Friday, 9 November 2007

Jon Stall

Jon isn't my real name...its a pseudonym of sorts.

I typed my real name into a online pseudonym generator, but didn't like what it came up with so I decided to play around with it and put in some of the names my parents where considering for me as well as other names from my family to get something I liked. I suppose this makes it more anonamous.

Right I suppose I better get some sleep, I am on shift at 7am so gotta be up at 545am at the latest!

Some basics to get out of the way

Right...here goes, I want to say a little about me and how I have got to this point in my life. I realise that it will be almost impossible to remain totally anonamous, but I don't want to make it glaringly obvious who I am.

I am a male in my early twenties who has just graduated as a Paramedic. Before that I studied at a somewhat 'sporty' top-ten university, although I did not study sport or anything close!

Being a Paramedic is something I have wanted to do for many years. I have made it, it feels good but also very scary - which is part of the reason why I have started this blog to note down my feeling and actions in my first steps as a registered paramedic in the scary (and often cold and wet) world of pre hosptial care.

The title of this blog is a bit of a private joke...it's nothing derogitary against nurses in the slightest. In fact the slogan comes from a t-shirt which a good friend of mine, who is a nursing student I would like to add, gave me for my birthday this year. Not 100% sure where the idea of the slogan came from, but it's perhaps one of the best presents I have had in a long while! In a way I hope she never finds this blog, but if she does - thanks!

The start of something

Right, here goes! I have pondered many times about starting a blog, however I knew deep inside that I wouldn't have the determination to keep it going. But I have come to a point in my life where I feel that I want to start a blog. It's not just cos everyone else is doing it and it seems like a cool thing to do, but as there is alot of stuff changing in my life at the moment. I want to get some of whats happening as well as some of my thoughts down as I feel that this will help me - i'm not quite sure how but I am willing to give it a go to date I have not bee the best at expressing what's really going on inside my head, or heart for that matter.

Happy reading...