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lolabobsI finished The Narrows :(
I really forgot how nice it is to be read to (esp by David Soul!), It helped that bits of it were in first person and that Davey is so good - I had goose bumps at points.
Now I have The Closers left - but I can't listen to cds in the car - bah, the journey to work will become dull again.
LoM was rather sparkly good tonight, and helped distract me from The Shield starting again and me not being able to watch it! Any one found it anywhere? I will hunt around tomorrow...
I am all itchy allergy rash on my fingers - dunno what I'm allergic to though. Oh and somebody broke my cd player at work - I kind of accuse the cleaner, 'cos it was working when I went home last night and isn't this morning. Or it could just be 'cos it's old and crappy and was about to die anyway. This post is less than structured. I do apologise.
One of my offenders looked like a stereotype death row bod - starting with his physical appearance right on down to wearing bright orange and having a big chain dangling looking like shackles of some kind. I met him for the first time today. I had no file on him and thought he was a drink driver - after I saw him in the isolated room at the end of the corridor I found out he has a raft of pre cons - including manslaughter, abduction, and sexual offences. Hmmm. Not that I wouldn't have seen him, but it's nice to have all the information so that I can assess risk and plan sessions accordingly.
wrote something today - need to see if it works. Think my brain is still wonky.
I really forgot how nice it is to be read to (esp by David Soul!), It helped that bits of it were in first person and that Davey is so good - I had goose bumps at points.
Now I have The Closers left - but I can't listen to cds in the car - bah, the journey to work will become dull again.
LoM was rather sparkly good tonight, and helped distract me from The Shield starting again and me not being able to watch it! Any one found it anywhere? I will hunt around tomorrow...
I am all itchy allergy rash on my fingers - dunno what I'm allergic to though. Oh and somebody broke my cd player at work - I kind of accuse the cleaner, 'cos it was working when I went home last night and isn't this morning. Or it could just be 'cos it's old and crappy and was about to die anyway. This post is less than structured. I do apologise.
One of my offenders looked like a stereotype death row bod - starting with his physical appearance right on down to wearing bright orange and having a big chain dangling looking like shackles of some kind. I met him for the first time today. I had no file on him and thought he was a drink driver - after I saw him in the isolated room at the end of the corridor I found out he has a raft of pre cons - including manslaughter, abduction, and sexual offences. Hmmm. Not that I wouldn't have seen him, but it's nice to have all the information so that I can assess risk and plan sessions accordingly.
wrote something today - need to see if it works. Think my brain is still wonky.
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Date: 2007-04-03 11:19 pm (UTC)I admire people who do the work you do. Not everyone can. I don't think I could have stepped into the room with the guy knowing what he's done.
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Date: 2007-04-04 09:26 pm (UTC)the first time I interviewed an offender I was petrified - and that was for a minor offence - now I work with the higher risk cases - and I love my job.
It's more interesting the higher risk, though of course carries a lot more responsibility, but it's so challenging - and to make a step forward, a breakthrough or just to get them to start thinking differently - even if it's just for five minutes in this session - it's great., and is a start and something to build on... I really *do* love it!
Plus I think it helps that I have an incredibly black sense of humour...
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Date: 2007-04-05 05:02 am (UTC)You've gotta love it to do it. I was that way when I worked in the medical field in the ER and as an EMT. I loved it up until the point of where some of the people dying got to me. Had to get out of it because too much of it was coming home with me.
But, I think the reward you're getting out of your line of work probably pays off in ways that makes it all worth it. I imagine the humor helps a hell of a lot, too.
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Date: 2007-04-03 11:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-03 11:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-04 09:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-06 01:49 pm (UTC)These I can't find the link to, but I have the snippets (teasers) saved to my computer--
How to Be President
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
J Edgar Hoover Personal and Confidential
Ice Blonde
The Waiting Room (maybe?)
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Date: 2007-04-06 11:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-04 09:36 pm (UTC)