Gimme Danger in the Alps
Apr. 5th, 2012 02:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thezI missed the past two weeks! But that's okay, because I was attempting to rebuild the precarious fucking Jenga tower that is my life. I did manage to make appointments with 1) a doctor, 2) a counselor (the brain kind) and 3) a counselor (the credit kind).
The credit counselor was very helpful. He was going to help me craft a new budget, but I'd already put one together myself and he looked at it and said "that's good" and I feel strange pride because of this, like I got a gold star in Being an Adult 101.
He also gave me a lot of really useful information, the sort I wouldn't have even known to start looking for on my own. Way to be awesome, ACCC.
Also, New Budget includes some personal austerity measures (money's only going to the basic necessities and very occasionally eating out), which is going to put a huge strain on my social life. I feel like I need to publicly apologize to myself for this, because ever since I stopped being absolutely terrified of people as a young Z-let I've been trying to be someone who consistently seeks out social engagements and is always exploring new places and trying new things. BUT YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO. IT'S FOR MY OWN GOOD. Etc.
The brain sort of counselor seems very cool, and found a way to work within my budget. Bonus.
I've found only one sliding-scale medical clinic in the Lehigh Valley but so far I haven't been able to get an appointment (and it needs to be sliding-scale because I'm too poor for insurance but make too much for Medicaid) (the income limit for Medicaid in AZ is nearly double what it is here in PA, who knew) (and there seem to be more doctors per capita in AZ) (and I'm consistently shocked at how much better social services in general are in AZ compared to here in PA, I always figured it would be the other way around for some reason). Gonna keep trying. I have an appointment in May at a clinic in Philadelphia that caters to LGBT clients, but it's, you know, in Philadelphia, an hour and a half away.
Okay, phew, just typing all that out is kind of mentally exhausting. STILL: PROGRESS!
I'll just wrap this up with a poster for a movie that I would pay handsomely to see. I would pay in stolen jewels or children's teeth or merciless bullet ants or all of the above.
More here, though some of his more popular ones ("The Matrix", "Ghostbusters") have been removed recently.
(And if the subject line makes sense to you then let me know so that I can love you. Love you ALL OVER. With my words.)
The credit counselor was very helpful. He was going to help me craft a new budget, but I'd already put one together myself and he looked at it and said "that's good" and I feel strange pride because of this, like I got a gold star in Being an Adult 101.
He also gave me a lot of really useful information, the sort I wouldn't have even known to start looking for on my own. Way to be awesome, ACCC.
Also, New Budget includes some personal austerity measures (money's only going to the basic necessities and very occasionally eating out), which is going to put a huge strain on my social life. I feel like I need to publicly apologize to myself for this, because ever since I stopped being absolutely terrified of people as a young Z-let I've been trying to be someone who consistently seeks out social engagements and is always exploring new places and trying new things. BUT YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO. IT'S FOR MY OWN GOOD. Etc.
The brain sort of counselor seems very cool, and found a way to work within my budget. Bonus.
I've found only one sliding-scale medical clinic in the Lehigh Valley but so far I haven't been able to get an appointment (and it needs to be sliding-scale because I'm too poor for insurance but make too much for Medicaid) (the income limit for Medicaid in AZ is nearly double what it is here in PA, who knew) (and there seem to be more doctors per capita in AZ) (and I'm consistently shocked at how much better social services in general are in AZ compared to here in PA, I always figured it would be the other way around for some reason). Gonna keep trying. I have an appointment in May at a clinic in Philadelphia that caters to LGBT clients, but it's, you know, in Philadelphia, an hour and a half away.
Okay, phew, just typing all that out is kind of mentally exhausting. STILL: PROGRESS!
I'll just wrap this up with a poster for a movie that I would pay handsomely to see. I would pay in stolen jewels or children's teeth or merciless bullet ants or all of the above.
More here, though some of his more popular ones ("The Matrix", "Ghostbusters") have been removed recently.
(And if the subject line makes sense to you then let me know so that I can love you. Love you ALL OVER. With my words.)
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Date: 2012-04-05 07:50 am (UTC)It's actually not fair that Fritz Lang's Inception is not real, nor Jean Luc Godard's Trainspotting starring a young Anthony Hopkins, nor Klaus Kinski and Clint Eastwood in The Big Lebowski together period.
William Shatner's B-movie Avatar might actually get me to watch that monstrosity.
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Date: 2012-04-09 08:15 pm (UTC)Also, Shatner's Avatar: MIGHT?
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Date: 2012-04-06 02:07 am (UTC)I am so proud of you for making all those appointments and going to them! And for making a budget! I should probably... do something similar. <3333333 Good luck with the Jenga tower, I have every faith that you can do this.
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Date: 2012-04-09 08:23 pm (UTC)Tiny Bowie head is disturbing, but oh what I would give to hear some of Walter's lines come out of Bowie's mouth.
Something similar being a budget or also appointments? I say "GO FOR IT" re: budget, without offering any useful tips because I'm honestly not sure how I came up with mine in the first place, aside from possibly "magic". But having one is also a small bit of weight off my shoulders. So if you do work one out I'd be interested to know. And thank you for your vote of confidence; it has been duly tallied. ♥