You know what I love? I love it when my mom brings up morbid shit on the phone. For example: when she had her first miscarriage, my dad left her at the hospital and went to work. When she woke up, she reached up and the doctor held her hand, not my dad.

Yay. You can feel the love from here, right? It's as though she goes to great lengths to make me uncomfortable, when she should be working out these issues with a professional.... There are just some things you don't vent about to your children.

I know my dad's a ripe bastard sometimes. But he's still my dad. I feel the same way about my mom; she can be a raging cuntacular harpy, but she's still my mom. You don't get to pick your parents.

I just ripped all my Live CD's. It's been a very long time since I've listened to them. I forgot how great they are. I even remember the lyrics. Surprise, surprise.

Five months until I can see a doctor... If I get insurance in October, that is. I wonder if I'll be okay by then. Or if I'll be worse by then.

It's amazing how pain can give you a brighter perspective when it's not there. Everything mundane seems wonderful. Everything stressful is a minor annoyance.

I'm bravely going on about business as though everything is okay, while secretly worrying my fucking brains out. But sometimes, I'm quite peaceful and content with the universe. It's very zen when it happens. It's like all the bad chemicals have drained out of my head, the stars have aligned, and all is well (despite how crappy the world is).

Tra la la di da. I thoroughly enjoy my time off, even if it's spent on silly things. That's all one can ask for, right?

Oral Sex can cause throat cancer. Well, if you read the article, you'll understand. A lot of people underestimate HPV.... both men and women. But perhaps moreso men than women. The reasoning behind that is that men sadly can't be tested for HPV, and there are over a hundred different strains of it. Men can carry and transmit the disease all their lives without ever knowing they have it. Unless a man has the outwards appearance of HPV (omg genital warts) or noticed something strange when he pees or whatever, he'd never know if he has it.

The HPV vaccine that women can get only vaccinates against a handful of strains of HPV--the ones which cause cervical cancer. If you read the second link above, you'll see that the strains that can cause cancer in men do not present genital warts.

There is no cure for HPV. Even if you wrap it up, you can still get HPV.

Be cautious; don't be stupid. Know the person you're fucking. Know yourself.