heart drops

Aug 26

Imperialism

Michael: And Rudyard Kipling was a badass... who wrote the White Man's Burden.
Morgan: There are certain things you just have to consider in perspective.
Michael: Absolutely. Like polyester. Awesome in its time.
Morgan: If the human mind can be perverted to think polyester is awesome, well then imperialism is totally understandable.

Jul 15

Remembering EQ

Chris: Technically, weren't all important set drops from trash?
Scott: Yes.
Scott: 100%, no alternative. Which is why we loved killing the trash.
Chris: we did....?
Chris: How much sake?
Scott: I did. You hated it, because you hate things for a living.

Jun 30

Writers

Me: ...it was perhaps gauche of me.
Will: You know what is gauche? Using the word gauche.
Me: Er, okay.
Will: Come on. It kinda is. I don't feel bad saying that because I totally imagined myself saying it. And I still think that for one's such as us, the occasionally putting on of airs is par for the course.
Me: Is it gauche if I am saying it about myself? Am I still putting on airs? If I were saying, "Oh that is so gauche," about someone else, then yes, I'd totally be putting on airs... But I think it's different.
Will: There is something delightfully ironic about it.
Me: ...This is a conversation only two writing majors could have.

Jun 3

joshleejosh:

Broken Bells, Christina Hendricks, and Science Fiction. Okay then!

“You can erase someone from your mind. Getting them out of your heart is another story.” Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind movie poster jpeg via Matt’s tumblr :) (via hawtspot)

Jun 2

Demons in Tutus

Me: ... You know, they're just the sort of people who I tell everything to because they understand. We're not exactly the same people, but we have most of the same angels, and most of the same demons.
Nathan: Demons? You don't seem like the sort of person who has demons.
Me: I have demons. Everyone has demons. Somewhere along the way I just somehow learned how to dress mine in clown wigs... and tutus. They haven't gone away, but I can smile at them.

Jun 1

You Would Like A Donation?

I received a letter today “from the desk of the director” of my medical clinic’s office asking for a donation. Today, I also received a notification from my health insurance that they had to go ahead and process a claim that I have been jockeying around with them and my doctor’s for some time without the information they requested from my doctor six months ago. Without that information, it had to be denied. I have decided to return the following in the envelope the Foundation so courteously supplied for a donation.

Dear XXX

Director of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation,

On the same day that this request arrived for a donation, I received a notification from my health insurance provider that they had to assess a claim without information they had requested from you six months ago and thus had to deny the claim. They had contacted your offices to ask whether I had been treated for a preexisting condition and only required a yes or no from you. Given that I came in for a routine annual exam, I believe that the answer was quite clear and easy for you to have provided. I called your billing department multiple times in regards to this. I was even assured, a month ago, that it would be taken care of. Because it was too much trouble for you to respond with a yes or a no and save me $320 — bringing the amount I have paid for a routine health exam to $600 — I have no extra cash this month to donate to you. I also must assume that my business is too much trouble for you and will be seeking out another provider for my health care.

Best of luck in your fund raising efforts,

Lindsay Morgan Lockhart

My health insurance hasn’t exactly been sterling in all of this either, but given my other option at work is Kaiser, they haven’t angered me enough to go through the trouble of changing. It did take multiple calls for them to finally tell me, last week, that I could provide them with certificates of coverage and they would be able to assess my claim even if the doctor did not respond. Hopefully I can still appeal it, despite the fact it was processed (I am fairly sure my last call was after the date that the letter said it had been processed).

May 18

Derp: Playing the "GF Card" (for Ari)

X = measurable amount that you (the gf) want him/her (the other part of the couple) to do said activity (heretofore referred to as “activity”) with you.

Y = measurable amount that he/she is into activity

If X <= Y, activity = true

If X > Y, then “GF card power” (gfcp) must…

Absolutely brilliant.

May 10

More Mom

Mom: You want some wine, Elphie?
Me: That is not allowed.
Mom: We used to feed cats LSD and acid ... We were irresponsible.

Pisco Philosophy

Mom: This music reminds me of the time we danced in Union Island.
Me: To the steel drums. In the rain.
Mom: Yeah, those sheets of water were coming down off the roof. You guys were throwing your head back in it and laughing. It was special.
Me: It was amazing ... Thank you for taking us so many places, showing us so much stuff.
Mom: Well, it wasn't just for you, you know. I had a very good time as well.
Me: But that was the point, right? You showed us your happiness, you showed us what it meant to be happy.
Mom: Yeah, I think that's the key to it all.