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  Update on my surgery, biopsy, etc

  by asleif_dufansdottir in

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  i had my colonoscopy and hemorrhoid surgery yesterday (sorry if that's oversharing but it's easier just to say what type of surgery up front ;) ).. the prep for the colonoscopy was difficult, i couldn't have anything but clear liquids the day before, in addition to special stuff you have to drink to, as grandpa would have said, "clean you out good", and not even water yesterday.

  that was difficult because my check-in time was so late (2 pm).

  that was made even worse when i got back to pre-op and the nurse said my doctor was running 2-3 hours behind due to a particularly difficult surgery that morning (just what i wanted, last surgery of a hard day!!).

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  Ups (finishing grad school) and downs (doc visits) ...I'm scared... :(

  by asleif_dufansdottir in

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  last week i finished up grad school (master's degree).

  i'm currently gainfully unemployed and my student health insurance runs out the first of august.. i've been to the doc so many times the last couple of weeks (sigh).

  the first batch was relatively minor...i had a big splinter in my hand that the docs didn't find right away...3 visits, 2 courses of antibiotics and 2 in-office minor surgeries later, they *finally* got it out.

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  Tomorrow is my Master's Defense (wish me luck)

  by asleif_dufansdottir in

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  tomorrow at 2:45 arizona time i present/defend my master's research to basically the entire department (anthropology...all the 'sub-disciplines'...socio/cultural, physical and archaeology).

  they've changed things a bit in the program so now all grad students who are completing their ma in any given year present on the same day in one big "ma-athon," so *everybody*...all the faculty and many of the students...will be there (defenses used to have a much smaller audience and rarely had people from more than your own sub-disc).. i'm not as nervous as i could be...i've done several different (smaller) presentations of my research both on campus at brown-bags and on-campus grad student conferences and at 2 national meetings, so i've had lots of practice.. the only bad thing is, out of a bunch of students the whole day, i'm the very.

  here's to hoping they're ready to leave and *not* that, since there's nobody speaking after me, they can grill me for as long as they want .

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  For Tattoo Lovers (Hey Richie)

  by asleif_dufansdottir in

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  i don't think i've mentioned it before, but i have a friend and fellow grad student who studies tattooing, both in 'traditional' cultures and modern.. he's a great guy and throws great parties too...(and his wife designs lingerie...how lucky can you get??).

  anyway, here's his website.

  http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/lars_krutak.htm.

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  Gun owners - 3rd party defense of JW?

  by asleif_dufansdottir in

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  my ccw instructor was not very encouraging about 3rd party defense by a ccw holder.

  he said that it was not only risky because too often you (the ccw holder) don't know the whole story and you could make a big mistake.

  in addition, there's the risk that you could act in defense of a stranger, only to find out the stranger is horrified by you having a gun, and could say something to the cops that screws you over (even if you've acted within the bounds of the law).. given that the society's published attitude about guns as defense, is that christians "reject magic and weapons as tools of protection," how willing would you be to act in defense of a jw that a) you didn't know [you saw them being attacked on the street] or b) you did know?

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  Do Not Call letter? (gun owners forum wants copy) =)

  by asleif_dufansdottir in

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  one of my gun owner's forums is having a couple of really great discussions about jws.

  i'm doing my best to tell them the unpleasant truths behind the truth.

  i'm actually one of 3 xjws on the forum!

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  Revelation book questions

  by asleif_dufansdottir in

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  i hope this hasn't already been discussed to death but if it has apparently i'm not very good at searching on the forum.... i see the rev book is being studied again.. is this some sort of record for # of times a book is the study book or for the age of a book being studied?.

  how old is the book anyway?

  how many times has it been studied before?.

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  She's Back! With a question about guns & JWs

  by asleif_dufansdottir in

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  hey, guys.... looooooong time no see.

  some of you might remember me but it's been a very long time.

  still in grad school, and have a new (sort of) hobby.. i've always liked guns.

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  I've lost my mind

  by asleif_dufansdottir in

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  it's official - i've lost my mind.. i used to play the violin in college.

  i literally haven't picked one up for a dozen or so years...it's been more like 15 since i actually played.

  i sold mine 10 years ago.

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  Memorial - What are people actually thinking during it?

  by asleif_dufansdottir in

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  i had posted some of this on another thread, when i thought it might be fun to have a thread of "what is actually going thru people's minds" when they are sitting there at the memorial...

  "i don't care what mom says, i'm never going to this dumb thing again.

  she could at least let me have my gameboy if she's going to make me come to these dumb things.

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