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"tumblr is my shitty twitter i don’t want anybody to find"

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When you get this, reply with 5 things that make you happy then send it to the last 10 people you have notes from in your recent activity

1. Vanilla milkshakes with the giant 4 holes in my mouth where my wisdom teeth used to be.

2. My boyfriend being extra nice.

3. Oakley actually being calm.

4. Fans to cool me off.

5. Blankets to keep me warm.

Tagged: technoglobe, megbytheminute, missteeeee, itsmepaulette, pluckyisaducky, thesnarkyschoolteacher, nutmeg-smithy-165, sebastian, unicornscully, thestarrymemory

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1. My pet rats and their adorable faces!! 2. Opening new art supplies 3. D-man, obviously 4. Having time to read over summer and finding a good book that keeps you from sleeping 5. Feeling like you’ve earned your shower after a good workout (although I’m out of commission this week :/ boo)

Tagged: rosesandpeaches courteousnoodle lickallthefood the-wallflowerer monitor-adjust claytonspeaks  rigalos happystation likesplatterpaint veecheck

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I meant to do this ages ago!

1. A good home cooked meal. 2. Cool nights like tonight. 3. My puffers and betta boys. 4. My wonderful Michael. 5. My phone chats with infinite–eight

Feeling so wonderfully content tonight. I tag iamlittlei, clarinetcoop, prtcj, featherfooted, erikaehm, infinite–eight, simplywanderlove, artteacheradventures and anyone else who would like to do this! 

Oh. I was supposed to do my last ten notes. Okay! 

fraidylady, jameseatsplaydoh, incandescentcataclysm, kaosghost, puffies-and-friends, oolathurman (oh my god that url is stunning), swolewolf, anglodrake, grifcakes and i-saw-a-kingsnake-today as well!! :D

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1. tupac the bearded dragon

2. getting high on my couch and being a piece of shit

3. really good fruit

4. the satisfaction of liking something i made

5. having enough time to get bored

i tag a-little-nonsense-now-and-then, tinyratfeet, hashbrown-swag, midnight-symphony-maze, darrenwilder, cootie-shots, yankeesamurai, quebla, @beanbon, whotries, kazy-sa

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1. knowing exactly what to say during a conversation

2. sitting down in ur own apt with a tasty meal u cooked urself with a cold drink on the side and a movie u been wanting to see for ages

3. taking a fat ogre shit and coming up clean on the first wipe

4. making a difference in someone’s life for the better

5. my gf’s warm body when i curl up with her under the blankets

i could go on but the rules say 5, sooo

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for everyone who reblogs this, i will give each of my rats 1 (one) kiss on the head

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fraidylady replied to your post: I will be moving into a little studio ...

!!!!!!! you should totally get rats!!! get a BIG nice cage and keep fur babies!!!!!!!!!

aaa i want this so bad

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I will be moving into a little studio apartment soon! My upcoming goals in life are to acquire a number of plants and a number of pet rats bc god dammit rats are so underrated honestly look into it do it

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that awkward stage in a friendship when you’ve talked a few times but you don’t know if you can be an asshole to them yet???

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sup nerd i found u by mistake buddy boy this is cakez

OK mister this blog will stay our little secret capichehow u doin btw

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Today was my first time doing CPR on a man. It was exhausting (he was a big dude), and I’ll never forget his wife and family’s pleas for him to come back.

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oohhhhh FUCK YEAH

i killed that interview, like in a good way

In other news, I'm seriously contemplating switching over to Real Twitter for all my shitpost needs.

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Transported a younger suicidal patient today. Initially, I assumed the patient was male, but upon questioning him about his medical history, he told me he was transgender. I figured I should ask which pronouns he goes by, and he said he actually identifies as a she. So, I switched to using she and let my partner know to do the same, and I told the nurse at the receiving hospital as well.

And that’s the story of how, for once, shit I read on tumblr helped me be that much better at my job.

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Things were going fine until the interviewer asked, “What are orthostatic vital signs?” At that moment, I knew I had failed, because I had literally honest-to-god never heard that phrase in my entire life, ever. The interviewer explained that orthostatics are important and promptly dropped me from the interview. I was also docked for using the term “ischemic stroke” when apparently the correct term is “occlusive stroke?”

Went home, checked my textbook. The term was, in fact, “ischemic stroke” after all. And more importantly, there was no mention of orthostatic vital signs in the index, glossary, or vital signs chapter. Figured it out on google, but as a test I later asked two other coworkers about orthostatic vital signs. Their reactions went something like, “What? Those are blahblahblahblah. How could you not know this?”

They went to a different EMT school than me, so I’m starting to suspect that my own school taught me some sort of off-brand EMT curriculum. One of my coworker friends went to the “mainstream” EMT school and is lending his textbook when I see him next, so I guess I’ll be able to prove my theory soon enough.

Shit is weird.

On a brighter note, I told my EMT instructor about what happened and he seemed just as off-put as I was. He confirmed that my particular school’s curriculum never mentions orthostatics, said he “knows the guy who wrote the stupid interview questions in the first place,” and told me to let him know when I test next. Why he wants to know, I have no clue.

Speaking of testing again, my second skills test is set for the first week of January - and if I don’t pass this one, I have to wait six months to test again. It’s incredibly frustrating that my first attempt went up in flames due to some chickenshit curriculum glitch that wasn’t my fault whatsoever. But what the fuck can you do.

Ugh, January. I need to get the hell out of my current company. Shady and borderline fraudulent management aside, there is a very tangible field-experience glass ceiling present in nonemergency transport companies. I’ve never driven Code 3 (lights + sirens). Never done any sort of spinal immobilization. Bleeding control, no. Trauma assessment, nope. Ventilation, no need. CPR, never. We don’t even carry AEDs. These skills are all inherently, extremely use-it-or-lose-it in nature. The longer I stay here, the more they go to shit.

The first few months at work were a blur of memorizing basic procedures and trying desperately not to fuck up. What do I say over the radio? Which lines does the patient initial? How the fuck do the wrist restraints work? At the three month milestone, however, the overwhelming sensation is that I’ve learned all there is to learn at this job. As long as I’m at this company, I’m stalled. I’m stagnant. I’m not doing what I was trained to do, I’m not a “real EMT,” whatever that means. Today was my day to get out and reach the next step, but that window has been pushed back another month at the very least - again, thanks to surprise bullshit that was totally out of my control.

Since work is not serving me any professional purpose, I might just quit and dedicate my time to studying for January’s test. Staying home all day erry’day at my mom’s house would result in me feeling like garbage, but that test is so crucial, I just might put up with it anyway. Although, if I fail the second time, the next career opportunity on the calendar wouldn’t roll around until April, when I turn 20 and therefore become eligible for a particularly well-reputed company with an in-house training program. Of course, April is a good four months away from January, and that’s far too long to be lounging around the house “studying.”

I don’t know. I need to sit down and organize my thoughts and weigh my options.

As a little thing on the side, the Navy called me out of the blue and said they think they can get me that waiver. Maybe I’ll get to be a Hospital Corpsman after all, but I don’t want to get my hopes up just yet.

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YOU, yes YOU, owe it to yourself to watch episodes 2-5 of Black Mirror, now streaming on Netflix. Easily some of the best television ever created.

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I haven’t spent an entire evening reading in months, so I think I’ll do that tonight. In other news, if The Last Bookstore had a public bathroom I would gladly eke out an existence there like a postapocalyptic book hermit for the rest of my days.

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SKILLS TEST IN 2 WEEKS

(I COULD BE DOING 911 BY THE END OF THE YEAR)

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i miss The Gang

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i feel like i missed out on something because i didn't trip balls after getting my wisdom teeth yanked

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tfw qt gf

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:)))))

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