Prostate Cancer & Behaviour I'm Good At!

I've never really spoken about my job because I really don't have anything interesting to say. That's not changed today but it needs to be mentioned so I can tell you about the behaviour I'm good at!

I work within clinical research. Currently I work with Phase III Cancer trials. I've never had much to do with Cancer and a lot of it has been learning on the job. Currently I deal with the Prostate portfolio. This means that I get to interact with more men than I probably should and am probably going to be scarred for life hearing some of their stories but if it helps make their lives that lil' bit better - what's a lil' scarring right?!

March is Prostate Cancer (PC) awareness month and in a bid to raise awareness, my colleague R (who I babysat for) organised a PC awareness day in a bid to give people the chance to attend whether they be patients, carers or other research staff - anyone who wanted to know a bit more basically.

So we managed to get a town hall to donate a room for free and get a few organisations to come down to help raise awareness. Me and a room full of men? And so the floozy like behaviour commenced! PC is common in certain ethnicities and I tend to attract more attention from these ethnic groups than others so I was made to "circle" the room and hand out some info. Cue one guy from certain ethnicity (OGFCE) cornering me as I walked out in the corridor
OGFCE: So you work here huh?
Me: Yeah...
OGFCE: So what do you do?
Me: *tries to explain in a nutshell*
OGFCE: Would I be eligible for that kinda treatment?
Me: Well, do you have PC?
OGFCE: No....
Me: *Thinking WTF?!* Oh, well what you should do is go and see the doctor and get a PSA test done. PC is really quite common in your ethnicity and it's better to be safe than sorry.
OGFCE: So.. what do you do in your spare time?
Me: *being the polite girl that I am* You know - normal stuff... *explain my fantastic range of hobbies!*
OGFCE: Oh right - I organise gigs and stuff. You should come along.
Me: Cool. Well I'll try. Thanks.
OGFCE: Have you got a boyfriend?
Me: *A resounding yes because I did not want to get into a situation. Bear in mind he was exactly 20 years older than me!*
OGFCE: Oh, that's a shame. Not for him but for me. I was going to ask for your number but it wouldn't be appropriate would it?
Me: Aww - that's kind but no it wouldn't. But make sure you get checked out for PC and let me know about your gigs. *Cue Scrumpy desperately trying to get away*
OGFCE: Well, take my number anyways.
Me: Sure

And I wrote it down and everything! WHY and HOW do I get myself into these situations?!

But I did use my floozy like behaviour to get people to come in off the street and helped raise awareness of PC so I'm not a complete floozy - just a partial one!

In All of Our Twelve Years....

Nothing like this has happened to us and yet yesterday it kinda did.

Someone tried to break into our house yesterday! :-( Thankfully they didn't actually manage to get in so nothing was taken but it still feels like rubbish.

And on top of that - the police must have sent the dustiest police officer ever! He was in such a rush to get away that he didn't even bother looking at the house. When I asked him if wanted to see if anyone had tried to enter through the back, he said "Oh yeah, I guess I should have a look around."!

WTF?! Seriously?!

So far today has been spent calling the insurance people, waiting for forensics and trying to sort out all the other bloody admin stuff.

We were thinking about moving before but this incident has definitely accelerated the process.

From One Legend to Another

RD is the SL blogosphere's legend. Well, it's between him and a few others but I'm pretty sure that RD is one of the oldest and not just in physical chronology but also virtual chronology.

But enough about him!

I am soooooooooo fucked off right now! Seriously! So fucking pissed off that I want to cry.

Michael Jackson announced he's playing his last ever UK tour. So the fucking promoters decided they were going to do some pre-sale shit where if you registered early, they would send you a code and you would be able to buy tickets earlier than those released for general sale. I might not be MJ's biggest fan, but he is one of the greatest all time legends of my era and seeing him live would be amazing I'm sure. Off I went and registered. 07:00 Wednesday morning, I logged on to the shitty website that is selling these tickets (they are fucking shit!) and it fucking crashed! I couldn't even get on it. Hence I couldn't get any tickets!

So I waited for general release this morning. I was on the PC and ready to go at 06:40! This is the time I usually get up to get ready for work but I was already dressed - knowing that I'd be there for a while.

07:00 - I searched for tickets again and I was put in a queue "Your wait time is 15 minutes or more". OK - well at least I'm in a queue I thought to myself. 35 minutes later and it still says the fucking same thing. I really should have left for work by this point but hey, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity so I stayed.

Just as I was about to give up, the message changed - " Your wait time is now 10 minutes". Ooooooh, progress I thought to myself. So I hung around whilst the 10 minutes took 20 minutes to count down and finally, like the heavens had opened up, I saw this message: "Your wait time is less than one minute" Wooo hooo!

And 3 minutes later: "There are no tickets that match your search. There may be tickets for other dates that do. Search again."

WHAT THE FUCK?! You kept me fucking waiting for nearly an hour and fifteen minutes to tell me there weren't any tickets?! And it wasn't just me that was searching. A and B were searching as well. And we all flopped!

AND the thing that FUCKS me off the most is the fact that nearly the whole world and his fucking dog (out of our social circle) have got fucking tickets and we don't!

So if anyone knows anybody who knows anybody who could hook a girl up?! There is nothing short I won't do (including selling people) to get some tickets!

Mr Diaspora

I first started reading Kottu about two years ago. Back then, I don't remember it being as active as it is now. I remember reading both you, Darwin and Ravana regularly and remember enjoying what I read. I don't remember how I even came across the SL blogosphere but I remember my days at work getting that lil' bit quicker!

Happy Birthday to you Mr Diaspora - may your future be as bright and not quite so orange! :)

Struggling!

If you’re as unfit as I am, or even slightly asthmatic like I am (hayfever induced!), getting older must be a bitch.

Seriously – I struggled to blow out all the candles on my cake! And the pressure was on because people were looking at me. Staring, as if to say "WTF is wrong with her?!" "Why can't she blow out those candles?!" And all the time I was thinking "There are sooo many fucking on here! You try and give it a go!"

So for next time, I asked them to just get the numbers themselves rather than individual candles to add up to my age!

Fear

I am getting my hair cut tomorrow.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!*




*enough said!

Happy Birthday

To me!*

*self indulgent much?!

And to all the other Pisceans (including the two hotties Java and Paparé Boy), belated/early birthday wishes! :)

Seasons

Beautiful sunrise.

Clear blue skies.

Sun shining over the River Thames.

Daffodils beginning to bloom.

And as the day progresses, wispy clouds line the sky that I try to make stupid shapes out of.

I love Spring.