One last Rent note and then, I promise, I'll obsess about something else.

Tracie Thoms is the new Joanne! Henh.

Will it be as wildly unpleasant as that time in college when I had to sign forms in triplicate that I wasn't pregnant before they'd treat me?

Probably will be.

In college they always think you're pregnant.

In college they always think you're pregnant.

In space no one can hear you scream.

It was so weird -- I showed up early for my MRI yesterday, and they scanned me early. There I was, scoping the waiting room chairs, and working out how to best nap, and bam! They were dragging me away.

I've had to have x-rays taken of my hip joints every few years since I was about 14. I generally have to go through an insane amount of "No, I'm really really not pregnant. Yes, I'm absolutely positive about this."

Has anyone had to get an x-ray recently? Am I supposed to go to the emergency room? Will it be as wildly unpleasant as that time in college when I had to sign forms in triplicate that I wasn't pregnant before they'd treat me?

Did a doctor tell you to get an x-ray or do you just think it's a good idea? If you're going in without a referral, the ER would probably be the best bet, if it's something like, "I just hit my leg very hard against something and I'd like to make sure it's not broken."

They always ask you if you're pregnant. You have to state why you're sure you're not pregnant. My HMO has checkboxes for things like "Use birth control" but not for "Haven't had sex this century."

You have to state why you're sure you're not pregnant

Really? I never have.

Oh, that's why they gave my friend a pregnancy test when she broke her ankle. She broke it falling our of her boyfriend's loft, so the pregnancy test was kind of confusing.

Oh, that's why they gave my friend a pregnancy test when she broke her ankle. She broke it falling our of her boyfriend's loft, so the pregnancy test was kind of confusing.

She fell on top her boyfriend's penis?