Bits and Pieces

[fredericks]

I'm sitting here watching Grey's Anatomy out of necessity. The assignment for my Nursing in the Media class is to watch some medical shows and report back on negative/positive images of nursing. The problem I'm running into now is that I hate medical shows and I have no idea who's a nurse and who's a doctor on this thing. I suppose the nurses are wallflowers, hmm? I wasn't aware that the title character was a woman. I guess that's a plus. These residents are really well rested, aren't they? Bwah. Real life needs to smack this show in the head.

One other thing - where the frak are the nurses? In a real hospital the nurses outnumber the doctors like crazy.Hyperbole and I are bedfellows, you see. Upon further contemplation nurses may not *vastly* outnumber doctors (taking into account residents, interns, and the full-fledged MDs), but they at least can be found at equal numbers. Shame on you, show. You mean this hospital is run by doctors? Lord, I can just imagine the payroll issues.
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I was watching SC and amusing myself by checking the translations. There's a scene in episode three where Jin and his young charge dress up in order to infiltrate a brothel (long story). In the English dub the kid tells Jin he looks good in the female attire. Jin responds "It's quite uncomfortable". I immediately hear the tap-tap-tapping of keyboards as the fanfics using that statement as canon are brought to life. When I switched over to the subtitled Japanese Jin's reported to say "I am uncomfortable with this". Very much different, no? Let me not even get started on the translation quibbles in the scene with Jin and the gay ronin. It's times like that when I wish I could understand Japanese.

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Hmm. Grey's Anatomy. *tsk* So you're telling me talking calmly with a woman who's been in labor for a crapload of time will make her capable of delivering vaginally. Did y'all even check the heart monitors on the baby? Good gravy. And *where are the nurses*??!?!
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Flicking back and forth between Grey's and the Winter Olympics. Pissed I missed Shaun White's first run as I know he half-asses his second. I had to flick off of Grey's, classwork be damned. Sappy songs? Fade to whites to love interests? Ye Gods. And I knew that was going to happen (you know what I'm talking about). If it didn't I was going to be pissed off. At least Christina Ricci's hot in this.
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It's always interesting to hear phone posts from people on my FL. Somehow the voices are never how I expect them. Lower, richer, more mature. I think it's cool. I'm also jealous, as I have the voice of a young kid (IMO).

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Worst. Hospital. Ever. They took Grey to the shower? After that, shouldn't she be getting assessed for internal injury, shrapnel, something? Never again with this show or anything of its ilk.
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Can't believe some of you wonderful folk think I'm mature. ::giggles and plays with her stuffed Elmo:: That certainly was interesting. Introversion isn't one of the first six qualities that comes to mind when you think of fredericks? I guess that's a good thing.

Comments

[twoworldsin1.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I always wonder what the real professionals think of shows like Grey's Anatomy and CSI. I was just wondering last night if there's a huge gludge of people wanting to get into law school or police academy due to watching shows like CSI and Law and Order and wanting to be one of those guys that just walks into the crime scene and is like "Okay, the guy walked into here, took a gun from here, shot this guy there, and then ran out here. I know this because I HAVE STUDIED THE GUY'S PROFILE EXTENSIVELY AND I KNOW HIS LIFE AND EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM." I figured there really isn't a demand for those kind of guys, career-speaking.

I dunno, maybe it's a good thing that, aside from Boston Public, there really aren't those kind of shows about teachers.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

Funny you should mention a show like CSI - when I spoke to the Chemistry Chair he said there been a huge increase in the number of forensic science majors in my school during the last five years. It's the most popular career choice at the moment. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with everything that's happened post 9/11 with the increased demand for investigative workers, but shows like CSI and the crime investigative stuff also hit their stride after 9/11 and we all know what a big influence TV has on kids.

[emily-goddess.livejournal.com]

You should hear my Constitutional Law professor go on about "Law & Order." She complains about it pretty much every chance she gets. I guess it's a good thing I took her class, 'cause that show was making law school look like a good idea to me.