I know what happened a year ago today. You do too. I’m not going to rehash, or refresh the memories that need no refreshing. I’m not going to take this opportunity to pimp the war, or bad mouth the president. All I want to do is point out that, while so many things have changed, a great many things are back to “normal.” This could be good or bad depending on what those things are… but I certainly hope our complacency is gone. I’m also happy that I woke up to a much more pleasant and much less shocking world than I did one year ago today.
I gave blood today, and quickly. I always do. I fill up that bag like fillin’ up bags is goin’ out of style. Then, just as quickly, I almost black out. That’s ok, though… blacking out ain’t all bad. They also take your heart rate at the beginning… apparently mine was 62bpm. From what I can tell, that’s relatively healthy and, while it struck me as being pretty low, I don’t think it is. They also take blood pressure, and while I don’t remember what it was, the guy said that it was good. So apparently I’m not anywhere close to having my heart explode. Yay!
Yeah… so that’s my story for the day. Go give blood. Someone somewhere needs it… like me, right now I seem to be about a pint low. Weird, huh?
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September 11th, 2002 at 4:00 pm
That was nice of you to give blood…Now maybe you should give a gift, to ME!! Only four days…:)
September 11th, 2002 at 4:01 pm
My gift to you is the fact that I continue to let you be my sister.
September 11th, 2002 at 4:12 pm
awwww how cute
September 11th, 2002 at 8:28 pm
they don\’t let people with tattoos and body piercings give blood
September 11th, 2002 at 9:23 pm
You have to wait a year, I think, after either of those two things to give blood.
September 11th, 2002 at 11:25 pm
They apparently don\’t let people with insulin give blood either…
Wait… doesn\’t everyone have insulin in their bloodstream?? Yeah, that\’s what this little diabetic thought, too. Just checkin\’. 
I tried…
September 12th, 2002 at 10:27 am
the problem is that within a year i generally have another one….or a problem other than that, which makes me ineligible
I actually don\’t mind giving blood when they let me though.
September 12th, 2002 at 2:07 pm
You pass out when you give blood? You big girl\’s blouse!
I\’m proud to say I\’ve never passed out when giving blood 
Seriously though, giving blood\’s a good thing to do, well done 
September 12th, 2002 at 7:08 pm
No no… I ALMOST pass out.
It just leaves too quick, it\’s not an \”ohmigoodness needles!!\” kinda thing, I just get really light headed. I actually like watching them put the needle in. Am I weird?
September 12th, 2002 at 7:18 pm
Yes. …but we established that a long time ago
September 14th, 2002 at 6:18 am
It\’s tomorrow, PETE!! My birthday is tomorrow! {que the sci-fi music}
July 19th, 2004 at 12:53 am
You like watching the needle go in too? Sweet! I’m not alone!