Below are the 12 most recent journal entries recorded in tchild_9706's LiveJournal:

Saturday, December 30th, 2006
11:31 pm	I have eggs!!!! Niko layed 13 eggs somewhere between 9 and 10pm. YAY!!!. She waited till I got back from the trip, though I was hoping she'd wait another day... (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
11:39 pm	Invisible Man Quotes At the suggestion of my love, here are some quotes from one of the best shows, season one:... Kevin Fawkes: You've got to think about premature visibility - we need to teach you some control. Darien: Nobody moves, or the gland gets it! Hobbes: You're out of your league. Darien: Oh I'm out of my league - oh yes, what league would that be? Oh, of course, the pyscho secret agent softball league. Hobbes: I'm too good for my own good. Darien: Santiana once said, "Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it." Well if that's true, then I'm screwed, cause here I am, repeating history all over again. Hobbes: (to Darien) If anything happens, go Saran Wrap. Darien: The Scotish philosopher, Balfour, said that "Destiny is the scapegoat we make responsible for our crimes". He was probably right, too. This philosophy, known as determinism, was best summed up by Doris Day, with the words, "que sera, sera". Now, I'm not saying she was right, but if it was between Doris and the Scottish dude, I'd party with her any day. Darien: Somebody once told me that if a stoplight turns red before you can cross, your life changes forever. I'll buy that it changes but, just ‘til the next morning. Then it's a whole new deal." Hobbes: Enjoy the ignorance, my friend. It's bliss. Hobbes: You just stir up the pot. I'll make it boil. Darien: There's a little known law of the universe: When someone who own a mansion hires you to steal something, it can never end well. Darien: I got a question. If a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, how much knowledge does a person need before they're safe? My guess? I'll never be safe again. Darien: A 19th century scientist, Thomas Huxly, once asked, "If a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, how much knowledge does a person need before they're safe?" My guess? A whole hell of a lot. Kate: (referring to Darien's uncontrollable invisiblity during intimacy) Would it help if I threw cold water on it or something? Is this the first time it's happened?" Hobbes: A pond doesn't change its scum. Darien: I'm the coolest secret agent you never did see. Darien: They say necessity is the mother of invention. And when necessity is survival; she can be one mean mother. Of course, it's her child, invention, that is the real dangerous one. Hobbes: You never trust love, my friend, because love is blind. Darien: A great 20th century philospher named Charles Shultz once had Linus observe that "Big sisters are the crab grass on the lawn of life". Yeah, well, I guess the same can be said of big brothers. Eberts: Medicine: can't live with it, can't live without it. Hobbes: Paranoia is not contagious. Arnaud: We believe what we want to believe. The rest is all smoke and mirrors. Darien: One nation under God, invisible. See, that's how I learned the pledge as a kid. Now that I'm grown up and working for Uncle Sam, there's another saying that makes a little more sense, it's from the Bible, something about the "blind leading the blind". Darien: "Oscar Wilde once said that, "Sometimes is takes courage to give into temptation." Well, I think I'm going to work on getting my courage up. Hobbes: (to Darien) Looks like it's time for the Casper routine, my friend. (talking to a super-intelligent Hobbes) Darien: You're superman? I'm the invisible man. Wow, we just get Wonder Woman, we could really party, you know what I'm saying? Darien: You're in the spy business. Why don't you have a safehouse? The Official: It was a safehouse or the electrical bill. (trying to get information from a contact) Fran: Why didn't you say you were from the Department of Fish & Game in the first place? Darien: It's never worked. The Keeper: I think that we should just trust Hobbes to do the right thing. The Official: That’s like trusting my dog not to pee on the carpet. Darien: (Quicksilver insane) Die, cuckoo clock, die! Arnaud: Tag, you're dead. Darien: We got a mole. The Official: Well, I don’t like to think of myself as a mole. Darien: I've been Official'd. The Official: 'Official'd'. I like the sound of that. Darien: I don't. Darien: They say 'he who sups with the devil, needs a long spoon'. Yeah, well, I was making dinner reservations for two. (after Bobby makes a joke) The Official: Bobby, don't quit your day job. Bobby: Pay me more. Bobby: The leak’s got a leak. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
11:13 pm	Well, I thought I was gonna keep up on this thing, but I've been so busy having fun... Sorry if you ain't into this stuff, but it's so much fun! I had the First Responder field trip weekend, where we met at West Valley fri, sat, and supposedly sun. Fri was mainly the usual, but sat night we did scenarios where we were put in groups of 4 and walked to different stations with different medical problems and treated them like real time. They were all bloodied up and everything. Way cool. Also had a chance to meet Derek's (Basic Outdoor Skills teacher and aid to Kim) 13-year-old son. And I happened to be the primary care giver for that one too. Sunday was cancelled due to not much else to learn. Our class is doing great, and for once I am actually confident in my skills in something. Shocking. We started the Wilderness portion tonight, so I'll have to see how I do there.... Then Monday was a holiday and I got it off work too, so I had the whole day free. YAY!! I finally got to go scuba diving at Point Lobos with my camera. GORGEOUS...but that's a word for tomorrow... (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, February 10th, 2006
12:33 am	Dude, what a day. Not so horrid, but ... It took 5 hours to pick up my car from the body shop. Luckily, Eric was unfortunate enough to have leant me his chauffer services...So we went to this place, they said it wouldn't be ready for another hour and a half (was supposed to be ready the day before, or technically, two weeks before), but oops, all they needed to do was clean the windows. 20 min. So we drove around, back 20 later. Now they have to verify my mom's check-a hastle since she wasn't there and they were being weird about it, as well as Wells Fargo... Fortunately, I was in good company. I stole his day, sorry Eric, but we had fun. My mom is awsome. We ended up stopping by her work, and as we walked through the lobby (she works in a hospital) they were selling See's candy. My mom always buys a couple (county employees get a discount) and I told Eric this. As we were leaving, mom calls out "oh, before you go..." and handed me a box of See's. Dark chocolate type : ) So good. She said I had to share it with Eric because he was being so kind. Ug. ; ) That was fun. So sufficed to say, we had a few pieces on the way back to the shop. Of course, we totally missed fencing, so Errin had to teach the first class. I was glad to hear they survived. Haha. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
11:59 pm	Dude, I just got back from the best class. We finally got to do something substantial with patient assessment in First Responder. We basically learned from approach to the waiting time for a conscious (or unconscious) trauma patient. Mostly based on their being at least able to comprehend most of what you're askin' of 'em. I believe I did a pretty good job on mine, for my first time, esp. I was so scared I was going to totally suck in this class. (Kim just devided the class in half and had half be victims and the other half be First Responders.) He even gave us a cheat sheet we can use for everything but testing. No one will prob care, but I'll post it anyhow. Shall help with my memory in any case: PATIENT ASSESSMENTS scene safety and BSI evaluate MOI or NOI # of patients call-in additional resourses general observations/chief complaint C-SPINE FOR TRAUMA* AVPU (A & O's) airway (OPA, NPA) breathing-APPLY OXYGEN* bleeding control call-in transport priority and needs physical assess:rapid, detailed, focused DCAP-BTLs (trauma) OPQRST (medical) baseline vitals (pulse, respiration, skin, pupils, B/P) SAMPLE history ongoing assessment update dispatch I did most right, but forgot to check for bleeding. Oops. Heh, Kim always tells us of these stories from his classes where the "patient" will be unconscious, and no real signs of anything, but the student will forget to check for the bleeding and a good look at them and miss the fact that the 'patient' is laying on a knife. HAHA. I strongly encourage some sort of First Responder class for EVERYONE. It is really a good experience. Important as well. Kim was telling us about this lady that went up to Harvard in 1915 and said she'd buy them a library and all the books in it. She didn't even care to name it. Her only condition was that they guaranteed that every student coming out of that collage will have completed a life-saving course. Her son drowned on the Titanic. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006
11:31 pm	Hmm, not much to write about, other than the dive was scrapped on Sunday. Though it wasn't too disappointing. The weather was abolutely gorgeous. Warm, sunny. Not usually my type of weather, but I rarely see Monterey like that. Still took some pics. I even put my camera in it's housing and hung it in the water to film some under water. Didn't turn out so hot, but it was still fun. I couldn't reach into the water very well because the swells were so big. Then we went to Monterey Bay Kayaks, and there were a couple of amazing kayaks there. Actionfish or something. They were made of a couple types of wood, diff shades. Soo pretty. And only about $5500 for the boat or $1500 for the kit...ah well. This camera is the best though. I can film fencing bouts, take tons of pics, (one gig card) and it's got such great features. Wow, even the audio is pretty good. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
8:38 pm	The Red Cross CPR cert thing was today. 6 hours, but a lot of fun. Got to know a few of my classmates a bit better. It was fun getting to work with the manequins. I don't believe I've ever used the infant ones before. Now I'll be all certified! Though it's still up to you whether you want me to save your own life.... Unfortunately after that, I still had to go to work. It was short and boring until, of course, I had to leave, so I ended up staying half an hour later. Ah well. Now that Joshua has been born...but Brad said he'll be back monday (the inlaws will be around for a while) but will take a longer leave later. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
10:58 pm	12B started, and was all review stuff, but still fun. My friend Steph and I were joking throughout the whole class. Can't wait till the snow trip. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, January 30th, 2006
11:35 pm	You know, this is getting to be fun. May be boring for anyone to read...but if you don't like it, don't bother ; ) hehe And it seems I may end up posting more than JJ...hint, hint... Well, I finally started my First Responder course today. Now I'm pumped. It was soo much fun. The students seem like they are going to be great...must I go on? I even know three of them. I was a bit scared before, getting the books late, knowing the way Kim runs his classes, etc. But after reading a bit and this class...YAY!!!! I'll miss fencing on Thurs because I need to get my CPR license with AED. But ah well. And I even get an actual D.O.T. First Responder certificate, as well as one for wilderness. The really fun/scary part will be when we do full on scenarios in wilderness. We will be responsible for the patient from entering the scene until we pass them off to the 'proper authorities.' Meanwhile the patient could have a 'weapon' hidden in their pack, walk off or indulge with a 'drunk' or 'drugie.' Both really fun and hard. Kim is one of the best teachers ever though. Couldn't ask for better. What'll be really cool, is that Kim and his wife are going to go diving in Hawaii on Spring break, and hasn't gone in like 20 years (probably partly because his brother died in a diving accident) and wants to take a refresher. He's gonna go through the shop to do so, and i'm going to help set him up for it. I hope to meet his wife. She sounds awsome. She films documentaries and such for a living. How cool is that? (3 Comments |Comment on this)
1:13 am	Hmmm, this is hard to continue...what to say.... Well, can't think of much other than that I'm so jazzed about my classes at West Valley. Finally start tomorrow. I'm trying to cram through some of my First Responder book. Then I have 12B on tues. Still don't know if a friend of mine will join. I can't wait to built another snow cave. Maybe with room to play BS this time. Ah, can't wait. Saw AIDA again last night. I was fun because Eric and Robert were in Vanguard together and got to see each other again. And then we all stayed after as we were usurped by an old teacher of mine to clean up, including Eric who never even went to that school. HAHAHA. Lots of fun. The play went better than the previous night. I may see it again next saturday. They are supposed to have better swords, that actually make a metallic sound. The kid who's making them apparently went to CFA, but also apparently didn't do much to help the choreographer. Dude. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, January 27th, 2006
10:44 pm	Well, I just got my books today for my Wilderness First Responder class at West Valley. I was planning on sitting at Starbucks for a few hours and reading them...but I got off work early and decided to eat dinner at home first. Then I found out that my family was going to see AIDA at my old high school Del Mar. I couldn't resist, even though I'm seeing it tomorrow. Ah well. Guess the books can wait. The play was really good though. The parts fit the actors so well. The singing wasn't all that bad. They are getting a good regular cast again. Only problem is half are seniors. The last time they had a good regular cast was when it was made of my grade and the one under me. Well, if nothing else, these postings may start putting my English skills back where they used to be. IM kinda killed it... (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 26th, 2006
10:18 pm	Well, you got me here. I suppose this first post shall be a bit dry, but I'll get used to it...oooh i just found my grandfather's book on the internet. So cool. I love his kites. Super Kites I, II, III. Such pretty kites. Anyways, JJ said to talk about my day. So...fencing, for only one class. I had to go to work early because my boss was running tanks over the hill. And Brad is due any day now. I finally met his wife today though. YAY! She is soo cute. She's a short little thing with a belly so big, she seems like she should fall over. I didn't get any further in my work on painting the bathroom. But the diver I did on Monday still looks really good. Well, that's all I can come up with for now...laters. : > (3 Comments |Comment on this)