Welcome to the Greenhouse

The babies are really starting to take off. So far there is a lot of basil and tomato success. The green beans are out of control. Nothing from any of the peps yet, but I am optimistic.

Happy Poison Prevention Week

I know that I am jumping the gun a bit on this one. But with exams coming up and the stress piling on I'm afraid that I will either forget to post this, or will have died from sudden sniffing death (preferebaly from "poppers"- yay sexual enhancement!)

From March 15th-21th I want to wish you all a happy Poison Prevention Week. So please, for this week and this week only, try not to do anything stupid.

4th grader Dylan Pettigrew

DPIC's number is 1-800-222-1222.

But if you want to be an idiot, here are some stupid things you should never do (but you would probably be fine if you did)

-drink Clorox bleach. this will make you feel really sick but it isn't corrosive so your insides will stay in tip top shape. surprising, I know

-eat rat poison. this only applies to certain kinds of rat poison (don't eat rat poison). but the kind with warfarin/ coumadin in it wont kill you. warfarin is an anticoagulation medication that takes several days to have a therapeutic effect (measured by INR times). warfarin acts by inhibiting the synthesis of clotting factors II, VII, IX, and X which have half lives of several days. this means that if you eat a bunch at one time, it likely wont have any effect.

-eat the mercury out of a thermometer. this is elemental mercury. it is not absorbed through the GI tract. mercury salts are absorbed in the GI though, so don't eat those



Seriously. Don't do that stuff, I will not be held responsible if you eat the wrong kind of rat poison or drink swimming pool bleach --both of which will actually kill you. Oh also, don't huff anything. EVER. You can blow up. Sudden Sniffing Death isn't a made up thing either. Don't huff- go big or go home.

4th grader Katlin Woods

homg!spring!

Sam Spenser's Umbrella Bloom

I have been having some serious spring freak-outs lately. Freak-outs include: avoiding school work (more than usual), spending money like I have it, laying down to nap outside, a compelling need to fly kites and blow bubbles, and an irrational desire to have a vase full of fresh cut flowers (I can't afford that). It was lovely out for a few days running, but Ohio is a bitch.

The most important thing about spring is taking care of my plant babies so that over the summer I will have lots of yummy foods to eat.
This year's family of plant babies:
cherry , heirloom mix, beefsteak, and roma tomatoes
green and sweet mix peppers
green beans
lavender
rosemary
lemon/lime, siam queen, fineleaf dwarf, genovese, and sweet basil

getting "TURPed"

what happens when i am uninspired but still looking to procrastinate- i blerg about awful things you hope will never happen to you.

in my Therapeutics of Renal and Electrolyte Disorders class we learned about BPH, blah, blah, blah. but you wanna know what's probably worse than BPH? fixing it by getting TURPed.

TURP = transurethral resection of the prostate

Even though I think the image says it all, don't forget that "electricity" is included in the diagram

F.Y.EYE

Back in The Creek my neighbor only has one eye. I forget how she lost it....either running with scissors or in a car accident. I made up one of those stories but time makes fools of us all and I have no idea anymore which is the truth. Anyways if you ever get the chance to look at a prosthetic eye up close I highly recommend the experience. Some general factoids about fake eyes:
-not round, you're an idiot if you thought they were
-not made of glass either
-made out of tupperware
-the blood vessels are red carpet fibers
-make sure you wash off all the soap on them before you put them back in, evidently it burns pretty bad
-even though it looks like the person wearing one can see you, they really can't. this comes in very handy when sneaking-up on them
-threading needles is very hard to do
-also, fake eyes are totally gorgeous

I used to want to make prosthetics- I figured it would be a good way to combine creativity and nerddom. I should have done it. Pharmacy school is demoralizing.

Party Blerg: Sober and Squeaky Clean

bit horrified to realize that it's been almost a month since the last party blerg post. Disconcerting. 1. because I was actually making infrequent but REAL blog posts 2. i haven't had a crazy night out in a long time. Work and pseudo-adult life are ruining my fuck-up idiot kid life.

This past weekend was wholesome but eventful

Friday:
Goldsprints at Grammer's.
arrived late, but from what i could tell there was a really good turn out.
the mayor was there
and there was popcorn (just like the hardware store)
Clue Party
got yelled at because i sound like lauren?
2 out of 3 leckrones
monochrome outfits are hot
wore the feather eyelashes
neal showed up after clique
outputs > inputs

Saturday
felt weird/sick all day
latte jitters
Pardi's Party
very different from what i've come to consider a "normal" party lately
foods and dudes. inappropriately handsome dudes
met some very charming new folks
lots of booze and PBR light
chai tea
upstairs party
smokey, crowded, hip
10 years too young to be there
pretty good tunes
public indecency- i didn't look
michael c IS fun. i've been wrong
worked on that "Future beat Past" angle

Looking forward to this weekend. Friday night at Clique- Neal and Seb! Everyone needs to go. Get drunk, get all up on someone, makeout with a stranger, SWEAT

TEAM HUNGRY

If only I were cool enough to be a contributor to their blog...

Oh, also, I like my cyclists nude

HOT, HOT stuff from Tomasz Pietek

It's all meat, baby

Yesterday was National Donor Day- I hope you all ripped out someone's heart in support.

this is something i actually care about

ORGAN DONATION

Now, I know that I can't make you sign up to be an organ donor, but I will ask you frequently if you are ... and then enthusiastically encourage you to sign up. I am very passionate about this.

When I was in sixth grade a good friend of mine had an allergic reaction to a medication she was given at her doctor's office. She went into anaphylactic shock and completely stopped breathing. She received artificial breathing for more than 13 minutes while being transported to Miami Valley Hospital where she was revived. Although she was physically alive, Michelle was completely brain dead and in a coma. Knowing that their daughter would never actually live again, her parents decided to discontinue her life support several days later. They also decided to have their daughter be an organ donor. Several other children received Michelle's organs so that they could live. Her mom still gets Christmas cards from them every year. The loss of the a loved one is incredibly painful, but its comforting to know that they still live on in others.

Every 12 minutes another name is added to the national organ transplant waiting list.
About 18 people die each day from the lack of available organs for transplant.
1 organ donor can save 8 lives.

February 14 is National Donor Day and April is National Donate Life Month.
Donate Life!
Visit Donate Life America to sign up to be an organ donor or to reaffirm your status.

HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT MY BLOOD?

I definitely need a hearing aid.

Sitting with Leckrones Part 1 & 2 last night, I heard Brian ask Eric, "Have you checked out my blood?" Not that I would have any problems with some weird Leckrone blood business, but what he actually said was "have you checked out my blog?"

High hopes for this blog- FORGET THE MIDWEST. The premise? --mopeds, graffiti, fashion, music... what's happening if you're not on a coast. Needless to say, I like it. Of course cool shit is happening all the time in New York and on the West Coast but what about the landlocked rest of us? Right now the blog is Cincinnaticentric but hopes to expand to include other Midwest cities. If I put any effort into my blerging, this is what I would want my blog to be about...but I would include bikes, duh.