Archive for June, 2007

Well I went to give blood at the local YMCA for their blood drive and while there I decided to donate “doubles” as they say. While I was sitting there for 30 minutes giving blood I asked how the whole process worked and she explained it to me. Therefore I’m going to explain it to you how I remember it.

Apparently they hook up a (IMHO) a large needle to your arm and drain a bunch of blood out of your system. That blood goes into this system that separates your red blood cells from the plasma (which they don’t really need all that much), then it puts the plasma back in your system. Oddly enough the plasma in your blood when it’s separated from your red blood cells looks like a bag of urine or a bag of beer. This happens twice and both times aren’t exactly great feeling.

I looked away and clenched as she inserted the needle into my left arm. She asked me if I was okay and I replied that I just don’t like needles. “Why are you giving blood then” she asks, and I reply “It’s for the greater good”. I can’t imagine that anyone that gives blood enjoys being stuck by a needle. Although I do know that there are people in this world that need my blood to survive and though I may never see their face I’d like to think that they appreciate it. Ah well.. that has pretty much been my day.

My weekend was pretty filled with moving my room mate’s mom out of his house and moving my other friend in. This will be good for when I have to move into my own house (which I should have at the end of July). I was fortunate enough to pick up my room mate’s mom’s fish tank that hadn’t been cleaned in about 4 years and had a broken pump. Oddly enough there were still fish there! In fact there were a lot of fish in there. Mostly guppies and must have been close to 20 or 30. I took them out as best as I could and then cleaned their tank, then installed a new pump and fresh water. I can see them now! They seem happy and so far haven’t lost any of them since the move. They’re some kick ass fish and the closest thing I have to a pet or life long companion *grin*. That might change sooner or later, but who knows. I’m in no rush until I get the house thing settled, then I can worry about the other important things in life.

Let’s see… I think that’s it so far. I’m sure there are other things going on in my life that are worth mentioning, but I just can’t seem to come up with them! I leave you with this picture!

Do carrots expire? If so I wonder what the stages of badness are.. Do they turn mushy then dry up? Do they just start going black? These are the questions I need to know the answers to! Why? Well.. because I just found a zip-lock bag of carrots in my dad’s fridge and now I’m eating all of them. People ask me how I lose weight all the time.. it’s cause when I get hungry for a snack I don’t eat a bunch of chips or chocolate… I eat…. carrots! They’re natures way of giving you a smoke. Ya know.. something that kills that little appetite you have *grin* Didn’t think I was going to go that direction, did you? Well… expect it from me in the future. Oh crap, carrots are all gone. I’m starting to go blind.. oh here comes the darkness.. Man.. I’m a good typist with no eye sight.

You might ask yourself.. Why is he at his dad’s house at 2:30 in the evening? Well.. thanks to our lovely Frigidaire washing machine that now gives an error of e10 whenever i go to use it, I have to resort to using my dad’s machine. Speaking of which it’s awfully quite I think I’ll go check on it…

Spin cycle.. yay. Well it figures once we fix something at the house, something else breaks.. Makes me scared to own anything without a warranty. Yes.. warranties.. the best thing in the world.. “It’s broke.. you fix it”. Without them we might actually have to learn how to repair our own hardware! Scary thought. Well that is how I will leave this latest rant.