The official nightshift thread....

bethanie0825 wrote: »

@jennifer_417 Good Luck!!!!! And I've lost a lot of compassion working 911. It seems like it shouldn't be that way but I just don't have a lot of sympathy left for people who won't help themselves out whatever situation they're in.

And hurricane what's-his-name is now looking like he's going to stay well offshore. Now if the rest of this rain would move out, we'd be good to go.

Well, I still have that hammer handy. I may just hit myself in the head with it if it doesn't become more emminently useful.

It's not as complicated as is sounds. An action potential is simple the ability to conducted an electrical signal down an axon. It's made possible by the difference in electrolytes like Na and Potassium across a semipermeable membrane. Think of it like dye dropped into a glass. Diffusion says the dye wants to spread evenly across the water in the glass. If you have a semipermeable membrane, it keeps that from happening. With a nerve, a stimulation makes the membrane more permeable and it allows the electrolytes to cross the membrane. Because they are charged particles (Na is a positive ion, K is a positive ion etc.) it makes the axon act like an electrical charge is moving down the membrane. That charge gives the nerve the potential to make things do work. The strength of that charge is the action potential. it's short lived and Na:K pumps are needed to recharge the potential.

hamptontom wrote: »

jennifer_417 wrote: »

Not that I don't have any compassion...just that we're not a homeless shelter, y'know?

Sometimes I feel like I have to be heartless to people at this job, but I've had to realize that this is a buisness, and my job is to protect/promote that. The things here aren't mine to give away.

Bah...fatigue is making me maudlin...I'm sure you all know this stuff.

these days, you have to choose your battles, where compassion is concerned. it's in short supply as it is, and it leaves a bad taste in your mouth when you squander it.

In emergency medicine, the saying is, "No good deed goes unpunished."

@sufferlandrian That, sir, is why I made a good choice when I decided not to go to medical school

so the weather dudes keep telling me the rain is supposed to subside here at some point, and yet it rained all damn day today.

i'm starting to get a queasy feeling in my gut about moving this weekend.

fingers crossed for a relatively chill night.

Well, they're still great pics!

This costume. I had to spill the beans to my kiddo because she has the next two weeks off of school and I need to work on it while she is there. Soooo I worked on it today and the neckline is reeeeeally ruffling my feathers. I cannot figure it out. I'm gonna do some YouTube research tonight and see if I can figure it out before I burn the damn thing...

And because I loooove to put pressure on myself and stress myself out...I decided to take part in an October Makeup Challenge (on IG)...each day is given theme/word and you create/post your creation! On some days, I'll go all out but most days I'm just going to give my loose interpretation. Like today was pumpkin...I just did orange makeup. I have a whole box full of theatrical/special fx makeup that I never use so I figured this would be a good time to make a commitment to using it!

Had our first parent/teacher conference...my little dollface is doing so well. No issues whatsoever and she is doing 1st grade work for most things, according to her teacher! So proud of that muffin...

Bought some Cotton Candy Pink color for my hair!!!!!! I'm hoping I can get this blue/green faded enough this week so it is PINK! It was more steely blue the other day...more minty currently...mint under pink will look muddy and icky!

I've been here for a bit. Gearing up for Primate Animal Liberation Week. Not excited about the extra patrols or some random person coming down here from Houston who doesn't know that all 142 of our chimps have names and their own unique personalities!
How are THEY going to know that when Hannah runs up to the edge of her enclosure she's not a threat and she's just trying to greet you and say hello?
How are THEY going to know that Addie grips the hand of the animal attendant giving her insulin because that's the only way she can hug her?
How are THEY going to know that the squirrel monkeys are harmlessly grooming you when they swarm on you and pull on your hair?

They are going to come up here acting like THEY know EVERYTHING and they don't know SQUAT about our animals! :grumble:

lilaclovebird wrote: »

I've been here for a bit. Gearing up for Primate Animal Liberation Week. Not excited about the extra patrols or some random person coming down here from Houston who doesn't know that all 142 of our chimps have names and their own unique personalities!
How are THEY going to know that when Hannah runs up to the edge of her enclosure she's not a threat and she's just trying to greet you and say hello?
How are THEY going to know that Addie grips the hand of the animal attendant giving her insulin because that's the only way she can hug her?
How are THEY going to know that the squirrel monkeys are harmlessly grooming you when they swarm on you and pull on your hair?

They are going to come up here acting like THEY know EVERYTHING and they don't know SQUAT about our animals! :grumble:

That sounds...annoying.

Wow. Interesting inside look I haven't thought about before...being on the animal testing side and worrying about "liberators" who have no clue what they are doing...just being extreme in their actions. I bet that is scary!!!

@jen_417 Thanks! The makeup came out fine...I just despise the color orange (coral...we're good...orange...ick)...and I felt that I looked like politician's wife, lol. The hair almost looks blonde and the septum ring is barely noticeable...but that is the fun of makeup! Tomorrow is ghost. OooooOOOOooooOoOOOoo!!!!

Thank-you, YouTube, once again...where would I be without you?! I now totally get how to do the neckline...duh...it seems so simple now...but those stupid sewing instructions can be so confusing!