To and from the clinic

Went to the clinic this morning to get my LEEP results and Depo shot (I'm pretty unclear on whether I get Depo for the birth control or the complete eradication of my period).



In the waiting room, I read Newsweek's July 31st exclusive with the President during the G8 summit just as the whole Isreali/Lebon mess began: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13988981/site/newsweek/: and actually, it was pretty damn good. I couldn't read any of the "real" Israeli/Lebanon coverage because I find the social utilitarianism Israel seems engaged in just pisses me off too fucking much. I didn't want to be the crying girl in the woman's health clinic.



I got my results, and bottom line, nothing but follow up shit at this point. I can insert whatever I please into my vagina again (OK, I know this is too much info, but really, even when you don't want it, or don't know if you want it, you don't want people to tell you you can't have it, right?).



Driving home I started thinking of Norman Mailer. Namely, what has he been up to lately? Frankly, I simultaneously revere and can't stand the cocksucker. What's my beef? OK, for one thing, has no one else noticed that the format of The Armies of the Night totally rips off War and Peace? Was it intentional? I'm not so sure. I pointed this out to my 60's lit professor and he just looked bewildered. C'mon. Could this be more obvious? Another thing; the Beat psychopath theory just seemed like bullshit to me. I should separate all this from his war coverage. But I won't.



By the way, aside from just a really good night, Shelley showed me the blog of Dan's "uncle" and I laughed harder than I have in God knows how long. Check it out: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=98122629, and then check out his wife Gladys's page and blog. According to Shelley, the kids may get profiles too. Seriously funny.