Kat, good for you! More importantly, good for Grace.

not if it's as twee as the condom cases marketed towards women.

I....kinda like those. I can't explain why, but they exert a strange power over me.

On a related note: Batsuit.

Those boots....GUH. The boots made me all knee-wobbly and drooly fangirly.

I'm sorry it had to get to that necessary of a point, Kat, but I'm hoping it means good things for Grace. Damnit, as if it wasn't hard enough.

Transferring her seems like a good idea, Kat.

And you thought it would be boring!

Actually, there was one interesting part of the lecture, the special cases part-- for the purposes of the following trivia, you have to know that "development rights" are what people think of as "air rights" and that they can be transferred to non-adjacent buildings under some circumstances, which leads to some very tall buildings. In the theater district, they have a special zoning for about 40specified theatres. Since a theater building can't really build high-- you would have supporting beams right in front of the stage, like the UCB theater-- and they're always cash strapped, they are permitted to sell their development rights *anywhere in the theater district* for, among other things, a promise to always remain a theater. So if you see a huge highrise on 8th Ave. in the 40s, you can assume they bought the development rights from a theater that isn't going anywhere.

I thought that was interesting, at least.

Really? The interesting stuff is often the obscure trivia. I like knowing the details that explain stuff not visibly explicable.

Like the vinegar smell at Coldspring and 83. Or the history behind groundrents.

I still want to know where the sulfur smell near the stoplight courthouse by me comes from. Maybe the metro railyard?

Which is why I started giggling madly when the dental tech put an image from the microscope slide of my mouth creatures on the tv. Luckily, when I snorted out something like "Helllloooo my passengers" she thought I was funny, not a freak. But still. Seeing the spirowhatsits that live in your mouth squiggling around? Is freaking weird. I had a moment of feeling possesive, which was WHACKO. But hey, at least I know what my few (thankfully and amazingly) passengers look like, right? Um. Yeah, big dork here.

So if you see a huge highrise on 8th Ave. in the 40s, you can assume they bought the development rights from a theater that isn't going anywhere.

That is interesting. My piece of development rights trivia: builders can get extra air rights via adding public space to their buildings, so a lone highrise in a given area will likely have an atrium that's open to the public.

Other random dental trivia: it only cost me $17 today. Partly because of the percentage off for being a referral (the refer-ee also gets the same percentage off her next visit.) Of course, then there is the 20% of the xrays ($22) I think I have to pay after insurance processes it. I think. Dental and medical bills confuse the hell out of me. Until I get a "YOU MUST PAY" statement, I'm trusting the office lady.

I told the receptionist the next time she saw me, I wasn't getting off so easy. I want this DONE and continue on to responsible, regular visits. I could drag it out and let insurance carry the burden, but I know me. Better to take the financial hit and get the worst over. Average it over years I've played ostrich like a dumbshit, it isn't that bad. Stupid, sure.

All in all, I'm ok with this. I'm getting to where I can shut out the voices wondering how they are judging me (which is a large stupid part of how I got here.) Bottom line is I fucked up, I was silly, but I'm fixing it now. And I'm letting it go.

God, I sound like such a goober.

Adulthood needs a licensing bureau.

I'm currently watching PBS--Simon Schama (of the "History of England" documentary series) has a new series called "The Power of Art." The first two eps are on Van Gogh and Picasso, and Andy Serkis is playing Van Gogh! I knew I recognized the voice, and when I saw the bearded face, it was obvious who it is.

Kat, I'm so sorry.

sarameg, good for you.

Seth Green, mini dork. Oddly enough, the site where I found that link also had a link to the same Batsuit--which I didn't see until just after posting the LJ link here.

Oh, watch this when you have audio. I very much wanted Seth to say, "Nobody deserves mime, Buffy."

guilt via dentistry is so interesting.

Kat, I am so sorry it came to this, but I hope you get Grace somewhere you feel confident in the care.