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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • Cigna dropped my medicine coverage. I had to to drop two name brands simultaneously to generic else i would be out 4k every 30 days.

    The switch was not pretty.
    Like, mental breakdown, life changing, never-will-be-the-same not pretty.
    That was…8 years ago. I imagine if it was something maintaining my physical health I certainly would have died. I mean, shit, I nearly did. Don’t get me started on the arm i broke as a kid, that didn’t heal correctly because a narcissist parent(RN) wanted to skip the er wait and had hospital buddies patch me up on the dl instead. A bionic arm sounds more feasible than actually getting it to where I could play strings again without pain.


  • Note #1: I named my dl folder Tarantino-bag-of-dicks

    Note #2: Jackie brown dvd is niiiice.

    1. Grindhouse planet terror isn’t directly Tarantino but I liked it enough to mention it here (deathproof is meh comparitively imo)
    2. Jackie brown
    3. Kill bill 1 & 2
    4. Pulp fiction
    5. Hateful 8
    6. Once upon a time in Hollywood
    7. Django
    8. Inglorious bastards
    9. Reservoir dogs
    10. Death proof

    For context, kill bill came out when I was in high school and I kinda loved the obnoxious jugular squirt he become known for +badass boss lady cast. Jackie brown is just that fucking good.


  • I think I love you. I feel like this would be exactly what would happen if I were in your situation.

    We’re renting a house, because, well, reasons. We are looking, and it would be our first home, but the market and availability is bonkers here.

    The tankless heater was manufactured before the house was even built and the gas lines are not large enough to accommodate to scale. If the bath’s running, pressure is shot. You’ll only get reasonably hot water one faucet/utility at a time. If you’re in the shower and another tap is called, you’re fucked. It’s horrendous.

    Landlord got a quote about it (squirrel fan when we moved in screamed to hell so they called in service) and they’d have to run larger pipes when the time comes to replace it with new tankless.

    The furnace did have a humidistat but the lines are gross and it’s some kind of broken. They recommended not replacing till the whole furnace goes too. Fun times right?

    The list goes on but it’s not my circus, so i restrain myself to small tasks. At least our neighbors are cool. HOA blows though.





  • I grew up in a progressive city in a gerrymandered-to-hell swing state. Cheeto’s first win promptly sent me into a tailspin there. I’ve moved a handful since but now find myself in MT 80 miles from the border, you know, just in case.

    Red up here is different than red down there. There it was like rubbing salt in the wound, here it’s quite obviously because there aren’t enough people to know any different.

    I’m nonbinary and have been laid off in Florida about it, so I no longer disclose that information professionally. It’s not the most pleasant, but hey, hiding in plain sight is a really good way to see what’s coming down the pike.