i go to new york

oh wait, you mean like a walk in? you're probably gonna have to do a clinic or something unless you have american health insurance of some sort and even then I dunno how you would just walk up to a doctor's office.
we are insane btw

i mean i have what seem like some reasonable options for the insurance via columbia. and i figure if i'm getting the more expensive ones then i may as well get lots of fun tests done, since i haven't been to the doctor much ever in my life. but it seems like different plans give me access to different lists of gps, so choosing the plan involves choosing the gp too.

dr casino, which plan did you pick? i can't find anyone round here who didn't pick one of the two 100% options. the $11/month high deductible option is not available to me because of my visa : (

i am not ill now (although a (large, possibly bed?) bug flew into my EAR on amsterdam ave. on monday night and i had to go home and get in the shower and pull it out with tweezers and it really hurt!)

okay fuck that is horrifying

Uuuuugh re: bug story. We get the comprehensive plan as part of our program deal, I've just gone to Columbia health on campus for checkup type stuff. The way US insurance works is you have to go to an in-network doctor, and if you need to see a specialist, you have to get a referral to them from the in-network primary care provider. So that can be annoying but it's good insurance IMO - I had hernia surgery earlier this year and I think it ended up costing me... $32? I might be forgetting some other related bill in the $40 range or something but it's pretty good. Wish it had more in the way of vision/dental though.

"the" comprehensive plan? im being offered aetna, cigna and united, each in 80%, 90 and 100? did you get united 100?

That bug story makes my spine creep up into my brainstem and hide there.

Hmmm - maybe as a postdoc you have different options on the table? Normally for students there's the "Basic" and the "Comprehensive" plan choices, both Aetna AFAIK. http://health.columbia.edu/insurance/enroll-upgrade-waive

ah ok, i thought you were faculty!

laurel if it's any consolation the insect didn't seem to enjoy it much either.

I go to New York on Friday - anything fun happening next weekend?

Probably not, we're pretty boring.

JK um well the block I live on is having their annual biggest-event-of-the-year block party on Saturday, so I'll be at that.

http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/calendar/war-dj-set-by-dj-afro/

Coincidentally by being in NY I'm going to miss my own local block party, or "summer fete" in Britisher parlance. No bingo extravaganza for me this year :(

Also thinking about going to see Fanfare Ciocarlia in Central Park on Sunday.

going to see Dr Zhivago on Sat nite

flea market at oldschool noize dude bar 'daddy's' in brooklyn; i will be selling records. some other folks are selling tie dye shirts, tchotchkes, granola... that is daytime

am I going to melt y/n

nah it's cooled off some. it's 85 here, last week it was 95 and extra humid-y.

some other folks are selling tie dye shirts, tchotchkes, granola

disgusting hippies

i woke up last night because i was too cold. it was awesome.

Yay! Forecast for next week is 33-37 though :(

I wouldn't mind melting if it wasn't for those daily forecast thunderstorms THAT NEVER HAPPEN!

If it's too cloudy to see Manhattan Stonehenge tomw, Cheap Trick is playing free in Coney.

Isn't a certain Finnish fellow supposed to be here around now?

has been incommunicado on the board

atypically reserved

Theory: he realized late in the game that there wasn't gonna be time to fap w/us, and feels bad abt it?

i love his last post:

"Ah, okay. I read Amanda Palmer's Wikipedia page, and it seems she's some sort of an attention-seeker?"

his work here is done

wait, no it's not, he has to run the disco poll

We could go for a drink and put a picture of Tuomas on the table and say his name three times. Maybe he'd turn up then.

Jon Lewis theory otm.

Maybe he has been burning the candle at both ends, as the poor thing is wont to do.

is the candle a penis

slightly less awful today. woke up last night because i was too cold. splitting headache today. may have put my a/c on a bit too much.

how terrible an idea is it to buy furniture on craigslist? will i get bed bugs? is it something people do?

have bought on cl: tables, chairs, bookcases etc
would buy on cl: sofa in decent shape
would not buy on cl: mattress

I wouldn't do it. Not worth it if you draw the short straw.

ive bought most of my furniture on craigslist, but wouldnt buy a mattress

may have put my a/c on a bit too much.

inconceivable

I have pretty much lost my voice after four days in NYC. Probably a combination of pollution and a/c?

A/C will do that.

i was in new york this past weekend, super fun. you guys ever eat those fried octopus balls? in that small place with like, maximum capacity 3 customers? so good

it's an ikea sofa and armchair, allegedly 1 year old (and i believe it from the photos)

hmm

wanted this one http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/fuo/3924788356.html but may have low-balled the offer. no reply.

the guy http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/fuo/3938477349.html seems reasonable from his texts (ha) and i've talked him down from the asking price

what if i get bed bugs and then i die?

cool comes w/ an ipad

just carry it home in the nyc sun, that should be hot enough to roast the bugs

if i pay my bill on the ConEd website by giving them my routing and account #, and they now say i don't owe them any money, when should the money actually disappear from my account?

like a day or two, i think?

I don't know what you delicate blossoms are complaining about, I smoke AND sleep in the AC, and apart from being so dehydrated that my eyelids stick to my eyeballs in the morning, I'm absolutely fine.

otm

i have a headache, but i doubt it's from the a/c. it's more likely from the sweating all day everyday.