OOC Raves

Kyrra

@Wysteria :x :x :x

Wysteria

^_______^

Trilliana

Yup, got that today

Daslin

That thing has batman on it. That is my rave. tell your kid's teacher they win the stamp of approval from some random dude on the internet.

Iocun

I'd be mad that principal Andrea Aragon found it beneath her to hand sign the diploma. She should be fired.

Trilliana

My principals all had stamps made from their signatures. At least this one looks cleaner than a stamp.

Jozlyn

Two of my favorite birds, a brown creeper and a wren,  just came to check out my blind. Completely surprised when I moved. Such lively little birds, it's always a treat to watch them.

Kyriella

My lab meeting today was productive and enjoyable. I finally feel like we have a clear direction for moving forward, after a few weeks of feeling like we were stalling out. Wahoo!

Bluef

Only 10 days until I can put my Christmas tree up (Yes,I'm one of THOSE people)! But Kaie and I met IRL last Christmas and this will be our first one together in the house we share, so I can't help but be excited. I haven't been this holiday-happy since my kid was little. Bring on the sappy Hallmark movies and snow!

Berenene

My promotion finally came through. From monday, I will be a Business Intelligence Developer.

Trevize

Berenene said:

My promotion finally came through. From monday, I will be a Business Intelligence Developer.

Developing intelligence, in a business? Good luck with that.

Eld

Trevize said:

Berenene said:

My promotion finally came through. From monday, I will be a Business Intelligence Developer.

Developing intelligence, in a business? Good luck with that.

I prefer to read it as developing Skynet: Business Edition.

Alcinae

Starting to get into the podcast called Night Vale. Creepy and amazing!

Arianis

Finally moved out of my dingy apartment with no heating and into the hospital/hotel. Saves me two hours of bus time every day and I don't have to worry about passing out on the ride home. 

Also, I was expecting I'd be staying full time in the hospital but instead I get to stay at the adjacent hotel most of the time except when I have extensive tests to do. The hotel room is SO FREAKING NICE (and not expensive at all because it's long term medical stay). I HAVE A FULL KITCHEN. AND ROOM SERVICE. I feel like a little princess right now, albeit with lots of pills and IV's. 

Berenene

Alcinae said:

Starting to get into the podcast called Night Vale. Creepy and amazing!

That is such an awesome series. "The city council announces the opening of a new dog park. They would like to remind everyone that dogs are NOT allowed in the dog park...the dog park will not harm you"

Yang

This evening I finally finished getting the IKEA bookcase completely assembled and mounted to the wall. My only hope is that within the year or two that I move of this apartment, I'm going to break this thing like Office Space printers. I don't think the bookcase could get out my door at this point.

Aepas

Everyone thinks I'm doing duty related things. I'm not.

I'm supposed to be at work. I'm not.

I'm right here... sittin in my comfy chair at home. Nobody suspects a thing...

Nakari

Alcinae said:

Starting to get into the podcast called Night Vale. Creepy and amazing!

Hah, I just started listening to it like two days ago. It's a lot of fun

Jurixe

I finally worked up the nerve to donate blood during a company blood donation drive. After spazzing out on just about everyone on my Skype contact list, I just did it.

The actual donating part was fine, though I got a little heated and slightly nauseous, but it was manageable. The dramatic part came when I'd finished and stood up, and my friend went 'oh my god, you have blood dripping down your arm!' And I did, big fat red droplets spilling on the ground and on my skirt, haha. So I sat back down again and they put ice on it, and after that it was fine, although they said there might be bruising.

Then I stood up again and nearly fainted, so I had to go to another chair, sit down again and take iron tablets or something. So much drama!

That being said, happy I went through with it and did it at least once. Now I know what it feels like. Also found out I'm an O instead of B like I always thought!

Aepas

Jurixe said:

I finally worked up the nerve to donate blood during a company blood donation drive. After spazzing out on just about everyone on my Skype contact list, I just did it.

The actual donating part was fine, though I got a little heated and slightly nauseous, but it was manageable. The dramatic part came when I'd finished and stood up, and my friend went 'oh my god, you have blood dripping down your arm!' And I did, big fat red droplets spilling on the ground and on my skirt, haha. So I sat back down again and they put ice on it, and after that it was fine, although they said there might be bruising.

Then I stood up again and nearly fainted, so I had to go to another chair, sit down again and take iron tablets or something. So much drama!

That being said, happy I went through with it and did it at least once. Now I know what it feels like. Also found out I'm an O instead of B like I always thought!

Giving blood is one of the best things you can do! I saw first hand how many people actually need it when a disaster strikes! good on you.

 

Now everyone else go give some blood like a good boy or girl.

Kyrra

Did blood work over two months ago to find out my type and results still aren't back. My ex used to donate platelets regularly and it's something I wanted to do too.

I wanted an afternoon storm and it's bucketing down 15 minutes before I am due to leave the office

Chryenth

I would really love to give blood, honestly. But until the whole issue of discriminating against homosexuals goes away, I refuse.

I occasionally think this makes me a bad person, but you know what? Until the 3/4 of my friends who cannot are allowed to donate legally, I'm not going to. Sign every goddamned petition that comes my way. I even wrote a letter once. 

This should not be in Raves. Hang on.

Two hours extra lie-in tomorrow because a lecture got re-arranged!

24hr karate session is on the cards!

Potential trip to Mexico next August! I could have my birthday there!

Mishgul

You shouldnt not save a life because of someone elses ignorance. One day the rules will change, but you cant turn back time and give someone unrelated a second chance afterwards, when you could do it now.

Mishgul

Besides, they normally test blood and clean it before using it in transfusions or anything. I am sure they will notice if they find any gay in it.

Chryenth

Hence why I feel like a bad person.

Thanks for that.

Aepas

Chryenth said:

I would really love to give blood, honestly. But until the whole issue of discriminating against homosexuals goes away, I refuse.

I occasionally think this makes me a bad person, but you know what? Until the 3/4 of my friends who cannot are allowed to donate legally, I'm not going to. Sign every goddamned petition that comes my way. I even wrote a letter once. 

This should not be in Raves. Hang on.

Two hours extra lie-in tomorrow because a lecture got re-arranged!

24hr karate session is on the cards!

Potential trip to Mexico next August! I could have my birthday there!

I have multiple gay friends who donate blood. They simply mark that they are straight. It's not a big deal.

It's not entirely discrimination. It comes from a time when there was a huge aids scare and a lot of inner social-terrorism was going around, encouraging gay males to donate blood if they had aids. It was a very small cell that did this, but it caused a lot of panic. Since this was harshly and forcefully put into place, there was never a proper bill to take it out of place, despite the more proper social aspects that exist today.

Also, you should keep in mind that it's likely you are trying to "stick it to the man" while people in disasters like the recent typhoon in the Philippians could greatly benefit from your blood if it was donated to the red cross or a similar foundation. Giving blood doesn't have anything to do with the current social structure put in place, but instead people that could possibly die because they don't have a proper blood transfusion.

For the record, I have been to multiple countries which makes it so I can no longer donate blood to civilians. (They'll stick whatever they want in military members.) This is because blood can hold many dormant viruses, and if your marrow has not created proper B cells, then you'll get the sickness too. Foreign viruses have this power. This is also a disqualifier for giving blood. 

Fact of the matter is, ANY gay male can give blood. They give you two stickers to put on the bag when you are finished. One sticker says "Don't use my blood, I've answered no/yes to one of the questions." The other sticker/barcode says "My blood is safe to give to other people."

If you really know your health, being gay is not a problem.

Holy crap I'm on raves. uuuhhh.. I ran 5k today? yay me?

Wysteria

I can't give blood or my organs because doctors still think it might give someone cancer thanks to a malignant giant cell tumour I had. So don't sweat the guilt thing. Just stand your ground and tell them your blood isn't poisoned because of a social decision, unlike mine which might actually be able to kill someone.

Raves: After 8 formal complaints in one week straight to the CEO of my company by customers who think I lied to them for saying we cannot fly a package from Denmark to Australia in less 8 hours (or something equally ridiculous), the CEO sent me a personal email and a gift card of $200 for a bizarre compliment one customer gave about me.

Apparently my "positive attitude and professionalism in her investigation helped her realize her shipper was swindling her of over $25 000 in stock for her shop". Why did the CEO care? Customer wasn't one of ours, but was meant to speak with our competitor who lost her shipment yet I found it on a hunch (look we all use the same airports it's not that hard). So we just ninja'd a customer from them because I solved one of their cases that was turning into a running gag. This is what doing your job is about in Customer Service. Why people can't work out that much, I'll never know.

Chryenth

This is totally the wrong place to have this discussion. Therefore: 

Finding that gif was a minor rave in itself.

Exelethril

Finally finished my week-long assignment on Fourier transforms, phew. Still kinda confused though, I don't completely understand the mechanics.

Daslin

I'm watching the news more now? Even if it's BBC world news.