{"id":3030,"date":"2014-05-31T01:41:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T06:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.getalifebooks.com\/blog\/?p=3030"},"modified":"2024-02-17T22:31:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T04:31:52","slug":"while-the-walls-come-tumbling-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getalifebooks.com\/blog\/blog\/2014\/05\/31\/while-the-walls-come-tumbling-down\/","title":{"rendered":"While the walls come tumbling down&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1.) I am bored and irritated with the internet.  And most people in general.  And reading the news makes me want to start campaigning to enact mandatory sterilization of complete imbeciles.<\/p>\n<p>2.) I&#8217;ve been listening to a lot of Glee music. (Though mostly just songs featuring Kurt and Blaine.)  Because sometimes a person just needs to drown out the incessant noise with <b><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/BiQ2P2D4vpc\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"American Boy ala Glee\" rel=\"noopener\">painfully awkward music numbers<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>3.) Writer&#8217;s block is kicking my ass and draining my soul.<\/p>\n<p>4.) Bob thinks it&#8217;s been too long since I&#8217;ve gotten my hands on new music.<\/p>\n<p>5.) Numbers three and four may or may not be related.<\/p>\n<p>6.) I got a letter telling me that my primary doctor is leaving Park Nicollet.  Well fuck.<\/p>\n<p>7.) I finally had my neurologist appointment.  It went nothing like I expected.  Next week I&#8217;m getting wired up for a 5-day ambulatory EEG.  Which means electrodes <i>GLUED<\/i> to my head, daily trips to the clinic to download the previous day&#8217;s data, and <i>NO SHOWERING THE ENTIRE TIME<\/i>.  I had to buy new clothes because I can&#8217;t wear any shirts that pull over my head and I don&#8217;t own any such thing that isn&#8217;t a hoodie and it&#8217;s June and 80-some degrees outside.  I won&#8217;t <s>beat a dead horse<\/s> launch a tirade about the insurance company until after I get the statement telling me they&#8217;re not going to pay for this test either.<\/p>\n<p>8.) Last week I smelled overpowering cigarette smoke for five days straight.  I&#8217;m willing to bet cash money that next week&#8212;when I&#8217;m being monitored by medical technology&#8212;I won&#8217;t smell it at all.<\/p>\n<p>9.) <center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cyb-kMDpvbc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width:375px;border:1px solid #cccccc;vertical-align:middle;\">\n<tr>\n<td col style=\"width:60px;border:1px solid #cccccc;vertical-align:middle;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getalifebooks.com\/media\/graphics\/headphones50.png\" title=\"now playing...\"><\/td>\n<td col style=\"width:315px;border:1px solid #cccccc;vertical-align:middle;\">Everybody Wants to Rule the World<br \/>\nDarren Criss<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.) I am bored and irritated with the internet. And most people in general. And reading the news makes me want to start campaigning to enact mandatory sterilization of complete imbeciles. 2.) I&#8217;ve been listening to a lot of Glee music. (Though mostly just songs featuring Kurt and Blaine.) Because sometimes a person just needs to drown out the incessant noise with painfully awkward music numbers. 3.) 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