Life update

[enismirdal]

So...stuff has happened.

On Monday I did blood donatingage. The nurse who was looking after me was also into animal behaviour and shared my love of beeeeeeeees, so we talked about beeeeeeeeees and fangirled them and things. I learned that if you've had ibuprofen on Wednesday, you can give blood the following Monday. Talked to fellow donors as we munched bourbon creams at the end, and learned that one was AB+, which is like the exact opposite of me. Oh, and I was complimented on my cool and awesome veins. Yay my veins. Also: no bruising, go me! (Even though I never leave the plaster on as long as I'm meant to.)

On Tuesday there was CTSness. We talked about the Inklings and mostly considered topics like religion, allegory (which I still can't pronounce) and redemption. It was interesting and insightful and I liked it. Then mdavison came and poked my computer and declared that it is a Sick Computer, more or less. It seems it is unlikely to be the monitor that is kaput, but may be some aspect of the power supply, the motherboard, the graphics card... (Oh, the two screws that got lost in the footwell turned up. My bare feet are good at finding small pointy things.)

On yesterday there was innocencestness. I have now seen all of Star Wars. Yay!! There were many nibbleable nibbles, and lots of caffeine, making me swing between bouncyhyper and sleeeeepy. Yoda being a Jedi is really funny and cute. There were also many hugs and cuddles and some crying in my hair, though not by me. Although when Anakin got all burned up I sniffled a bit. Hayden Christensen may not be able to act, but he is really really hot. And Anakin with fluffy hair is like, drooool machine. Mmmmmm.

Tomorrow there will be the Taruithorn banquet, at which I will wear a Dress. With Doc Martens, but nonetheless, Dress-wearing will occur. I will also eat much, and chatter to Oxfordy people about Elves, and watch them be pretty and costumed. And probably attempt to dance. I know this dress permits Irish Dancing (or at least, Eni pretending to be Jean Butler style Irish Dancing), but I have no idea if it will be suitable for any other kind.

And last but not least, Happy Birthday lotrfan_angel17!!

Comments

[lotrangel17.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the birthday wish and yea for giving blood! Thats really awesome, I havent been able to give since I was pregnant and now nursing but it always made me feel good to do it.

[melime.livejournal.com]

Heehee, congrats on your seeing all of Star Wars. Now you are one of us. Mwahaha. :D I didn't really like I, II was eh, but I really liked III lots. Lots of emo!Anakin looking spiffy. And of course, angst. Lots and lots of angst. And bad acting. XD

[eawen-penallion.livejournal.com]

'Oh, and I was complimented on my cool and awesome veins. Yay my veins.'

I work in a hospital, enismirdal. You don't know just how *much* we love good veins. We long for them. We crave them. It makes our life *so* much easier... :-)

I can't give blood here in Ireland. Why? Because I lived in the UK at the height of the BSE scares. We've had controversy with blood products over here in the last ten years (mostly a contaminated batch of Factor 8) that the Blood Transfusion Board is paranoid, hence the most restrictive batch of regulations you can imagine....

[larianelensar.livejournal.com]

Why does it make me laugh, thinking about you talking beeeeeees with the blood donating nurse?

I'm a horror for them. Well, not so much now that I know. I have pretty good veins, but I make them tip me backwards and put the ice pack behind my neck before we start. Otherwise, I pass out and/or throw up.

um...I know, too much information!

[jaiden-s.livejournal.com]

Ooh...a fellow blood donor. :D I would have bet that you didn't weigh enough to give, though. You're tiny.

[deliciouspear.livejournal.com]

I just got my "gallon" card!

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

Yay! That's so cool! Here we get different coloured cards the more donations you do, and a badge and a certificate when you reach 10, and something like a posh pen when you get to 25, I think. Unfortunately, cos I donate at 2 different ends of the country, they have real problems keeping track of how many times I've been!

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

LOL! The cut off point in the UK is 7st 12lb I think. I tend to vary between 8st 1lb and 8st 6lb depending on the phase of the moon and when I last ate! So I'm always comfortably within the allowed weight. :) (It's all in my thighs, hips and bum!)

[deliciouspear.livejournal.com]

The bubby and I are going ot get BEES! Even though I am allergic!

I am so excited!

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

You're getting bees? That is SO SO cool! *jealous* You have to torment them quite a bit before they sting you, so I doubt you need to worry too much. :) *never got stung in the weeks and weeks of her project*

Beeeee squeee!

[deliciouspear.livejournal.com]

I'm not worried. I'm VERY allergic but have NEVER been scared of bees.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Yayness.

How do you not pronounce allegory?

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

I always seem to get the stress on the exact wrong syllable!

[requiem-17-23.livejournal.com]

An allegory once bit me on the ankle. They normally feed on young wildebeest, antelope and anything else foolish enough to drink at the river without checking for floating logs.

[innocencest.livejournal.com]

Heh, sorry! Next time I'll cry into my sleeve.
We didn't eat half the nibbles, I ended up giving most of them to you =)
But it was lots and lots of fun!
I might not be coherant. I've been awake for 20 odd hours.

[luin77.livejournal.com]

Whenever I see a bee, be it a real one or a toy bee, I think of you and spacebee immediately!

Yay to donating blood and to your veins! :) Mine always roll away so the nurses have a hard time with me. One even sent me home once.

[enismirdal.livejournal.com]

*grins* If any pictures of me appear, I will post/link them! I've given up on my own camera - it was bottom of the range 3 years ago, so now it's so bad it's not even funny!

[chess]

I have no veins. Or, at least, I presume I have veins somewhere, but along my arms they are all hugging my bones and refuse to come out. Once I had to have a blood test and after desperately searching for a vein and making my arm blow up to twice as big and purple, they gave up and used one in the back of my hand, even though they weren't meant to for the amount they needed to take.

Therefore, I feel very little guilt about not giving blood :).