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Oct. 27th, 2014


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The number of times young children ask if I am a vampire increases exponentially during the month of October.

The perils of being a well dressed Eastern European, I suppose.

Oct. 26th, 2014


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[info]an_other
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Tonight will be my first night in Orange County and I thought I should introduce myself.

I'm Dr. Juliet Burke and I'll be here for a few months, working with the Orange County Sheriff's Office, as well as the surrounding Police Departments, the County Correctional Department, and I will also have office hours for any interested civilians.

I am a Psychiatrist with a specialization in traumatic events. I know that there have been many of those in this area, and have relocated temporarily to help where ever I'm needed. I also deal in Anger Management, Phobias, Night Terrors (and Dreams), as well as every-day occurrences.

Please don't hesitate to call [number], text, or message me here should you need any sort of assistance. I'm sure that this will be a wonderful experience for me, I hope to do some good during my stay.

Nov. 27th, 2012


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I take a sabbatical for eight months and I miss out on a lot of fun.

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[info]aeterno
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I'm now understanding why some people say this time of the year has the potential to... suck.

Nov. 7th, 2012


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[info]dr_blondie
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I honestly am at a loss for words. I've been completely besides myself for the last week while dealing with the loss of my ex-husband. His family flew in and I've been helping them as best I can with funeral arrangements. It's just.... a lot right now.

Oct. 28th, 2012

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You call it 'cheating', I call it a damn clever and cheap costume idea.

Oct. 23rd, 2012


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Okay, I'm tired of this whole 'Halloween' thing. Can we be done now?

Oct. 9th, 2012


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I just pulled the Halloween night shift and by pulled I mean I assigned myself to it. It never ceases to amaze me the kind of things that happen that night and are left on our front door. Last year It'll be all hands on deck, but here's to hoping it won't be too crazy this year.

I just jinxed myself, didn't I?

Oh right. This is the point where I warn everyone about Halloween candy and how poisoned apples are not just a myth. Not that I think anyone here is going trick or treating, but if you've got kids don't let them eat anything that looks iffy.

Oct. 5th, 2012


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Help me out here, Valarnet


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I need to find a person, and I have a sample of their DNA but how likely is it there's records of them in a database somewhere? Particularly when I'm pretty sure they haven't done anything to end up in one of those? Any other ways that I can look for this person? The DNA seems like the best shot, but...

How do I follow up, exactly?

Sep. 23rd, 2012

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I was on call last night and didn't get a single work-related call. I did get texts about rodents, panties, and pictures of breasts. Come in this morning to find they had two emergencies that the interns had to handle on their own. We're lucky nobody died.
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[info]screwedover
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My nightmares seem to be about my father injecting me with spider venom because I'm dying.

Why can't I even escape dying in my dreams?

Do I have a giant sign written on my forehead that says 'You're going to die?'

Wow, this is seriously morbid. Oops.

Sep. 21st, 2012

[info]damn_it_jim
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[Failed Private Lock to Juliet]

[info]damn_it_jim
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I know you don't want any condolences, and I get it. Let me buy you a drink.

Sep. 19th, 2012


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Perhaps it's a crude way to get the news out, but I'm so busy at work I really don't have the time to go around writing personal letters to everyone I know. Ben and I have decided to get a divorce. The separation was mutual and as amicable as can be expected. The house went on the market this week and we're hoping for a quick sell. I've moved into a unit at the Quail Meadows apartments next to the Hospial and I'm looking for a new home nearby. To also make things even more complicated for everyone I'll also be changing my name back to my maiden name which is Carlson.

For my part in this I don't need anyone's pity or condolences. I just want to put it behind me and move on with my life. I would appreciate everyone's cooperation in helping me to do just that.

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[info]its_my_nature
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Most of us are familiar with unusual dreams. If you believe they are real, is there anything you would avoid now?

I know that if I become pregnant, I will die. and so will everyone else So the counter to that is obvious.

Jul. 27th, 2012

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[info]damn_it_jim
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Who the hell let those things back in my OR? We had a system, people! This is a sterile environment, not a goddamn barn.

Jul. 21st, 2012


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I am just now getting home from Irvine General. We had a lot of minor injuries coming in on top of car crash victims, but I'm happy to say we didn't lose a single person. We only had a trickle of people after the last earthquake and now things are quiet and back to normal in the ER. I'm getting some sleep and heading back. Phone is on and seems to be working again if anyone needs to get a hold of me.

Jul. 20th, 2012


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Well, it looks like that polar bear really did escape from some kind of small circus. Thank God, that's solved. That was too weird, considering I seem to maintain polar bear cages in my dreams.

Jul. 19th, 2012


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[info]ever_vigilant
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So a close friend of mine has seen a lot of enemy fire and stuff. You know. Battle veteran and the whole nine yards. Doesn't really trust a lot of people, especially doctors, scientists, etc. Who can blame the guy?

He really needs some help though, and I was wondering if anyone out there had some recommendations for a shrink that was used to handling people like that. I thought I might call around and see if I could get him to come in and talk to someone.

Anyone have some names for me?

Jul. 12th, 2012

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[Private]

I've got too many customers and not enough product. Don't know where I'm going to get more. You'd think I'd be okay with this. Better than having too little customers and too much product. That wanker came out of nowhere though. Coming into my house, waving a gun around like that. Not in front of my kids.

[Public]

Anyone know a doctor who's decent and doesn't ask a lot of questions?

Jul. 10th, 2012

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Mugged.

It was all over very quickly and rather disappointing in most respects. Wouldn't have even bothered to call the police but alas and alack the witness across the street at Starbucks was idiotic kind enough to do it for me.

Jul. 6th, 2012


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I don't know what I did, but my back is absolutely killing me.
Anyone know a good chiropractor?
Or ancient remedy, passed down through the ages?

Jun. 18th, 2012


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Coming into the ER and claiming that you can't get away from a random person you just met is a complete waste of my time and the next couple to do it is getting put in St. Joseph's Psych ward. You have been warned.

Jun. 10th, 2012


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It's been a very long week, so I have some vacation time all saved up and I'm going to use a couple of days to recharge next week. Ben and I never did go on that vacation It's not like me at all, but everyone needs to take a break sometimes.

Jun. 7th, 2012


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You would think after how many years on the job I have under my belt I would be desensitized by it all, but after days like today I just go home feeling hollow. A little girl died and there was nothing I could have done to save her, but breaking that kind of news... it leaves a person empty. I should have been able to do more.

Jun. 5th, 2012

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Today at work seriously topped the charts as far as including stuff from the list of Things Bo Doesn't Like In Her Day went, but at least I fixed the computer.

I didn't enjoy getting knocked down a stairwell, or having a drunk guy try to hand me a cup of his pee while I wasn't wearing gloves, but then again those are actually rather run-of-the-mill daily complaints. Nothing extremely bad happened. It's just been a long day of little problems. Like that. And people making comparisons to how it happens on TV. And asking me if I only date doctors. Seriously? What does that have to do with anything?

May. 8th, 2012


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[Filtered to Exclude Brandon Sullivan]


[info]drlinus
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God, what have I done?

May. 2nd, 2012


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this strange dream


[info]obi1
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So maybe this conflagration about dreams isn't rubbish after all. At least, now I have something more substantial to throw into the ring. But believe me, I'm not one to discount something simply because it's strange. Truth is stranger than fiction. And last night's dream was certainly strange.

I've cut this here, in case any of you are easily upset. I wouldn't mind input from others who think they have any to offer. )



EDIT (A few Hours Later):
The fever has definitely broken, but breathing still requires great force of will. I've had an unusual sense of Zen since I woke. No, maybe that's not the right word. At least, it's not the same feeling as the impending death I've grown accustomed to. Don't get pneumonia, kids.

But I think it's safe to say that recovery isn't wishful thinking any more. That's good, because I'm a miserable patient. I ought to remain under self-imposed quarantine for a few days more, just to gather my strength. I don't think I'm still contagious at this point. But that's okay, because I have something of a project today. I'm not sure I should go into the details, but the sense of purpose I felt in my dream has lingered. There's something I ought to do, something I should have done long ago. There's someone I owe a long talk, and an apology, if only I can track her down.

I'm terrified, actually.

Apr. 26th, 2012


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i feel like a superhero, and my power is being able to function on no sleep


[info]drlinus
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Slept in today.
That's me trying to be funny again. It's 5AM.

Today is the last "full" day of the book tour. (Yay!) Radio programs, first. Listen for me on 103.1, and then 97.3. Not sure what times, but their in that order and I'll be done by 10AM. Then Borders in Irvine, so at least I'm close to home. That's from 1 - 3. And then I'm recording a segment for that show The Doctors.

So, if I survive today, I will have basically survived the book tour. Tomorrow's just tying up a few odds and ends.

Apr. 23rd, 2012


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thoughts of a father


[info]drlinus
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My daughter is coming to visit next weekend, but not to stay over. She'll be by for Sunday bunch and that's all, I'm afraid. I was short notice on my part and I'll take what I can get. I just need to see her more often. I had an upsetting dream that indicated just how much I need it. At least, that's what I'm telling myself the dream meant. ...Not that I'm considering the possibility that dreams mean anything at all. They don't. Dreams are dreams, just like dead is dead. There's no way around either of them. Nightmares, unfortunately, are inevitable; and some keep you from closing your eyes at night.

Hopefully, this book tour won't be the death of me. One more week. I'll celebrate Sunday.

On a completely unrelated note, where can I buy a gun?

Apr. 19th, 2012


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I told a patient's father today that he had, and I quote, "Breath like moldy old cheetos." Luckily, he didn't speak much English. His son that I was giving a shot to did and started laughing, so I gave him as many lollipops as I could shove in his hands and shirt pocket to bribe him to keep quiet.

Hopefully today goes by quick? Because after that, a doctor asked me what I thought of some new check-in procedures and I told him that I thought it was, and I also quote, "A big fat pile of crap that needlessly makes poor people jump through hoops of fire just to get some freakin' medical care."

My sense of tact. Where did it go? I don't know what's wrong with me. I'd never say something like that. Especially not to a patient or a patient's family. Or a doctor.

Go team Christine?

Apr. 16th, 2012

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Work in the emergency room for a week.

Suddenly the necessity for warning labels to include things like "do not iron clothes on body" becomes all too clear.

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Concerning Dreams


[info]drlinus
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Lately, I've noticed that there are a number of users on this network discussing their dreams. Specifically, recurring dreams. Is there anyone who would be comfortable sharing what they've experienced with me?

I'm sure there's a more professional way to bring this up--possibly by not bringing it up at all--but I'm poking my head out of this dark and dank den I call a book tour, and it's the best I can do at the moment.

Apr. 12th, 2012


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Who knew adoption would be this hard? It doesn't help that we're on a book tour, but still. Did you know that they actually have a black market for babies? Yeah. It's completely illegal to exchange money for a human life, but they do it anyway because there are too many desperate parents out there who are willing to do it. I kind of get it though. It would be so much easier to just exchange money for a child instead of all the red tape Ben and I are having to go through. I just needed to vent. This is very, very frustrating.

Apr. 3rd, 2012


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Right. So.

Hello there. I'm Rory. Pleasure to meet you all, and such.

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[info]dr_blondie
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You're serious about this, aren't you?

Mar. 21st, 2012


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Busy...


[info]drlinus
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Things are about to get crazy for the next few weeks. Book is going to the printer. There's going to be a big party at UCI. So that will be... something to attend. Trying to convince my wife to go on a quick getaway before everything starts. *wink*

Mar. 18th, 2012


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Not being at the hospital is going to be strange for me. I can't remember the last time I had a vacation. Actually I take that back. The last time I had a vacation was my honeymoon four years ago. I definitely earned one even if the workaholic in me is telling me it's not really a vacation. I'm still technically working, just different work.

Mar. 15th, 2012


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New book on the way...


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Meeting with my publisher at Tate later today to look at the proofs. In the final stages now! Empowerment Through Pain should be on the shelves in the next few weeks, which, despite being through all this before, is a dizzying thought... partially because this book is a little more personal.

[Filtered to Juliet Linus] )

Mar. 8th, 2012


[info]drlinus
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plugged in


[info]drlinus
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You know, I'm stunned by the amount of personal information people are willing to post on this network. I'm not convinced it's a healthy form of expression. I think people are comfortable discussing things they would normally guard because there's something very unreal about typing words into a five-by-ten box on your computer screen.

But then I login and find myself fighting the same urge. Guess I still just want to fit in with everyone else.

Fight the urge, Benjamin! Fight it!

Today I got lunch from Burger King! Phew! There. It's out. Are you happy?

Mar. 5th, 2012


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Long day and its just begun.


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Its been quite a busy day so far. I drew an early morning shift at the hospital. Had a boy come in missing an ear, the poor thing. It seemed to be some sort of animal attack. I'd rather have the weirder ones, than a child. But we got him fixed up and he's resting comfortably right now.

There's been the usual as well. Shootings, stabbings, a car accident, strange objects in the anus. I look forward to a nice slow day of people with head colds at the practice. I sometimes wonder if I take on too much. But I want to help at the hospital, and I like the pace of the practice. They sort of balance each other out. But I'm afraid I'll need to cut something down. Its a matter of what means the least to me.

In unrelated news I finally got a look at the lovely robot [info]warp_speed is building me. I know it seems silly, but I love it. I can't wait for the competition.

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a crisis can be a breakthrough


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I began with a new patient today and, without going into too much detail and breaching confidentiality, they admitted to me that two previous "doctors" had placed them on ten different psychotropic medications. Some of them experimental. None of them effective. They came to me because, after two years, they're frightened. They've been taking some potentially dangerous and totally unnecessary risks. Now, while I won't tell you what the patient suffers from, I will say that it falls into the category of life experiences, things we all go through. Not psychosis. And their story is one I hear every day, although the thought of ten medications in two years is a particularly disturbing thought.

This person wanted to be well, but in some ways they wanted to be ill even more. They needed an explanation for not being able to cope. They were afraid of the pain, like all of us.

If I do nothing else with my life, I want to teach the few people the universe puts in my path that there is value in suffering. Personally, I've always found it very empowering.

Mar. 3rd, 2012


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Exhausted doesn't even begin to cover how I am feeling right now. At least I have tomorrow off.

Filtered to Ben Linus )