailor..yeah that would be a sight.[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4] You forgot the guy liner and the loud alternative music. Heck by the time we get old and some of us make it to the home there could be dueling stereos, or more likely dueling iPod ports.[/color][/font][/size]

[color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]Looks like Chibi #2 is gonna be the Blingified pimped out resident. Again... you pimp Chibi! If I end up in hopsice, I want to have rye every day with a bit of water and a constant injection of morphine from a pump to keep me very happy. But I definately want to be the confused resident who rolls around in a motorized wheel chair throwing food and wondering when my dead parents are coming to pick me up. By the way, my posts are a little glimpse into my world. Which I have to work in on Christmas Day.[/color][/font][/size]

[quote name='chibi-master'][SIZE="4"][FONT="Impact"][COLOR="Red"]OH.[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkGreen"]MY.[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]GAWD.[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkGreen"]CHRISTMAS.[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]IS.[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkGreen"]ALMOST.[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]HERE.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]:excited:[/QUOTE] [font=monotype corsiva][size=4][COLOR="seagreen"]Merry[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]Christmas.[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]My[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]daughter[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]is[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]whinning[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]because[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]she[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]can't[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]watch[/COLOR][COLOR="SeaGreen"] TV [/COLOR][COLOR="Red"]to[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]go[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]to [/COLOR][COLOR="Green"]bed.[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]I'm [/COLOR][COLOR="SeaGreen"]watching[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]It's[/COLOR] [COLOR="Green"]a[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]Wonderful [/COLOR][COLOR="SeaGreen"]Life![/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]Yay! [/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]This [/COLOR][COLOR="Red"]tradition[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]started[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]when[/COLOR][COLOR="SeaGreen"] I[/COLOR][COLOR="Red"] lived [/COLOR][COLOR="SeaGreen"]in[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]Killeen[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]TX[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]back[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]in [/COLOR][COLOR="Red"]2002.[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]I[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]intend[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]to[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]keep[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]it[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]up[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]when[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]I [/COLOR][COLOR="SeaGreen"]get[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]married[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]in[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"]2011.[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"] By the way 2010 is the last full year I'll be [spoiler]Megan Donnelly[/spoiler]... yeah know you know my name. [/COLOR][COLOR="Red"]Stalkers welcome[/COLOR][/font][/size]

[quote name='Lunox'][font=trebuchet ms] I'd rather die early than live in a nursing home, tbqh.[/font][/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]Actually I think it depends on the nursing home. The one I did most of my hospice cases was really nice. They did happy hours once a month with alcohol and it was almost like apartments. It also smelled better than the one I work in now. Now the ones that look like institutions I think if my kids send me there I'll stop eatting so I can haunt the damn place. Tapeperson: We don't have a Lady Gaga in any unit where I work. But up on my friend's unit there's a resident who strips when she feels the need to do so. She was doing it last week so they wouldn't send her down to wait for the pediotrist with me. Instead her own CNA had to go with her when it was her turn. My friend also has a guy who marks his territory. I want to be the lady who tears down the hallways running over CNAs at random. [/color][/font][/size]

[color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]Okay not the best sounding thread title ever, but I haven't made a thread in months. Anyway last Friday the activity guy and I were doing the female residents' nails and talking about how the residents aren't allowed blue nailpolish or glitter unless it's on their care plans because they didn't grow up with blue nailpolish and the like. So then we got on a discussion of how when our generation is in a nursing home you'll see old men with black nails and guy liner rolling down the halls with women wearing neon coloured nailpolish. Now I don't know how true that is, but that got me to thinking about what other people think it may be like when our generation becomes the geriatric generation. So by all means if you have an idea bring it up. This could be interesting. At least to me. But I make my living with geriatrics.[/color][/font][/size]

[quote name='chibi-master'][SIZE="4"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][B][I][U][COLOR="Red"]I. AM. NOW. ON. BREAK.[/COLOR][/U][/I][/B][/FONT][/SIZE]:catgirl: Also, I love walking around with an awesome cane even though I have no physical need for it.:animesmil[/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]Pimp Chibi 2 Pimp! Word to the wise: When you work at a nursing home or other senior living facility or health care facility don't ever bake anything for anyone or any party. Because when you do and if you're good at what you do people won't leave you the hell alone until you bake again! I also have a major pain in my neck and back and for once it's not my ex husband. That said Merry Christmas and no cookies for you![/color][/font][/size]

[color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]I've been having crazy dreams ever since I went back on my anti depressant and my ADD meds. Most recently I had a dream that one of my friends wanted to kill me and she attempted to do so by chopping off my hair. I'm not sure why she wanted me dead. But I also dreamed that this friend didn't want me at her wedding because her future mother in law told her it was either me or her and it couldn't be me. I was actually quite pissed when I woke up from that. I've had some very odd sex dreams too, none of them involving my fiance and a few of them involving a guy I knew from my Wicca 101 class I took 4 years ago. Yeah I really do have issues. Maybe if I could dream about doing the deed with someone I actually know and could do that in real life with I'd be better. The oddest dream I can remember though involved my surviving grandparents. I had a dream that their house was on fire and we had to save them. This was their old house that they'd lived in from the time my mom and her sisters were in secondary school to when I was in high school but when the fire fighters rescued them they'd turned into rather obese cats. Actually at that time I believe I was on the same anti depressants and ADD meds.[/color][/font][/size]

[quote name='Recaldy']I thought I was crazy untill reading the above posts. @_@[/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]Isn't it great when you wake up one morning, log onto Otakuboards and find out you aren't the strangest one of all anymore? Sorry, I work at a nursing home and all the residents' families in my unit have been plying us with cookies, candies, canolli, creampuffs and even some foods that don't start with a C but are really bad for you. So I'm really on a sugar high. Merry Sugar Rush everyone![/color][/size][/font]

[color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]Myxomatosis, I think your female friend needs to meet up with my male friend. The guy is obsessed with Japanese, DDR, and Asian women. The main reason he failed his first semester at OSU was because he was majoring in Japanese and the characters were hard for him. Seriously the only things he can talk about are calculus, Asian girls on the bus he takes to school who he thinks have a crush on him and anime. He was once dating a friend of ours and she broke up with him because he kept compairing her to another one of our friends who's Vietnamese. :animesigh Now me, I still watch anime (I found my Sailor Moon DVDs a few weeks ago Wee!) but not as much as I used to. I also have friends who watch anime and read manga. Actually I've gotten my fiance a little more into it) but we also have regular jobs or are in college and we have lives outside of anime and manga. I still am interested in Japanese culture, but I do realize that the cost of living in Japan is even higher than the cost of living in Canada. Plus foreign languages are fun, but if I had to learn an Asian language I'd choose Vietnamese over Japanese because it looks easier. I'm having a heck of a time learning French anyway.[/color][/font][/size]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE=1]I'm glad I'm still immature enough to snigger at a name like Wonder Balls. Life would be so dull if I took it seriously after all.[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]Yeah so am I... This just reminds me that tonight at work one of the residents was yelling about wanting three balls. Why she wanted three I don't know. At one point it sounded like she wanted a man with three balls and one of the nurses pointed out that most men she knew of only had two. By the way the next time I crash into something with my car I'll make sure to alert the media. Oh and Chibi 2 thanks for your congrats. I appreciate it.[/color][/font][/size]

[color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]Chibi 2 has a potty mouth! I my friends am shocked- I tell you SHOCKED!! Oh and Ryan AKA Morpheus would only give me the [B]Vatican City[/B] if he took over the world. In other news... I got engaged almost 3 months ago when I was up in [B]British Columbia[/B] visiting my now fiance and his family and basically scaring Canadians by demanding to be paid in real money not Monopoly crapoloa![/color][/font][/size]

[color=#9933ff][size=4][font=monotype corsiva]The following are all I've learned from being forced to play [B]Halo[/B] while I was visiting my fiance last month- yes, CHW got herself engaged to a Canadian with good taste in jewlery :D 1.) No matter how many times you run into a wall you won't fall over 2.) After you shoot someone they will most likely come back to life even while their corpse is still laying on the ground. 3.) you have to run someone over repeatedly to kill them and they still may be able to run away while you're backing up [/color][/size][/font]

[quote name='Boo'][size=1]Princess Bride is an awesome film. :([/size][/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]As you wish!! [/color][/font][/size]

[quote name='Japan_86']Doctors and nurses risk their lives every day to treat the sick and the hurt. If everyone is gets help then the hospitals will be over run and those in the medical field will be paid close to minimum wage. People will be turned away or old people and those who are too expensive to care for will be given a euthanize pill.[/QUOTE] :animestun [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4] I'm with Nathan on this and wishing Lee wasn't at his dad's this weekend with no computer access. When I read this this morning on my phone my first inclination was to bang my head repeatedly on a wall. But my co workers already think I'm crazy so I didn't do that. My second inclination was to seriously doubt your sanity, but I'm nice and I kinda know you so I didn't. So I'm just gonna shake my head and hope that this post is articulate since I've just finished 13hrs of work- most of them being yelled at. Japan, the US has more than enough doctors to take care of all the citizens in the country yet for some reason we don't. In other[B]INDUSTRIALIZED [/B] nations doctors are given incentives for the patients they see rather than the patients they turn away as they are here. In fact they'd be paid [B]MORE[/B] than they are now. As for nurses- all nurses from CNAs to RNs would be paid more as well especially if they were government employees. For example Lee's (Spy46) mom works as a CNA up in British Columbia and makes 27$ an hour. She's also considered a government employee because of Canada's National Health care and gets the same benefits as Canada's other government employees. Also she gets extra time off for any overtime worked. That could just be the nursing home she works at. As opposed to my co-workers at the nursing home I work at where the CNAs make a little over 10$ an hour which is pretty damn sad considering how hard they work. The activities directors make more! Also, I'd like to make a note that I'm in the medical feild and I make just above minimum wage. I have to work two jobs and live with my parents in order to pay my bills and fulfill my basic needs and my daughter's. Shouldn't I be allowed to make more money too? While I'm on Canada- since this is the system I'm most familiar with let's talk nursing homes and end of life care (Hospice and Paliative care). The nursing homes there are either private pay or government run and the government run ones are free thanks to the taxes you pay for national and provincial health care as opposed to the ones here that can run from 10K (for the ones that look like an institution) to over 20k a year and trust me you do get what you pay for. Also this stupid Euthinasia idea has got to stop. Assisted suicide which [B]is only legal in Oregon[/B] for those of you who may want to know has never been mentioned on the bill. There would still be the poor underpaid HHAs who would be recuited by their agencies to be Hospice Aides and give comfort to people in their last days or months. Trust me though I don't blame some people who have no hope of recovery want to kill themselves. I was a home health assistant for two years and had about fifteen hospice cases. Nothing looks worse and is more painfull than a stage 3 or 4 decube ulcer on your pressure points that has to be cleaned out by your CHN every other day. The fact that your body can't heal itsself only makes thigs worse and even a morphine pump doesn't help releive all the pain. But the idea that our government would willingly sign into law a bill that allowed killing of the sick and elderly is completely ludacris. Sorry for that last one- I've worked in the lower paid side of health care for three years and seen quite a bit from my experiance.[/color][/font][/size]

[quote name='Sangome'][SIZE="1"]I hardly ever see movies in theaters, maybe once a year, that's about it. But now there's an explosion all of the sudden. Saw Ponyo on Friday [finally], we're going to see 9 tomorrow [opening day, no less], and I may see the Eureka Seven movie next week. ...oh, and October has a two-week-only Toy Story/Toy Story 2 double feature, and THEN December has The Princess and the Frog. .....................AND I saw Up back in June. I know people go to movies, like, every week...but yeesh. This is a lot for me. @_@[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]My sister-in-law gets me in for free so nya! :p[/color][/font][/size]

[quote name='chibi-master']Tomorrow is my first day of high school. At this point I've worried so much that I just don't give a care anymore.:animesigh And Chibi #1, at least it's ALL of your voice. When I was 8 or something I caught a really bad germ or whatever that made my throat go nuts. I could say about 2 and a half words and my voice would give out into silence. One and a half, if I was yelling. EX. "You stupid lit- *mouth moving and nothing comes out* - d*** you!"[/QUOTE] [color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]You'll be fine Chibi #2 just remember to use your elbows a lot. *hug* LOl Actually the voice loss thing would be great. 2 years ago I wore out my voice so badly I sounded like a strangled cat. A friend of mine from Quebec thought I sounded like a cartoon character- of course he wasn't one to talk, he sounded like Pepe Le Pew. What is it with me an the guys I take care of? It seems like every elderly man I've taken care of with the exception of like 2 of them is hitting on me! Christ a few weeks ago one of them wanted to kiss me on the mouth!! :animecry: [/color][/font][/size]

[color=#9933ff][font=monotype corsiva][size=4]The possibility that I may completely lose my voice before my holiday and therefore have to speak to my boyfriend's family using ASL, notebooks and pictures is becoming ever possible as every day I spend at work involves explaining to many residents that 'no I can't toilet you' and 'please stay in your seat.' On the bright side- I can always become a mime on the streets of Vancouver. :animeswea[/color][/font][/size]