(very non-) Typical day
WARNING: this is just a mind flow – no punctuation. Spelling is probably bad. No sentence structure - I am tired and lazy!
Woke up early enough – started doing homework – was supposed to drive adam to class @ 9:30 – he postponed until 12:30
Got homework half done – drank tea – made josh drive me to school because I would have been late otherwise
Mike talked about how he wished the USA had health insurance like Canada – I slowly got more and more furious at the thought. I have been trying to live a healthy preventative lifestyle. I know he has had heart problems, used to smoke, and who knows what his diet is like – why should I have to pay for his bad choices? Missed half the lesson because I was so peeved.
you made the choice – you pay the consequences – i am not referring to accidents with this statement – they happen – but most American’s (expensive) problems are an accumulation of poor lifestyle changes – not broken arms or whatever.
after class met with Mike and Hutomo about SL goals – totally forgot about driving adam until 12:30 – had to arrange for Josh to drive him even though Josh had stayed up all night and was sleeping. Ate a quick bite during that stuff. then walked to Personal Transformation – it was cold. By that time I was pretty excited to bring home the mac. Class was good – that class is always good. Real eye opener.
Josh picked me up and then I went and got the computer – brought it home – cleaned house a bit – mostly to make a decent space for the thing. vacuumed kitty litter, moved magic cards, straightened LR. Started unpacking mac and noticed condensation – called bookstore about it simply a matter of temperature difference – let the thing warm up for a few hours to be safe – unpacked suitcase from casino – did more house straightening – and a little dvd burning
Then took Josh to work – went to target – found josh a cool cheap shirt – then adam txt me about the ride home – i had totally forgotten – check out lines at target were CRZY so i ended up leaving the shirt and rushing to get adam, After I dropped him off i went to Moxie and then the library to get Shell Game – got it and went home – started unpacking mac more – got it up and running and sis txted – wanted to go work out – it was a tough decision but I ended up going to work out for a half hour while adobe installed on my machine, twas good.
Got back from working out and just started in on the mac – bookmarks> check, add ons> check, twitter>check etc etc. Pretty close to a great environment now. still have to adjust adobe workspace layouts.
There were sprinklings of cute cat happenings throughout the night.
Josh got home and we went to find food – ended up going to chashwise to get groceries. got salad fixins. http://www.flickr.com/photos/epizoic/3294745404/
came home – josh was doing dishes so we didn’t start cooking until 9:30 or so. Watched Big Bang Theory while eating. Then back to mac. Then showered. Now typing. So much I still want to do tonight – will have to wait until tomorrow. I adore this computer.
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The main problem with our healthcare system is that we pay assloads of money for subpar service. Even if you *can* afford it, you’re no better than paying the taxes you pay in Canada (or Sweden, or any of the dozens of other countries with socialized medical). So why not pay a little more in taxes for a lower overall cost for the same amount of service?
And really, all you’re doing when paying health insurance is subsidizing unhealthy people’s costs anyway, until the day comes that you break your arm or get pneumonia and need a short (and expensive, in this country) hospital visit. There’s a growing segment of twentysomthings in this country that just assume that being healthy will eliminate your need for insurance, but it’s just not true.
Really, I think there’s two things that need to happen:
1. Lowering the cost of healthcare, both in actual service and from pharmaceutical companies.
2. Government-administration of healthcare. The system does work, as other countries have shown us. There’s no reason that poor people should be denied healthcare just because they’re poor, and that’s the primary reason for it. A lot of countries that have social medicine are taking steps to ease the monetary burden from relatively unhealthy people, like anti-smoking campaigns and advocating healthy lifestyles.
While we may get upset that people do dumb things, we’re already paying for that, and a lot more than we would be with social healthcare.
Sorry that got a little ranty. I *am* very jealous of your Mac.