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Commander-DWH Title: Shiny Fan Fiction Manager Registered: Nov '03	Date Posted: 6/26 10:24am Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	I've never successfully donated blood. For the longest time I didn't weigh enough (and even now I'm only just over the minimum weight), and after that when I tried my pulse was always too high because I haaaate needles. Tonight I have to finish deconstructing a bunch of my furniture- I'm moving to a different apartment for a couple of months while I job hunt. I suppose if I'm going to completely turn my life upside-down I should do it all at once, right? Three more weeks at this job, and hopefully I can find something new soon. -----signature----- Complements (KOTOR)- http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/21177927/ Luminosity- http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/27900517/ Barefoot hippie in the OC revolution Master of the lovely and talented SoA
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mavjade Title: Fan Fiction Manager Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 6/26 3:18pm Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	Golden_Jedi posted: mavjade posted: On a completely random note, I got to stick my very first femoral blood gas last night! It was pretty cool. You wouldn't think it's so cool if you were on the other end of the needle! Last month I had blood drawn from my wrist for a blood gas test, and man, that HURT! Plus they needed to pierce me 4 times to get it right . Oh, we don't stick femoral (the big artery that runs down your leg) ABGs on people who are conscious, those only get stuck in Codes or traumas. But yes, radial ABGs (in the wrist) can hurt quite a lot. There is a nerve that runs right along that artery and if you hit it, it is very painful. The problem is you can't see the nerve (or the artery for that matter) and everyone is a little different. But they are a very useful test. I try and give blood pretty regularly but I need to go, it's been awhile. -----signature----- Parent: I need a snot sucker! My coworker: Does she mean a bulb syringe or a Respiratory Therapist?? NaNoWriMo '09: Unto Itself, A Higher Law: 10,307 words so far
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SoA Registered: Apr '08	Date Posted: 6/26 6:08pm Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	I try to give blood as often as I can... even though I'm a nightmare for the nurses. I always warn them ahead of time that my veins are hard to find, that I take forever, and that I always get way light-headed at the end. And then they kind of freak out anyway, and I wind up breathing into a paper bag. Woo! Last time the blood mobile came around, I was in the middle of a rabies vaccine and a tuberculosis test. They really didn't want that blood. Heh. I can't say I like being stuck with needles and bleeding for fifteen to twenty minutes, but I do like giving blood. -----signature----- Padawan to Commander-DWH Under the Shadow of the Builders- http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/29386724/p1/ Fanfiction Web Site- http://faraway.toweroftime.com SoA's India Blog- http://jenna-song.blogspot.com
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Golden_Jedi Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 6/26 6:19pm Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	[quote=mavjadeBut yes, radial ABGs (in the wrist) can hurt quite a lot. There is a nerve that runs right along that artery and if you hit it, it is very painful. The problem is you can't see the nerve (or the artery for that matter) and everyone is a little different. But they are a very useful test. [/quote] At least I'm relieved I didn't become a wimp in my old age... -----signature----- New Bespin Café - come visit THE place for H/L fans http://boards.theforce.net/fan_fiction_resource/b10304/29538471 Diving (a H/L intertrilogy AU) http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/27836852
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DarthIshtar Title: Former CR Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 6/26 7:48pm Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	SoA, I am also a nightmare for phlebotomists. My veins are very hard to find, my elbows are ticklish and I tend to not bleed fast enough or don't clot. Or I haven't been taking care of my anemia. But the last few times I've tried to donate, I've done it successfully. It's lots of weird fun. -----signature----- "I feel like a more down-to-earth Pink 5 when I'm writing Leah. Same attitude, less lip gloss." ~Me on how to get in the right mindset for Twilight fanfic.
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The Musical Jedi Registered: Dec '99	Date Posted: 6/26 7:50pm Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	mav, if it makes you feel better, my team and I spent probably the better part of a half hour discussing where we'd rather get a central line places if necessary. I still maintain a femoral one, at least for the placing, because I wouldn't do well with the sheet over my face. I get light-headed when I give blood too. After coming close to passing out every time, I've not done it again for a long time. -----signature----- Hold your own Know your name Go your own way Mortality: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/30379374
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Jedi_Master_Cazz Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 6/27 5:20am Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	The needle hurts, and the bleeding thing is fine, until I see all those vials in that bowl, that's when I get dizzy. Yes, I'm finally back! After a bad bout of flu, and looking after the house because of my mothers absence (she's home from the hospital now) I'm finally up to getting back on the internet! Seems like we're having a shortage of entertainment pieces for the Awards, sorry to advertise, but if you're writing or have written anything for the Ceremonies, submission deadlines are coming up. Sorry bout that guys. -----signature----- "People of Earth! I come with good tidings of Peanuts... and beer!" --- Proud Padawan to Master VaderLV64!
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DarthIshtar Title: Former CR Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 6/27 10:21am Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	I've got a viral infection and orders to get a lot of rest this weekend. I'll see what I can do. -----signature----- "I feel like a more down-to-earth Pink 5 when I'm writing Leah. Same attitude, less lip gloss." ~Me on how to get in the right mindset for Twilight fanfic.
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earlybird-obi-wan Title: PT Scene Contest Winner Registered: Aug '06	Date Posted: 6/27 10:45am Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	DarthIshtar posted: I've got a viral infection and orders to get a lot of rest this weekend. I'll see what I can do. Orders for me too, rest the whole week and this weekend and monday back to the hospital to visit the surgeon. That itching bandaid will be removed and after that its shower time for my itching hair But resting for a whole week is having one advantage. Writing, drawing and sitting in the garden and catching up on reading. -----signature----- writer and Star Wars fan FANART [link=http://boards.theforce.net/fan_art/b10020/25793899]fanart[/link] stories in my bio
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DarthIshtar Title: Former CR Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 6/27 10:49am Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	LOL, except I have to be upright and standing for 12 minutes tomorrow since I have to speak in church. -----signature----- "I feel like a more down-to-earth Pink 5 when I'm writing Leah. Same attitude, less lip gloss." ~Me on how to get in the right mindset for Twilight fanfic.
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Alethia Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 6/27 4:19pm Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	I can't give blood -- or I could, I guess, but they wouldn't want it. And they can never find my veins, and I hate needles, so I stay away from blood drives. I think they're a good idea, though. Ish, sorry you're sick. Early, what happened to you? Anyone seen Transformers 2 yet? I'm seeing it tomorrow afternoon and I cannot wait. I've heard that there's a lot of plot shoved in to it, so that it gets kind of cluttered at the end. But the same thing was said about Spiderman 3 and I thought that movie was brilliant. Fast-paced enough so that my mind didn't keep on wandering -- I had to pay attention to get what was going on, because it moved so fast. -----signature----- Jen, High Scholar and Ponderer of all Things Verily Blue, and Official caller of Suz, Crusader of Heretics and Knight of the Blue 1000 Now sacrificing Movie Garfield
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Commander-DWH Title: Shiny Fan Fiction Manager Registered: Nov '03	Date Posted: 6/27 4:42pm Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	Really? Spiderman 3 has the distinction of being one of maybe three movies in the world that I actively hate, and the cluttered plot was only one of the reasons. Add that to some story elements that would have been bad on their own, and some really simple VFX work that they should have done a lot better... yeah. I will say, though, Sandman was a true achievement. Beautifully done. Maybe if they had made the film just about him, the rest of the effects would have been up to snuff. I haven't seen Transformers 2 yet, and I don't know if I'm going to. I don't know about the story, but I heard that with the overabundance of robots, the screen gets really cluttered really fast and it's hard to tell what's going on- which, by the way, is criminal. I could spend hours watching the robots transforming with zero plot involved. Not that this is terribly surprising, though- the first film got visually confusing with significantly fewer robots. Add that to the blatantly racist robots (that nobody on the film is willing to take responsibility for- good job, guys)... yeah. If I do see this one, it will be at a cheap showing, because the whole point of seeing a Transformers movie is to see it on as large a screen as possible. Of course, since you won't spend the whole time picking apart the visual effects, you'll probably have more time to just sit back and enjoy the film. There are a few drawbacks to being a professional, but I think they're worth it. -----signature----- Complements (KOTOR)- http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/21177927/ Luminosity- http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/27900517/ Barefoot hippie in the OC revolution Master of the lovely and talented SoA
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VaderLVR64 Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Feb '04	Date Posted: 6/28 6:37am Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	Yeah, even my youngest son, a HUGE Spiderman fan, walked out of Spiderman 3 with this look of dazed disappointment on his face. For ME, it was almost like a parody of a real Spiderman film. -----signature----- R.I.P John, Alex, Jason, and Christian Never forgotten Soldiers' Angels http://soldiersangels.org/ 2114 soldiers waiting for someone to care
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Commander-DWH Title: Shiny Fan Fiction Manager Registered: Nov '03	Date Posted: 6/28 7:24am Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	A couple of my friends here worked on Spiderman 3. Apparently when the scans for the emo dance scene came in, they gathered around the computer to watch, and the reaction was basically, "...this isn't in the movie. No, really. This can't possibly be in the film, can it?" Also, it's simultaneously amazing and ridiculous when you find out how much work the paint artists had to do- a certain lead actor might not have gotten in shape for his role, and the painters may have removed unsightly rolls frame by frame. I wasn't sure it was possible for my respect for the film to go down after hearing the behind the scenes stories, but it definitely did. -----signature----- Complements (KOTOR)- http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/21177927/ Luminosity- http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/27900517/ Barefoot hippie in the OC revolution Master of the lovely and talented SoA
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mavjade Title: Fan Fiction Manager Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 6/28 5:23pm Subject: Blue Jar Jar Cult, now with more cowbell! The Fan Fic Social Thread Shoots Lazers
	Yeah, Spidy 3 was a disappointment for me too. I was going to go see Transformers tonight but I've got some major sinus/allergy thing going on and I figured I'd just be miserable at the theater. Unfortunately everyone I work with was going this weekend and I'll have to stick my fingers in my ears and say "La, la, la" all night. Not that I can really hear at the moment anyway! -----signature----- Parent: I need a snot sucker! My coworker: Does she mean a bulb syringe or a Respiratory Therapist?? NaNoWriMo '09: Unto Itself, A Higher Law: 10,307 words so far
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