Many Awesome Things
Today was kind of an awesome day.
Awesome thing #1 - I decided to ride my scooter out to the ME office this morning. Now, the ME office is located in Clackamas, a bit south of Clackamas Town Center, which just happens to be a one and a half hour bus trip from my apartment in NW. Well, to be honest, its a 1 hour bus ride and a 25 minute walk. That means I have had to catch the bus at 6:27am in order to get there by 8:00 am. Which sucks. But not this morning. My and the Storm Trooper made it there in like 35 minutes, and got to explore all sorts of deep southeast streets like SE 72nd, King Blvd, Sunnyside, and, of course, the unforgettable SE 82nd.
Awesome thing #2- everyone was really impressed by the motorcycle helmet that I carried jauntily under my arm upon my arrival.
Awesome thing #3 - I got to go with one of the deputy ME's to assist on an autopsy at a local hospital. And this is the young, hip, kind of cute medical examiner who rides a motorcycle, as I discovered today. So we put on our "leathers", hopped on our respective "hogs" and rode over to the hospital in true motorcycle gang fashion. Very awesome.
Awesome thing #4 - When we got to the autopsy suite, the attendants there offered us protective gear. And for some reason, when I mentioned that I would just put something on over my clothes, the autopsy assistant got out a giant plastic white suit. Not just scrubs or something. And she took it out of its plastic bag, so I felt like I couldn't refuse it. Picture this. Everyone else in the room is wearing blue scrubs, blue long sleeved gowns, and blue shoe covers. They look like medical professionals. And then there's me: full-body oversized white plastic suit with footies (like those pajamas you used to wear). And this thing was so big that the foot parts kind of dangled out in front of my shoes, so I had to shuffle around the room with these big, floppy, white plastic feet. Instead of looking like a medical professional, I looked like I a joke industrial spill worker/ clown/ beastie boy stand in. That, in addition to being funny, was also incredibly awesome.
Awesome thing #5 - Going back to the office and chatting with the State Medical Examiner and hearing her repeatedly say "He can just go blow" when referring to people she doesn't like.
Awesome thing #6 - People at the ME's office have started calling me Fifi.
Awesome thing #7 - Leaving early because there were no cases in the afternoon and scooting home in the beautiful warm sunshine.
Awesome thing #8 - The fact that it is 4pm and still sunny and warm and beautiful. I might go for a hike.
When I was younger I hated when I got called Fifi, but now I like it. Fascinating, I know.
Are you a Fiona too? Isn't it funny how that name is getting more popular these days? Unfortunately, I think we have Shrek to thank.
Yes, and you're probably not wrong about Shrek. However, there are 2 young Fiona's- one in New York, and one in Atlanta, whose mums knew meeeee, long before Shrek!!!
Also, and I was told this by a gay guy about 20 years ago, at a party, the name was developed from a male name, without yhe 'a'. He may have been biased, though.
There is a young Fiona in New York named after me too. We are taking over the world! Bwa ha ha ha!
For an indepth analysis of the origin of the name Fiona, check this out: http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/fiona.shtml
Thanks for the link!The guy was pretty erudite, because he told me the same info, practically verbatim. Alas, he is long gone, a victim of too much fun when nobody knew what HIV was.