Thursday . April 17 . 2003 . 9:10am give me the remote, dammit Joe wouldn't let me watch "Sorority Life" last night because he wanted to watch "True Lies" on another channel. I tried to explain how "Sorority Life" is so bad that it's good in that ironic way, wheras "True Lies" is just regular bad, but he wasn't having any of it. I think that there was a moment where he was considering ceding control of the remote, but then Arnold Schwarzenegger started killing people with a meathook, so Joe goes, "Wait, now the movie's getting good." Boys. Whatever, I'll watch "Sorority Life" on one of MTVs infinite rerun block, and hone my hatred of that bitchy chick Maggie to a fine razor's edge. MICHELLE (Watching Joe watching "True Lies") I can't believe you're watching this. This is only one micro-step above "The Last Action Hero." And that movie was truly, truly bad. JOE Yeah, but... (completely does not finish sentence, so engrossed is he in the movie) MICHELLE (Watching scene with Jamie Lee Curtis tied up in a chair) I have to say, though, Jamie Lee Curtis has a pretty good body considering she's, you know, old. JOE Yeah, and considering that she's a MAN. * * * I had to run up to the med school campus today to get Student Health to help me off with paying off the mountains of medical bills that I accrued earlier this year. They had told me previously, "Just bring all the bills to this office, and we'll take care of it," so I trusted that they would do just that. However, when I showed up with the bills today, all they did was take a red pen, draw a circle around the phone number on the bill, and told me to call said number with my Blue Cross insurance information. Wow, thanks for circling the number and giving me instructions that were already printed on the bill itself. I'm sure glad I made that one hour commute uptown for your invaluable help. I shouldn't complain. Without health insurance, I'd probably be tens of thousands of dollars in the hole. I haven't even gotten the actual bill for the hospitalizations themselves, or the surgery, so I shudder to think what those could add up to. Each CT I got ended up costing me about $1,400. And I never knew how much these blood tests cost until I saw that itemized bill. Did you know that LFTs cost $50? CBCs about $40? It's so easy to just cavalierly check off all those boxes when you're ordering blood tests on a patient ("Oh, we might as well get a Chem 8 just to check...") but that stuff adds up. I've learned my lesson, boy. * * * To add to yesterday's graphic novel wishlist, I remembered today that I also wanted to read more of Ariel Schrag's stuff. I heard about her comics when I was still in college (because Wellesley loves angsty lesbian cartoonists!) and then I kind of forgot all about her until I was in the comic book store yesterday ("A child has already completed the jumble. The answer is 'fries.'") and saw the first issue of her new collection, "Potential," on the rack. I probably would have just read the issue in the store, hiding behind a display case, but when I saw that she is currently an undergraduate student at the same institution where I'm attending medical school, I decided to Support Local Artists and cough up the dough. * * * Do you know what movie that just came out I'm dying to see? "A Mighty Wind." I must watch this movie. I must kill...the Queen. But seriously, how much did I love "Waiting for Guffman" and "Best in Show?" Even if every review said that it sucks (which isn't the case) I would have to watch it on general principle. * * * Printing up and folding wedding programs: done. Printing up placecards: done (with the exception of two people's whose fiancée's last names we don't know how to spell). Last wedding dress fitting: today. Appointment to get eyebrows threaded: next Thursday, with full report to follow. And speaking of full report... Certain Dri Challenge: Day 1 It was 86 degrees out yesterday, and I wore a cardigan over a halter dress. There was some sweatiness, though by my (maybe wishful) observation, it didn't seem like as much as I would usually expect under similar heat circumstances, and under direct sunlight. However, as I was wearing a sleeveless dress, there was no opportunity to observe shirt pit dampness. Stay tuned for Day 2 of the Certain Dri Challenge, where, if the weather reports are to be trusted, temps will plunge to the 40's, and I will be forced to don a pit-hugging T-shirt. xo Michelle Countdown to the wedding: 10 days |
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Thursday . April 17 . 2003 . 9:10am give me the remote, dammit Joe wouldn't let me watch "Sorority Life" last night because he wanted to watch "True Lies" on another channel. I tried to explain how "Sorority Life" is so bad that it's good in that ironic way, wheras "True Lies" is just regular bad, but he wasn't having any of it. I think that there was a moment where he was considering ceding control of the remote, but then Arnold Schwarzenegger started killing people with a meathook, so Joe goes, "Wait, now the movie's getting good." Boys. Whatever, I'll watch "Sorority Life" on one of MTVs infinite rerun block, and hone my hatred of that bitchy chick Maggie to a fine razor's edge. MICHELLE (Watching Joe watching "True Lies") I can't believe you're watching this. This is only one micro-step above "The Last Action Hero." And that movie was truly, truly bad. JOE Yeah, but... (completely does not finish sentence, so engrossed is he in the movie) MICHELLE (Watching scene with Jamie Lee Curtis tied up in a chair) I have to say, though, Jamie Lee Curtis has a pretty good body considering she's, you know, old. JOE Yeah, and considering that she's a MAN. * * * I had to run up to the med school campus today to get Student Health to help me off with paying off the mountains of medical bills that I accrued earlier this year. They had told me previously, "Just bring all the bills to this office, and we'll take care of it," so I trusted that they would do just that. However, when I showed up with the bills today, all they did was take a red pen, draw a circle around the phone number on the bill, and told me to call said number with my Blue Cross insurance information. Wow, thanks for circling the number and giving me instructions that were already printed on the bill itself. I'm sure glad I made that one hour commute uptown for your invaluable help. I shouldn't complain. Without health insurance, I'd probably be tens of thousands of dollars in the hole. I haven't even gotten the actual bill for the hospitalizations themselves, or the surgery, so I shudder to think what those could add up to. Each CT I got ended up costing me about $1,400. And I never knew how much these blood tests cost until I saw that itemized bill. Did you know that LFTs cost $50? CBCs about $40? It's so easy to just cavalierly check off all those boxes when you're ordering blood tests on a patient ("Oh, we might as well get a Chem 8 just to check...") but that stuff adds up. I've learned my lesson, boy. * * * To add to yesterday's graphic novel wishlist, I remembered today that I also wanted to read more of Ariel Schrag's stuff. I heard about her comics when I was still in college (because Wellesley loves angsty lesbian cartoonists!) and then I kind of forgot all about her until I was in the comic book store yesterday ("A child has already completed the jumble. The answer is 'fries.'") and saw the first issue of her new collection, "Potential," on the rack. I probably would have just read the issue in the store, hiding behind a display case, but when I saw that she is currently an undergraduate student at the same institution where I'm attending medical school, I decided to Support Local Artists and cough up the dough. * * * Do you know what movie that just came out I'm dying to see? "A Mighty Wind." I must watch this movie. I must kill...the Queen. But seriously, how much did I love "Waiting for Guffman" and "Best in Show?" Even if every review said that it sucks (which isn't the case) I would have to watch it on general principle. * * * Printing up and folding wedding programs: done. Printing up placecards: done (with the exception of two people's whose fiancée's last names we don't know how to spell). Last wedding dress fitting: today. Appointment to get eyebrows threaded: next Thursday, with full report to follow. And speaking of full report... Certain Dri Challenge: Day 1 It was 86 degrees out yesterday, and I wore a cardigan over a halter dress. There was some sweatiness, though by my (maybe wishful) observation, it didn't seem like as much as I would usually expect under similar heat circumstances, and under direct sunlight. However, as I was wearing a sleeveless dress, there was no opportunity to observe shirt pit dampness. Stay tuned for Day 2 of the Certain Dri Challenge, where, if the weather reports are to be trusted, temps will plunge to the 40's, and I will be forced to don a pit-hugging T-shirt. xo Michelle Countdown to the wedding: 10 days |
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