Hil, if I were averse to an eye doctor I'd start with student health. But I guess it depends on how soon one needs to start the first steps, and how complex and variable they are.

How cool! It's a playwriting competition for young writers where the winning submissions get polished with the help of professional playwrights and then professional actors (like Nick Brendon this year) perform them onstage, directed by professional directors.

That must be such a charge. Though I do wonder what it feels to show up and find out your story's being directed by Tiffani Amber Thiessen.

It's probably best for Detroit that the Celtics beat the Pistons, since otherwise it'd be way distracting.

Yep. Game 1 (in Detroit) of the Stanley Cup Final coincided with a game of the NBA Eastern Conference Final (in Auburn Hills). Metro Detroit television ratings showed that viewers overwhelmingly chose to watch hockey over basketball. The only people interested in the basketball game were the ones in attendance.

I haven't watched any of the French Open yet. I'm still not over my extreme jealousy that my cousin is/will be in attendance at Roland Garros. I should really email her and find out when she's going.

Hil, the Health Center would probably be able to deal with it, but I'm not sure I'd completely trust them with my eyes. You can call in the morning and find out what their recommendation is before committing to a more expensive eye doctor visit.

Must go back and find the best beers list....

The only people interested in the basketball game were the ones in attendance.

I think it would have been different if it were the finals, but I don't recall the recent health of the Redwings--is this continued good performance, or a turnaround?

OK. Guess I"ll go by student health in the morning and see what they recommend. I really hate dealing with my insurance with referrals to other doctors -- each appointment usually ends up requiring months of letters back and forth to get them to pay.

It's continued good performance, for the most part. Since the 2002-2003 season, the Red Wings have been numbers 1, 2, or 3 in the league. They won the President's Trophy (best regular-season team in the NHL) three times in that span, including this year, and the last time they won the Cup was in 2002.

Detroit has been a very good team during the regular season, but the playoffs since they won their last Cup have been a bit of a struggle. Not counting this year or last, when they lost in the conference finals, (and the 2004-2005 season lost to the lockout), they've been eliminated in the first or second round. Somewhat disappointing, considering how stacked with talent those teams were.

edited to correct playoff stats.

That must be such a charge. Though I do wonder what it feels to show up and find out your story's being directed by Tiffani Amber Thiessen.

Besides "beyond awesome"?

Why can't I sleep at night time? Why can I be sleepy for the vast majority of the day, and then when bed time rolls around, I'm all bright eyed and way too wide awake? I don't understand. Everyone told me that you grow out of that "I don't want a nap!" phase.

P.S. Who wants to see Iron Man with me this weekend? I've had my plans to see it fall through with four different people. I would just go see it myself, but I have to see the early showing because of the price break, and it turns out I am not motivated enough to leave my bed before 11:00 when I'm left to myself on a Sunday morning.

ETA: Good luck with your eyeballs, Hil!

Alibelle! Haven't seen you online in forever.

I'm also not sleeping, but I'm pretty sure it's because I had way too much coffee this afternoon.

I just finished reading Anne of the Island for the millionth time. These books always make me want to go to PEI. Even though this one mostly takes place in Nova Scotia.

Hey Alibelle! I'm just about to go to bed (shoulda done so an hour ago, but oh well), but I'll go see Iron Man with you! Email or call me. I have stuff to do this weekend, but it's for whenever.

Anne of the Island is the best of all of those books by far. I wonder where my copy is. It always makes me want to live in a little cottage with girlfriends and go to college. And be proposed to.

Thanks, lori! I'll call/email later in the week. But I'm figuring whichever show that comes closest to noon on Sunday but still falls in the $6 range at the 16 theater AMC. Or the 6 one. Just not the craptastic 8 one. I haven't checked which theaters are playing it next weekend.

It always makes me want to live in a little cottage with girlfriends and go to college. And be proposed to.

Exactly! And also have a great-aunt Jamesina to "keep house."

It's interesting how, up until Anne's House of Dreams, these books practically never mention the ocean. Anne of Green Gables has like one line about the Americans visiting the beaches at White Sands, and Anne of the Island has a bit about the sailors buried in the old cemetery and a line about a pathway lined with quahogs, but it's not until Anne's House of Dreams that people who have anything to do with the sea are really mentioned at all.