Frakkin' health insurance

I have to change you again it seems. You suck! You sent me a letter saying if I needed to change my plan, you'd send me a letter with at least 60 days advance notice. FYI, typing April as the date of your letter does not disguise the recent May postmark! So more like 40 days. Doesn't sound so bad except you want 35 days advance notice for any changes. Turns out even the 1st letter wouldn't have given me 60 days. Frak you!

No doubt you'll want a cancellation notice for my current plan in writing too. With Memorial Day- aka postal holiday- ahead, getting that to you in time should be fun.

I loathe calling you for estimates. It's been a year, but it took so long last time to sort out that it feels much more recent. You couldn't even give me numbers for separate types of plans without having to reenter all my info. Which you couldn't just pull up from the system with my ID number in the first place. What's it going to be next year, huh? 'Cuz if I have to change it again then, I'm going to punch you in the face. I'm sure your insurance will cover it.


3 years ago on TTaT: Troubling breaths

Additional tulips

A year ago on TTaT: Dots

Windy tulips

Two years ago on TTaT: Rereading

Figures

Rockin' some pretty sweet hair today but haven't been anywhere.

S'aright. I take it as a sign that some of Whoorl's styling tips are sinking in. At least, I'm hoping it's a repeatable feat.


A year ago on TTaT: Eight, at last

Lick the light switch

So I've been watching Wonderfalls on dvd again, and I'm reminded just how sad I am that they cancelled it. I actually caught the four episodes they originally aired even as they jerked the show around the schedule from week to week. Stupid tv execs.

In the dvd commentary, the creators talk about some of the story lines they had planned for later in the series, and they sound offbeat and twisted, i.e., great. All is not lost, however, as the whole 13 episode first season is available on dvd. Since the writers knew the show's fate before they finished filming, they were able to tie up most of the major threads, so you can watch these episodes and not feel ripped off by some cliffhanger ending as often occurs in cancelled shows.

Set in Niagara Falls, Wonderfalls is the story of Jaye Tyler, an over-educated, underemployed, disaffected 20-something whose life is changed despite her best efforts the day inanimate objects start talking to her, coercing her to do things which may or may not be in the best interest of those around her. It's a silly premise, but the ways it plays out really makes me feel for these characters. (Yes, I have a bit of a crush on Jaye. Happy birthday, Caroline Dhavernas! (belated technically))

Jaye: What if we're too late? What if he's already beat her to death with a bag of oranges for withholding trick money?
Eric: Well, if she had any trick money I don't think she'd be living in a barrel. I know I wouldn't be.
Jaye: Yes, but maybe she's just a lazy whore. That happens, right? They can't all have hearts of gold and good work ethics.

Good times, watch it!


3 years ago on TTaT: tip of the week- financial information

Have you seen a shirt like this one?

This is pretty much my favorite shirt despite the fact that the pattern is a bit more floral than I care for.

I've had it for ages and wear it over t-shirts all the time.

As you can see, the cuff edges have frayed off and I'm starting to accumulate some sizable holes.

I love this shirt, but it's too far gone to wear out in the world, so I'm looking for a replacement.

This is where you come in. If you see a shirt similar to this one online or in a store somewhere, please let me know in a comment or email.

Specifically, the ideal shirt would have (listed in order of importance):

• the same color scheme as pictured above: a pale blue background with a sort of slate/denim blue for the pattern


• a thick vine-like or scrolling pattern (or possibly a cool geometric)


• no flowers!


• made of cotton


• no darts or fitted pleats


• a collar that doesn't button down

If you see a shirt that doesn't meet all the ideal specifications but has the same feel as my shirt, please pass it along. Considering my own thus far fruitless search, I'm not expecting a perfect match. I just want another cool shirt I can wear as a layer over t-shirts.

I beseech you to keep an eye out.


Two years ago on TTaT: OK, I cave

Fuzzy plant life

Also known as fiddleheads.

Two years ago on TTaT: February's Right Foot