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Interesting story. Katie is the Wilson to my House. We knew that. I'm all in to emergency medicine because I like the skill needed for the diagnosing and the variety of the patients and I'd totally do Diagnostics if there was such a department, because that (and trauma) is the reason I've had my heart set on working in the ER for more than half a decade. She's into oncology. We've been watching that The Cherry Orchard movie of the Chekov play, and day before yesterday (and yesterday also) were sitting in these computer chair things and I pulled over one of those crappy plastic school chairs and we put our feet up on it in synch (not even planning/trying to or anything) just like House and Wilson in 2.16 "Safe". And we both realized that we did it, and there was laughing.

Was trying to help Katie fix her glasses case when it broke, and she was like "This is a crazy picture. Here we are, two of the smartest people in the school, standing in the hallway fiddling with a glasses case." That made me all warm and fuzzy inside. As I very often feel like a blathering idiot next to her, as I'm not used to ~~knowing anybody~~ having friends smarter than me.

"Scuttlebutt has it that you and Thumper messed it up in the parallel." Does that sound like a better euphemism for sex than it is for fighting to anyone else?

Amy Lee in the "Call Me When You're Sober" video looks much better when her hair isn't in the headband. She's still really pretty. I heard she was a bitch, though, from somebody who met her at one of the concerts back before she was big (a concert I really wanted to go to, but it's in the shit part of town across the river and I was like 12, so my mom was like no) which sort of dissapointed me. I'm not a fan of mean people. The music is very obviously different without Ben Moody. And the guy in the video sort of looked like Wolverine (there were also wolves in the video, so maybe he was supposed to). Kinda hot.

Watching some kind of Oprah episode about menopause. (When I first wrote this, I was. Internet got turned off in the middle of my typing last night/this morning without me realizing it, so I'm posting it now.) I just had left the TV on after Cheno was on Leno, and then happened to look up and see Geena Davis and then shortly after a clip of Sela Ward (Who was talking about sex, but I still had it muted, so I don’t know what she said. And I’m really curious.) Which is when I started watching, because yay, Sela. The doctor lady was just like “If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it,” it being sex (which I didn’t know at all. Interesting.) and then goes on to mention how masturbation works just fine too if you’re by yourself, and Geena’s all *nods*. I laughed. Yay, mental images. Geena’s hot for being older than my mom. (Less hot now that I’m comparing her to my mom. But still very good looking. I’d do her.)

Kate and her agent friend Marcy on NCIS episode 1.03 “Seadog” act like ex-girlfriends. The cut-short hug and sorta distanced conversation and all.

My spanish teacher pre-cog thing has continued. Last year I had this dream that I had to do CPR on my spanish teacher in the middle of class, the next morning she left school having chest pains (she was fine, though). Had a dream a couple of nights ago, lots of crazy stuff in there, but new spanish teacher sang. That morning, we started talking about how the orphan/poor kids sing the lottery numbers in Spain, and he demonstrated. Pretty nuts.

My hard drive is really full. I've been cleaning stuff and shrinking stuff and saving stuff temporarily to the main computer's hard drive, but I've got to get the stuff off the main computer, and as it stands, I've only got 778MB left. Gonna have to start burning episode type things off of it. I didn't want to because I was afraid that disks would get scratched up and I wouldn't have them anymore, but I'm going to have to chance it. Problem is that the stuff is so big that I'll have to burn them onto DVD disks, which are sorta expensive, especially because I want to make at least one extra copy to hide somewhere as a backup.

Found old speakers and hooked them up to my computer today, so no more watching stuff while trying to bend down far enough so that your headphone cord reaches the back of the computer. Not enough power slots, though, so I had to unplug my scanner. Oh well. I'm pretty sure the scanner doesn't work anymore anyway. Dad insists that it does, but last time I tried it wouldn't.

Amnesty cluster meeting tomorrow. Yay for that. Going to have to convince one of my parents to leave my sister's soccer game early to drive me down there. Not going to be easy. They're just going to want me to be late, but I don't want to be late, as that would be bad.

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But it doesn't ease the pain, you know?

Not really. It's always a *headdesk* moment. I always hate it when I do that, because it's like I spent time copying and pasting and italicizing, and then it didn't work. Sadness.

I always hate it when I do that, because it's like I spent time copying and pasting and italicizing, and then it didn't work.

Exactly. Just like when you spend all this time making all these little clips of House running on the treadmill and making a little montage-type thing to use in the climaxy-part of the song, and then you get all these little clips of Cameron to go in between the running bits, and WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER DECIDES IT IS GOING TO FREEZE AND DIE. I wanted to open it up and kill it again for doing that. It autosaved, but it autosaved just before I started making all the running clips. Now I've got a piece of paper taped to the desk that says "SAVE WORK.".

it autosaved just before I started making all the running clips

Ahh! *dies* Grr.
Word did that to me recently, I had gotten an "aha!" thing and written like a page for my english paper, but then it froze, and I had written in all in the 10 minutes since it last autosaved. So I was back to my first 3 sentences.

Hee, computer taped signs are good.

I had gotten an "aha!" thing

I love the "aha!" things! I got one the other day, which spurred me to make another HouseCam video. I ditched the one I was working on before. I like my current one much better.

So I was back to my first 3 sentences

Ouch. That's all I can say.

another HouseCam video

HouseCam. *winces* I mean, yay!

I like my current one much better.

Yay for that.

HouseCam. *winces*

*is sad* yeah. It's a pity there aren't many Cameron/Cuddy scenes. But I still want to do that Cameron and Cuddy video I mentioned once before. Must find a song for that one...

It's a pity there aren't many Cameron/Cuddy scenes.

Yup. I've just been stocking them up so hopefully before season 6 there'll be enough material for a vid.

I still want to do that Cameron and Cuddy video I mentioned once before.

I hope you do. That would be cool.

hopefully before season 6 there'll be enough material for a vid.

Lol. I hope there is plenty before that. Like, midway season 3. [/false hope]

Ooh, ooh, I'm writing a Cam/Cuddy fic for a prompt right now. How do you suggest I write emails? Do you think I should italicise the emails, or bold the From, To, etc, or maybe separate them into individual little thingies with lines, or dashes, or something?
Yeah, for someone who is writing a fic at this very moment, I'm not making much sense :$

AHH!ICONLOVE!!LOL*dies*! I actually had started making one almost exactly like that a week or so ago. I hadn't gotten to what to write on there (as that's what I suck at most) but I definitely wanted to insinuate that teh sexing was about to occur. So cool that you made one just like that.

How do you suggest I write emails?

Ahh, I have that same problem. I would use line type things to separate each mail and do the bolding. So it'd be like:
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Date: Today
From: lcuddy @ ppth.org (I'm guessing on the work addy being .org; since it is a teaching hospital, they could also possibly use addresses with the abbreviation for the affiliated school .edu also, like the big teaching hospital near me. But you've undoubtedly already got the email thing figured out.)
To: acameron @ ppth.org
Subject: Possible rash of Ménière's disease.

You. Me. Exam room 3. 15 minutes.

Sincerely,
teh Cuddy.

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Or something of that sort. Tis how I would do it.

Yay, Cameron/Cuddy fic!

AHH!ICONLOVE!!LOL*dies*!

*backs away slowly*
Hee, I'm glad you like it! It just, hit me, all of a sudden.

But you've undoubtedly already got the email thing figured out

I, *cough* hadn't actually done that. Thought about it, but not done it. I just said "From: Lisa Cuddy, MD" etc. I thought it'd be clearer. But I'm happy you assumed I was so ~~committed to my work~~ intelligent.

Tis how I would do it.

Great, thank you. I already bolded the 'From's and 'Subject's etc. and then I italicised the email messages themselves. Don't ask why. I like your way better. Oh, yeah. And I forgot to put the date. It hardly seems believable without the date.

Yay, Cameron/Cuddy fic!

Yay! I got the reply to my claim today, which means I can go ahead and post them! But I want them to be Beta'd first. Can you do the honours? It's just (I think) I've heard people thanking you for Beta-ing their work, and I've seen you post some good constructive criticism in your comments, so yeah. Could you help me with that?

But I'm happy you assumed I was so ~~committed to my work~~ intelligent.

Hee, anytime you want something assumed, you can just come to me. I just know that you are with the writing of good fics, and elementary school teachers always told us that the best way to write was to plan everything out and not just start scribbling like I pretty much do, so I figured you probably planned stuff. /makes no sense but is forgivable because of the late hour.

I like your way better.

I'm glad. *Is happy to have been helpful.*

Can you do the honours?

Really? Me? Whoa. Wicked. Of course. I'll try to be good and helpful and stuff.

Hee, I just realized that it sort of looked like I wrote exam room 3.15 minutes. Like three and 15/100ths minutes. Because the spacing doesn't work quite right on posts. It doesn't let you double space or something. Weird.

so I figured you probably planned stuff

I do both. Mostly I just scribblescribblescribble some notes when a plot pops into my head unexpectantly, but lately I've been just sitting here writing out a whole fic at a time. Whihc, funnily enough, is how some of my better fics are born. I was a sucker for planning when I was younger. Because yes, the teachers used to always tell us to plan our characters, setting, plot etc. I used to rule it up and everything. Then I realised it takes the fun out of writing when you do that, so I jot down whatever notes I need to be able to come back later and write without forgetting.

Of course.

Hee! Thanks! I will send them to you now *nods*. I wrote another fic for a prompt last night, but I need to go back and add some things, because it isn't flowing right at the moment. I think I just wanted to get it out of the way, you know? Which is sad.

Mostly I just scribblescribblescribble some notes when a plot pops into my head unexpectantly

Hee, indeed. Me also.

I was a sucker for planning when I was younger.

I never have been able to. Tried it out for a fic a few years ago, wrote the first page and planned stuff out (though my outline was in such vague terms that I have barely any idea where I was going) and just stopped because it took so long. I get a basic idea in my head and then just go.

I jot down whatever notes I need to be able to come back later and write without forgetting.

That is indeed the important part. I hate that. I'll be writing in class, bell rings, next class, I can't pick up the writing again right away because (horror of horrors) we're actually maybe doing something, and then I go back and I was in the middle of a sentence and I know that how I was going to end it was really good, but I can't remember it for the life of me. That and when you come up with something, a line or just more stuff for a part you haven't gotten to yet. I've got notes on paper for scenes that I'm pages and pages away from if I even were ever to get there.

though my outline was in such vague terms that I have barely any idea where I was going

My notes don't make sense to anyone but me. And I have little notes within notes. Basically I just write anything that pops into my head, to make sure I've got a good foundation to come back to.

Ha, story. One of my ff.net stories gets Beta'd by a fellow user, and once I was supposed to send her the latest chapter, but I sent her a page of random notes for a Chase/Cameron fic I was planning to write (and it's NOT the kind of Chase/Cameron fic you're probably thinking of. It's not even really a relationsip)instead. And then she was like "what's this?" and I asked what she meant, and she told me she got a page of random, incoherent notes about Chase's reactions or thoughts on something, and I was like *headdesk* because it was embarrassing. It's like giving someone a peephole into your thoughts.

I know that how I was going to end it was really good, but I can't remember it for the life of me

I know exactly what that's like! It's terrible!

That and when you come up with something, a line or just more stuff for a part you haven't gotten to yet

I have a habit of zooming ahead in my mind while I'm writing, and planning things I am going to say in the next paragraph. And then if I should become distracted/have to leave, I am unable to pick up where I left off. Very sad. Very annoying.

I was supposed to send her the latest chapter, but I sent her a page of random notes for a Chase/Cameron fic I was planning to write

Ooh. At least it was a fanfic-y type person that you sent it to. It'd be my luck that I'd send it instead of a paper to one of my teachers.

It's like giving someone a peephole into your thoughts.

Indeed.

then if I should become distracted/have to leave, I am unable to pick up where I left off.

Nor am I. My writing is big bursts of inspiration where I can't get it all down fast enough, but then I'm trying to make sure I've got all of the first part but I forget the second part of whatever I was thinking and then just get stuck.

It'd be my luck that I'd send it instead of a paper to one of my teachers.

That's something I would do. Thus the reason I don't ask for my teacher's addresses. We have a neat internet system that we can access from home, anyway. Much easier to get overdue assignments in.

My writing is big bursts of inspiration where I can't get it all down fast enough

So is mine! I sat here for hours last night because I was suddenly inspired. I can't stop when that happens. It happens with movies too. I started that Cameron and Cuddy video I told you about ages ago.. in some comment. I'm using Black Betty from Spiderbait!

We have a neat internet system that we can access from home, anyway.

Oh? What is it? I don't think we have anything that could be construed as a system.

It happens with movies too. I started that Cameron and Cuddy video I told you about ages ago

*Squiggle* Yay! I really want to do that. In fact, Thursday and today I felt really excited about sitting down and working on one this weekend. Problem is that I lost all of my episodes and now am having to download them back one by one. So I don't have all my good material anymore.

What is it? I don't think we have anything that could be construed as a system

I use the word 'system' loosely. I wouldn't know what else to call it, really.

But anyway. Basically it's a My Internet thing that's accessed through the school website. You need your username and password (which every student has. Mine is mckenzie.c and the passwords are just numbers. We didn't get to choose our own. Sad), and as long as you have those you can get in from any computer anywhere. In My Internet there's a list of blog-type things for each of your classes (where the teachers post assignment sheets and handouts and reminders and stuff) and things like that. The thing I was referring to before is the Personal Files Box, which is where you can upload files from your school or home folders. It really comes in handy, especially if you don't have a little USB drive thing like me. [/frequent use of the word 'thing']

*Squiggle*

Haha! I do that when I can't decide whether I want to squee or giggle.

So I don't have all my good material anymore

We don't have nearly enough download space to download episodes, so I am only able to use the ones Rachell burns to disc for me. Which means only the season three episodes. Except seven, because she burnt it to her re-writable disc and needed it back, so my mum burned the episode to disc herself and she must use a different program or something, because the files are set out differently. When Rachell does it you can go into the disc and there's a folder called 'ORIGINAL' and it's the whole episode there in one piece, so I can simply copy and paste into my file, and then import into Movie Maker. When my mum does it it's not like that.

In My Internet there's a list of blog-type things for each of your classes (where the teachers post assignment sheets and handouts and reminders and stuff) and things like that.

Ooh. Your school is quite technologically advanced, compared to mine. My teachers are all morons and can barely figure out how to upload grades to this website thing (and most of them only do it the once a term that the principals make them).

The thing I was referring to before is the Personal Files Box, which is where you can upload files from your school or home folders.

Urgh, that's wicked. I have to email stuff back and forth. It would really be nice if we had that.

We don't have nearly enough download space to download episodes, so I am only able to use the ones Rachell burns to disc for me.

Hee, it's handy that you have people to do that.

When Rachell does it you can go into the disc and there's a folder called 'ORIGINAL' and it's the whole episode there in one piece, so I can simply copy and paste into my file, and then import into Movie Maker.

That's somewhat strange. In a folder called 'original'? When I burn stuff, it's not in a folder but rather right on the disk. But yeah, in one piece. When your mum does it, it splits the file into bits?

My teachers are all morons

Overall, the teachers at our school are pretty great. But there are a few who are just... yeah.

I have to email stuff back and forth

That'd get annoying, especially because email can be unreliable sometimes. Mind you, I'm sure this Personal Files Box isn't entirely perfect itself. So let us just pretend I didn't say anything.

it's handy that you have people to do that.

*nods* She's my peeps.

When your mum does it, it splits the file into bits?

Yup. Exactly.

Mind you, I'm sure this Personal Files Box isn't entirely perfect itself. So let us just pretend I didn't say anything.

Can anybody else access it? I mean, I assume the teachers and such can. Or maybe not, because perhaps you still have rights over there.

I'm always worried that I'll walk away and it won't have logged me off of email and somebody will smeg up my account. Because that happened in like 7th grade when I was in the school library and I was bored so I was playing Neopets, and I accidently left my account logged on and when I logged back in the next time, somebody had gotten on and disowned all but one of my pets and given all my money away (I assume to themselves, as they wouldn't have found that I was still logged in if they hadn't tried to play themselves, implying that they have an account) and nicked all my stuff. Which was not fun. I was angry.

And I can't log in anymore to Neopets, which makes me sort of sad. Because I have no idea what year of birth I picked when I signed up because I tend to just pick a random one and not bother trying to find mine.

/Random

Can anybody else access it?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the teachers can. Or, at least, the IT people and the Deputy Principals. In case we break the rules and download porn, or something. Or in case they need to get an assignment if we're sick.

perhaps you still have rights over there.

Y'know, sometimes I wonder...

I'll walk away and it won't have logged me off of email and somebody will smeg up my account

I've done that a few times. I've forgotten to log off my account on the computer and started to leave the classroom, idiot that I am. Lucky for me one of my friends has noticed and logged off for me, though. A lot of the time the teacher will do a quick lap of the room and check to make sure everyone has logged off/shut down.

when I logged back in the next time, somebody had gotten on and disowned all but one of my pets and given all my money away

That sucks. That was always my one fear when playig Neopets. Because I worked so so hard to collect money. Though a friend and I did that to one of our classmates in primary school once. He'd forgotten to log off in the library, so we bought a whole bunch of crap until he had no money left. He was a bit of a prick, if you ask me.

I tend to just pick a random one and not bother trying to find mine.

I always make sure I pick a year that makes me over eighteen, so I can get into the chat rooms without having my parents sign a form or whatever.
Wow, I just realised how long it's been since I played Neopets.

Or, at least, the IT people and the Deputy Principals. In case we break the rules and download porn, or something.

That's what I figured. But do they do it regularly to make sure? Because ours don't, I think. Because I have a couple of text files of fics from years ago still on there that have. . . questionable bits, so I know ours don't have programs that search for key words in your Word files or anything. And I had some audio files for a while that I downloaded, though I think not anymore (which makes me think that maybe they did delete those, because I don't remember getting rid of them myself) on there for a long time.

Or in case they need to get an assignment if we're sick.

Like if you stuck it on there from home and told them to get it off for you? We just email them to the teachers then.

A lot of the time the teacher will do a quick lap of the room and check to make sure everyone has logged off/shut down.

That's nice. We have account things to log onto the computer with that people do that for in classrooms (though if you're in the library, you're on your own) but occasionally the email won't log off even if you log off of the computer, which is unnerving, bits.

Because I worked so so hard to collect money.

Yeah, that was my thing too. I was slightly more pissed then about the disowning of my pets, though, I think. Because I was young like that.

I always make sure I pick a year that makes me over eighteen, so I can get into the chat rooms without having my parents sign a form or whatever.

I didn't mind about the chat rooms, but I always did that too. Problem is I checked the years that would have made me 18/19 back when I would have signed up, and supposedly my info still isn't right. Sadness.

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