11/12/07
Guitar Hero is the most stressful game ever. Every time I watch one of the Birds play it I watch the screen as the little targets come scrolling downscreen going faster and faster and can't stop watching that because if I do then the Birds might miss a note and fuck up and not get a decent score.

Last night after watching maribou play Message in a Bottle on easy mode I went upstairs and felt my blood pumping like crazy.

I don't know how they fucking do it but at least they're happy.

night and day
Back in May I went for a physical. Part of the physical subjected me to a TDAP vaccination shot. raddidge says it's for tetanus, mind control and a cancer seed full of the mercury and other undesirable elements in the shot. I paid my $25 copay and went home.

In July I received a bill for $65 saying "lulz not covered" so I went down and paid for it. On Friday I came home and found that I was being billed again for $33. Why? The insurance wasn't going to cover something else and that something else is paying for the doctor to apply pressure on the syringe to deliver the vaccination.

My mail also included "lawlz we are in ur emergency room seein if u shulda gone anyway". Needless to say I felt antagonized and began to stress out something fierce thinking I'd be denied and have to pay everything out of pocket.

Sadly I had a meltdown at training the skill of strength stressing over this potential outcome and making it into that I'm a piece of shit who doesn't deserve to seek any kind of assistance no matter the desperate measures I pursue to avoid an untimely end using a permanent solution for a temporary problem.

On Saturday I went to the dentist to get an estimate and evaluation of what has been ravaging my mouth. I was there for about three hours getting xrayed and stuff. What was remarkable to me is the fact that the dentist's office had a breakdown of my insurance, what would be covered and what wouldn't be covered in addition to giving me the option to avoid certain things like a panoramic xray of my mouth. Plus at the end of my appointment they were able to tell me with all confidence that I owed nothing for the visit.

I don't know why this was like night and day. How is it that my dentist's office has their shit together but the doctor's office comes across as bumbling buffoons? Maybe it has something to do with the Colorado Springs Health Partners (CSHP) network where my doctor is a participant. Now I reckon that Memorial Hospital will be on the ball and there shouldn't be any issues with my emergency room visit.

Now I have to find another doctor and hopefully there won't be any financial surprises like this in the future.

poking and prodding
When the dentist finally came around to inspect my mouth he was leaning over me wearing these magnifying goggles. The way the light was shining and reflecting from the goggles I could see the reflection of my mouth. Understand that I go out of my way not to look at my mouth. Actually I go out of my way to avoid looking at my reflection at all.

Anyway I closed my eyes and waited for the poking and prodding to be complete.

interesting and disturbing
Y'know the knowledge that my left incisor is leaking pus makes the funk upon awakening in the morning twice as interesting and disturbing to me.
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Last Saturday I ordered books. The stuff I ordered from Amazon will take some time because I requested the cheapo super saver shipping. Another book will take a while since it's coming in from the UK. Bah, I should've looked at where the seller was located before ordering but what's done is done. The last book was sent by media mail last Saturday (11/3/07) or last Monday via media mail.

It ain't here yet! Where are my books? I want my books!

zombies and zealots
Lunchtime on Friday I had nothing to read but I had my green notebook full of my Vampire game of indeterminate status. To be honest, I don't feel like running it anymore because now I associate too many bad things with the game. Yet I wrote up a potential scenario and it all came easily to me.

During one of the smoke breaks I mentioned it might be neat to do a new World of Darkness one-shot game. Thing is that I wouldn't have the first clue about a scenario or a story. I don't even think I could get excited about it. Enthusiasm is important.

It is fortunate that Jaybird said he'd like to run something in new World of Darkness which took the onus off me.

Thank goodness, I guess.

Anyway I'm downloading All Flesh Must Be Eaten just in case someone runs that game.

in yer dreams
Cassius and I were walking in the street when a zombie jumped out at us. We pulled out our baseball bats and swung at its head until it caved in and broke off the body.

Later I went out to invest in some real estate because this fat Asian lady was going to build a school in the middle of nowhere and I figured if I bought up the surrounding parcels of land then it'd be developed for commercial interests. Doughnut stores came to mind since doughnut stores in Colorado Springs seem to be run by Asians not Anglos.

Finally I was pursuing some manner of corporate vendetta against the former managers of MCI. This invoved running up and down stairs and locking office doors.

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