Lisa. 36. Married. Green-eyed redhead. Pagan. Gothic chick. Gemini. Graduate Nurse. Paramedic (NREMT-P, baby!). Military brat. Former desktop publisher, webmistress, graphic artist. Avid intermediate belly dancer. Tattooed and pierced. Caffeine addict. 4'11"—really.

Me and my beloved, May 2007. Yes, those are real tattoos. ;)



  • HollyBrooke (my adorable nieces!)

  • Casey

  • Angela

  • Art and Carly

  • Art's Woodworking

  • Jewel

  • Miramar

  • Lunachick

  • Inkubus


  • Excelsior College

  • Rob's CPNE DVD

  • Paramedic-to-RN YahooGroup

  • EC Study Group

  • AllNurses Distance Learning

  • StudyGroup101 Materials

  • Lisa Arends' Notes


  • PixieCam

  • State of the Art Tattooing

  • IAM (BME)

  • Women in EMS

  • The Dialectizer

  • Joe's Cartoons

  • eBay

  • Gothic Auctions

  • GothAuctions

  • Urban Legends

  • Google

  • Translator


  • The Open Hearth Foundation

  • NSVPA

  • The Witches Voice

  • Religious Tolerance


  • A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver

  • Baby Medic

  • Blue Ridge Medic

  • Crass Pollination: An ER Blog

  • Loving Annie

  • Meat in the Seat

  • Musings of a Highly Trained Monkey

  • NYC EMS

  • Ventricular Entropy
  • 7.10.2008

    We put a new bike on layaway for me! I'm going to either sell or trade in my old one ... I call it "old," but I've ridden it once, exactly once! Terrible. But it's too big for me, so I always felt like I was going to wreck -- not comfortable. But the new one is awesome!! It's a Giant Suede GX W, 3-speed, and it's fine for my uber-short legs!

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    7.02.2008

    Got a new tattoo yesterday! :) I was going to wait until it was less red and the blood-lining around the green spiral was less apparent (it'll completely heal to nothing), but she's so freakin' cute, I couldn't wait! So here she is. :) The green will lighten up a lot when it's all healed, too. My skin is still a little angry today! Michael put some bubbles in the medication, too. Hee! That's my inner left calf area, by the way.

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    6.15.2008

    It's official ... I passed!!! Lisa Sarao, GN! (That's "Graduate Nurse," in case you didn't know!) And you know what's cool? Today is exactly one year, one month, and one day after I took my first exam in this program. :-)

    WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO! Huge relief! HUGE!! Thank you so much, everyone, for all the thoughts, prayers, etc. ... I almost blew it this morning, but recovered for the pass! :)

    I'll post more details later ... it's time for ice cream! :) (Sugar-free, of course. ;))

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