"The mermaid says, Ponyo is a fish."

My Neighbor Totoro and Ponyo are huge hits in the house at the moment. Huge. HUGE. We will be investigating other Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli as soon as the resources align.

My daughters think that both main characters in Ponyo are girls.

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Branding works:

"Look, Mommy, a VW! Just like Uncle Bear Daddy's car!" [Pause] "Daddy's car is a Hand-a."

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I absolutely fucking hate the health insurance system in this country. Stabby stabby death hate.

HMOs up against the wall first.

Foot pain makes me stabby. So does bureaucracy. Combine the two and...

In case anyone is worried about my health re: that last post, I'm OK. Except that I am having a plantar fasciitis flare-up.

And I can't get in to see my most excellent podiatrist because when they changed my health coverage at the beginning of the year, apparently they reverted me to a different HMO that said podiatrist doesn't take.

I didn't see said podiatrist for the last flare-up, either, b/c then I was pregnant and I liked the blood lab on the other HMO better.

So I can have either the good blood lab, or the good foot doctor, but not both.

But, remember, in socialized medicine [sic], they'd take away our freedom of choice!


ETA: I think I am especially wound up b/c the orthotics I probably need aren't covered by insurance anyway -- this whole rigamarole is just for the doctor's visit(s).