Ginger's follies, foibles and fixations.
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| You Listen to Me, Mr. Kick-Ass Ginger's follies, foibles and fixations. |
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Saturday, September 07, 2002 I don't know if this is a joke or not, but the testimonials are hilarious. Sorry I've been out of touch lately. I went to Seattle for a short visit and haven't felt like looking at my computer for the past week. That's right; no e-mail, no blogging, no American Idol recaps. Well, until today. News 1. Got a TV, but since I cannot get any channels and I haven't yet gotten to the video store, I am stuck with my existing DVD library for the moment. So it isn't that exciting. I'm going to re-up my Netflix, I think. 2. Went to Seattle. It was cool (literally and figuratively). I loved visiting my pals, and got to see a surprising number of them considering I was only there a couple of days. Took in a bit of Bumbershoot, including greatest-power-pop-band-ever Peter Parker and comedian Sarah Silverman (who regaled us with a humorous tale of bikini waxing), and a brief cameo by David Cross. Indulged in lots of great food, supporting my theory that if I hadn't moved to New York I would have gotten really fat. 3. Had my "surgery." That was Thursday. I wouldn't rush to do it again, but it wasn't so bad. It was not unlike getting a wart removed, I guess, though I've never actually had a wart removed. Unless you count the plantar wart on the bottom of my foot which I had removed in high school--that was much more traumatic. First, they put a shot of novocaine right into my heel (I'm talking about the plantar wart removal, not my recent surgery), which to this day remains the most painful experience of my life. Then, this quack doctor proceeded to dig a huge hole in the bottom of my foot, which took weeks to heal. Argh. Compared to that, this was nothing. I think I had done all my freaking out about the biopsy, so the procedure itself ("cryotherapy," to be specific) was pretty anticlimactic. It hurt a bit, and afterwards I felt really weird, but after getting home fast as possible (a cab from downtown Manhattan to my place is only $10!) and taking a nap, I felt fine. Not that I've actually been out of my pajamas since then, but I think that's more laziness than anything. So, after a check-up in a month I should be over this little mini-ordeal. When people ask me how New York has been, I usually say "Do you want to hear about the haircut, the fire or the cancer scare?" It's nice to know that in less than a year here I've managed to come up with a couple of good stories. And now, better late than never, the Friday Five! 1. What is your biggest pet peeve? Why? Magazine articles which use the word "roll" to describe a part in a movie or play. I see it more and more often, and it drives me nuts. Maybe they should start paying proofreaders some real money--spell-check has not, in fact, replaced them! 2. What irritating habits do you have? Carping about other people's spelling and grammar when mine isn't exactly perfect always. 3. Have you tried to change the irritating habits or just let them be? I think people need to be criticized more about proper spelling & grammar--how else would they learn? If I got taken to task for every error I made perhaps I'd make less of them. 4. What grosses you out more than anything else? Why? Puke. Because it's puke, for god's sake! It grosses me out even typing about it. 5. What one thing can you never see yourself doing that other people do? Puking. Haw, no I'm kidding. Um...watch Fear Factor? posted by Ginger | 9:44 AM |
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