hypnotism

Having been sent out to the training room, yesterday evening, to finish my time sheet and help my trainee with his, my lead asked me if I could pick up supplies on my way back, since I know where the keys to the supply room are kept.  For some reason keys are kept hidden in weird places, but since most of us need the keys at some point or other the secret always leaks out after a while.  In the morning (or possibly the night before) it had been a similar scene - I needed to get out or put away one of the training books, and my trainee was trailing along behind me like a duckling, so he saw where the key was.  The Supervisor who said I could get the key out by myself added, "Just forget where it's kept after you're done."  As I was putting it back my trainee commented that, since he hadn't been ordered to forget it, he would remember, so I had to tell him to forget, which of course reminded both of us of the flashy thing in Men In Black.  (The Duckling is possibly more of a geek than I am; and as you all know I use that term in a most approving manner. :))  So of course when he saw me putting back the supply room key I held up my fingers in front of his face and said, "Flashy thing!  Forget you saw that!" 

He proceeded to tell me (during the course of getting back to the checkpoint, escorting someone out with their prohibited item, and touring half the airport - and I walk fast so he ends up having to trot right along behind me in order to tell a whole story) a couple of stories about hypnotisms he saw performed.  It occurred to me that hypnotism is one of my squicks.  Rimmer's mesmer stare defangs that squick a little, because it points up that the guys who have to hypnotize girls in order to get dates are probably such dorks that it would never work at all. 

So, tell me about hypnotism.  Reassure me that it's not really possible at all to hypnotize someone who doesn't want to be, or make them do anything they don't want to do when they're under.  Tell my your own anecdotes about hypnotism.  Write me fic about hypnotism!  I'm getting carried away - I know nobody will do that, but it would be cool.  Even if it's squicky and/or completely unreal.

ack. :P

I completely missed my PT appointment, this morning.  I thought it was for 9:30 - I had that firmly in my head, not a question in my mind, so I didn't check the card until I decided I should call and let them know I might be a little late.  Which was at like twenty past nine.  At which point I discovered the actual appointment time was 9am. 

As you all know, I was making a post at 9.  I then jumped up, went "Oh crap I really need to leave in like ten minutes!" and proceeded to do some dishes.  The cause of all this spaceyness is mainly sinus pressure - it's been getting steadily worse since sometime yesterday afternoon, and now I've finally caved and taken some cold medicine - non-drowsy formula, because I'm barely able to keep my eyes open as it is.  It's a real test of will to drive the car.  I've rescheduled for 4pm, and I'll have to put in for that as soon as I get to work.  If I even go in.  I'm seriously thinking about calling out sick.  But, crap, I've used more sick time than I've gained, this past year!  I've got like a hundred hours, I think, but still.  I'm so close to getting my trainee signed off on three more tasks, and I really want to get that done today because we're behind all the others who came in at the same time, and I feel like that's all my fault because I've taken so much time off, lately. 

( work bitching )

*lays back and rubs her forehead for several minutes*  Okay, that's enough of that.  I should be pushing tea.