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Thanks to mom I grew up around hospitals. Nursing homes. Etc. I can't help but think of one thing. Oh how I hope that Glenn Bleck is an actor. Or isn't. Oh which to hope for? If he's as nutty and whiny in person as he is on his show? See I've had bad bad bad experiences in the medical system. But here's the thing -- the biggest douchebags are in administration. The second biggest douchebags are over-egotistical doctors. But the people down in the trenches who will actually take care of you? They're almost all good people. Unless YOU are a douchebag. Then they'll make your life hell. Trust me, a lot of hospital staff are going to be liberal types who want the system to change. Let him start ranting to them. Fun fun. Perhaps they can drug him real good. People say fun stuff when they go into surgery, I hear. Hospital staff used to like to talk about that. I bet they'll be talking about him for years to come.
Me? Believe it or not I mean it when I say I use my blog to vent all of my MS rants etc. I was an ideal patient. The nurses would ask me and mom if I knew that I could ask for stuff. I really only whine about how much pain and stuff I have on here. I'm TOO good of a patient, I never complain. It's probably my biggest downfall actually.
At least we know they can call on Jon Stewart to fill in for Glenn Beck.
Live Army press conference -- the suspected shooter was not killed, he was shot and is in custody and in stable condition. But the name that had been released was correct. I'm sure he wishes he'd been killed or he will...
No reason to believe terrorism the motivation.
So I slept for 10 hours, not too bad given I'd not slept for a day. I come downstairs and do my wake up routine -- turn on the tv which had been set to MSNBC before sleep, head to the kitchen to pour myself a cup of chocolate soy milk mixed with iced coffee, head to the bathroom to grab an anti-seizure pill, and plop down on the couch to see what the news is. Breaking news -- a press conference. Now in this day and age, EVERYTHING is BREAKING NEWS with red text. But, no this IS breaking news. 40 some people shot at Fort Hood. *blink* What? How? Huh?
MSNBC is saying that there are possibly three involved but they've gotten the name of one, he'd been a Major, and oh, hell... an Arab sounding name. Well, I'll do what I never do, I'll find FOX News. Surely that will be fun. The guide says that Glenn Beck is on. Doubly fun. Except that Shepard Smith was on air. If anyone on that channel is actually "Fair and Balanced" it is him. He was saying they'd just gotten the shooter's name and unlike the other networks he was not going to release it until the Army released it officially. *blink* Go Shep. He would say that he had been told that the man was an Army Major who didn't want to go to war, because Kay Bailey Hutchinson confirmed that to him on air. If Shepard is ever let go from Fox, I'd not mind seeing him on MSNBC. He's good.
So an Army Major psychiatrist shoots 40 some people with handguns on the biggest Army Base we have (or one of the biggest -- is it the biggest? I think it is). Good advertisement for guns. War. Etc.
Apparently he didn't want to go war. He was one of the people that the ones going to war and coming home from war talked to. The reports are that he dealt with many PTSD patients. And then we tell him it's his turn. And this is what happens.
I hope that the victims who are wounded heal quickly. I hope the families of the dead get the support they need.
The man who did it, he was a murderer and a coward. If he wanted out, he should have only taken himself. But, I can't say that I'm surprised that someone like him would snap. Even doctors are human. Do we really think it's wise to sit someone down back here at home with people who are telling them horrific stories of war day after day after day after day and then announce hey buddy, time for you to go over there? I'm fairly certain that it's actually not uncommon for people like psychiatrists to counsel one another -- because of the things THEY take on in their jobs.
What a tragedy all the way around. For someone who was devoted to helping people to take such a turn. For all of those lives to be lost. Sad, sad, sad.
NaNoWriMo update: 6,067 words so far. I didn't write today as I only slept about 2 1/2 hours total last night and today, while sitting up on the couch. Not so comfy I must say. Didn't think I could wake up on time for shot delivery. But was soooo tired this morning. Guess I just passed out. Woke up about 5 minutes before the knock at the door at 11:30 but had been awake this morning when Brian got up for work. Then I tried to sleep and couldn't -- so I'm still up. But finally exhausted. Writing will have to wait until tomorrow. I've resigned myself to the fact that I'll have some catching up to do and this version will be complete crap and a basic outline, basically. I'll have to totally redo it as there's no way I'm getting good stuff at this pace but I like my character concept. I just don't like what I'm writing for them.
Since I knew I couldn't focus enough to write even crap, I spent part of the day reading one of the two books I'm reading now. Yes, two. I'd started Rosemary and Rue: An October Daye Novel
Now I think I'll sleep, a lot. But hey, I read a little and have shots for three more months. I just haven't slept in, erm, I can't remember now. Can't see straight. zzzzz
So, I watched V, a remake of this V
~ I'm kind of surprised they didn't do a 2 hour premiere.
~ It's definitely not a true to the original remake, which is either really good or bad. Last I read, the creators of the original were still trying to get their own projects done continuing the original. That could confuse the hell out of people who only end up knowing this version.
~ It has potential. I'm not a sci-fi show kinda girl. For the most part the only sci-fi shows that I can think of that I've really liked are probably... hmm, um, yeah hmm just the original of this one. There's been a few shows that I've liked that got called sci-fi, but weren't really. Like Red Dwarf. I think of it as more of a comedy. Voyagers was even listed in sci-fi. Okay they time travel, beyond that, uhh.. not really. So, we'll see. It was familiar enough that I watched going "un huh, I know what you sneaky Visitors are up to" but at the same time, different characters and so slightly different plots from the original... which leads to the big WTF?
I read some boards online and then I almost banged my head on something, except my head already hurts so I decided that was a bad idea. Holy stupid friggin political teabagging lunatics Batman. Now, I love ranting about politics, it's fun. But ya know, when I'm watching a show about aliens who come in peace, but not really -- I don't assume it's about Obama and his socialist agenda. Sometimes a tv show is just a tv show. I mean I don't read my Superman comics and think wow this guy is JUST like those friggin corporate whores the Republicans always defend. OMFG, Lex Luthor is totally a Republican. So Superman is totally a Democrat and and... OMG so... Yeah it's friggin just good entertainment. Just because they added the dumb line about socialized medicine because you dumbasses would understand that... Even in the original they offered us stuff... OMFG now that I think of it the original -- people said that was about NAZIS!!! Everyone says Obama is a NAZI! The current V is supposed to be about Obama? We've come full circle! Or something. And that something is that people are a bunch of crackpots. The show was just entertaining, I'll give it another shot. So far it doesn't seem like they totally bastardized my childhood though I suspect it won't be nearly as cool as the original.
I have some of the books that I never did get around to reading, but had bought used when the dvds of the original series came out. Maybe when I get through my current to read list I'll finally read those.
Douchebag alert. I don't really care about sports, but I do love bringing douchebags to your attention. So my douchebag of the day is CNBC's Darren Rovell. Who the hell is he? No clue. Just a douchebag. I love that word. Why is he one? Because America won the NYC men's marathon for the first time since 1982. *cue the evil music* or did we? Not so much according to Darren Rovell. It doesn't REALLY count as an American victory because the winner, Meb Keflezighi, IS an American citizen BUT he wasn't BORN here, he CHOSE to become an American citizen (he's lived here since he was 12 or something). So he's not REALLY one of ours. Yeah. Darren Rovell, douchebag.
What's that? You have a hard time believing he was that blunt? His own words here. He's such a douchebag that he ends it by announcing that he won't be breaking out his red, white, and blue until someone who was BORN here is on that winner's podium.
Well, I still have no idea where I'll take this story. As expected, it's starting out craptactular. I actually think that later on I COULD maybe with lots of practice make it better. But for now, I'm just okay with the word count... 3,524 words so far w00t! Staying on target is good. Making it a good story later, well we'll see.
In other news, I'm still trying to come down with something. Surely swine flu since everything is swine flu. Except no one we know has it. I actually think I'm just trying to fight off a sinus infection. My sinuses have been driving me nuts since the winds were crazy and blowing dust and probably tons of other allergens around the other day.
Oh and my cat scratched my back. Cat scratches HURT.
I'll be torturing myself with NaNoWrimo (National Novel Writing Month).
Mom will be doing AEDM (Art Every Day Month).
What will YOU be doing? Picking up my slacker slack? Some other fill your November full thing that I'm unaware of? Preparing for the holidays as I should be doing? We all know that I'll finish mom, Karina, and Krissy's presents at the last minute or on December 26th :P
For the record, with the countdown to November now being counted in hours instead of day just how much have I plotted out in my head? Still just the main character names, general initial concept of how the story starts out... and then... I dunno. I did mention that I'm no writer, eh? Just this blog. No short stories, no fan fic, no... nothing. I just want to say I've done this. I do believe that I shall probably only allow people like um, my mommy to read what I end up with. People who won't be so mean that I'd end up crying. Or maybe I won't even let her! I'll spend a year trying to turn it from pure suckage into just slight suckage before even my mom could read it. I actually think my story concept is okay'ish but I'm such a scaredy cat, I don't even want to post THAT. ;)
