Heh.
I DID do something about it. I had surgery. And while I cannot recommend it as a weight loss program, it did work!
;)
Unfortunately extended visits with my family tend to promote the previous bad habits. (all in the excuse of holidays, etc) And I have gained most of it back.
Sigh.
Here we go again,... :/
Thanks for stepping in for me guys - I had surf patrol and camped out at the beach. Was very nice and completely tech free. Oh, apart from my kindle obvs but that barely counts.
What's surf patrol? Sounds kool.
Surf life saving. Get to dress in snazzy red and yellow uniform, sit on the beach, race out in boats when swimmers get caught in the big waves, stop them from drowning, general acclaim and beers.
Didn't have to rescue anyone so it was basically a lazy weekend on a nice beach with cool peeps.
That's nice, I reckon.
I've only done cpr once, maybe almost twice. It's nice when you press your fingers into the side of somebody's neck and they cough and come out of it.
Sounds cool Will.
I'm glad you didn't HAVE to rescue anyone, but I'm also glad you and your peeps are there to do it if it WAS needed! :)
Yeah, I've never had to do CPR, although I took the training.
I'm pretty sure I can remember how to do it, but I'd probably get all nervous and push too hard and crack something they might not appreciate being cracked. :/
Darn pesky fragile sternums. :(
Huzzahs for Surf Patrol and beaches in general!
It's been too long since I went to the beach, I need to go back. :)
Whoa! A real-life t'cho t'cho eatery. D'ya think they also served up the special sauce?
Yeeeeeesh.
Better hope that "nigerian prince" calling you is a scam.
Sounds cool Will.
I'm glad you didn't HAVE to rescue anyone, but I'm also glad you and your peeps are there to do it if it WAS needed! :)Yeah, I've never had to do CPR, although I took the training.
I'm pretty sure I can remember how to do it, but I'd probably get all nervous and push too hard and crack something they might not appreciate being cracked. :/Darn pesky fragile sternums. :(
Huzzahs for Surf Patrol and beaches in general!
It's been too long since I went to the beach, I need to go back. :)
The rib cage isn't really designed to withstand cpr; broken ribs aren't that uncommon actually.........
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I was taught a lot of first aid in the army (as forward observers, we spent a lot of time by ourselves and were expected to repair each other) and had to take a bunch of lifesaver/resuscitation courses when I worked as a security guard and as a swimming pool lifeguard; every instructor basically said that if we didn't break a few ribs on a guy while performing CPR, we weren't pushing hard enough.
After all that, I had real problems getting used to baby CPR. Hopefully I'll never have to use that; I'd probably break the little guys in two as muscle memory set in. :§
<shudder>
Yeah, hope I NEVER have to do that!
They trained us for it, but still, <Shudder>
I guess if your to the point where a baby needs CPR, you've got bigger things to worry about that a few lil broken ribs! :/
Sounds like I missed (a lot of?) things by not going into the military.
I know my dad was a little bit disappointed about it.
He always said we all owed our country at least 2 years of service.
I always replied, I can serve my country just fine without being woke up with a trash can lid or being yelled at, thank you. :)
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Sounds like I missed (a lot of?) things by not going into the military.
I know my dad was a little bit disappointed about it.
He always said we all owed our country at least 2 years of service.I always replied, I can serve my country just fine without being woke up with a trash can lid or being yelled at, thank you. :)
I wanted a military career, but hurt myself really badly first on special forces tryouts and then during NCO training (the Norwegian armed forces require that you serve as a sergeant before going to OCS), and gave up and moved on. Looking back, I'm not entirely certain how it would have turned out, as I think that I probably would have been an excellent captain or major, I would also have been a really bad sergeant or junior lieutenant.
Your dad has a point, but there are all kinds of ways to serve. I think that things like Teach for America, Meals on Wheels or the Peace Corps provides more societal value than uniformed service. I did learn some stuff while in uniform, but it was mostly organisational stuff (I still stretch my bed and fold my clothes army-style) and neat winter survival tricks, but I had already spent a year abroad as an exchange student and was used to getting along by myself. However, we also had some unbelievable mama's boys that grew up a lot during their year, and probably derived a lot more benefits from it than I did. It was a good year, though, and I wish I could have done a few more.
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Nobody wants to pay for that....snif
Their loss, right? ;P
Good lucks on teh interviews!
Fingers crossed, prayers said, and happy thoughts headed your way! :)
Your dad has a point, but there are all kinds of ways to serve. I think that things like Teach for America, Meals on Wheels or the Peace Corps provides more societal value than uniformed service. I did learn some stuff while in uniform, but it was mostly organisational stuff (I still stretch my bed and fold my clothes army-style) and neat winter survival tricks, but I had already spent a year abroad as an exchange student and was used to getting along by myself. However, we also had some unbelievable mama's boys that grew up a lot during their year, and probably derived a lot more benefits from it than I did. It was a good year, though, and I wish I could have done a few more.
That's cool. Sorry you hurt yourself. My oldest son LOVED being in the Marines. He would still be there, and possibly a made a career of it, but he has a bad knee from a serious accident during high school wrestling (during practice, of course. ;P) and the military didn't want to spend the $ to fix it up properly, so they let him go.
Myself, while I was terribly immature when I was younger, (and still a bit to day I guess) :P and it might have helped me there, I was always far ahead in other ways. Primarily thinking for myself. The whole 'follow orders without questions' thing would not have gone over with me very well. I suspect I would have either been a general, or kicked out for insubordination very early. :P
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Hey, Sorry in advance If I am slow keeping up. It's MArdi Gras time here. Which means a whole lot of confusion, and not much useful things getting done.
(Did someone mention New Orleans?!?) ;)
On the plus side, I do get a couple of days off work. Finally. :)
Enjoy some time off :)
Oh I plan on it! :)
Thanks!
You know what they say,
"If you stat it, It will come!"
:)
Or something like that. :/
(Actually, the above just sounds wronger every time I re-read it,...) :(
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It is pretty common with combi-businesses in small Norwegian towns (or small towns anywhere, I'm sure), and sometimes the combinations get a bit odd - I once drove past a tanning salon and fast food resturant... A friend of mine once printed up caps with his made-up business of "Langeland video rental and concrete pouring", and nobody looked twice at them.
And, face it, some Old One should run a combined pig rendering and nuclear waste processing plant in his spare time, and it might as well be Nyarlathotep, as Ubbo-Sathla doesn't have the requisite brains.
Lol!
Back in my AV days (pre-Katrina) we did a LOT of medical conventions, and several times we transmitted live videos of stent procedures and other things as they happened. That was cool.
Weirdest was when I had to have a medicine so bad they had to inject it into me through a stent-tube to my heart, so it wouldn't destroy my veins. (Arteries?) :(
I got to sit there and watch the tech shove the tube up into my arm and see the progress on the monitor. It was all fun and dandy until the tech looks at the screen and says,... "Oops."
WTF?!?!?! 'Oops'?!? What do you mean 'Oops'?!?!?
"Oh, nothing. Your fine."
Turns out he had shoved the tube a lil too far, and it was IN my heart. O.O
He pulled it back, and said all was good. But to this day I can still swear that I felt the pressure of that tube on my heart valve. :/
Enough reminiscing. I'm goin' bed now. Nighters.
We met a retired medico on a hike in the mountains one day. We were trying to wrangle backpacks so I could hold them both while my traveling partner used the primitive outside facilities and I nearly dropped everything and said, "Oops!"
He introduced himself as an old doc and said, "You never say, 'Oops!' You always say, 'Isn't that interesting!'"
To this day, whenever someone says, "Isn't that interesting?", I cringe wondering what just went wrong.
Schteeeegy!!!! Verr iss you?
We met a retired medico on a hike in the mountains one day. We were trying to wrangle backpacks so I could hold them both while my traveling partner used the primitive outside facilities and I nearly dropped everything and said, "Oops!"
He introduced himself as an old doc and said, "You never say, 'Oops!' You always say, 'Isn't that interesting!'"
To this day, whenever someone says, "Isn't that interesting?", I cringe wondering what just went wrong.
That is awesome.
I think I just found my new catch phrase for work. :)
Just want to Apologize for my tardiness. Things are gettin' a mite weird down Monkey way. Lots of Real Life challenges and whatnot. Sorry to be holding up the stream, and thanks for moving me along-feel free to do so if this happens again.
No problem. If anything I get weirlrd.
Sigh, Why does RL have to be so,... Real?!? ;P
Good luck monkey man!
Negative energy elemental. Elder.
Watching Choir Boys on Netflix.
Negative energy elemental. Elder.
Gulp. That explains the save vs THREE neg levels! (Thank you dice!)
I guess we really aint in Kansas anymore.
Pretty much.
Bards can be badasses with the right equipment =D
I will need a stop at the MythicMart soon to reup my arrow supplies or I'll devolve into a cheerleading healerbot.
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I will need a stop at the MythicMart soon to reup my arrow supplies or I'll devolve into a cheerleading healerbot.
Hm,... Might still be good.
Will you be wearing a skirt?;)
And 'Go Pip Go!' :D
So to sum up, Elgan will probably spend his 3 rounds converting spells for cures. But he is running out of spells REAL quick about now.
Not 'out of useful spells', just plain 'out of spells'. :(
(Because with Spontaneous conversion to both Summons and Cures there's NO such thing as a 'not useful spell'.) :D
So, my big question is, How is Altai holding out spell-wise?
Do I need to call in air support? or shall I just concentrate on keeping us alive?
I have some lower level spells I can convert to resist energy, (if we can figure out what kind is coming at us next) and 1 maybe 2 of each level for cures, then I'm out.
I need to peruse the Summon Natures Ally list for a flying creature that isn't a Roc. :/
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I will need a stop at the MythicMart soon to reup my arrow supplies or I'll devolve into a cheerleading healerbot.Hm,... Might still be good.
Will you be wearing a skirt?
;)And 'Go Pip Go!' :D
You're going to regret those words when he pulls out the Rags-bane arrow. Just sayin'.
On a more serious note, sorry for the unusual absence, RL had me firmly in its grip what with obligations and stuff.
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Altai's updated. I chose some cool new spells, but he's otherwise pretty much the same. New feat is Greater Spell Penetration.
I also have to say that the monster list for Summon monster IX is head and shoulders above the one on level 8. Plenty of bruisers or spellcasters (or both!) to go around.