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Of Jobs and Human
Free Talk:
Now I need more time, somehow I'll make it through - I just need more time.
I landed a job as a radiologic tech at one of the urgent care facilities in town. I'm still a little shell-shocked. I was offered the job at the end of a quick interview and ushered to complete my drug testing and physical evaluation. Now, I have to buy more uniforms to conform to the facility. Two colors are allowed - a maroon wine color and a grayish blue. I also have to purchase a stethoscope because, evidently, I am going to cross-train in lab and nursing. (I admit that part makes me excited - I like to learn.)
I'm excited, and uncharacteristically nervous, because I really wanna do a good job. I might start as early as this weekend.
In a way, it stinks, because Tay-Tay was just freed up from her fall softball season (ended Saturday) and she finally has time to draw again, and I won't be around to help her. But on the flipside, I'll be earning some much-needed money. Not a large amount of money, but it sure beats a job at the mall.
Book Review:
Stopped by Waldenbooks this weekend and perused the sale section. There, sitting proudly on the shelf, was a large hardback copy of Smithsonian's Human. $10. Only that much for something that should be nearer to $60! Taylor and I split the cost so we were each out only about five bucks. See, I'm always collecting reference books and large picture books. My latest purchases have been medical references and odds and ends such a weather/climate handbook. Anything helps in creating realistic settings, methinks. (Taylor and I both have been recently obsessed with the Atacama Desert.)
All in all, Human is jampacked with information, like an encyclopedia. The topics (Origins, Body, Mind, Life Cycle, Society, Culture, Peoples, and Future) tease you with just enough introductory information to inspire you to look further into the specifics. The book is written for the average person, not the experts, and I think the aim is to touch upon all the varieties that make up the human tapestry, which it definitely succeeds in doing. I haven't read the entire book word-for-word (I just got it Saturday, and all 512 pages would be a stretch even for me), but I like what I see. There is some confusion in muscle classification on page 68, but it is minor and rather obvious if you've taken human anatomy. (Skeletal muscle is mislabeled as cardiac muscle and cardiac muscle is mislabeled as smooth muscle.) The most impressive thing for me about this book is the visual aspect of it. Someone spent a lot of time crafting the graphics, especially in the Body section. Amazing, indeed. And the chosen supplemental photographs are nice as well. Vibrant and inspiring.
Doodle of the Moment:
Taylor likes to draw with Sharpies, too. Chiko from Rainshadow. She appears at first to be the most annoying, selfish girl on earth. But it is her plot that moves everything else forward - shifts the earth under the rest of the characters' feet. This expression gives us a glance into her past.
Free Talk:
Now I need more time, somehow I'll make it through - I just need more time.
I landed a job as a radiologic tech at one of the urgent care facilities in town. I'm still a little shell-shocked. I was offered the job at the end of a quick interview and ushered to complete my drug testing and physical evaluation. Now, I have to buy more uniforms to conform to the facility. Two colors are allowed - a maroon wine color and a grayish blue. I also have to purchase a stethoscope because, evidently, I am going to cross-train in lab and nursing. (I admit that part makes me excited - I like to learn.)
I'm excited, and uncharacteristically nervous, because I really wanna do a good job. I might start as early as this weekend.
In a way, it stinks, because Tay-Tay was just freed up from her fall softball season (ended Saturday) and she finally has time to draw again, and I won't be around to help her. But on the flipside, I'll be earning some much-needed money. Not a large amount of money, but it sure beats a job at the mall.
Book Review:
Stopped by Waldenbooks this weekend and perused the sale section. There, sitting proudly on the shelf, was a large hardback copy of Smithsonian's Human. $10. Only that much for something that should be nearer to $60! Taylor and I split the cost so we were each out only about five bucks. See, I'm always collecting reference books and large picture books. My latest purchases have been medical references and odds and ends such a weather/climate handbook. Anything helps in creating realistic settings, methinks. (Taylor and I both have been recently obsessed with the Atacama Desert.)
All in all, Human is jampacked with information, like an encyclopedia. The topics (Origins, Body, Mind, Life Cycle, Society, Culture, Peoples, and Future) tease you with just enough introductory information to inspire you to look further into the specifics. The book is written for the average person, not the experts, and I think the aim is to touch upon all the varieties that make up the human tapestry, which it definitely succeeds in doing. I haven't read the entire book word-for-word (I just got it Saturday, and all 512 pages would be a stretch even for me), but I like what I see. There is some confusion in muscle classification on page 68, but it is minor and rather obvious if you've taken human anatomy. (Skeletal muscle is mislabeled as cardiac muscle and cardiac muscle is mislabeled as smooth muscle.) The most impressive thing for me about this book is the visual aspect of it. Someone spent a lot of time crafting the graphics, especially in the Body section. Amazing, indeed. And the chosen supplemental photographs are nice as well. Vibrant and inspiring.
Doodle of the Moment:
Taylor likes to draw with Sharpies, too. Chiko from Rainshadow. She appears at first to be the most annoying, selfish girl on earth. But it is her plot that moves everything else forward - shifts the earth under the rest of the characters' feet. This expression gives us a glance into her past.
(c) Raze, 2007.
