December 25th, 2009 by IamDraven

My boyfriend is awesome.  He truly is.  I’m trying to beat the Mafia Wars game on MySpace and doing a pretty good job of it.  The one thing I’m having a problem with is the one ‘accomplishment’ where you log in for 20 days straight and do a job.  I have dial up at home which makes it next to impossible to log in, and hot wiring my blackberry as a modem only works until someone calls me and I get kicked off line. 

So my awesome bf, at my request, received my password so he could log in for me on days I couldn’t to play this game for me (only takes a few minutes). 

Now on my myspace, you can have a status.  For example: “It’s Christmas Day and I’m stuck at work!” would be my status, and I can choose from a list of moods and matching smiley/frowny, etc faces.  My status was from August 1, 2009.  The morning after I saw my favorite band in concert and also got to meet them.  My status said: ‘Not only did I see Sugar Ray in concert, but I got to meet the band, and Mark McGrath HUGGED & KISSED me 3 times!  ::faints:: My mood said “Stoked” and my smiley was a big green one smiling a smile so big it took up most of the face.

Yesterday at work Erik called me and I heard him say something about commenting on my status since it was still on my page from August.  I said ok, that’s cute and went back to work.  Last night when I managed to sign in using my BlackBerry modem I saw my status had been changed to:

“Just FYI my boyfriend is completely awesome and I can’t wait to see him tomorrow.”  Mood: “Romantic” Smiley was a yellow one that had flashing hearts instead of eyes.

 Obviously I freaked the fuck out.  I even called him to confront him about it.  For me, seeing my favorite band in concert, and even getting to meet them, well just the concert was #1 on my bucket list.  I had joked that I could now die happily since that’s all I needed to do in life!  That’s why I never changed it.  Every time I logged in and say t hat I was taken back to July 31st for a minute and was smiling and in a good mood.  So yeah, I was pissed.  But I was also very upset that he changed something without my permission.  I gave him permission to log in and play games for me, not change anything on my personal page.

And yes, I know all he did was change my status, but to me that’s a betrayal of trust.  That’s like saying could you go to the grocery store for me, I’ll even give you my card, but just get THIS item, and they come home with a whole bag of things you didn’t give them permission to use.  My cousin’s ex would get on her page and delete people he didn’t like, leave comments as if they were from her, etc.  And I probably did overreact,  but in my mind, Erik broke my trust by changing my status.

A male friend I talked to brought it up this way.  Maybe it’s an ego thing for him, you have a status about this guy hugging and kissing on you from a band, and yes  he’s a famous guy, but maybe your boyfriend now doesn’t appreciate it, and that’s why he put something about him up there instead.  He does have a point.  Erik and I were just casually dating back in July when I went to the concert, not an actually couple like we are now.  But if this were the case I wish he had said something to me about it.  He never changed his social networking pages to say he’s in a relationship because he didn’t want his Mom’s side of the family to know yet. (Dad’s side knows all about me)  But now that Mom’s side knows, there’s no excuse for him not to update his relationship status to reflect that we’ve been seeing each other since May, and bf/gf since October.  But I didn’t go onto his page and change them for him.

I know I overreacted, so I’m going to apologize for that, but am I wrong to think that I deserve an apology also?

June 2nd, 2009 by IamDraven

If you tell me about how many tattoos you have (last patient had 17) and/or you have visible piercings, do NOT have the freaking nerve to scream and pull your arm away when you see the needle I’m about to draw your blood with.

I understand, the idea is somewhat scary. But if you if you pay someone to stick needles in you to put ink under your skin for art, or to push metal through parts of your body for decoration than think of me as an artist.  I’m going to put a lovely red puncture wound somewhere on your body.  Preferably one of your arms.  If you scream and act a fool you’ll have a lovely multi-colored bruise to frame that red puncture wound.  And your insurance is paying me (albeit through trickle economics) so it’s JUST like going to a shop for body art!  And you can always be sure my needles are sterilized!

And besides, I have drawn blood out of cadavers, when I worked for the eye bank.  If you’re afraid of the needle going in your arm I can show you how I get a 3 inch long needle and syrings and draw out of your groin or neck…  Happy labwork to all!

QUITYERBITCHIN’!

May 7th, 2009 by IamDraven

Methinks perhaps this will be a new “IamDraven special.” Just like my lovely J-Dub has her “Fun With Google” posts, I may start a Quityerbitchin’ section.  I get so annoyed sometimes and would like to call people on things that I really can’t get away with.  Technically, yes, it IS my bitching about people who are bitching, but I am cute, and have a wicked sense of humor, so I think I could pull it off.

Questions, Comments, Concerns?

Quityerbitchin’ for 5/7/09

If you are having a serum (blood) pregnancy test, are currently pregnant and having your fetal screening labs done, or have just given birth and are having your post delivery blood count done:  DON’T BITCH ABOUT HAVING A NEEDLE STUCK IN YOUR VEIN!  You are going to/have just given birth!  Do you realize how much smaller my 21/22/25 gauge needles are compared to the size of a newborn’s cranium?  Or is your hoo-ha just that stretched out that you don’t feel anything down there?  It’s a friggin needle!  It’s in your arm usually less than a minute!  GET OVER IT!

::steps down from soapbox::

Thank you, thank you very much…

QUITYERBITCHIN’!