Ugh. Dear Girl from OKCupid--if your first question, in response to my email (since we both rated each other highly and OKCupid told us so) is "How long have you been single?"...that tells me YOU are still too wrapped up in your last relationship or are probably very seriously serial monogamist--and assume everyone else is too. Not really my bag.

sumi, I'm glad you're getting good care! 100 pockets sounds like you won some sort of colon lottery. (Yay?)

Still confused about what's going on with my dad, although I'm starting to suspect some of that is how he's relaying the information to me. When he went to the hospital last night, since he presented with chest pains and has a 20-year (egad!) history of heart disease, the ER ran the battery of tests that get run when someone shows up with chest pain (EKG, blood tests for troponin, etc.). So no heart attack, which I more or less knew as of last night.

As for why they're keeping him until Monday? According to him, the cardiologist is changing some of his (many, MANY) medications and wants to see if that helps the chest pain. I can understand wanting to keep him there to observe him in case anything goes awry. I don't really understand what tests, if any, they'll run on him Monday. Again, I think he's not real clear on what's going on, and then he's relaying his muddled understanding of it to me.

I am not going over there today, but I probably will tomorrow, just so I can ask a medical professional what exactly is going on.

As for me, Tim is camping, and I am going to get carry-out sushi in 10 minutes, watch some Buffy in honor of the 15th anniversary, and go to bed ridiculously early, since I got about 5 hours of sleep last night and no nap today.

that tells me YOU are still too wrapped up in your last relationship or are probably very seriously serial monogamist--and assume everyone else is too

Neither of those things would occur to me, just that she's going to judge you on a metric I don't think is a good metric, for personal reasons. Down with single-shaming!

If she wants to know so badly she can't wait to work it into your next conversation, @@. She's looking for a red flag, probably, while she's waving her own.

[On edit} Teppy

Can you call a nurse at the hospital? Are you on the list of people they can give information to?

Can you call a nurse at the hospital? Are you on the list of people they can give information to?

Possibly. But really, I'm just going to go over tomorrow and find out the whole scoop. Much easier.

smonster, yay! Is that the movie Mark is working on?

Hey, feel free to give a heads up up if your production is jamming up the works in the CBD around the time I go pick up Tom (anywhere from 5:00-7:00). Man, them Hollywood trucks give me the road rage!

I went to funeral for a 55 year old woman today who left behind a husband and an 18 year old daughter. I wasn't close to her; she was a friend of my in-laws, but it was still so sad. She was only diagnosed with cancer a couple of weeks ago. Fuck cancer!

I'm watching Joey/Pacey clips on YouTube. It's oddly soothing. t edit Except for the plot-necessary intrusions by Dawson. The Big Giant Forehead is not soothing at all.

Only a couple of weeks ago? God, that's unbearably brutal. I'm so very sorry. And fuck cancer.

I'm reminded tonight that this community is a necessary gift to many of us.

sumi, my uncle had a similar experience and diagnosis. Bottom line for him was that he has to be really careful about his food and meds, and he was on coumadin to begin with, which REALLY didn't help (except with his heart condition. Bleed out or die of heart attack? GREAT choice.) Also, the second it happens again, straight to the ER.