We are the 95%.

TRIGGER WARNING FOR RAPE on all that follows, including all links. [I wasn't going to write this post today. Believe it or not, I really...

Occupy Boston.

I marched with Occupy Boston today.  I'll be back tomorrow. (I'll be working as a first aid volunteer. Come say hi! Or if necessary ...

Too tired for a real post.

Sorry I've been quiet the last few days. The last week of work seems determined to see me out with a proper "YOU FUCKING BITCH I W...

Energy.

I'm in the home stretch now. Only six shifts left. I'm so glad. Getting off work at 7 AM, getting home at 9 AM, having far less t...

Snow.

There was a house fire in my neighborhood a little ways back. The family in the house was killed. You can't really tell which house it ...

Do you scream?

You're a girl. You're youngish, smallish, and while you're certainly not helpless, your assertiveness skills are only medium. G...

The Money Is Not The Problem Economic Theory.

I'd apologize for going off topic, but people never seem to mind--in fact, seems like I get more "ugh, sex again?" mail then I...

Dyspraxia.

I guess I haven't posted about this before. It's sort of a weird topic, because it's something that on the one hand I consider ...

A bittersweet emergency Christmas.

I drove an ambulance for two years. No one ever died in my truck. Not one. Plenty of people were dead when we found them, and a few died ...

Tales from the set.

Before I was an EMT, before I was a sexblogger, but considerably after I was a pervert, I spent several months working as propmaster and ass...

Rat race.

I wish I'd done a lot less homework when I was a kid. I'm glad I went to school--knowledge is both practical and wonderful and I wo...

Healthcare, autonomy, and no easy answers.

When I went to the ER a couple weeks ago with a high fever and severe abdominal pain, they did a pelvic exam and a vaginal ultrasound. Thes...

Slow recovery.

Lying down: "This is ridiculous! I feel totally normal! I'm strong as a horse! I should get up and run !" Standing up: ...

The Two Most Fatuous Conversations I Had In The Hospital.

Doctor: "I see you have this rash here, it looks like an allergic reaction." Me: "I've had that on and off since I got si...

HOME!

I am home. I am still sick. But at least I get to be sick in peace and on my own terms. More than anything--more even than that shower tha...

Frustration.

I don't know if I'll go home today or not. I desperately want to. The first night here I needed the hospital, I needed my fever a...

Mono.

So I have mono. I have it like bad --the fever has been going way out of control, I've been getting dehydrated despite being on my fift...

Moving.

For the third time in sixth months, I'm moving. This is the least painful move--it's less than a mile and my new place is on the fir...

Wages of sin.

Oh shit. It looks like a whole bunch of people who were at the party have contracted a disease. It's viral, it can be treated but not ...

Not dead!

Okay, it's definitely not appendicitis and it's most likely not Flesh-Eating Parasitic Hellbeast Disease either. Probably a kidney ...