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that redhead said:
Walked Ella today, passed an apartment where a young dog was tied up to the bars of the balcony outside.
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Oh, that makes me cringe. Years ago, I came across a dog who had been similarly tied on a balcony. The dog jumped over the railing and hung itself. Luckily the balcony was only about 5 feet off the ground, so somebody in our group grabbed him (he was thankfully still alive), and held him up in the air while someone else untied him. Why people put a dog into an enclosure (balcony, dog pen, etc) and then tie the dog is a mystery to me. :scared:
 
that redhead said:
Walked Ella today, passed an apartment where a young dog was tied up to the bars of the balcony outside. No water, had been out there long enough to do some damage to the screen door. Contemplated climbing up to balcony and taking dog with me. Idiot people. Why the **** do you get a dog if you don't plan to take proper care of it? Just because an apartment is dog friendly does NOT mean that you should get a dog.

I emailed the community manager right away. Considering calling animal control. Angry.
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Good for you emailing to complex. There is a German sheperd on a third floor balcony near me, no matter what time it is he is out there... Bored out of his mind, barking his head off at my dogs, the guy yells at him and goes back inside. It's sickening.

Also, a woman called today and said "my dog has a foxtail in her ear, but I think it's gone deep enough it isn't bothering her anymore. I just have been giving her ear drops I had from last time... Should I still bring her in?" *headdesk*
 
LivestockDoc said:
Oh, that makes me cringe. Years ago, I came across a dog who had been similarly tied on a balcony. The dog jumped over the railing and hung itself. Luckily the balcony was only about 5 feet off the ground, so somebody in our group grabbed him (he was thankfully still alive), and held him up in the air while someone else untied him. Why people put a dog into an enclosure (balcony, dog pen, etc) and then tie the dog is a mystery to me. :scared:
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That's exactly what I was worried about. I'm assuming their logic is "If we tie him up, he can't get away!" Why they bother tying him on a balcony that's 3ft by 8ft is really beyod me in the first place, but don't they realize if they dog DOES jump out somehow its just going to dangle above the ground and die? Or is that somehow preferable to it jumping out and running around the enclosed area? IDIOTS.
 
That stinks, redhead. I called the cops on a guy this summer who left his pom in 100+ heat.

My rant for the day:

So I'm going on a super cool and totally awesome trip with an honor society I'm a part of (way to be ambiguous, right? HA!). I had handed in my slip on Friday (not really a permission slip, but piece of paper signaling intent, I guess?) Anyway, so we got an e-mail from the people organizing today that we needed to have our slip AND money required for the trip in by Wednesday because spots were filling up. No one told me I needed to pay when I handed in the slip (I thought we were giving $$ the day of), so I didn't hand it in with my slip. Now I'm freaking out that I'm going to get shut out of the trip because I didn't have my money in. So I run over to the department office that's hosting the trip and I speak (or try to speak) to the secretary. All I want is to place my cash payment in an envelope and have her put in the professor's mailbox (for some reason, the mailboxes are not accessible to student). So she says that she has nothing to do with the trip and can't do that. (I had given her my slip on Friday...😕). She said that she doesn't want to be responsible for losing the money (put it in the prof's mailbox??? The e-mail said to give it to the secretary???) So I'm going back and forth with her for like 10 minutes and I'm finally like "give me a new slip and an envelope and I will put the slip and money in the envelope and you will put it in her mailbox." You've got to be freaking kidding me. This women was so abrasive and so rude I cannot even begin to explain it!!! 😡
 
I was at the zoo one day and was walking back to my car and found a small dog in the car next to me. It must have been 105 degrees that day, the car was not in the shade, there was no water in the car, and it was the middle of the day. The owners did however roll down the window...like an inch!! How could someone go to the zoo to appreciate animals then leave theirs in the car!! I stayed there for awhile to see if they happened to just run in but after 10 minutes I opened up the door (unlocked!!), took out the dog, and took him to the front desk (I used to work there so I knew the people). They called the cops and I'm not sure what happened after that
 
BaliDoll said:
Also, a woman called today and said "my dog has a foxtail in her ear, but I think it's gone deep enough it isn't bothering her anymore. I just have been giving her ear drops I had from last time... Should I still bring her in?" *headdesk*
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I so badly want to tell people like this, "No. We don't need to see your dog to remove the foxtail; all we need to do is sound a siren and the foxtail will automatically leap out of your dog's ear." And for the people that insist that "It can't hurt" or "It will go away on its own" I want to tell them, "I want you to go find a foxtail, stick it as deep as you can into your ear, let it start to burrow its way in and see if you can handle not going to see a doctor."

People like that make me want to-----> :boom:
 
I have to go back to work after 32 days off. This sucks. I'd rather go work at the spay neuter clinic where the are on their feet (or knees or butt, depending on the size of the animal) from 0730 to 1500 Mon thru Thurs, without lunch. Those girls work hard; going to have to drop by with a pizza or two for them. Now I have to sit in my office like the Maytag repair man and wait for some idiot to complain. With no more GRE studying to be done and my essays all written, I envision lots of Farmville being played. I suppose I can re-study my Dive Master skills.
 
twelvetigers said:
Dexter season 4 finale. UGH.

That's all I have to say about that.
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Agreed. I just wanted to punch the screen after I watched the finale. It will be interesting to see how season 5 goes...
 
I think my hamster is mad at me for leaving her at my boyfriend's house for the week. He said he hasn't seen her come out of her igloo. He took this picture of her this morning.
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Agreed. I just wanted to punch the screen after I watched the finale. It will be interesting to see how season 5 goes...
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That finale totally made up for season 3 though. Just it by itself really, not to mention the entire Season 4. So awesome.
 
Disagree - could have done without. Thanks.

So, another rant - the husband says 'no NO NO no no way absolutely not etc.' ... to me getting a lip piercing. Is it that big of a deal? If I did it now, it would have time to heal...

For what it's worth, I had this in mind:

http://www.aboutbodypiercing.com/wp-content/uploads/lip-piercing-tips.jpg

And NOT this:

http://images.sodahead.com/polls/001116431/double_lip_piercing_bite_piercing_answer_1_xlarge.jpeg

Hah. I guess if it's the one thing he'll throw a fit about...
 
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Disagree - could have done without. Thanks.

So, another rant - the husband says 'no NO NO no no way absolutely not etc.' ... to me getting a lip piercing. Is it that big of a deal? If I did it now, it would have time to heal...

For what it's worth, I had this in mind:

http://www.gazettetimes.com/youtube_6d5d365c-c50b-11df-aeed-001cc4c002e0.html

And NOT this:

http://images.sodahead.com/polls/001116431/double_lip_piercing_bite_piercing_answer_1_xlarge.jpeg

Hah. I guess if it's the one thing he'll throw a fit about...
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OK, I know I am getting old and clueless, and although I fully enjoyed the video on the first link (watched the whole thing!) I failed to see any connection to lip piercings! Help?
 
TT- I am also thinking about about facial piercings. I want to get my septum pierced, but only after I've been accepted to a school. I don't want it to be seen as unprofessional or offend anyone on the interview committee. Thoughts?
 
The lip would take 6-8 weeks to heal. Then it could come out for interviews.

The pink hair, however, would have to be colored brown again.

I swear I'm not rebelling, I just finally don't have a JOB. I can do what I want. :d
 
RE body mods: I'm getting another tattoo after applications are done. I AM. Just have to decide what I'm getting, and find a new artist...

I have plans in the future to do a tiny little wrist piece in white ink, but that'll be after I get accepted. 😉
 
I haven't successfully thought that far in advance...

Of course I already won the argument with the husb, grudgingly... but I need to decide if I for sure want one. I mean, it's not like it's permanent...
 
twelvetigers said:
I haven't successfully thought that far in advance...

Of course I already won the argument with the husb, grudgingly... but I need to decide if I for sure want one. I mean, it's not like it's permanent...
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True. The boyfriend really doesn't LIKE when I get new tattoos. Apparently the ones I had when we got together are fine, and the one I got last year has finally grown on him and he admits that he likes it. But when I talk about getting another? Ugh. Hissy fit. He won't talk to me about it! Boys are so annoying.
 
Ooo, TT... pink hair AND a lip piercing??? AWESOME!

The only piercing my boyfriend minds is tongue piercings. He just thinks they are digusting... doesn't bother me any becauseI'm not planning on getting my mouth pierced anyway. He'd probably be a little disappointed if I got it done.

I wish I had the guts to get a facial piercing... vertical labret and eyebrow are my favorite.

I just recently got a conch piercing. I love it 😍
 
A new, totally stupid rant that illustrates the level of mental instability I've reached this application cycle: I am writing about veterinary public health for a supplemental essay, and I am TERRIFIED that I am going to accidentally write "pubic" instead of "public" and then not catch it. 😳


I think it's time to back away from the espresso machine for a little while... :laugh:
 
I was reading the Rave Here thread and was reminded of this...

Why are ALL of my professors against scaling??? Is it because an A is 85-100 at my university or what? I would totally have high 80s and 90s, which looks great on vet school apps, if the professor looked at the 42% class average and just scaled!

I only ever had two professors scale my mark in four years of undergrad. I had both of them in the semester where I got really sick. Got 50s and 60s on two tests for each class and ended up with an 81 in genetics and 86 in stats. Boy, that felt good. Imagine what I'd get though if they scaled my 85s in my other biology courses. If they scaled at least one of my 60s in general chemistry, I wouldn't have to worry about doing freakishly well in biochemistry in order to get an interview to vet school.

Please tell me there are other universities out there that don't scale so I don't feel as bad.
 
Scarcely, it depends on the class for us. Some classes you go in knowing that you will fail every test and the prof will pull a grade out of his a** and you end up with a B+. Others have a strict numerical grading scheme. If you don't get a 90+, you are not getting that A, no curve whatsoever. Sounds like you had a rough time. Chin up! You can do it!! 👍

So you may recall my trying to get an awesome externship at a specialty hospital this past summer. I received one correspondence, e-mailed and phoned like a dozen times and never heard back from them. I just got an e-mail from the Pre-Health committee at my university, and they organized an externship program with the same hospital!!! (Maybe this should be a rave??) They handle everything and just give the hospital a list of names! Blergh. All that work and I can probably get in with just an in interview, no LOR, and no trying to get people on the phone. Oh, the irony... Hopefully this will work out.
 
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HopefulAg said:
That finale totally made up for season 3 though. Just it by itself really, not to mention the entire Season 4. So awesome.
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Shhhh everyone!!!!! I'm almost done with season 2!

Just been a little distracted by applications and such.

Soooo my vent, my jack russell got off his leash today, if you saw me running around like an idiot with my fiance I'm sorry.

Annnnd.. no one helped the assistant manager of our complex just came outside after we caught him and waved.

No one is polite anymore.
 
Scarcely, I don't think I've EVER had a class scaled. Ever. Sad. I would have done so much better in my o-chem classes if he had!

The only thing that came close (and saved my butt) was my physics classes - we had three exams and a comprehensive final. The final had 2-question "sections" that corresponded to each one the three unit exams. If you did better on the final's "section," that grade would replace the grade from the unit exam. That's the ONLY way I pulled B+'s in his class. Ooof!
 
Whyevernot55 said:
A new, totally stupid rant that illustrates the level of mental instability I've reached this application cycle: I am writing about veterinary public health for a supplemental essay, and I am TERRIFIED that I am going to accidentally write "pubic" instead of "public" and then not catch it. 😳


I think it's time to back away from the espresso machine for a little while... :laugh:
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If it didn't happen, you wouldn't be the first one. In my hometown newspaper, an editorial headline once read "Pubic Art Enhances Downtown Landscape."

No joke. I can't believe someone didn't catch it.
 
skittles12 said:
If it didn't happen, you wouldn't be the first one. In my hometown newspaper, an editorial headline once read "Pubic Art Enhances Downtown Landscape."

No joke. I can't believe someone didn't catch it.
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LOL That's hilarious! It reminds me of the bikini trimmer commercial that has all the little plants and they change shape as the girls walk by.
 
Bearby said:
LOL That's hilarious! It reminds me of the bikini trimmer commercial that has all the little plants and they change shape as the girls walk by.
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LOL that commercial is so weird... my boyfriend thought it was brilliant🙄
 
I have 2 rants.

I submitted my application over a month ago. I kept trying to contact my school about whether they had received the materials --- they just contacted me yesterday to tell me they were missing my transcripts ERG!!

Secondly, I left Virginia for 2 years with my husband while he was in school. The entire time we were gone we filed Virginia taxes and PAID income taxes to the state of Virginia. We have since returned (like we planned) hence why we kept paying Virginia taxes and VMRCVM doesn't want to make me IS. To add on: I'm from Virginia, born in Norfolk and raised in the Burg! What gives VT???:scared:

Gosh I thought submitting my app in August would give me time.
 
I came back to work today and realized just how boring it really is. My branch manager sent out the career progression chart and it makes me want to vomit. It's rather depressing - no real challenge. It's a good thing they pay me what they pay me. If I don't get in, it's going to be 11 more years of computer hell until I can retire. Almosts makes me wish I had never set foot back into a vet clinic - ignorance was boredom, which is better than misery.
 
Armymutt25A said:
I came back to work today and realized just how boring it really is. My branch manager sent out the career progression chart and it makes me want to vomit. It's rather depressing - no real challenge. It's a good thing they pay me what they pay me. If I don't get in, it's going to be 11 more years of computer hell until I can retire. Almosts makes me wish I had never set foot back into a vet clinic - ignorance was boredom, which is better than misery.
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I feel your pain! I just started pre-reqs though, so I've got at least 2.5 years of busting my hump before I can even apply!!! Oh how I wish I'd done this 12 years ago!!

My job is about as much fun as scraping your teeth on the curb! 🙄
But, it pays well. I guess that's the tradeoff...
 
hahatoofunny22 said:
Secondly, I left Virginia for 2 years with my husband while he was in school. The entire time we were gone we filed Virginia taxes and PAID income taxes to the state of Virginia. We have since returned (like we planned) hence why we kept paying Virginia taxes and VMRCVM doesn't want to make me IS. To add on: I'm from Virginia, born in Norfolk and raised in the Burg! What gives VT???:scared:
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They do say that you have to be a resident for one year in VA (or MD, depending which you're applying for residency for) to be considered a resident :\
 
Technology really hates me. I purchased a lab book that came with online access for genetics. It came as part of a package from the uni bookstore with the textbook (which is why I didn't purchase via amazon). I go to sign up for the online access today because we were using it in my genetics lab, and they said the access code had already been redeemed! I bought this book new! The bookstore will not take it back/replace it/refund it because the freaking shrink wrap has been broken! So I do the lab with my friend and come home and contact tech support. I tried filling out their online form for help which never registered, so I utilized their 'online chat' feature. After going through the whole shebang with a rep, she tells me that my problems needs "level 2 support" and they will "email me as soon as they are able." Say what?!?!? I need this access NOW! Not cool... 😡
 
NStarz said:
Technology really hates me.:
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Amen. My computer died 2 days ago. Doesn't it know I have 3 supplementals and my personal statement to finish in the next week and a half? Rude! 🙁
 
Guys, I think I changed my mind to nose. Lol. Just FYI. Apparently I have to make an 80 on my advanced micro test to be allowed to get it... my husband is such a nut sometimes.
 
As a guy who spent his teenage years in the UK (early 90s for context), I consider the sexiness of facial piercings to be in this order: left nostril, right nostril, both nostrils, septum, and labret. I will never forget that young lass on the streets of Oxford with the small diamond stud in her left nostril wearing the sweater/mini skirt and tights combination that all the college girls wore back then.
 
I will never forget that young lass on the streets of Oxford with the small diamond stud in her left nostril wearing the sweater/mini skirt and tights combination that all the college girls wore back then.
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I think we need to make a movement to bring this look back - sans the tights.
 
Actually, the tights make it work very well - they were English lasses who see the sun for about 2 weeks every year, unless they are on holiday in some exotic location like the Brits like to do.
Now, I could go for the 60s look from Britain - check out this compilation of Mary Hopkin singing The Streets of London: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3AX_-NAS1s
 
I have a really, really long rant:

We had these people call saying that their dogs had been in a dog fight but they were out of town and were giving permission for someone else to bring the dogs in. While we are waiting for them to show up, somebody walks in with a small pit-bull mix that had been attacked. It turns out that this dog was also in the fight with the other two dogs. The guy who brings this dog in actually owns this dog. And he agrees to do everything to treat the dog. Finally, the brother of the owner of the pit bull brings in this massive lab who has a laceration on its ear and some more minor bite marks on its leg. According to this guy, he was instructed by the deputy sheriff (I did not even know that the cops had been called out for the fight) to bring this dog into the vet (basically he was the ambulance driver and nothing more) because the dog's ear was bleeding so badly. This guy had put this massive makeshift bandage over the dog's ear which had stopped the bleeding. So, we were given the number to the owners (two women) who are living in another state (due to some foreclosure issue or something) and were told that the one lady (I will call her Lady A) was somewhat rationale while the other lady (I will call Lady B) was absolutely insane. These two brothers had been watching these dogs while the owner (the two ladies) was supposed to find a foster home. The other dog who was supposedly in the fight as well was not injured but was just in the way during the fight and possibly had some very small wounds (we ended up never seeing this third dog). So after we came up with an estimate for the black lab I call Lady A to inform her of the cost to treat the dog. The lady of course can not afford it. So she tells me that she will call me back in a little bit after she contacts the lady who will be coming to pick up the dog to let me know when the dog will be picked up. She calls back and asks what is the minimum they can do and how much that will cost. So I let her know that the dog really needs sutures but that the wound could potentially heal without sutures it will just take a much longer period of time, but the dog has to have antibiotics. I quote her for the exam, antibiotics, and pain meds. She says that she will call back. So then one of the receptionists lets me know that Lady B is on the phone. (I am thinking great now I get to talk to psycho lady). Surprisingly, Lady B is quite calm and understanding. I give her all the options we can do and how much it will cost. Lady B tells me she will attempt to come up with the exam fee and then we will also send the lady who is picking the dog up with a written rx for antibiotics. So finally Lady B calls back and says that she will pay the fee over the phone. I run her card number five times and it keeps coming up as a bad number. So the lady then tells me she will have to go to the bank and have the money wire transferred to the lady who is coming to pick up the dog to foster it. Finally, at the very end of the day this lady comes to pick up the dog. She wants to know if she can use Bactrim instead of Cephalexin. We tell her we do not advise it because of the possible side effects of Bactrim but she can use it. This lady then tells me that these two owners were renting this house (the two brothers are living in this house now) when the guy that they were renting from failed to tell them the house was being foreclosed on and the ladies were basically forced to move out of the house so they had to purchase plane tickets to another state to live with relatives and they had made arrangements for their adult son to come pick up the dogs from the house the day after they moved out. Well, the son did not pick up the dogs but instead stole whatever he wanted from the house. The brothers agreed to watch the dogs until this lady could find a foster (the lady picking up the dog now) for the dogs. This lady is now going to foster these two dogs until the owners of this lab can get someone to pick up the dogs and move them back to where they are now living. Not only was I dealing with all of these people today but the dr. also wanted me to follow up with the officer who had been called out to deal with the dog fight and see if they can't follow up and check on the dogs. So I left a message with this officer who then calls back and says that he will not be in for the next four days and I will just have to call them and have them do an animal welfare check on the day I want them to go out. GRRR!! Oh and I do not even have an address for the lady who picked up the dog because I asked our receptionist to please get her address and she did not get it so I have no idea where the officer would need to do the animal welfare check. And not only that this lady that picked up the dog is only involved because she was nice enough to answer the foster ad that the owners had put on craigslist. GRR!! The whole situation was a massive pain in my ass! 😡

Ok so that was long but my rant is now over. THE END!!
 
Why the preference for left nose ring instead of right? You're making my right nostril self-conscious and insecure for being pierced.
 
No clue. Maybe it's due to my first exposure. I just consciously noticed a preference. Maybe it's because the image enters through my right eye, which is dominant. Yours is just fine - it's number two on the list after all. Just think of all the others it beats out.
 
Aww, you guys are making me miss my facial piercings! At one time I had snake bites (lip rings - one on each side), a labret stud, two nose rings (right side), and 3 eyebrow rings (right side as well).

But the ones I miss the most, by far, are the snake bites. Those are so coming back one day... (I don't have any facial piercings right now).
 
jjohnston said:
Aww, you guys are making me miss my facial piercings! At one time I had snake bites (lip rings - one on each side), a labret stud, two nose rings (right side), and 3 eyebrow rings (right side as well).

But the ones I miss the most, by far, are the snake bites. Those are so coming back one day... (I don't have any facial piercings right now).
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Normally I like my men with camo hats, but for whatever reason, I've always loved snakebites! Not many people seem to have them anymore. Did they kind of have a short burst of popularity or something?
 
so this may seem like a trivial, silly, stupid rant to some people...

but i'm having such a hard time with my friends this year! my goal was to be less of a hermit and hang out with my friends more often cause last semester i never did anything, but they're all SO BUSY with interviews for fancy jobs and what not and never have time 🙁 i'm not applying till next year so i'm just sitting around getting my work done...i feel silly for feeling lonely, when i'm 21 and really shouldn't be concerned with things like that. ugh it's my senior year and i really want to enjoy it and i absolutely HATE feeling this way cause i should be in 100% control of my feelings!

it doesn't help that i can't find a work study job anywhere!!!! can't SOMEONE just give me one measly administrative assistant job???!!!! 😡

AND my family is being silly and going through all this crap that has nothing to do with me AND they can't manage to take care of my dog properly while i'm away at school.

my bank account is running low 👎

ok i'm done.

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Biochem basically owns my life..thats all...lol
 
Histology definitely owns my life. After that it'll be anatomy, then physiology, then immunology's turn.

I hate being passed around.
 
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