Blood and Cookies!

I gave blood for the last time today. *crosses fingers* I am going to miss it. I always enjoy the feeling I get when I give blood. When you give blood you can be sure it comes from the heart! *DING*

I always tell the workers that it's tough being a student, and I'm always happy to give blood because I get a free lunch. They always laugh, but you can tell they aren't sure if I am serious. You never know how desperate someones situation might be.

The blood ladies are always happy to see me because I am a very easy patient. I can get poked in any arm, my veins bulge and are easy to find. I don't complain, get sick or faint. I always fill my bag in about 8-10 minutes. My blood type is B+ One of the rare ones.

All that stuff is great. But the real fun part comes at the end. The elderly ladies want nothing more than to give you cookies and apple juice. After losing 10% of my blood, I want nothing more thatn to pig out on cookies and apple juice. We are both very happy and I enjoy the moment as much as I can.

As I was sitting at the recovery table, this 2nd year kid started talking to me. It started with a few comments about the food, then eventually turned into him chatting at me about stuff. He told me about how he was a participating in some experiment where they take a lot of blood. We talked with a blood worker about how one acquires large ammounts of human blood. (Like say.. for a controversial art show involving a white dress?) Eventually we started talking about Linken park. He was wearing a Linken Park shirt. He told me his musical history and about how cool Eminem is and various other artists. He told me he liked green day, so I asked him if he liked their new album.

Me: "American. um.... what was it?"
Linken park Shirt: "I don't remember"
Random Hot Girl: "Idiot"
Me: ".... you can't just go around burning people harshly like that! god!"
Girl "it's the name of the album. American Idiot"
Me "..." "I dont't know anything about music.
Linker Park shirt: I played guitar then quit! What about you? Any musical talents?
Me "nope"

I said my goodbyes and left Canadian Blood Services never to return.
I'm gonna miss those free lunches.