Yeah, I feel bad for her

I talked to Joe. Apparently they are going to try billing the insurance first as they say it should be covered. Still, it sucks to be 25 years old and have a molar pulled. I also feel a bit guilty because, while she is an adult, I'm sort of like the closest thing she has to a mom here. I suspect my guilt is out of proportion - I think I mostly just feel bad for her.

Isn't this just a way to make sure your kids are prepared for beer pong? [link]

Toilet Themed Restaurant

When I heard that Taipei had a toilet themed restaurant, it immediately became my mission to find this crazy place.

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The chairs are toilet seats, the tables are bath tubs, and there are silly murals on the walls.

You drink out of urinals, and eat out of toilet bowls! I ordered chocolate ice cream that was made to look like... you know...

Edible Bling Spray

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that bling. In fact we love ostentatious shiny things so much we’ve taken to eating them. Yes, really. And we’re not talking signet rings and bracelets. We’re talking gold gherkins and silver sausages. It’s easy with Edible Bling Spray.

Tasteless in every sense, this 100% edible spray paint will coat any food you fancy with a layer of gleaming bling. Choose from silver or gold. Brilliant! Simply spray it over your food and tuck in. The result is truly stunning. You can spray strawberries, gild gherkins, coat cakes – and those are just the daft alliterative examples. Why not bling up desserts, burgers, bananas and tomatoes too? The possibilities are endless. If you can eat it, you can spray it.

You drink out of urinals, and eat out of toilet bowls!

Maybe "you" do, but I promise you I do not.

Is Steve Buscemi a "hunky heart throb" as described in the "Stealth Brit" article?

I find Steve Buscemi REALLY attractive, and I do not think he is hunky. Doesn't hunky somehow imply "not skinny"?

I hate today. My mom came over and I could not convince her I was ok. I am kinda afraid I am so buried that it will take months to get out from under it. There is like zero plan to get me more help. I have to get mac in half an hour and go to therapy.

Happy birthday, Sophia and smonster!

Didn't succeed at going to bed earlier plus the RSI pain is bad = didn't wake up 'til noon.

Ever since 9/11 and its resultant security theater, each travel decision has been weighed between airline, Amtrak and car. I'm going to the Bay Area next week and I thought hard about which to do. Another factor is that ever since I got fat, flying has become more embarrassing and uncomfortable. Flying to Europe was horrible that way. I was already 6 feet with child-birthin' hips. Add 90 lbs of extra weight and it's not a pretty picture.

This time I opted for air because I could get the tix for $49 each way. Since I don't own a car, it would have cost me considerably more to rent a driveaway (since I didn't want to pay for a car for each of the 12 days I'm up there). If I had owned a car, there is no question I would have driven.

One day I can imagine it'll get so bad that if I want to go to Europe I'll be looking into steamships.

Stephanie, when she gets back home, she can always have an implant put in--when she returns to the civilization of socialized medicine.

My mom came over and I could not convince her I was ok.

Ack.

There is like zero plan to get me more help.

Well, that might be part of why she's not convinced you're okay.

Is having your parents near any help at all?

Another factor is that ever since I got fat, flying has become more embarrassing and uncomfortable.

Before going to Vermont last weekend, I hadn't flown for about 4 years. And I was honestly worried I would get turned away at the gate for being too fat for one seat, or that whoever was next to me would complain about the audacity of my thighs or arm to bump theirs.

I solved the second worry by making sure my seat was always next to my Dad's, and I solved the first one by...worrying like crazy. Fortunately it worked out.