missed Lori Beth's birthday!

going thru some old boxes, i found a journal from 1995. i forgot about an important anniversary - it was june 12, 1995 that i went to court and had my name legally changed - goodbye lori southerland, hello lori beth! yeah, on occasion it's been a pain in the ass - people ask my last name, i reply "beth" and they say "no, your LAST name"...otherwise, no regrets whatsoever. it was very empowering, particularly because i went to the library, researched the information and drafted the papers myself - no lawyer necessary.

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cute username...

from The Huffington Post:

Club Seals, Not Sandwiches

depression sucks...

had an appointment with the endocrinologist today - had to face up to her and show her that i didn't lose much on the Weight Watchers program that she financed for me. seems as though it doesn't matter one way or another - losing weight is VERY difficult for me. she gave me a referral to call St. Francis Hospital's weight loss services - maybe they'll have the magic recipe.

it's just sooooo fucking frustrating - all the IF ONLY's are swirling around in my brain - IF ONLY i woulda had this brain surgery a couple of years ago when the doc first suggested it instead of wussing out and going for the VNS surgery. IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY IF ONLY...

$1723.36

One thousand seven hundred twenty three dollars and thirty six cents. That's the sum total of all the prescriptions i filled at the pharmacy over the weekend - 11 of those had my $3.00 copay, 3 others had no copay.

sheesh.

cute little saying...

when i was at Out Word Bound on Friday before games night, i saw a cute little notebook...on the cover, it read:

Sex is the new Love

heh heh heh...

Roger Ebert gives us a Thumbs Up...

sheesh, here i just dogged Ebert for his review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and now he compliments some people in Naptown. from last Sunday's "Answer Man" column:

Q. Re "Deuce Bigalow": You guys always seem puzzled how stuff like that gets made. Ya' know, there's a huge audience for this crap in America. That's why it keeps getting made. And yes, I'll admit that even these crap movies can have their funny moments. I live in Indianapolis and I know there's a bunch of Deuce Bigalow fans in this town. They're beer-guzzlin', dope-smokin', truck-drivin', pit-bull-ownin', head-shavin', ball-cap-wearin', crime-committin', jackass psychopaths whose parents (if there were any) didn't want to bother with the job of teaching and controlling them. Garbage in, garbage out, so the parents are probably just like their offspring. The United States is rife with them. It's ugly and it's increasingly one of the causes for the ruination of a once civilized, safe nation.
Tom McCullough, Indianapolis

A. Indianapolis also harbors many heroic, civilized and cultured citizens, as befits the home office of Steak n Shake.

in the midst of an interesting weekend...

after a near nervous breakdown on thursday (inflicted by "mental health care professionals", no less) i hit the pause button on that crap and decided to get out and do some things.

first off, i had kat re-color my hair - instead of adding purple to some of the blonde highlights that were already there, it's all purple. a deep and intense purple - i really like it.

friday night was girls games night - 'cept steph, stephanie and i were the only girls that showed up. was still fun, we played a game called Zobmondo - it's a game full of would you rather-type questions...examples from the website:

Would you rather drink a glass of your own day-old spit or your own sweat?

Would you rather have to suck snakebite poison out of your dad’s hairy armpit or out of your mom’s belly button?

now, they're not all nasty like that, but they do make ya think, that's for sure...

friday night was also Fark party night - we all met up at the Old Point Tavern...i did better than at the previous Fark party that i attended at Maggiano's a couple of years ago - i actually talked to quite a few people and remembered their names afterwards! then saturday i attended a cookout that the organizer of Friday's party invited me to, where i met Drew Curtis, Fark's creator. it was very interesting to meet some of the people behind the scenes of fark.

not sure what's goin on for sunday, have a few options for plans, i just hafta decide what i wanna do...for now, sleep is on the agenda...