Friday, January 25, 2008

The News from Here

1. I officially got into the clinical vet tech program!!! OK, it was unlikely that I wouldn't, but that didn't keep my hands from shaking when I opened the letter. Next stop: Modell's, where I can finally cash in an old gift certificate for my first set of scrubs! (And possibly a Giants cap, for obvious reasons.)

2. Skype kicks Yahoo Messenger's ass, yo. I mean, I've been trying to get this VOIP thing going for months so I could record my AC consultations for my clients, and I could not stop my calls from getting dropped. First the headset was for crap, then I was afraid it was my cable connection. Now I know I just should have been paying the extra money for Skype. It's worth it to actually be able to hear both ends of a conversation and not have malfunctions every few minutes. Now, if I can just get my recorder to register both speakers at a reasonable volume...

3. I still don't have a job. But! I had two AC clients today, a follow-up on a web job, and a referral from a classmate to an opening at the vet hospital where she works. Progress?

4. I am disturbed to inform you that now I cannot look at my cats without imagining their skeletons. Unfortunately, my first cat dissection will finally happen on Tuesday. I think I'll get through it okay; I just hate the thought of imagining slabs of dessicated meat every time I hug my critters.

5. Tomorrow night we see Kathy Griffin! Woo!

Further bulletins as events warrant, y'all.

3 comments:

FirstNations said...

excellent news all 'round!

dead stuff has its own eldritch beauty. and remember: just because kitty has an imaginable framework does not make kitty any the less wonderful as an organism. you will understand what i mean when you contemplate kitty's skull formation. it is a miraculous thing of flying arches and stress-formed compound curves,like a piece of wonderful jewelery.

claire said...

congratulations! on getting in a program. go and buy those wacky scrubs you've had your eye on.

oh and: hi, i'm here! shoot me an email if you're looking for me. :)

m00nchild said...

Congrats on #1! As for #4, if that's how you see cats, imagine what your doctor see when he or she looks at you.