just read an article about stroke risks for women. apparently chiropractic neck adjustments, salon shampooings and neck stretches can (okay rarely, but still) cause an artery to rupture and lead to a stroke. i read medical crap all the time but for some reason this freaks me out. i'm imagining a tear forming in my carotid right now and my oxygen ( Read more... )

 it's so beautiful outside!

tomorrow is casino day- bonne chance à moi!

But BE WARNED, talking about Indie Music with white people is perhaps the most dangerous subject you touch upon. One false move and you will lose their respect and admiration forever. Here are some general rules

• Bands that have had their songs in an Apple ad are still marginally acceptable
• Bands that have had their songs in ads for other companies ( Read more... )

 I spent nearly all this past weekend wide-eyed watching the entire 2nd season of the best fucking tv show ever- THE WIRE. Was about to write a post about just how god damn good it is but some punk on slate did that last year http://www.slate.com/id/2149566/.  So, I'm late on the bandwagon, but I'm catching up. WATCH IT.

I'll be giving the gift of immortality!  Who wouldn't want a membership: http://www.timetravelfund.com/ ?

See you in the future... 

it's finally a slow friday afternoon at the job-i-used-to-hate-but-think-is-okay-now. the co-worker who, last month, accused me of being "really accusatory" and "confrontational" and other stuff i don't remember because i was feeling attacked and defenseless by then, has been nice to me lately. so we went out to lunch. maybe it will work out after ( Read more... )

As much as I love to see Republican Senators under fire for sexual misconduct, umm... could someone explain to me why it's illegal to put your foot and/or hand under an adjacent stall door in a public restroom???

Rude, yeah.  Tacky, sure.  But illegal?

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153AP_Craig_Arrest.html

Got a new job!  Will be research COORDINATOR, no longer a lowly Assistant, and in a new department- Gastroenterology.  Hence the "poop cake" at my goodbye party today.  Classy joint, this Harborview.  Nervous but excited.

My sister bought an Audi TT.  I am freakishly jealous and self-pitying, "I'm the one who went to college and she dropped out, why ( Read more... )

bummer, i didn't see mariah at the show last night!  but i did see ReGInA!!!  we had great seats and she put on an amazing show, just her, the piano, a guitar, some drumsticks, that phenomenol voice and those lucious lips...

why did "only son" have to suck so much, though?  chris and i have theories, but they're incomplete.  hmm

so today i'm at home ( Read more... )

i couldn't get into med school but alberto fucking gonzales got the job as fucking attorney general. hell, i couldn't even get a job at taco bell if i showed up at the interview sounding like him... "i can't recall whether i've ever eaten a burrito before..." i am still in total shock about the depths of ineptitude, corruption, and complete ( Read more... )