The wonderful @panicsheerbloodypanic tagged me, & I thank her for it.
name: Anastasia
star sign: Cancer
height: 1.65 cm / 5.5 (I think)
middle name: no middle name
put your itunes spotify googleplay music (mp3 for me, because I'm an old dinosaur at this point) on shuffle. what are the first 6 songs that popped up?
Over the rainbow - Mandy Patinkin
All mine - Portishead
Marriage made in Heaven - Tindersticks feat Isabella Rossellini
She's mine but I'm not hers - Jay Jay Johanson
Dancing with the moonlit knight - Genesis
Song for my father - Brett Anderon
grab one book nearest to you and turn to page 23. what’s line 17?
page 23 had a picture and 16 lines, because I'm that lucky, so I'll write page 24:
"Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set..."
ever had a poem or a song written about you?
No.
when was the last time you played air guitar?
I don't think I have ever done it
who is your celebrity crush?
So, last year I had a crush on 1980s Eusebio Poncela for whom i taught myself Spanish as everything about him was in Spanish. So I said to myself never again. And then RJC happened. I try not to let it become a crush though (this blog doesn't mean anything, does it?)
what’s a sound you hate; sound you love?
hate: everything that takes place when I try to sleep (unless it's music I turned on to help me sleep)
love: music, certain voices
do you believe in ghosts?
Generally no, but I'm always in the mood of "hey, who knows?"
how about aliens?
Universe is too big for just us to exist isn't it?
do you drive?
Yes. It's quite traumatic, but I was forced to do it after many panic attacks.
if so, have you ever crashed?
the trauma I was talking about above
what was the last book you read?
The Magus - John Fowles
do you like the smell of gasoline?
I think so, yes
what was the last movie you saw?
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios)
what’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?
Never had any serious injury
do you have any obsessions right now?
This blog? The fact I found inspiration to write again after half a decade...
do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?
Yes
in a relationship?
No
I’m tagging @naevery @bitletsanddrabbles (because s/he said I could), @amandaanubis, @uneassasymphonie (because they made the mistake to actually like the previous tag game)
& everyone else who would like to do it.
I will say again, I’m insecure when it comes to the tagging, so ignore if this is a bother.
bitletsanddrabbles mentioned you on a post “People who are in self quarantine really have no idea how weird it is...”
@dxmedstudent Ahem. Tumblr. Let's do this properly. Anyway, as I was starting to say, yeah, I really wasn't meaning to say that things were normal for doctors and such. Just you guys have a different level of pressure than we do. I might come into contact with it - you pretty much are guranteed to. That's terrifying to think about, not going to lie. I'm really glad that you're out there, truly.
Oh, no . I didn’t think you meant that at all. I assumed it was your way of speaking of your own specific experiences without wanting to be too broad when others might experience working in lockdown differently.
And I think your post is spot on!
I’m just saying it’s ironic that people think being a doctor is different - and in some ways it is. But we’re also struglling with that “like a normal workday but make it post-apocalyptic, and people are all more tetchy” kind of vibe. It’s still pretty surreal. Like at work you and your colleagues act pretty normally, when you’re not dealing with The Virus - but everyone wears masks and some form of PPE even with negative patients. But then you go out and its sunny, like a normal day. Except you’re not allowed to go anywhere except maybe a park, and you can’t see your loved ones. It’s that mix of really normal with the surreal that throws you, sometimes. It feels so normal and strange at the same time.
Frankly I think many of us in healthcare get off lightly in some respects - there’s a real range in our experiences from ‘work is slightly easier’ to ‘I have PTSD now’. Sure I’m more likely to catch covid (again, I probably already had it once), and I’ve had some really sad cases. It’s not fun being in a pandemic. But people tend to be nicer to the doc that writes up their drugs than to their care worker or retail worker or the many other key workers. I can afford to quit (though it’d not help my career, that’s for sure) but lots of key workers don’t have that safety net because we don’t pay them well. And we don’t treat them nearly as well either. I’m really glad you’re out there too - we need people to ensure essential supplies are available. Though I wish the system would allow as many peopel as possible to stay at home, safe.
Carson: Remember, Andrew, I strongly disapprove of vulgarity in this house. If you can’t imagine one of the ladies of the household saying it, I don’t want it to pass your lips.
Thomas: Mr. Carson? When was the last time you served the ladies after dinner coffee?
Carson: Yes, yes, thank you, Thomas. Now, as I was saying, Andrew, if you can’t imagine one of the children of the household saying it, I don’t want it to pass your lips.
Molesley: Do you think some men are lucky and… some men just aren’t and… nothing they can do about it?
Baxter: I believe in love. Not just getting it. Giving it. I think as long as you can love somebody, whether or not they love you, then it’s worth it, and–
Edith: He asked me to marry him, but I’m not certain. I like him, of course, and I think I could be happy married to him, but there are one or two…minor…issues.
Mary: One or two? Minor? Edith, the hall boys could list ten. They could probably teach a lesson on why this is a terrible idea in the local school. Only a complete boob would consider this union.
Edith: HE IS MY SOUL MATE AND I WILL MARRY HIM AND WE WILL BE HAPPY FOREVER WITH OUR HUNDRED CHILDREN!
