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Not So Pleasantly Surprised

31
August

A few months ago, I started receiving calls from Jamaica.  It was the typical scam call, which was easily identified.  I had a little bit of fun with it, for a while, because I liked listening to their pitch.  (Sometimes, listening to a lie is fun when you know that it is a lie.)  At first, it was the typical sweepstakes stuff.  Then, they started saying how they were from U.S. Customs.  I guess that they didn’t realize that U.S. Customs wouldn’t show up as being from Kingston, Jamaica.

Yesterday, the scammers got a bit more brazen.  I’d heard of Caller ID spoofing, and I knew that they did it some of the time, usually in the second or third call that they would make in a row.  I just didn’t expect my family to get one of those calls.  Well, we did get one.  Actually, I guess my mom got the call.  It was from Humana, which is the company her Medicare supplemental coverage is through.  Unfortunately, getting my mom to start giving out personal information can be a fairly easy, especially when she has just woken up.  It is even more easy when she thinks it is someone she can trust.  She was expecting a call about something from her case worker/nurse at Humana, so she thought nothing about them calling.

About four minutes into the call, the Caller ID switched from the fake number to the real number, which lo and behold was in Jamaica.  They were about to get some private details before my dad and I got her attention and told her that it was a scam.  This woke her up, and she tried to get their contact information from them.  They didn’t give legit information and she told them that if she was interested that she would call back.  She thought my dad was mad at her for almost giving out the information, which he was a little perturbed and wasn’t afraid to express this emotion toward her.  When he calmed down, we finally were able to get across how we were going to have to be especially vigilant  about these calls and not giving out any information to anyone unless we were absolutely certain that they were legit.  We also talked about how companies and organizations that we normally will deal with are not going to ask for things like account numbers or socials or anything like that.  They might ask for the last four digits (for some) or some information that isn’t really of any use to identity thieves and other forms of scammers.

It’s weird how this new level of deceitful behavior with scams kind of mirrors some of the new types of comment spam that I have seen lately.  Once upon a time, the comment spam would be easy to distinguish.  It would have BBCode instead of HTML.  It would be filled with drug names or sex-related topics.  Now, though, it looks like the spammers are actually reading the entries that they are commenting on, because the comments almost look like normal comments.  They even seem to get past things like Akismet and moderation filters.  I guess it makes sense that spammers would eventually learn how to adapt so that they could possibly get more exposure and might reel in more people to buy their product/service/nonexistent-entity-that-they’ve-made-up-so that-people-will-pay-them-lots-of-cash.  I just don’t like that they’ve adapted.  It makes being on the internet a lot less fun.  Plus, they’re on basically every site.  I’m used to them at fuzzypinkslippers.com and LiveJournal, and I’m almost used to them at Facebook and Twitter.  Finding them at Tumblr is really annoying, though.  I know that that site is growing in popularity, but I don’t like that so many of my likes lately have belonged to spammers, including “porn”-spam.  Really not cool.  I guess no place on the internet can escape the spam.

I guess I should just get used to these people, shouldn’t I?  They don’t seem to be going anywhere, so I guess I should accept it.  It just doesn’t seem like it should be something that I have to accept.  People shouldn’t have to worry that calls that they receive might take the little money that they might have in an account or might fraudulently use their insurance.  People shouldn’t have to worry that the next comment that they get might be from a spammer who, at best, wants them to buy something once that is not worth a dime or, at worst, might unleash holy hell on their bank account or their computer or cost them in some other way.

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You Have Questions, I Have Answers

9
June

It’s that time again. I have to go through my Formspring account to go through all of the questions. I didn’t answer all of them, because some were not questions and/or they didn’t apply to me personally. I figured that instead of spamming the Facebook, Tumblr, or Twitter feeds of other people or posting separate posts on here per question, I would make one big Q&A post. If you have any questions that you want to ask, there are links below for my Formspring account and my Tumblr ask box. If you’d rather ask questions here, then that’s fine, too.

Question: I want you to try to stop saying the word “fat.” To stop saying “That’s so gay” or fag. To stop saying “retard.” To stop telling people you don’t care. Why Because words CAN hurt people. Sometimes MORE than sticks and stones. Don’t cause someone’s scar.
Answer: I don’t say those things. The only time I say the word fat is in reference to myself.

Question: What do you think of me??!!
Answer: I don’t know who you are, so I don’t have any opinion about you.

Question: What are your dreams u die die want to achieve??
Answer:I’m not quite sure what you’re asking, but I’m guessing that you want to know what I want to do before I die. I would like to finally get my act together and finish the novels I’ve been trying to write for years. I would like to get married and have kids. I would like to be able to have my opinions respected by people that I know in real life. (Some people refuse to listen to me because my opinions are so different from their opinions.)

Question: If a person owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way down to the center of the earth?
Answer: LOL! I don’t know, but that’s a good question.

Question: Why does a gynecologist leave the room when you undress?
Answer: I think they do it so that people will feel calmer and more relaxed. I think that if women had to undress in front of their doctors that they might feel uncomfortable.

Question: Formspring has be come very overcrowded recently, we are looking to cut down on our users so please show us that you are active and press “ask followers” (below this question). Anyone who fails to do this within 4 days will be removed from formspring.
Answer: Obviously, since you posted this a week ago and I’m only now even looking at it, this isn’t a legit issue. I would recommend that people not pass along rumors and things like this. Generally, they aren’t true.

Question: If you were able to hang with ASkars for the day, what would you do?
Answer: I could say something perverted or obscene, but I think if I were actually going to hang out with him for the day that I would just want to talk and get to know him. He always seems really cool, and I think that talking to him would be really fun.

Question: What’s your favorite tree?
Answer: My favorite tree is the Weeping Willow tree. I’ve always loved that kind of tree, even before Buffy came along and before we named one of our Basset Hounds after the BtVS character. I always thought they were beautiful, when I was a child. They always seemed kind of magical to me. Also, they’re one of the few trees that I have never been allergic to in my life.

Question: Is there a celebrity you just can’t stand? Who is it and why don’t you like them?
Answer: There are a couple. I think the one that I like the least is Tom Cruise. The reason is fairly simple. He was going on talk shows to promote some movie and his new relationship with Katie Holmes. While he was on some of these shows, he made it clear that he is an idiot when it comes to information about mental illness and mental health care. Though I believe that people have a right to their opinions, I felt that such an influential person going on national television and bashing something that people rely on to survive was wrong. He may have influenced someone to the point that they quit their meds and counseling and ended up hurting someone they know or doing harm to their own body/life. I also am a bit anti-Tom Selleck. He went on The Rosie O’Donnell Show and defended the NRA and the ability to access guns. He did this just weeks after Columbine. Of course, there are also some idiots who think that they can enter the political world. *cough*Sarah Palin*cough* Other than that, I can’t really think of anyone.

Question: Which Greek God and Goddess are your favorites?
Answer: I would say my favorite Greek goddess is either Artemis or Gaea. My favorite Greek god would be Apollo.

Question: If you could trade places with a celebrity for a week, who would you choose and why?
Answer: Probably someone on Glee or True Blood. I would love to know what it is like to be on the sets of those shows and to get to know the cast.

Question: Who’s your favorite twitter celebrity?
Answer: I don’t know. Probably the Voldemort twitter account. It always is interesting.

Question: When it’s hot out, what do you do to stay cool? And let’s assume you don’t have AC.
Answer: I would say being in the morgue would keep me cool. AC isn’t enough to keep me cool. I have to keep ice packs on me a lot of the time to keep me from getting sick from the heat.

Question: What is your favorite cartoon?
Answer: I don’t know. I’m not really a cartoon girl.

Question: Who is your favorite superhero?
Answer: Underdog.

Question: One movie that makes you cry every time you watch it… go!
Answer: A Walk to Remember

Question: What would you attempt to do, if you knew you couldn’t fail?
Answer: I don’t know. Maybe time travel. I mean, if you couldn’t fail, then you wouldn’t look dumb when you tried and it didn’t work. Most of the time when you fail at things, no one notices. Usually the only time that failures are noticed is when they are related to something big. So that would be the only time you’d really worry about failure. I figure that time travel is a fairly big concept.

Question: When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?
Answer: People.

Question: Out of your 5 senses (hearing, sight, touch, smell, and taste), which one could you do without?
Answer: I think I’ve answered this question before, but I’ll answer it again. I would probably say sight. Even though I enjoy the beauty of things, I feel like my other senses are more important to me as a person.

Question: Would you risk your life for your best friend? How far would you go to risk your life – even if that meant taking your life?
Answer: It would be nice if I said that I would, but I don’t really know.

Question: Are there any songs with your name in that you like?
Answer: In the title? Only for my middle name. I really like Dirty Diana. In the lyrics, I like Nasty. I guess I kind of like Damnit Janet, but I haven’t really heard it enough to be sure.

Question: Will we ever have flying cars.?..God damn it I want a flyin….NO……. I demand a flying car.
Answer: I don’t know. I guess it is possible that eventually we will.

Question: What makes you angry?
Answer: Ignorance.

Question: When you’re on a date, do you think the man should pay or not?
Answer: If he asked me, I think he should pay. If I asked him, I should pay. The only way I would think differently is if we agreed to something different beforehand.

Question: DO you enjoy asking questioins, or answering them?
Answer: Yes. I love answering them, and I like asking them as well.

Question: What was the last film that made you cry?
Answer: I’m not really sure.

Question: Would you survive if Twitter closed?
Answer: Yes. I don’t have to be on Twitter to survive.

Question: Why do bad things always happen to good people? Why do good things always happen to bad people? Well, not all the time. But I think majority of the time it goes that way? Don’t you think? When will the good people get a ‘break’?
Answer: My opinion on this really changes depending on the day. I think that bad things probably happen because life, by its very nature, is unfair. Bad things probably happen to bad people as well, but we just don’t hear about it. It does sometimes think that good people have really bad things happen more often than bad people, but I don’t know why it would really happen more to one group than the other. Maybe it is because bad people are more likely to take advantage of the niceness offered by the good people than good people taking advantage of the bad folks. Maybe good people are just too nice for their own good.

Question: Glitter or shiny things?
Answer: Glitter!

Question: Could you imagine using this in public – discreetly? http://go-girl.com
Answer: Ew. No!

Question: Would you rather be alone with your own thoughts or entrenched with a million thoughts from others?
Answer: I’d rather be alone with my own thoughts. I think that knowing the thoughts of others might be too much for me to handle. It might also violate the privacy of other people.

Question: What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?
Answer: I wouldn’t do anything differently.

Question: What’s something you know you do differently than most people?
Answer: I eat sandwiches and meat differently. Instead of biting like most people, I have to put the food at my front teeth, then pull it with my hands to tear into/rip it.

Question: Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
Answer: Doing the right things.

Question: Do you have any birth marks? if so where?
Answer: No birthmarks. I have freckles and some moles, but no birthmarks.

Question: Do you consider who holds the power of the social networks you use and what impact it has on you?
Answer: Yes. Sometimes it seems like those who run the networks are more intent on making money than providing a good service. I know that they are typically commercial ventures, so I get why they do it. It seems, though, that the quality of some of social media websites has declined because of the desires of those in charge to make money.

Question: Would you rather sweat green liquid out of your pores or fart blue smoke?
Answer: LOL! Ew. I guess the sweat thing, but either would be grotesque.

Question: Imagine that you were isolated in a remote part of the world. No phone, no internet, no social interaction with anyone. Describe your location and how you are feeling.
Answer: I would probably feel sleepy. I know that right after the April 27th tornadoes, when we had no power and intermittent cell service, I did a lot of sleeping. I think that I rely on all of the internet interactions to keep my brain going. Otherwise, it seems to go into hibernation mode.

Feel free to ask me and questions that you have at formspring or tumblr. You can also post questions to the fuzzypinkslippers.com version of this entry. I will try to answer them all.

 

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I’ve Learned to Live Half a Life

2
June

I feel like I’ve been angrier than usual lately.  I’ve been more depressed than usual, too.  (Those things tend to go together with me.)  I don’t know why.  Everything and nothing is causing it, I guess.

Most of my offline friends are married or pregnant or both, or they’re about to get married or they’re trying to get pregnant.  Most of the guys I’ve liked have gotten married, and I know I never had a shot with most of them, but it makes me sad to know that I will definitely never know.  Of course, I should’ve known that sooner because I have given up on ever finding anyone.

I’m obnoxious.  I’m opinionated.  When I’m not being one of those two things, I’m closed off.  I have 2 settings–outspoken/mean and quiet/shut-off.  It’s easier on others for me to be the latter, but its easier on me to be mean.  That tends to lead to me losing friends and ending up feeling like a total shut-in.  Of course, it doesn’t help that I don’t leave my house.  Whether I can or not, it doesn’t matter.  Staying in the same location around the same two people doesn’t help my social life.  So, I’m lonely.  I’m afraid to not be lonely, though.  Not being lonely leads to having some kind of relationship (friendship/romantic/etc.) and that leads to one thing: abandonment.  People don’t stick around.  There are no BFFs.  There is no forever.  There is no eternal anything.  People leave.  It’s what they do.

And its not just the real world that people leave you in.  Online people do it, too.  And in dreams.  I’ve had so many dreams lately that my friends that I’ve known forever tell me that they never really liked me or that they always thought I was pathetic or something like that, and I accept it because that is what I’ve come to expect.  I don’t think I am lovable or even likable.  I have to reason to think that I am either.  I have the same spiel going through my head that I’ve had since I was eight years old.  I hear that I’m not pretty, that unless I’m skinny no one will ever love me, and I hear that I have no values.  Then I think about other things that happened, and I don’t want to allow any kind of pain to be added to my life.  Things that I don’t talk about, that I should, but that I can’t.  Things that occurred a lot earlier and that I still can’t face.

I wanted to get married and have kids, and I know it won’t happen.  I’m seriously considering the gynecologist’s suggestion that I have a hysterectomy.  I’ve had my period for over a month now, and it has gotten really bad.  (You know the size of a half-dollar?  That’s the size of the clots I keep having.)  It’s the first one that I’ve really had since the D&C in November, and I don’t know how much longer I can deal with it.  What’s the point in going through the extremely heavy bleeding if I won’t go out?  What’s point in going through all of this if I know that I will never will have a kid?  And even if I do end up finding someone and trying, I’ve got the PCOS and that seems to make it more difficult for so many folks to conceive.  And if I do have a kid, what happens when I pass along all the bad crap to them?  Wouldn’t it be selfish for me to do that?   I’ve had  problems for so long and it would be wrong to force those problems on someone else.  I’m sorry that I’m whining.

But you know, if I weren’t whiny or whatever, then my opinions wouldn’t be talked about by others in fairly open settings  If I weren’t obnoxious or socially inept or suffering from some illness, then I wouldn’t be entertaining for other people to read about and complain about. And if they didn’t complain, then I wouldn’t get to feel even more paranoid than I already am.  I wouldn’t get to rehash the bad memories of my youth.  I wouldn’t get to sit around and feel even more useless and pathetic than I already do.

You see, when I go around thinking that everyone is out to get me and that people hate me, it makes me get more defensive and more agitated.  It makes me wonder how sincere the next friendship is or how caring that little token of advice someone will give really is.  People screw you over more than they do anything good for you.  Family, friends, the internet have taught me that.  I used to be the hopeful girl who thought the world was really shiny and happy.  I got over it.  The only thing I know how to do is cry or scream.

I’ve cried so much lately.  More tears than I could ever imagine, which is weird because I cried all year when I was in 3rd grade.  Every day, I cried.  But now, I just keep crying.  I keep feeling like my life is somehow gone.  Like I died at some point and my life just ended.  That’s what I live with every day.  And yeah, that shows that I need therapy, but the best I can do is see my therapist once or twice every two or three months and my psychiatrist every 4-6 months.  That is the amazing health care that people seem to think that folks on Medicare and Medicaid get.  I get to go to a clinic where they rush you through as fast as they can, pay attention to things that don’t even matter, and disregard everything else.  Why don’t I go elsewhere?  Find me a private doctor and therapist that accept both, and I’ll go.  I’ve tried before, but they ended up not filing things properly and I still am paying for it.

I don’t say these things for attention.  I don’t expect attention.  Like I’ve said, people let you down.  That’s what happens.  That’s how life is.  I say these things and whine about these things and make posts about these things because this is the only way that I get to deal with them.  This is my only form of therapy.  Otherwise, I sit around rehashing them in my head or talking about them to myself.  I end up sitting in a corner crying my eyes out over something that I could’ve just spent my time whining about.

I have no idea if any of this makes any sense.  I don’t really care if it does or doesn’t.

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Notice to Anyone, Everyone, and No One

2
June

If you find me whiny or annoying or entitled or too liberal or something else and you just feel like talking to me or reading about my life is something that you don’t want to do, then don’t read about it.  Unfriend me on Facebook.  Don’t follow me on Twitter or Tumblr.  But do not sit there and make yourself (or me) miserable.

If you think that I waste taxpayer money, then that’s your opinion.  Just because its wrong doesn’t make it any less your opinion.  I’m not going to change it.  It isn’t possible for me to anyway.

If you think that I let liberal blogs and the news media get away with reporting on more progressive stories, then that’s your opinion.  Just because it holds no weight doesn’t make it any less your opinion.  You’re entitled to think whatever you want.

If you think that I am selfish or whiny, then that’s your opinion.  Chances are that if you don’t think highly of me, I probably don’t think highly of you.  We all see what we want to see about other people, which leads to our opinions about them.  You can call me selfish and I can call you petty, but that doesn’t make either of us right or wrong.

You cannot blame me for things that I have no control of, i.e. your opinions, your feelings, your beliefs.  I can’t blame you for my opinions, my feelings, or my beliefs.  The only things that we can blame one another for are the things that we actually do to one another.  So, if you feel that our friendship or acquaintance status is somehow toxic or bad or not worth it, then we don’t have to be friends.  People are only good for each other when they aren’t constantly bickering.

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Stay Alive

2
May

As most of you may know, there were storms in my general area on April 27.  I was not harmed.  As far as I know, the rest of my family is safe as well.  My Nana’s quasi-adopted sister lost her trailer when a tree fell on it and (according to Nana) split it in half.  Another tree fell on my great-great aunt and uncle’s old house.  No one lives in that house, so I guess that it’s okay that it fell on it.  The scary part about that particular tornado was that it went between the houses of my grandmother and her neighbor.
farmhouse trees and well

The top picture shows the neighbor’s house, so somewhere between where I was standing when I took the picture and that house is where the tornado went through.  Then it crossed the street and hit the old house of my great-great aunt and uncle, which is in the middle of those streets in the second picture.  (Obviously, the pictures are old.)

A tornado that was reported to have touched down a few miles away from my house went over my neighborhood without doing any damage.  I’m glad that we were safe, but I hate that I was sitting there during the storms wanting them to hit anywhere but where I was.  It’s one of those survivor guilt things.

We lost power on Wednesday night at around 6 PM.  At first, we thought it was just some normal severe weather power loss thing.  Then we found out that the major power lines that serve the Huntsville area from Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant were pretty much wiped out.  Around a half million people in North Alabama were reported to be without power.  The first estimates said we would have power within a couple of days.  Then it became “by the end of the weekend”.  By yesterday morning, we weren’t sure when the power would come back on.  It seemed like as soon as we stopped worrying about it, it came back on.  At around noon or maybe an hour later, we got power.  I hadn’t seen any pictures or video of what had happened.  I had relied on some reports on Twitter and Facebook, as well as a battery-powered radio, to know what was going on. I finally got to see what had happened on Wednesday.  I was kind of glad that I didn’t get to see the initial carnage, because I know that the first two days always look worse than 3-4 days after a storm.

We’re still under a curfew, as far as I kn9w, because even though my neighborhood has power, 70% of the city doesn’t have power.  (My neighborhood was one of the first to get power [we had it when 95% of the city didn't], which I guess meant it was a priority neighborhood–term used by the city/local officials.)  My dad went out last night to pick up some sandwiches for us to eat, since all of our food had spoiled in the 4 days without power.  He went out again today and got some food that was a little more substantial.  Our neighbors had made 3 meals for us during the power outage–spaghetti; bacon, pancakes, and strawberries; and sausage with sauerkraut, macaroni & cheese, and baked beans.  I’m going to have to think of a way to thank them, but I’m not sure what I can say that will show just how appreciative I really was.  They also sent some iced tea (sweetened), but we couldn’t drink it.  (My dad and I both have the caffeine issues, and my mom was afraid to drink anything sweet with her diabetes.)

I want to thank those of you who checked on me, helped me get in touch with relatives, and were just really kind and considerate during this whole thing.  I also want to thank those of you who were still posting silly things during this time.  The silly stuff helped keep me sane.

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30 Days of Truths: Day 7

14
March

Now that I’ve caught up on the one day that I missed, I guess I can move on to day 7. Day 7 is:

Someone who has made your life worth living for.

This is a hard one.  I think that a lot of people have helped make my life worth living.  Even when my parents and I aren’t getting along well, they are still able to make me feel like my life is worth living when I need that kind of reassurance.

I also think that friends I made when growing up were able to reassure me when I needed it most.  I would come to school feeling so fragile, and some of them were able to make me feel needed/wanted/appreciated.  It was something that I am forever grateful for.

And, of course, there are my online friends.  You guys tend to realize when I’ve been missing, even if I’m a few hours past my usual “online time”.  I appreciate the concern that is shown so much more than you could ever know.
Past Days:
Day 1: Something you hate about yourself
Day 2: Something you love about yourself
Day 3: Something you have to forgive yourself for
Day 4: Something you have to forgive someone for.
Day 5: Something you hope to do in your life.
Day 6: Something you hope you never have to do.

Future Days:
Day 8: Someone who made your life hell, or treated you like shit.
Day 9: Someone you didn’t want to let go, but just drifted.
Day 10: Someone you need to let go, or wish you didn’t know.
Day 11: Something people seem to compliment you the most on.
Day 12: Something you never get compliments on.
Day 13: A band or artist that has gotten you through some tough ass days.
Day 14: A hero that has let you down.
Day 15: Something or someone you couldn’t live without, because you’ve tried living without it.
Day 16: Someone or something you definitely could live without.
Day 17: A book you’ve read that changed your views on something.
Day 18: Your views on gay marriage.
Day 19: What do you think of religion? Or what do you think of politics?
Day 20: Your views on drugs and alcohol.
Day 21: (scenario) Your best friend is in a car accident and you two got into a fight an hour before. What do you do?
Day 22: Something you wish you hadn’t done in your life.
Day 23: Something you wish you had done in your life.
Day 24: Make a playlist to someone, and explain why you chose all the songs.
Day 25: The reason you believe you’re still alive today.
Day 26: Have you ever thought about giving up on life? If so, when and why?
Day 27: What’s the best thing going for you right now?
Day 28: What if you were pregnant or got someone pregnant, what would you do?
Day 29: Something you hope to change about yourself. And why.
Day 30: A letter to yourself, tell yourself EVERYTHING you love about yourself

 

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Schizophrenic Monday

24
January

My therapy appointment was today. I was kind of surprised that I scheduled an “early morning” (10 AM) appointment, but I apparently had. When we got to the MHC, there was this man who was walking to his car. He looked like he was talking on a Bluetooth thing, except there was no Bluetooth. Then I remembered that we were at the nuttiest place in Huntsville on its nuttiest day. (Mondays are when the most severe cases tend to be there en masse.)

Therapy went fairly normal. Debbie wants me to be more social and to exercise. She also wants me to get a pill sorter so that I’ll remember to take all of my vitamins every time that I’m supposed to take them. I guess those are valid ideas, in theory. I think of myself as being quite social, since I tend to talk to lots of people on the internet. I know that she doesn’t view this as socialization, but I think that it is more social for me to tweet, tumble, etc. than it is for me to go to places and keep quiet. At least on the internet I’m able to speak my mind with a bit more ease, even to people I know from the offline world. And exercise is definitely a good idea, but I don’t see it being something that I can just start doing. Lately, my muscles have gotten fatigued even easier, so I don’t know what’s going on.

Debbie said that the psychiatrist appointment that I missed wasn’t even in my chart. I didn’t imagine it. The medical folks had apparently decided that the easiest way to deal with the snow-related closing & subsequent missed appointments was to pretend that they didn’t exist. Debbie had gone through and marked hers as being “center-closed, reschedule” for her missed appointments. Ah, but the medical folks are too busy to do that kind of thing.

I’m not being ridiculous with regards to being annoyed at their “too busy” attitude. I walked past one receptionist, while I’m trying to get my psychiatrist appointment rescheduled, and she was playing a game. This receptionist is the main switchboard person for the center, so she gets plenty of calls and should have enough work to keep her busy without having to resort (on a Monday morning) to playing a computer game. The receptionist for Debbie’s part of the clinic mentioned something about going to YouTube while at work. So, these people who are always too busy to schedule appointments or answer questions are actually being busy being slackers. That’s nice to know, huh?

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