Tawdry quirk curators
// May 31st, 2010 // No Comments » // flickr, people
Rob. Chris. Dorothy. Henry.
Not the end. Not the end.
Ackermann PR is establishing a fund to assist Henry’s family. If you would like to join this effort, checks may be made out directly to Katie Granju and mailed to: Crystal Cardwell c/o Ackermann PR, 1111 Northshore Drive, Suite N-400, Knoxville, TN 37919.
Chris’s family requests that you consider organ donation and make your intentions known to your family.
// May 28th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Doug
Me: “Dad is really grouchy today.”
Doug: “Which of the children told on me?”
Me: “Umm, I meant MY father, but thanks for the confession.”
// May 27th, 2010 // No Comments » // health, people
Three quickies:
1. The people in this room aren’t just family and friends. Everyone in this room is a former or future CVICU patient. As someone who is conservatively a good 15 pounds heavier than they should be, I am willing to be annoying by saying that everyone in this room is or will have their health affected by lifestyle choices. While the waiting area in other hospital spaces is diversely populated, this room is filled with heavy and obese people. The trash cans overflow with McDonald’s bags. Funyun and Cheetos wrappers are scattered everywhere. My own idea of fun is sitting, listening to music and writing. I am the poster child for sedentary hobbies. The obese man eating a Big Mac reassured me that he’s had CABG surgery twice and it didn’t change anything in his life. He is a former AND a future patient.
2. CVICU has two waiting rooms. The private CVICU waiting room is an isolation box. The walls are bare and the room has no television. Cell phones don’t work and the hospital’s wi-fi refuses to cooperate. The room temperature is so low that ice cream would not melt on the table with the magazines from 2003. The main CVICU is the place without secrets. Teenagers in jammies, fresh from the shower, play games on cell phones while their hair dries. A woman makes multiple calls to give concerned people updates while complaining about the “Bearden pusherman” who she blames. Strangers weave in and out of each others’ conversations with words of experience, compassion and reassurance. Sometimes, the layers of human suffering get too dense and everyone laughs at something that really isn’t funny. “They threatened to put a lien on her condo over a $40 fee she can’t pay because she is unconscious? Ha-ha.” In the evening, a group of homeless adults wander through in search of an empty recliner for an evening of safety. They know the main waiting room is better than the private room.
3. The Whip It soundtrack and a cup of caffeine are your friend in the CVICU.
// May 25th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // kid quotes, movies
Amy: “I’m Batman and I can beat you up.”
Evan: “Well, I’m Darth Vader and I can win without even touching you.”
Amy: “Nuh-uh. Batman is better than Darth Vader.”
Evan: “Darth Vader is the best bad guy EVER. He always wins.”
Amy: “That’s not fair. You love Batman.”
Evan: “I love to win. Darth Vader wins.”
// May 24th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // flickr, play, teenagers
Step one: Girls dance while boys hide at the snack table.
Step two: Girls physically drag boys to dance floor (and photographer).
Step three: Boys lump together on one side of the dance floor while girls lump together on the other side.
Step four: Brilliant DJ gets everyone to line dance.
Step five: Boys and girls mash together until there is no way to step in any direction.
Step six: Everyone jumps like a pogo stick to the beat of the music.
Step seven: Fall asleep on the car ride home.
Psst! Happy 14th Birthday Noah!
// May 23rd, 2010 // 3 Comments » // television
Channel 431 aka ABC
7-9 pm LOST recap show
9-11:30 pm LOST series finale
11:30-12:05 weeping and/or gnashing teeth
12:05-1:05 am Jimmy Kimmel’s Aloha to LOST
// May 21st, 2010 // 1 Comment » // kid quotes, preschoolers, travel
When Amy is sick, she is pitifully sad. Her eyes get round like a Keane painting and they are filled with a sea of tears that quietly roll down her pale, white cheeks. Except for the occasional whimper, she is silent. Amy was in sick mode the entire ride home from Natchez Trace.
On the contrary, Evan was completely annoyed to spend five plus hours in the car for the second day in a row. Apparently, he planned to spend several days wreaking havoc in the hotel with his cousins. He had running, shouting, climbing and general silliness to do. He was in no mood to be harnessed in the car. After we had run out of ways to entertain him and he had run out of excuses and schemes to get out of the car, he took things into his own capable hands. “I’m getting out of this seat.”
Before I could spin my head to respond to his announcement, he was completely out of his seat belts. I scrambled to get myself unbuckled so that I could awkwardly climb in the back and capture the escapee while Doug pulled the car to an abrupt stop. So abrupt that Evan smacked the back of the driver’s seat and flopped to the floor. As Evan sat up with an annoyed scowl, Amy’s tiny voice broke the stunned silence. “Shoulda stayed in your seat like you’re supposed to.”
// May 20th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // clothing, Doug, kid quotes
First night: “Why can’t I sleep nekkid like Daddy does sometimes?”
Second night: “Can I just wear jammie bottoms and no shirt like Daddy wears?”
Third night: “Doug, I need you to start wearing panties and a gown at night.”
// May 19th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // life
Tuesday night: 200 teenagers
Wednesday night: Doug & I
Tuesday night: poundingly loud music
Wednesday night: quiet voices & tapping keys
Tuesday night: sequins & heels
Wednesday night: jammies & bare feet
Tuesday night: standing & running
Wednesday night: sitting & relaxing
Tuesday night: Good
Wednesday night: Great
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