"it ain't nuttin' a little liquor won't solve"
"my heart has died many times" met a middle aged afr amer man today who had that tattooed on his arm. when i asked him about it, he told me he spent eight years in the state penitentiary. his cell had a tiny window, not big enough to stick his head out of. so he'd sit by that window and contemplate his life - his children, all he hasn't accomplished, how his dreams have died. he asked his friends to sneak him a needle and some ink and gave himself that tattoo by the meager light of the window. towards the end of the story, he started crying. which, of course, got me all bleary eyed.
little girl died after falling out of the back of a pick-up. there was brain tissue coming out of her nose.
feel so dirty, been shaking all sorts of diseased people's hands. esp this guy who had a fungal infection under all of his fingernails, sores all over his hands and face. i'm going to die.
lady's eyeball periodically got stuck to her glasses. was pretty unresponsive, had a really bad blank STARE going on. answered only a few questions directed at her, attached "as far as i know" to the end of every answer.
emt: "ma'am do you know what date it is?.....what month?....what year?"
lady: "1968, as far as i know".
emt: "ma'am, does this hurt?"
lady: "not really, as far as i know".
"something is wrong with my wife's sexy. it is swollen and very big" (couple from africa, apparently the woman was sewn up)
when i asked this woman what her ethnicity was, she told me christian.
me: "uh...that's a religion, what's your ethnicity?"
her: "i'm christian. i don't consider myself to have a race. other people would say i'm afr american, but i'm really just a christian."
met a guitarist today also, spent hours talking to him about guitar, our lives, etc. very intelligent, interesting man.
it's funny how everybody in the ER has little life lessons, stories to tell you (esp if they're dying, or think they're dying).
went salsa dancing with the fag & co last week. was fun, still don't know how to salsa.
"my heart has died many times" met a middle aged afr amer man today who had that tattooed on his arm. when i asked him about it, he told me he spent eight years in the state penitentiary. his cell had a tiny window, not big enough to stick his head out of. so he'd sit by that window and contemplate his life - his children, all he hasn't accomplished, how his dreams have died. he asked his friends to sneak him a needle and some ink and gave himself that tattoo by the meager light of the window. towards the end of the story, he started crying. which, of course, got me all bleary eyed.
little girl died after falling out of the back of a pick-up. there was brain tissue coming out of her nose.
feel so dirty, been shaking all sorts of diseased people's hands. esp this guy who had a fungal infection under all of his fingernails, sores all over his hands and face. i'm going to die.
lady's eyeball periodically got stuck to her glasses. was pretty unresponsive, had a really bad blank STARE going on. answered only a few questions directed at her, attached "as far as i know" to the end of every answer.
emt: "ma'am do you know what date it is?.....what month?....what year?"
lady: "1968, as far as i know".
emt: "ma'am, does this hurt?"
lady: "not really, as far as i know".
"something is wrong with my wife's sexy. it is swollen and very big" (couple from africa, apparently the woman was sewn up)
when i asked this woman what her ethnicity was, she told me christian.
me: "uh...that's a religion, what's your ethnicity?"
her: "i'm christian. i don't consider myself to have a race. other people would say i'm afr american, but i'm really just a christian."
met a guitarist today also, spent hours talking to him about guitar, our lives, etc. very intelligent, interesting man.
it's funny how everybody in the ER has little life lessons, stories to tell you (esp if they're dying, or think they're dying).
went salsa dancing with the fag & co last week. was fun, still don't know how to salsa.
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