...i didn't like Medium's hair...

happy birthday, sumi!!! have some !! today!

If I had your phone number, I'd have my brother call you. He's really good about birthday calls, and also sweet and good-looking and newly single.

Ye gods, my friend just emailed one of those freaky screaming websites. I may have to disown her now.

Happy (belated) birthday, sumi!

The new ep of Bones last night was so good that it made me forget to watch Medium. Bummer.

Haven't watched Bones yet, but Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel were on the local news yesterday and they were delightful.

Bones was way fun, though the 2nd hour was a repeat from the first season. Nasty teases.

I liked Booth crossing himself to avoid the bolt of lightning aimed at Brennan.

my area of town has a egroup - which is sometimes informative, sometimes interesting and often really fustrating and stupid. One of the people that likes to yammer on and on as if anyone cared about her opinions - just critisized how the xmas parade is run, and the problems with getting food. It was way more fun that it should be to watch people say ... and you are volunteering how... or we'd love your help - meeting is tonight...

vry amusing

I just realized today how freaking lucky I am to have the OB/GYN that I do. And I just picked her randomly out of the health insurance Big Book O' Providers 12 years ago.

First of all, just in talking to friends, family, etc., it seems there are way more OB/GYNs than I realized who won't give you (I always want to say "install") an IUD if you haven't had children yet. It doesn't make sense to me why they won't -- yes, I know the actual *physiological* reason, but it seems to me that if the patient says she understands that the IUD might try to escape, then why should the OB/GYN give a damn? But, like I said, I know a LOT of women whose OB/GYNs say they have a "policy" of not installing them in women who haven't had kids yet.

*My* OB/GYN, not so much. All she asked me was if I needed information about the 2 different types, and told me I needed to wait until I was on my period to have it installed (yeah, I'm sticking with that verb), and booyah -- IUD.

Even more significant, though, is that she and her partners all prescribe emergency contraception, even on the weekends.

I don't know if any of you are familiar with the blogger Biting Beaver, but she lives in rural Ohio (not specified where, exactly, for her privacy), and couldn't get EC one weekend after the condom broke. Her own OB/GYN wouldn't prescribe it, and every emergency room she went to (I want to say it was 5-7 hospitals) told her that the doctor wouldn't prescribe it unless she had been raped or was married. (I know -- WTF?!?!?, right?) Really scary shit.

All of which makes me really grateful that I lucked into an OB/GYN who actually views women as, you know, HUMAN BEINGS, and cares for their health, instead of shirking their duties under the guise of imposing their morals on the patient.

[Note: I am not pregnant, nor did I have a condom failure incident. I've just been trying to get the IUD appointment scheduled all day, and it just made me realize, like I said above, how damn lucky I am.]

A friend of mine goes to Planned Parenthood, because they don't ask questions about Plan B.

Even more significant, though, is that she and her partners all prescribe emergency contraception, even on the weekends.

Oh, I meant to mention that I saw yesterday that drugstore.com has Plan B available, so if you think the issue might arise, it's probably not the worst idea to just order and have it on hand.

All of which makes me really grateful that I lucked into an OB/GYN who actually views women as, you know, HUMAN BEINGS, and cares for their health, instead of shirking their duties under the guise of imposing their morals on the patient.

Damn straight.