Another Meme But...

... I was coerced into it!

You have now entered into a legally binding contract http://tinyurl.com/8ohuop hope you don't mind ;)

Have I mentioned before how much I love these things? Anyway tagged by Mark Hawker. I now have the dubious pleasure of finding another 7 things what you guys don't know about me.

• Link your original tagger(s), and list these rules on your blog.
• Share seven facts about yourself in the post - some random, some weird.
• Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names and the links to their blogs.
• Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs and/or Twitter.

We have been down this road before my friends.... First check out the meme posts that have gone before. Back when I passed the 1,000 visitor mark I handed out 100 things about me and granted I padded a few of them out because I started losing the will to live at about the 40 mark.

Some how I've started to think there are not enough things about me to fill another meme. I will try to explain a few things...

1. Back in high school I chose subjects to allow me to go on and do architecture - art, physics, maths and graphic communication. I really don't know where this idea came from. When it came down to accepting an offer from universities I rejected architecture and took physics, planning to become a physics teacher. I had a fantastic physics teacher back in high school which slightly explains this choice. I dropped out of the physics course and bummed about for a bit, during this time I applied for midwifery, although I finally got a place on an adult nursing course.

2. During all this bumming about I did go to camp and I went horse riding in PJs. That is one of my 3 favourite pictures from camp. And now I'm just teasing you all because I won't post it. It was there where I first came out of the closet too and people wonder why I want to go back there... it was the best time of my life so far.

3. I've been a gamer since I was little, well 5. That is not unusual now but was back then and certainly for girls. We had this stupid little hand held game, Mini Munchman, a bit like Pac Man and my brother held the high score till I asked him what HHH meant. The score counter only had 3 digits and after 999 there was only one way to go, HHH. At 5 I had gotten the highest score ever on that little thing. I still have it. (Mine has less scratches though.)

4. I currently have 4 as yet unfinished short stories. 2 Voyager fan fictions (1 is over 13,000 words) , a Doctor Who fan fiction, a romance (ish) short story and an apocalypse (esque) short story (which may turn into a novel length). I do love writing but I am cack at it, and a rarely finish what I start. Much like my art work.

5. I really love nursing and corny as it sounds I feel I've found the right job this time.

6. I keep a journal on top of the blog...

7. I HAVE NO MORE INTERESTING FACTS!

Merry Christmas in Advance

Placement finished this morning so I'm now off for 2 weeks. WOOHOO! Part of me would have wanted to be there for Christmas with our long term patients. I'll even be 1 year older by the time I get back.
So in case I don't get the time I want to pass on some of last year's cheer in the student nurse's edition of the Night Before Christmas.
I actually posted on Christmas day last year. Don't ask me how I had the time... between all the computer games I received. Tis the season to give yourself RSI playing the DS for hours on end. I averaged about 9 hours a day playing Zelda: Phantom Hourglass last year. No wonder I was baffled as to how I managed to find time to post; never mind talk to my family, or eat, sleep, got to the toilet. Oh now I think about it I didn't.....
Hope Santa is good to you!

1000 Visitors and Still Going

I've made it to 1000 (well past it actually). I wanted to do something special to celebrate. To be honest I can't really think of anything....
Aside from perhaps giving you 100 things about me with a smattering of the best of the archive and a response to Kim @ As The Pump Turns.

100) Kim showed us hers, so I'll show you mine. This is my uniform. White tunic (I've covered the embroidery) and navy trousers.
99) The most used tab is college.
98) I have broken both of my ankles...
97) ...and my left wrist.
96) I struggle to tell my left from my right and usually have to look at my hands.
95) There's a failed attempt at further education in my past...
94) ...and it had nothing to do with nursing.
93) When I was little I wanted to be a midwife,
92) an architect,
91) a physics teacher,
90) Duffy from Casualty,
89) and Captain Picard of the Starship Enterprise. At least I sort of picked one of them.
88) I have 6 highers.
87) 2 of my highers are Physics.
86) The rest are Art, Graphic Communication, Information systems and Maths.
85) I was told I was over qualified when I was interviewed for this course.
84) I worked part-time in a DIY store...
83) ...and I can mix paint colours...
82) ...and I can carry 2 25kilo bags of concrete at the same time.
81) I could have been fired for insubordination while I worked there for what I said to the manager.
80) I once bit my dentist...
79) ...and I was 21 at the time.
78) I wore braces on my teeth for 2 years...
77) ...and spent weeks designing layouts for the coloured bands that held the wires in place.
76) I have kept a blog since 2002.
75) I got my first Game Boy in 1995.
74) My PlayStation arrived in 1996.
73) Since then I have owned a PS2, Game Boy Colour, Game Boy Advanced SP.
72) I sold the SP and PS2 so I could afford my DS.
71) I own more games for the DS than I ever did for any of the other consoles.
70) I also owned a Nokia N-Gage. Although I don't like to admit it.
69) I think Princess Peach is a wuss.
68) I have played Nintendogs on the bus and shouted at the microphone.
67) I've had pet fish since I was 5.
66) My first 2 fish were called Madge and Harold, after the couple from Neighbours.
65) I spend a lot of time ranting.
64) I also spend a lot of time writing.
63) One day I want to write a novel.
62) Or be the cartoonist for the Nursing Standard.
61) I earned my Brownie Computer Badge in 1993.
60) On a 486 Intel processor running Windows 3.1
59) Brown Owl didn't know who to get to test me so she had her husband do it.
58) That badge is my favourite of all time.
57) My medical records have been lost.
56) I know how to swim,
55) snorkel,
54) sew,
53) ride a horse (both english...
52) ...and western),
51) put up tents,
50) and read a map.
49) I am seriously unfit...
48) ...but I can still touch my toes.
47) I've come to realise that my butt: is maybe a little too large.
46) I've come to realise that when I talk: I rattle on rather fast when I'm nervous.
45) I've come to realise that if I love someone: I should tell them how I feel.
44) I've come to realise that I need: To not lock out my friends.
43) I've come to realise that I've lost: My way and some of my passion.
42) I've come to realise that I hate it when: People make judgments about others without knowing the full story.
41) I've come to realise that if I'm drunk: I have zero balance, something I don't have much of when sober.
40) I've come to realise that money: Can't grow on trees.
39) I've come to realise that my mother: Is amazing, even though I can't tell her everything.
38) I've come to realise that I'll probably always be: Angry but I should use this for good not evil.
37) I've come to realise that I have a crush on: A person who will never know.
36) I've come to realise that the last time I cried was: Last Monday, no you aren't going to find out why.
35) I've come to realise that my cell phone: Is part of me.
34) I've come to realise that when I wake up in the morning: I'm cranky and stiff.
33) I've come to realise that before I go to sleep at night: I'm awake for far too long.
32) I've come to realise that right now I am thinking about: Never reaching number 1.
31) I've come to realise that babies: Are something I will never have.
30) I've come to realise that when I get on Blogger: I have to think interesting things.
29) I've come to realise that today I will: Not finish everything I have to do but they can be done tomorrow.
28) I've come to realise that tonight I will: Not get my hair dyed again.
27) I've come to realise that tomorrow I will: Bored out of my tree once more.
26) I've come to realise that I really want to: Immigrate.
25) I've come to realise relationships: Are necessary because humans are not meant to live alone.
24) I've come to realise love: Is dangerous but impossible to avoid.
23) I've come to realise my best guy friend: Is Suggs.
22) I've come to realise my best girl friend: Is Bob.
21) I've come to realise food: Is easier to cook than it is to make Pot Noodle.
20) I've come to realise that when I'm a girlfriend: I should not be overly possessive.
19) I've come to realise girls and boys: Are essentially the same.
18) I've come to realise over the summer: I will actually be going on a holiday!
17) I've come to realise heartbreak: Is devastating.
16) I had my first kiss when I was 6.
15) I never really understood what I would have to do when I was studying to be a nurse.
14) But I wouldn't change it for the world.
13) My favourite placement was orthopedics...
12) ...and that's where I want to go and work...
11) ...with a specialty in spinal injuries.
10) I worked on a summer camp in the US before I started the course...
9) ...and I'm going back when I finish.
8) I drink far too much diet cola...
7) ...and eat far too much chocolate.
6) My idol is Lara Croft.
5) I still own the first 4 Tomb Raider games.
4) My right ear drum has been perforated 3 times.
3) I make a mean shepherd's pie.
2) "bubbly, geeky ( you payed 50 quid for a DS case! )....bananas?!?!" - Suggs (Twasn't 50, it was 12)
1) I am insane for starting this.

I *heart* My DS

I'm a gamer at heart .... O.K. I'm a Trekkie too.
Like that is the oddest thing you've ever heard about me. However it took me 6 months to finish Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. If I had played it solid then it would have been less than a month but I took huge breaks when ever I got stuck. So at the weekend I found this case and HAD to have it. (not my photo!) Now it's on to New Super Mario Brothers and My Sims.

Well I'll see my lecturer for the last time next week. 4 shifts to go and I will be on holiday! Finally a break!