Today is my day off - Thank God! - Ask me anything.

[Aristus]

The life of a burgeoning surgical technician is not always smooth. Between cranky, arrogant doctors and a long complicated list of procedures to memorize, work can get pretty stressful. Still, when I go to work everyday, there is always excitement mixed in with the new-guy trepidation. This could turn out to be a great job! B-)

[GOPisEvil]

1. Wow...a new job! How long have you been there?

[Aristus]

3. I'm in my third week.

The hours are kinda screwy, and I have to work Saturdays. but the pay is pretty good.

[GOPisEvil]

7. Do you have consecutive days off?

Or Thursday and Sunday every week? Good pay is a good thing, though!

[Aristus]

10. Nope, you guessed it.

Sunday off, then a day during the week. Sucks. :(

[GOPisEvil]

14. Bleh...that's not good...

But, you get used to it. Sometimes having days off during the week allows you to get stuff done that you can't on weekends. Still, I'd rather have Sunday and Monday, if I could choose

[Aristus]

17. Yeah, today is housework day for me.

Dishes, laundry, vacuuming, folding towels. But I get to hang at DU and watch movies, too, so that's okay.

[Intelsucks]

2. Scalpel, please?

:)

[Aristus]

4. Blade.

We call it a blade. And sponges are called 'laps'.

[meegbear]

5. I have this pain ....

right about here. What is it and what should I do?

[Aristus]

8. It's a pain...

right about there, and you should just ignore it 'til it goes away.

[meegbear]

26. Thank goodness!

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[Aristus]

27. Glad I could help, tiger.

Just make a follow-up with the nurse at the desk on your way out.

[meegbear]

32. That's "bear" ...

not tiger. But I will make a followup.

[Aristus]

35. Sorry, got my large predatory mammals

mixed up.

[VelmaD]

6. What are you wearing?

;)

[Aristus]

9. PJ bottoms and a tee-shirt.

And my glasses, since I don't like putting my contacts in early in the morning on my days off.

How 'bout you? :-)

[VelmaD]

11. Hee...work clothes

silly boy. Some of us aren't at home slacking. :P

[Aristus]

13. Yeah,, some of us are at WORK slacking.

And for that, you must be properly clothed. (Depending on your job, of course.)

[VelmaD]

16. Yup, stupid job...

making me get up and get dressed every morning. x(

I'm nekkid under my clothes though. :)

[Aristus]

18. Knowing you as I do, Vel,

You're probably ALWAYS naked under your clothes, arentcha? Incorrigible.

[VelmaD]

21. Incorrigible...flattery wil get you...

everywhere. ;)

[Aristus]

22. Everywhere, huh?

You know what they say: 'Good girls go to Heaven; bad girls go everywhere.'

You bad girl! :spank:

[VelmaD]

24. Woohoo...

you broke the paddle back out just for me. But you didn't holler "you bad girl!" in German. *pout* x(

[Aristus]

25. Halt die Klappe!

Schlechte kerl!

[VelmaD]

29. *sighs happily*

It's been days and days and days since I had someone around to play with. Been getting into flame wars over in GD:2004 Primary because I don't have someone to keep me out of trouble. :)

[Aristus]

31. You trying to tell me there isn't a single Lounge dweller

who enjoys keeping you serviced? I find that hard to believe. You're so much fun!

[VelmaD]

33. Stunning isn't it?

I think it's just too much for most people. Keeping me out of trouble is a full-time job after all. Maybe y'all need to organize shifts or something. :)

[Aristus]

34. GOPisEvil

could take a shift all by himself, couldn't he? Proximity sure helps.

[VelmaD]

36. He suffers from a complete...

lack of interest in the job. :shrug:

[Aristus]

39. Er hat keine interessant?

Das ist eine schade, Schatz!

:spank::spank:

[VelmaD]

40. Yup, strictly buddies

I don't think he's really the "paddling and screaming in German" type anyway.

Plus he doesn't meet either of my apparent criteria...he's not married and/or a couple thousand miles away. :)

[Aristus]

41. Down, girl!

Easy, EASY!

You'll be after every married man on the West Coast. That's a big room! B-)

[VelmaD]

42. East Coast too

They don't have to be married as long as they're far enough away that it doesn't do me any good. (It's a long complicated story...if you really want to hear it PM me some time.)

[Hotler]

12. How about some...

juicy gossip??? Ever slip a friend a little go-lightly in a soda???

[Aristus]

15. Huh-uh. Never needed to.

My magnetic personality and aristocratic good looks created all the go-lightly I needed. :-)

[StopTheMorans]

19. how do you feel about hermaphrodites?

[Aristus]

20. They should just go

and fuck themselves! B-)

[StopTheMorans]

23. good answer!

:)

[Hotler]

28. Getting any sex???

Do you snack on Junior Mints while you work?

[Aristus]

30. I'm not getting any right now.

My wife is at work.

And I hate Junior Mints!

[Hotler]

37. Do you have any motorcycles to play with.

Good time to do maintenance and tuning.

[Aristus]

38. Ew! Automotive maintenance.

I pay others to do that for me. Boring!

[Hotler]

43. Wher you at and...

what's the weather like. If you're in Denver, let's do lunch.

[Aristus]

44. Washington State.

Just east of Tacoma.

Weather: Mostly cloudy and cool, with a chance of showers. Wind, mild and from the West.

So, can't do lunch, but how 'bout a doughnut and some coffee? :donut:

[VelmaD]

45. Hee...time to quit the new job and become...

a weatherman. *giggles madly at image of Aristus as a "weather-bunny"*

[Aristus]

46. Ain't gonna happen.

I don't have the hair; you know 'The Hair'. Local Network News Hair. Defies the laws of gravity and dead fibrous protein as well.

'Weather out there today will continue cloudy for the whole area with a cold front moving down from the North, mostly cloudy through much of the week and, oh SOD IT! I don't want to be a weatherman! I don't want to rabbit on about patches of rain and snow likely within the week! I wanted to be......a LUMBERJACK!' :-)

[VelmaD]

47. Oooooooooooooh...

I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok

[Aristus]

48. I cut down trees, I wear high heels

suspendies and a bra'r. I wish I'd been a girlie, just like my dear Pa-pa'r.

[VelmaD]

50. You aren't helping to get rid of...

that image of you as a "weather-bunny". ;)

[Aristus]

51. Not trying to, sweetie.

If it makes you giggle, that's a good thing. ;-)

Now, over to the South, a stationary front will be keeping things hot and sticky for the forseeable future. Californians, clear and 72 degrees. Surprised? Back to you, Jean and Mike.

[VelmaD]

53. *snort*...hot and sticky...

in the South, huh? ;)

[Aristus]

54. Oh come ON!!!!! You filthy thing!

okay, that's what I what I was thinking, too. :D

[VelmaD]

57. Oh please...

you know you love it.

A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste. :)

[Aristus]

58. Yeah, I love it. I'm terrible.

So what IS the weather like in Austin today?

[VelmaD]

59. warm and wet

:evilgrin:

Seriously. It's raining and 70. We're under a flash flood watch. Rained all night and gonna rain some more today.

[Aristus]

60. Okay, that took me a second. But I guess that's an accurate description.

You must be getting bored at work, cuz your mind is straying, luv.

You know, I just thought of something. If Austin civic utilities all got together, electric, gas and oil, they could call themselves "Austin Powers".

What do you think?

[VelmaD]

61. I think that you...

are a nut. :)

And you accused me of letting my mind stray. :eyes:

[Aristus]

62. A nut, huh?

Are holders of the American Express Gold Card known as 'Goldmembers'?

Just asking.

[VelmaD]

63. hehehe...hehehehe

hehehe...you said member

[Aristus]

64. Now I'm trying to come up with a funny explanation for the pun

'The Shag Who Spied Me.'

Any ideas?

[VelmaD]

65. sorry...got no help for ya

I blew my proverbial was with the last crack about "warm and wet". Haven't had enough sleep the last couple of days to be that funny.

I'm only awake right now for the donuts and spankings. :)

[Aristus]

66. You're so easy to please.

:donut::spank::donut::spank:

[VelmaD]

67. Well...easy anyway

;)

I don't mean to be difficult, honestly, but it's really hard to eat donuts with my hands cuffed to the chair. ;)

[Aristus]

68. I'll feed 'em to ya,

if you're good. ;-)

[VelmaD]

69. I'm having an existential crisis...hold me?

I was futzing around with my hair after I got done in the bathroom...and I found a half dozen new gray hairs. :cry:

[Aristus]

70. Here you go.

:hug:

It's existential, all right. It means you have existed long enough to have gray hairs. I've got a few too, but I've got a moustache and a beard for them to grow into as well. So I've got a bigger problem.

Poor sweet baby.

[VelmaD]

71. Yeah but you could shave...

your mustache and beard. I'm not sure how my boss would feel if I shaved my head. :) Could be amusing to find out...but I really prefer having hair. I just spent a ton of money getting it permed so I'm kinda loathe to shave it all off anyway.

Plus everyone tells men that gray hairs make them look distinguished. No one ever says that to us women. x(

[Aristus]

72. Actually, I am shaving it all off later this month.

I'm playing a Naval officer in "A Few Good Men", and according to the regs, it's gotta go. Haven't seen my face naked since 1999.

[VelmaD]

73. You'll have to post pics...

so we can all see. I bet you're a cutie-pie under all that hair. :)

And mmm...love a man in uniform. ;)

[Aristus]

74. The theater website will have the promo pics.

I'll post them here when they go up. Keep your cool when I do now, Vel.

[VelmaD]

75. If I make a comment here...

referring back to the "warm and wet" part of this thread do you think it'll get past the moderators? ;)

[Aristus]

76. Give it a try.

Our talking about weather and community theater probably has them :boring: at their keyboards.

[VelmaD]

78. So is there any singing or dancing...

involved in this production...you know, like in "Streetcar: The Musical"? ;)

[Aristus]

79. Nope. just marching and cadence-calling.

It's in the background on the soundtrack, and the director says he'll probably cut it anyway. Other than that, it's like the movie; Totally miitary, squared-away, all business. That kind of thing.

[VelmaD]

80. So how did you end up...

doing community theater and how long have you been doing it?

[Aristus]

81. I've been doing it for much of my life.

I couldn't really participate when I was in the Army. But when I got out, I just went crazy, doing play after play. The director I'm working with now has directed me in probably fifteen plays. This is my second Naval courtroom drama for him. The first was "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial", in which I played Lt. Maryk, the guy on trial. I still have the Navy dress uniform I wore in the play, but it doesn't fit anymore. :( I'm running and working out every day now to get in shape for "AFGM".

[VelmaD]

82. GO YOU!!!

I love running. It really clears out my head.

So, are you a buff babe yet? ;)

[Aristus]

83. Not yet, but I'm getting there.

I can see my cheekbones again. Good. My face was just getting too round. Nice to have a little definition again. :-)

[VelmaD]

84. I know what you mean.

Happiest day of my life was when I realized I only had one chin. :)

Wanta race? :)

[Aristus]

85. Sure.

GO!

Okay, you win. It's my day off, remember. I'm not feeling like exerting myself. :-)

[VelmaD]

87. I am the champion...

I am the champion...No time for losers, 'cause I am the champion

Sorry, was having a little Homer Simpson moment there. :)

[Aristus]

89. As long as you're the champion,

how about helping me push this thread over 100 replies? I've only ever started two or three threads that went that high. We had a lot of fun last summer, but those threads rarely got above 80, and someone else usually started them anyway.

[VelmaD]

90. Yeah, god I miss the Grotto...

late-night fun followed by mid-morning donuts and debauchery. *sigh*

[Aristus]

91. Yeah, and then me having to shuffle off to school.

Now, when I have a day off, it's a REAL day off; no school, no looking for a job. Just housework and errand running. :cry:

[VelmaD]

92. Hey, I gotta go to a meeting...

biab. *smooches*

[Aristus]

93. Aw shucks.

Well, kick this thread when you get back, 'kay?

[VelmaD]

95. Hey...I'm back

It was a mostly boring meeting. My boss was in a poopy mood and being a little snarky. Oh well.

[mvd]

49. So how do you work off the stress?

:hi:

[Aristus]

52. Housework, lots of it,

and hangin' with my homies at DU! B-)

[felonious thunk]

88. Do you prefer

Formula 409
Windex all-purpose
or the Orange cleaner stuff?

[mvd]

55. Are you confident that Kerry will beat Bush?

I am. I see a close election, but not one close enough to steal without giving things away to the masses.

[Aristus]

56. Yeah, I'm pretty confident.

But remember, B*sh came close to the Vietnam Vet last time, too. Close enough to steal the election. Fortunately, far more people see the Chimp for the lying idiot he is this time around.

[mvd]

77. Are you ready for spring?

n/t

[Aristus]

86. Bring it on!

Rain in the Northwest? So what else is new?

[mvd]

94. We haven't had a nice spring for a few years..

here in SE PA. I'm more excited for spring than usual. Though I want one more snowfall.