Monday, February 22, 2010

self-diagnosis is kinda my thing.

despite being a bit of a hypochondriac i hate visiting the doctor. there are several contributing neurosis that i think cause me to actively avoid the doctor's office. partly it is due to my mother insisting on going into the exam room with me until i was 17 and then speaking for me when the doctor would ask what the problem was. additionally, on a couple of visits to the student health center the nurse not so subtly suggested i have an eating disorder. also, i hate sitting in the waiting room. i get anxious when i am sitting around so many other sick people, i'm afraid that if my immune system is already slightly weakened then i have an increased risk of catching something else. because of this, i self-diagnosis myself on web-md constantly. in the past week i've thought it possible that i have both pneumonia and thrush. rationally, i know there is very little chance i have either of these, let alone both. at the slightest symptom though my first instinct is to check every possibility on the web.

i am also prone to picking up the symptoms of the latest fad illness. in high school when the pope developed an urinary tract infection i was positive i had one, too. whenever the west nile virus started to spread through parts of the south i caught it, twice. and in 2006 when there was an e. coli outbreak reported in packaged spinach i woke up the day after eating a salad from the dining hall just knowing i had food poisoning. lucky for me most of my various self-diagnosed viruses/infections/illnesses cure themselves within 24-48 hours with a lot of napping on the couch and a little bit of self-loathing.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

palin in 2012


i should begin by saying i have absolutely no respect for sarah palin. i do not believe she has the political experience necessary for national politics, and considering she resigned midway through her gubernatorial term, she will not have the experience when 2012 gets here either. i am frustrated with the argument that she is relatable. yes, she is folksy and a working mother, but those are not credible references to qualify a person to run a country. i am still frustrated that she misquoted madeleine albright. partly because i think she knowingly misquoted her because she could make herself sound better with the rewording, and also because sarah palin does not support other women. in fact, she speaks quite negatively about other women leaders. finally, and this may push some buttons, i think she exploits her youngest child in order to push her pro-life platform. that said, she is the perfect face to brand white elitism all over the tea party convention.

as for the tea party... since when did making jim crow references in the disguised argument of saving the constitution become okay? racial oppression is just as abhorrent today as it ever was. and seriously, tea baggers? first national convention held at a place called the gaylord opryland? either these people are completely clueless or there is a campaign organizer laughing her or his ass off every night. the irony isn't even funny at this point.

finally, what happened to the uber patriotic rhetoric we were hearing just a couple years back about how anti-american it is to criticize our president while he is still in office? isn't that just what the terrorists want? obama has only been in office a year and republican politicians and supporters are treating him with a lack of respect that took bush at least four years to achieve. fair and balanced my ass.

Monday, February 1, 2010

grammy's... more like bore-me's.

i didn't watch the grammy's. most award shows are boring and predictable to me. based off the flood of facebook statuses i noticed before going to bed last night though here's my wrap-up of the 2010 grammy's- people wasted their night being upset with a 20 year old white girl.

taylor swift is cute and naive and a safe, family-friendly choice. and even though lady gaga didn't win album of the year, she does have a larger fan base and the better career, so did she really loose much last night?

also, it seems people were so blinded with taylor swift hate, no one noticed the homophobic song "Run This Town," won best rap collaboration.