Part of my job involves me reading and synthesizing medical information, then turning around, translating that information into easy-to-follow copy and then making sure that copy fits onto a piece of direct mail. It's mostly interesting, one of the most interesting aspects being the funny feeling I get whenever somebody places me in charge of making sure that 6,879 residents of Omaha with hypertension understand the link between high blood pressure and heart disease. That feels like a lot of power to bestow upon me, especially considering that my main experience with medicine is watching Scrubs. I mean, I still haven't been to a doctor, or with real insurance, in nearly four years. But of course I'm qualified to do this, since I don't have to tell them anything they couldn't learn from WebMD. Which is, naturally, where I get all my information from.
Because of this, I spend a lot of time online at work. The vast majority of this is spent researching, of course. I'm not going to risk getting in trouble reading blogs when I could be staring at anatomically correct diagrams of genitalia for hours instead without a raised eyebrow. Oh, my boss would think as he walked by me again, Steena's reading up on ED for the fourth consecutive hour. What dedication! Also, there is lots of [unintentionally] funny shit on WebMD. Like, for example, today I found this.
I showed it to my cubicle neighbor and copywriter trainer, N, who is about my age and also a former creative writer. I love this kind of shit! she said. The last time I found one, I sent it to all my friends with the subject line "are you up to speed?" You know. Speed?
Which sort of scared me, because it sounded like something myself or any one of you reading this might do, and then, in that moment, I thought: I like this girl.
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