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[opabinia]

The injured soldier may or may not walk again. He's chock full o'shrapnel. He got to keep all his fingers, but he can't quite make a fist. Don't know if that's permanent. He's up on crutches, which is encouraging.

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My latest dual luciferase assay results look like ass, but at least they're consistent. My boss says I must have botched the transfection, but I'm pretty sure I did it right. Like we ever get consistent results in here anyway.

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The injured soldier's mom said "It's the people. Over there, it's the people that are doing these things. They don't value life the way we do." I swear to God, that's exactly what she said. I decided to leave it alone. She was already tearing up, so I figured it would be wrong to punch her in the head.

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Don't get me wrong -- it's not that I want to be an anaesthesiologist. I'd just like to have a better handle on what I should be. For all I know, her hatred for Medicine could dwarf my career angst.

Damn. Y'know, I remembered something else. Her apartment complex had a basement garage. Urgh.

Comments

Ah, the classics.

[bottleimp.livejournal.com]

"They don't value life the way we do."

That's a good one that keeps coming back. Let me see, it's Africans, Japanese, Chinese, and Russians that don't value life the way we do. Oh, and South Americans. They don't either.

And it's the PEOPLE that are doing these things. I like the way that we send killer robots to do our killing for us, so that "people" don't have to.

Re: Ah, the classics.

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

Let me see, it's Africans, Japanese, Chinese, and Russians that don't value life the way we do. Oh, and South Americans.

Don't forget the Vietnamese. They know nothing of the sanctity of life. They're just not like us.

And it's the PEOPLE that are doing these things.

She meant that the civilian population was going after the troops, not just the military. She kept saying "They want that son of a bitch back, even after all he's done to them!" One of the medical fellows tried to tell her it was probably a straggling group of loyalists, but I just slipped away into the hall.

vietnamese?

[bottleimp.livejournal.com]

Are they Chinese or Japanese?

SOW, did I tell you that Thao, our favorite non-life-valuing person, was applying for a job at Harvard? I hope he got it.

Re: vietnamese?

[lepidosiren.livejournal.com]

Are they Chinese or Japanese?

LAOTIAN! LAY!-OH!-SHEN!! I AM FROM LAOS! A TINY, LANDLOCKED COUNTRY IN ASIA...

Thao, our favorite non-life-valuing person

*pff-ff-fft*

I hope he's well. I miss him. THAO! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! SPEAK ENGLISH! IN!-GLISH!!