This week Tom had the idea of making a documentary of the comings and goings of the little place that we like to refer to as "The Office". So today we give a sneak peak at what it is like to spend 2 minutes and 37 seconds in the office. Please excuse the horrible quality, and audio...it was, as this is, just a test.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Fed up with the Fed!
The last few weeks there has been one hot topic battling back and forth in my mind. And that is do we really need the Federal Reserve? Now one of the major criticism of Ron Paul's campaign has been that getting rid of the Fed would cause havoc on our economy. But according to Milton Friedman we would be better off if we got rid of the Federal Reserve and replaced it with a computer. After reading what the Economist had to say about credit crunch I am siding more and more with Milton. That being said...Let's go Ron!
And let's go bike.
And let's go bike.
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Jibber jabber and Jalaine
Jalaine Riggs has lived all over the US including places such as Las Vegas, Provo, and of course Austin. After graduating from BYU she moved to Austin and hasn't looked back. While living in Austin she has become a nurse and currently works at St. David's hospital. Although her views are somewhat ubiquitous, they are aberrant from those usually expressed on UtiliGEE. So enjoy a brief glimpse of the girl we all like to call Jalaine!
What is your favorite thing about being a nurse?
Honestly, I love codes. Like code blues, pumping on the chest. The best is the first minute of the code, you strap the person to the table strip him naked, everyone is confused no one knows what’s going on. It’s amazing.
What made you decide on moving to Austin?
I got a job here after graduating college, and it was the warmest place that a job was offered. I didn’t want to move to Vermont, or New Hampshire or Minnesota, I love the sun.
You mentioned that you like stability, and permanency. Would you like to make Austin a permeant home?
I definitely would. But you always have this strange thing as a women, you have to make allowances for a spouse. It is tough being a women you don’t know what social-economic status is going to be what town your going to live in what job he is going to have. you don’t even know what your last name is going to be. But I really love Austin, but for some reason I can’t pull the trigger on buying a house. It is a lot of commitment that I don’t know that I am ready for. I have never mowed a lawn, and I don’t know what to do when the AC goes out, and I don’t want to talk to the roofing guy about fixing my eves. Maybe that just the step I am waiting to take with someone else.
So would you say that you are in ideal job, and if not what would it be?
Being a nurse is my ideal job, but the reason it is my ideal job. Is because there are so many different areas of nursing that I can do. Sometimes I think I wouldn’t get to do everything that I want to do before I have kids. I still want to do niau and go back to the ER do a stint in the ICU and my next job is going to be in their operating room. That is what interests me now. You never know what things you are going to see or do. I have pulled the placenta out of a human uterus. I have done cadaver labs, I have seemed someone get embalmed. I have seen this lady that had…..OK thats enough!
How you would describe the perfect day?
It wouldn’t start till noon, I love to sleep in. maybe have lunch with some friends, spend some time outside. And then back to my friends. Nothing in particular, we just have fun doing just about anything.
How you would describe the perfect date?
I know it’s going to sound lame, It would be nice for a guy to do all of the stereotypical movie things. Because he never does. Like he doesn’t need to bring me a bunch of flowers, but maybe just one. And not open all the doors, but just my car door. Let me order first. Is that sad that my perfect date just includes the common curtseys. Movies are not good for dates, guys always do that, you can’t talk, and the whole time you are thinking…is he going to try to hold my had. And my perfect date would include him making the first move. I don’t really know how to make the transition between that was a very lovely meal and lets make out. I am rather clumsy at it. I guess it isn’t about what you do, but it’s who you do it with…and that sounds like it came out of a chick flick.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Where does every girl want to be in 5 years, married to the guy I love and big fat and pregnant. But big and fat because I’m pregnant, not because I love pasta and doughnuts. I can’t wait to be pregnant. I want this big belly that I can eat cereal off of. And wear a bikini and paint a big smiley face on it. Although after my sister and law was pregnant I am a little weary of all the people that want to touch you. I mean it isn’t ok for you to touch my stomach now why should you touch it when it’s big. My brother made a bunch of shirts for her that said don’t touch my belly.
The 08 election is betting at the door, what kinds of things are you looking for in a president?
Environmental policy it’s not sexy and it’s not popular but that is what I’m going for. You can mess up a lot of things in the short term, economy, and nasdaq, but when you start drilling for oil and clubbing baby seals that’s the kind of things that you can’t bounce back from. I am not so much into the green credits or reduce your carbon foot print. I am about nature preserves and wild life. And preservation. When you camp in tewupesp the north rim grand canyon you can stand a mile above the snake river and you never feel so small. I don’t want bulldozers chain saws and republicans to take that from my children. Certain things just aren’t worth it. I am really big on socially policies. Abortion is a galvanizing issue for me. I will always land on the side of choice, and so will my candidate. It is a hot button issue for a reason.
What is your favorite thing about being a nurse?
Honestly, I love codes. Like code blues, pumping on the chest. The best is the first minute of the code, you strap the person to the table strip him naked, everyone is confused no one knows what’s going on. It’s amazing.
What made you decide on moving to Austin?
I got a job here after graduating college, and it was the warmest place that a job was offered. I didn’t want to move to Vermont, or New Hampshire or Minnesota, I love the sun.
You mentioned that you like stability, and permanency. Would you like to make Austin a permeant home?
I definitely would. But you always have this strange thing as a women, you have to make allowances for a spouse. It is tough being a women you don’t know what social-economic status is going to be what town your going to live in what job he is going to have. you don’t even know what your last name is going to be. But I really love Austin, but for some reason I can’t pull the trigger on buying a house. It is a lot of commitment that I don’t know that I am ready for. I have never mowed a lawn, and I don’t know what to do when the AC goes out, and I don’t want to talk to the roofing guy about fixing my eves. Maybe that just the step I am waiting to take with someone else.
So would you say that you are in ideal job, and if not what would it be?
Being a nurse is my ideal job, but the reason it is my ideal job. Is because there are so many different areas of nursing that I can do. Sometimes I think I wouldn’t get to do everything that I want to do before I have kids. I still want to do niau and go back to the ER do a stint in the ICU and my next job is going to be in their operating room. That is what interests me now. You never know what things you are going to see or do. I have pulled the placenta out of a human uterus. I have done cadaver labs, I have seemed someone get embalmed. I have seen this lady that had…..OK thats enough!
How you would describe the perfect day?
It wouldn’t start till noon, I love to sleep in. maybe have lunch with some friends, spend some time outside. And then back to my friends. Nothing in particular, we just have fun doing just about anything.
How you would describe the perfect date?
I know it’s going to sound lame, It would be nice for a guy to do all of the stereotypical movie things. Because he never does. Like he doesn’t need to bring me a bunch of flowers, but maybe just one. And not open all the doors, but just my car door. Let me order first. Is that sad that my perfect date just includes the common curtseys. Movies are not good for dates, guys always do that, you can’t talk, and the whole time you are thinking…is he going to try to hold my had. And my perfect date would include him making the first move. I don’t really know how to make the transition between that was a very lovely meal and lets make out. I am rather clumsy at it. I guess it isn’t about what you do, but it’s who you do it with…and that sounds like it came out of a chick flick.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Where does every girl want to be in 5 years, married to the guy I love and big fat and pregnant. But big and fat because I’m pregnant, not because I love pasta and doughnuts. I can’t wait to be pregnant. I want this big belly that I can eat cereal off of. And wear a bikini and paint a big smiley face on it. Although after my sister and law was pregnant I am a little weary of all the people that want to touch you. I mean it isn’t ok for you to touch my stomach now why should you touch it when it’s big. My brother made a bunch of shirts for her that said don’t touch my belly.
The 08 election is betting at the door, what kinds of things are you looking for in a president?
Environmental policy it’s not sexy and it’s not popular but that is what I’m going for. You can mess up a lot of things in the short term, economy, and nasdaq, but when you start drilling for oil and clubbing baby seals that’s the kind of things that you can’t bounce back from. I am not so much into the green credits or reduce your carbon foot print. I am about nature preserves and wild life. And preservation. When you camp in tewupesp the north rim grand canyon you can stand a mile above the snake river and you never feel so small. I don’t want bulldozers chain saws and republicans to take that from my children. Certain things just aren’t worth it. I am really big on socially policies. Abortion is a galvanizing issue for me. I will always land on the side of choice, and so will my candidate. It is a hot button issue for a reason.
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