Happy thoughts, happy thoughts...

This is it. The Big One. The Point Of No Return.
Pascal went into surgery this morning.
He had to be at the USC Medical Center at 6am sharp.
Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep.
I'm now sitting here at work, very worried.
I just called the hospital right now and was told that he's still in surgery.
And that I should call back in an hour.
(fret - fret - fret...)

Everything should go okay.
More as I find out...


Edit: after typing this in and saving it, I looked down at myself and suddenly realized
what I was wearing: a Heather Bruton "Anubis" t-shirt. What is wrong with me!?!?

Sibling update:

I've just finally talking to someone at the hospital who was helpful.
She's not Pascal's nurse, but she was there when he was brought out and placed in post-op.
She says he is stable.
I will call back later to try and talk to his nurse to get more details.

My brother is simply too much of a tough SOB to let something like this do him in.
But we were both still apprehensive about the operation.

I've been calling the hospital since 11am, and only now at 4:30pm do I get useful data.
Before that, it was "he's in surgery", then "he's still in surgery", then "we're doing a shift
change, call back later", then "the staff is having a meeting, call back later", then "the staff
is not answering their phone, I'm from a different department, call back later"...
Blargh...
Office Space meets ER, or some crap.
Happy thoughts!

Thanks for all the well wishings. They're very appreciated.

More later...

"Sibling Update: Part Deux" - and also, fun stuff

I just got off the phone with the nurse who's taking care of my brother.
She says he is stable and recovering, he's not feeling any pain, but he does need to rest.
She's not certain he will be released Saturday, which is what he told me when he went in.
I will go visit him Saturday for sure, whether he is released or not.
I am now officially relieved. Le whew!!


In other news, Naughty Dog's QA manager's girlfriend, who happens to work nightshift at Jamdat,
placed a brand-spanking new copy of "JakX - Combat Racing" for PS2 in my big worried paws tonight.
My game! It's my game! Look on page 35 of the manual, under "Testers"! There's my name! In my game!
I do believe I will crack it open and play a few levels/racetracks tonight.

And speaking of Naughty Dog, Pascal and I watched "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory" last night, which is
a movie I didn't get to see in the theaters because of, that's right, my insane Naughty Dog working schedule!!
I expected something weird and wacky and boy, did it deliver!! OMGWTFBBQ! The sets!!! I really dug them.
I didn't expect the Oompa-Loompas to be so tiny. I mean, Deep Roy is a small person already,
but holy crap, I've seen bigger dolls at the swap meet! Johnny (off the) Depp (end) was really screwed up
in this one. Part Ed Wood, part Spino, part fanboy with no social skills, with his little cue cards.
He was wonderful. And Christopher Lee is always a delight. The whole cast is pretty good.
The movie made me crave chocolate, so today, I bought a tablet of Scharfen-Berger milk chocolate at
Trader Joe's as a special afternoon treat. You break off a square and place it on your tongue,
and just suck on it like it's an Altoid or something. It just melts right up. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
Ahem!
Anyway, so yeah, cool movie, good take on the book. This town is big enough for two Willy Wonkas!
And that was my last Netflix movie. I have to wait until Saturday for the next batch.

Good night, and good luck.