Anthony’s Neighborhood

this survey took me an obscene amount of time to complete, mostly because i did it in chunks. anyway. it's a good survey. this is where i would promise to update more often. but i probably won't. haha

I. Variations On Somewhat Standard Questions

1. Worst song ever: anything by the red hot chili peppers. ugh.
2. Person who should be shot because he/she wrote/sang the ONE song that gets stuck in yer head and drives you to the brink: haha umm i don't know. i like the songs i get stuck in my head :)
3. Song for a happy day: cheap suits - ska saves
4. Song for a sad day: alkaline trio - radio
5. Good driving song: blue rodeo - head over heels
6. Good song to aid in sleepiness: the tragically hip, yer favourites albums :)
7. Know any classical?: drink milk, love life! haha
8. Sexiest lead singer ever: i don't know about lead singers, but static-x's guitarist was probably the sexiest man i have ever seen. the fact he has a range of completely beauitful guitars helps too.
9. Do you know a guitar solo well enough to sing that part too? and if you do, what is it?: hmm...i don't think too much music i listen to has guitar solos, it's a bit passe.
10: Tell me about getting yer driver's license: i did well in all the driving but bad in the written. :(
11. What was preschool like?: i didn't have preschool. junior kindergarten was good though.
12. I hate the "what's yer favorite color" question, so what color do you hate enough never to wear it and why?: pink. it's too obvious. i'm not very girly, and i would feel really fake wearing it.
13. Be honest (and no Google searching either), do you know who Thomas Moore was and what he wrote?: not a clue.
14. Make up a Trivial Pursuit question: what is a chunter?
15. Tell me yer least favorite smell: rancid anything
16. Tell me one news story (that's happened in yer lifetime) that you were (or are) really interested in: kyoto accord.
17. You're watching cartoons. What are you watching?: actual cartoons, fairly odd parents. grown up cartoons, family guy.
18. What's one show you can't believed stayed on the air past season one?:  the oc.
19. Who's yer favorite TV news personality (and yeah, the weather and traffic guys count)?: meh.
20. You hate someone. Will they ever know?: i would have to really, really hate them.
21. Ever had revenge? Spill it: nah.
22. Tell me about yer closest friend: besides brian i don't really have any close friends. kyle i guess.
23. What do you dislike about yer parents?: i don't have enough room.
24. Tell me an anecdote from a birthday party you've had: well, i had our first of many co-ed sleepovers for my...16th? birthday. tents out back and such, but most people passed out on the lawn. people got together, got back together, or broke up, etc. it was by far the best birthday i've ever had. everyone went in on a random box of gifts and they were all really amazing and thoughtful.
25. Tell me a dorky thing you do: haha apoligize for everything.
26. Tell me a hellish story about yer job: on one particular sunday, opening with the sous chef, before i knew the line at all; as i was going about my normal routine we started getting busy, and this was when his drunkness became very obvious. he started burning things and blaming the oven for being too hot, and then he fell down the stairs. he was yelling at servers and i eventually had to stand beside him and watch the oven and call orders. trial by fire right?
27. Name a place you've visited (vacation or otherwise) that you hated and tell me why you hated it: i don't think i've ever hated somewhere i went on vacation...hawaii: great. texas: great. cottages: great. newfoundland: great. i'm canadian though eh? so we're pretty agreeable :)
28. What's yer favorite musical?: haha umm the only one i've seen really is mamma mia and i loved it!
29. What's yer least favorite musical?: i dunno.
30. What are the call letters for your favorite radio station?: umm...it's live 88.5 :)
31. Ever get spanked?: haha as a child? not spanked. more like hit.
32. Either way, think it screwed you up?: probably.
33. At what age did you "discover" yer body? (thanks for the question Alice): 14.
34. Who's yer favorite relative?: my aunt marlene. she's been there through everything, it's like having a second mother.
35. Name a friend you had when you were 7: uuh. eva.
36. Tell me about yer relationship to boats: love them. most of my family lives on the coast. and many of them own boats. i've never had the slightest bit of sea sickness or fear of water. we saw my poppy tom's boat when we went to newfoundland and i showed brian where i used to sit. which was the diving board off the front of the boat. i love it. it felt like flying.
37. What do you hate about surveys? (other than this one, smart ass): same old boring question.
38. Put down a Rolling Stone lyric here: i see a red door and i want it painted black

II. Word Problems

1. All right. Yer gonna have 4 kids. Congratulations. Name them:

Indigo & Violet [twins], Jude, and...Mandi Junior? lol

2. Okay so, this psycho's got a gun to his head and one of those comical bomb detonators under his arm and he tells you that just because you have a pretty face, he's going to let you pick which country he's going to blow up. Which country are you going to tell him? Okay, now he's asking why.

China, because if we don't get them now they're just going to get us later.

3. There's a train traveling on the northeastern corridor to Boston from New York and before that, Washington D.C. Do you need to get out in any of those cities to see someone?

well, umm...new york, to see anthony? i don't know otherwise. i'd probably get out just for the hell of it.

4. Your language teacher from high school decides one day that she's madly in love with you. The only way to get her off your back is recite something dumb you remember from that language class when she tells you she loves you (example: "I love you!" response: "Yo quiero Taco Bell!"). What are you going to say to her? What language are you speaking?

je suis l'anana, et j'ai frappe un mime avec mon bicyclette. [i am the pineapple, and i have hit a mime with my bicycle.] in french.

5. So your kindly, but slightly senile relative who hasn't seen you in ten years wants to give you a little gift just for being so wonderful (and you are wonderful, aren't you?) but they mess up and end up giving you a fifty dollar gift certificate to a place you'd never even breathe the air in. Where's that gift certificate supposed to be spent?

abcrombie and fitch.

III. Fill It In

Let's walk in the: rain.
Let's run through: the field.
Let's look at the: stars.
Who are those: customers.
What a nice: rack. haha
Where did all these: groundhogs come from.
When will they: stop arguing.
How are your: wildflowers.
Why can't you: just shut up.
So where did you find: the buried treasure.
Sing the: YMCA.
Easier than: pie.
Closer than: kanata.
Look at my: new headband!
I'll stay if: i have to.
Silly, little: bitch.
Show me some: skin :)
The sky is: on fire.
Tell me a: story.
Hide me: from work.
Love me: always.
Grab the: bull by the horns.
I hate your stupid: hair.
My mom thinks you're: gay.
He's not: a hippy.
Are you that: guy?
I missed: out.
Can't you: do a little dance?
Lovely little: duck.

IV. Thankful

- Five Material Things You're Thankful For
* music.
* computer.
* alarm clocks.
* whisks.
* books.

- Five Immaterial Things You're Thankful For
* brian.
* kittens.
* my job.
* christmas spirit.
* clouds.

- Five Things You Feel Are The Scourge Of Hell And Are Not Thankful For
* snow.
* sheep.
* looseleaf paper.
* pants. don't you hate pants?
* emo hair and fashion mullets.

- Five Songs You're Thankful For
* cheap suits - ska saves
* alkaline trio - hell yes
* bigwig - friends
* tragically hip - bob caygeon
* alkaline trio - mr chainsaw

- Three Things About Yourself You're Thankful For
* ability to laugh at myself.
* awkwardness.
* eyes.

V. Memorable

1.Quote a song.

"thoughts are the shadows of feelings, always darker, emptier and simplier. i don't care if they're fake or real. i just thank them for showing up at all. i have black periods. who does not? but they are not a part of me. they are not part of illness, but a part of my being. what am i saying? i have the courage to have them. four o'clock in the morning. this sucks." alkaline trio - warbrain

-DM - Best of What's Around

2. Quote a person.

"god made food, but the devil made chefs"

3. Quote the bible/ Torah/ Koran/ Menu at McDonald's

"Personally, I don't like inherently happy people. I don't trust them. I think there's something seriously wrong with anyone who isn't at least a little let down by the world." - How to Kill A Rock Star, Tiffanie Debartolo.

4. Quote your mom.

oh yes, i say that ALL THE TIME. so of COURSE she knows how to say it.

5. Quote yourself.
"no no, this tag says 'do not remove until delivered to consumer.' and i have EVERY intention of consuming this mattress."

I'm quite emotional right now, but I was doing pretty good until I decided to ask Rob to have a baby with me. He has reason in telling me no, when we can barely afford to feed ourselves, we probably shouldn't bring another life into this world.  But for some reason, I got really sad and just started bawling once I got into the bathroom. I'm not mad with him, I'm just in a really shitty mood now.

Goddamn PMS and Bipolar disorder, the worst combination to have, seriously.

In other things, Rob's dad hasn't given up on bringing Rob to FL and myself if NEED be. I don't know what to think about that. Everything's so in the air right now, my Visa is getting processed, I can't work obviously, and Rob's broken arm and our poorness has really taken an emotional toll on me.  I don't know what to do and I can barely fucking take it.

I thought I was doing pretty good, but now I'm not so sure.

R

Since I've become the lone wolf again, and I don't have to share, I am convinced that I am addicted. I haven't been to sleep in a few days, and aside from 1/2 a bowl of cereal, I haven't kept anything in my stomach. At the same time, it's the only way that I know how to deal with my anger/temper issues, my sadness, and my horrible personality.

I don't know what happened to Old Cio, but I want her back and I want this bitch gone.

01 - get better

Share a song you listened to in 6th grade.

I LOVED this song back in the day...and still do.  I remember going to my first junior high dance and this was played and dancing with some cute boy (can't remember who at this point) with my arms around his neck and his arms around my waist old school style...how sweet.  Those were definitely the days!

Show us the very last picture you took. No cheating!

Well I didn't take it, but it's the last photo taken on my camera. 

100_3766

Show us something unlucky.

 

I'd say this is more than just a little unlucky.  Utter devastation in my homestate.  And my college town of Iowa City is expected to be devastated as well. 

So I had to work 12 hours last night.  About 2300 my phone rings in the ER and it's the Health Alert Network informing that a large hospital in Cedar Rapids is evacuating and to be ready for a radio request for bed availability.  I inform my ER doc and Nursing Supervisor and she tells me how many beds we have.  Sure enough about an hour later the radio in dispatch starts calling all these other hospitals in an extremely wide radius.  I inform Iowa Department of Public Health we can take 8 patients.  Other hospitals answered with anywhere from 2-12 available beds.  So about 2 hours after that they start calling all of us hospitals again on the IDPH radio and ask each one if they can take so many patients.  It was utterly fascinating to hear each hospital respond.  "This is Mary Greely, we can take 4 skilled, 2 pulmonary.  This is Mercy Des Moines, we can take 2 psych and 6 Med/Surg.  This is Marshalltown, affirmed we can take 5 skilled and 3 neuro."  When a hospital was unable to take the number asked another hospital would jump on and say they could absorb those.  It really was amazing to see the effort put in not only by IDPH, but also all the surrounding hospitals, some which were well over 100 miles away from the evacuating hospital.  So 176 patients needed to be evacuated and in only 2 hours they had placement for 119 of them.  I assume the other 57 patients were too critical and OB/newborn patients that were transferred closer the the hospital.  My hat goes off to the Iowa Department of Public Health, Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids, and all hospitals, including my own that were so willing to help in what is certain to be an event that will go down in history books.  We received the first patient right before I was leaving work and I must tell you the ambulance crew and nurse from the evacuated hospital looked physicallly and mentally broken.  I cannot imagine the task they were given and the speed in which they accomplished it.  It's times like these where I am proud to say that I'm a midwesterner and part of the Iowa health care system. 

So we received 2.5 inches of rain here again last night.  This is starting to get a little old.  I wanted to post a couple pictures my sister emailed me of downtown Cedar Rapids.  These photos just shocked me. 

Crflood

Crflood2