The new gyn...

Okay, come on girls, tell me you don't hate it when your gynecologist retires. This just happened to me. My gynecologist that I have had for years just retired, and he was awesome. He knew how to make you relax. He knew I hated having it done, he was very careful about keeping you as covered as possible and trying to distract you from what was happening. Then he retires...[faint]

A younger man replaces him. [blushes] Not that the new doctor wasn't nice, he was, but this first visit is a nightmare. I try to make a joke out of it but how do you do this? Do you shake his hand and say, "Hello doctor, nice to meet you. My name is Tory and this is my vagina, the one you will be seeing today..." I mean, seriously?!?

So I animated this in my head and had to share it. To all those women out there, you can empathize with this. To all the men, I'm sorry if this embarrasses you nephew, take note of all the fun you are missing. [eyeroll] Believe me, the prostate exam is NOTHING compared to this!

And thou shalt be a moron...

I try, I really try not to put down other people and their religious beliefs but Pat Robertson has got to be one of the most stupid people on the planet. I say stupid instead of ignorant because he claims to know the bible but he obviously has no idea of what it actually says.

The situation in Haiti is horrendous and my heart goes out to everyone involved. Mr Robertson's comments on Haiti were thus:

"They were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, we will serve you if you'll get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it's a deal [...] ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after the other."

/sic

[facepalm] Is he, in effect, saying that this is God's retribution to an entire country? Really? Seriously? [double facepalm]

James 1:13 "...For with evil things God cannot be tried nor does he himself try anyone."
Ecclesiastes 9:11 "...time and unforseen occurrence befall them all."

Yes, before anyone else says this, I understand God has wrath and has used that against wicked people in the past but only during judgment times and only on the wicked, and this isn't it. ;)

My apologies, I just needed to vent this into the open. I could have said a lot more but I tried to tame it down. [laughing]

An evil plot is discovered...

...around page 745 in Les Miserables.

It's official, Marius drives me insane. As Natalie said, he IS a weenie!!! This is a short description of my reaction while reading this:

Page 736 thru 758:

OMG, seriously? When is Marius going to realize that this is the same fricking family that "rescued" his father? He can't possibly believe they are using their real names...[facepalm]

So Maris AT LEAST perceives that there is a thread to his love, although I'm not sure I would look at a stalker as loving me but, whatever. But, doint that he is, he cannot think of how to warn them. Is it just me or is it plainfully obvious that he could solve two problems quite easily. He followed them partway home. It's not like they had a frikkin freeway system back then - all he needed to do was plant himself somewhere up the road, they were sure to come down, and warn them. Not only would he be doing them a service but he could also SPEAK TO THE WOMAN THAT HE SUPPOSEDLY LOVES. I mean, good grief...

Page 772.

Marius goes to talk to the superintendent who, of course, is not in. But, and I quote, "The superintendent isn't in but there is an inspector taking his place. Do you want to speak to him? Is it urgent?"

!!!

An inspector...is it? Could it be? You know who it's going to be and you're just screaming to the page, "OMG, can't you do anything right?!?"

And yes, of course, it's Javert. [facepalm] Marius, marius, marius...

Then my two favorite, Courfeyrac and Bossuet show up and I was excited that they would have some dialogue but no. A couple sentences and that's it. :( Well at least JVJ is still here, and manages to escape again. I love that guy. [giggle]

Yes, still....

I'm still reading Les Mis. STILL! Usually I would have given up on a book by now but I am really curious about the characters now and want to see what happens. Although, honestly, Marius is kind of a weeny. Instead of just telling the girl that he likes her he has to stalk so bad that they run away. What a moron!

I want to paint, I want to paint SO bad and I have hardly any time. Also, my paint buddies are not into it as much so I don't get the pressure I need. Nobody's fault but my own, I have to do it for myself, but it was so much easier with the peer pressure. LOL!

Good friends are wonderful aren't they? I have some that have been extremely supportive during some very difficult times and I just want to send a big 'Thank You' out into the cosmos for them. I just wish they would lean on me as often as I have leaned on them. Well, maybe some day they will feel open enough to do so and when they do, I will listen. :)

I have a math book now. Mayhaps I will take even longer to finish Les Mis so that I don't have to read it. Muahaha. :D

The continuing story...

Page 500. [faint]

I would just like to add, for my doint of a nephew, that I was actually on the edge of my seat when JVJ and cosette were outrunning Javert, my heart was racing. ROFL

Things I want to draw: JVJ dream/JVJ and Cosette/Keyhole light with Javert

No worries, it will never happen. ;)

Need more info...

I'm not a history buff, far from it, but I admit that sometimes reading/watching stories will get yearning for some history. In short, the movies The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Counte of Monte Cristo, along with the Les Miserables book are making me need to learn more about the Revolutionary, French Revolution, whatever you want to call it. I have been BEGGING all my literary friends to let me know of a book, biography or not, about Napoleon but none have been able to offer me anything.

Let me put it this way, if anyone knows of a good book, I would ask for an easy read but I know that won't be possible, that can give me a nice picture of everything that happened I would appreciate it.

I will also state that this could be in the form of a fiction movie/novel. I, in fact, learned all about the civil war from a miniseries called The North And The South. Seriously. I liked the miniseries enough to make me google for additional information. Now I know Les Mis has some war history in it but, honestly, I kind got lost there. :\ It was beautifully written but I could not keep anything straight, I swear some information changed. ROFL. I know, it didn't, but it was a little hard for me. BUT SOMEONE NEEDS TO DRAW A MAP ABOUT THAT AREA! Seriously. I was thinking of doing a topographical one but that would only do SO much, it really needs some pop out maps with better detail, at least of the significant places.

Okay, I think that's about it for now. I'll catch you all later, I have to get some more work done.

[wave]

Impatient

I couldn't wait...I watched Les Miserable, the musical. I'm sorry, I could. Not. Help. Myself. My niece happened to mention she had it and well, the rest is history. Yes. I liked it.

So now I'm desperate to finish the book.
I wish I could sing because I love everything Eponine sings, also Fantine.


On another note, I've started a painting. I realized that I missed having a painting I could obsess over, like my Pelican seascape. It was very cathartic spending hours on every little detail and I miss having a picture to do that on. My friend Miranda came over and gave me a much needed boost. Anyway, I'm excited to have another picture to play with. I forgot how much I enjoyed spending time on a piece of art. Hopefully this will serve that purpose for me. There's metal in it as well and I've never really painted that.

The only problem is that there is an animal and, well, they always turn out lecherous so...who knows. ROFL

Gotta go read more of my book now. See you all on the flip/flop.

[wave]