And before that...

So, no major catastrophes! Yay world! Though, I think it's a bit silly to say nothing happened cause i'm seeing shit go wrong left and right, I guess it's just kind of like lots of little inconveniences. I mean people are always complaining about their computers not working, I guess now just more of them are complaining simultaneously. But like in Feb 98, I was full on scared I was going to live through a depression and i didn't like that one bit. This morning at the doctor's office their system wouldn't let them stay logged in.

"Doctor's Office?" you ask. "Why Mary Chen, you poor thing, haven't you had your fair share of health issues lately?" The answer is FUCK YES and the other answer is GOD HATES MARY CHEN. Why, i have no idea.

Here are the thing that happened, in order:

1) Got stupid HOV ticket.

2) Had merry new year.

3) Wake up Jan 1, 19100 and as soon as walk out front door to get somethng from car, have first test of new Christ-behaving character (Not New Years Resolutions updated soon at marychen.com) when spy $50 laying on hall floor. Immediately pocket without even thinking about it and congratulate self on rad way to start 19100. Then start thinking to self, "wait. I don't need $50 and this $50 belongs to someone who's probably pretty bummed that he or she dropped it" so GOOD, WHOLESOME, CHRISTY chen puts note in foyer announcing that cash was found if any neighbors or guests of neighbors noticed any missing. Then also decided that if money goes unclaimed it will go to House of Ruth. That's how christy I am kids. That's how good and holy. Next on list is to learn to stop bragging about nice things i do. Anyway, you'd THINK the karma particles, Lord in Heaven, or whatever runs that shit would have taken note and not allowed number 6 to occur.

3) Had merrier new years brunch at kansas, lots of warm goodies and mimosas.

4) Go to unbelievable rock show saturday night, Burning Airlines (WITH BILL BARBOT, as in, I got to see Meccanno performed live again, and you didn't, unless you were there, which you weren't. In the parlance of our times, Haw Haw.) Oswego (with Ann Jaeger painting her toenails on stage and taking pictures of her feet, and still with Ryan Nelson, quite an amazing show and I can't wait til they release something) and The Up On In (containing one Zach Barochas who knows how to play drums real goodlike. Sadly, even though Zach, Kim, Bill and J. were all in the same venue that night, no impromptu Jawbox reunion was enjoyed.)

5) Go to sleep happy

6) Wake up on fire, spewing bile, breathing whenever I could manage, and coughing, and coughing, and coughing, and coughing.

Couch was still at Kansas for brunch, could not focus eyes on book (Coercion by the way, Douglas Rushkoff, so far fairly recommended), TV not in bedroom, so laid on floor in living room in front of tv with feather bed, cat, and tangerines. Shivered. Coughed. Shivered. Coughed. IT ROCKED!

Today could not skip work due to buildup of issues over the weekend, plus wanted to make sure shit went ok even though i didn't get paged. Went to a NICE doctor this morning, who listened intently while I described my healther coaster since Thanksgiving and agreed with me that the simultaneity of everything was very confusing and that i had a right to be confused and she was a GIRL and she was RAD and she LISTENED. and she did NOT wear a gold chain around her neck and let it nestle in her chest hair. In fact, I bet it's safe to say she ENTIRELY LACKED CHEST HAIR and these are not accolades i will readily bestow on medical professionals.

Anyway: CHEN IS FUCKING MISERABLE RIGHT NOW.

The gods hate chen. Perhaps that money was a gift from Jesus and he's mad at me for rejecting it. Perhaps I am merely doomed.

Oh did i tell you? I gave up snowboarding! hahahahah! I did because you know what snowboarding is? Snowboarding is paying a lot of money to go somewhere cold! And you know how I feel about cold? NOT SO HOT! So decided to take up new hobby of scuba diving, which is equally if not more expensive but involves warmth and, dare i say, octopuses.

So if you have size 5 girl feet and want a snowboard and boots and bindings for cheap, let me know.

Um that's it. I think i might take off early today and lie down. I am shivering at my desk and that can't be good for my coworkers healths.