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Bad: I am exhausted and mysteriously sore all over. Maybe I turned into a werewolf and rampaged last night.

Good: I threw some garbage articles* up on an SEO content site a while back, and just accepted an offer on one of the pieces that will cover most of my Christmukkougatsu Solstice shopping, if the buyer follows through.

* "Ten Organization Tips That No One Ever Actually Uses And You KNOW That But You're Going To Morbidly Read This Shit Listicle Anyway While Beating Yourself Up Over Not Labeling Every One Of Your PC Cables Like A Self-Actualized Version Of You PROBABLY Would, 'Cause That's Totally What Self-Actualized People Do, Everything Is Labelled And They Drink Eight Cups Of Water Each Day And Have A Standing Desk And And And Ohhhhhh Godddddd."

Don't do what I did. Don't write garbage articles. It's not what the self-actualized version of you would do.

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I have many years of personal experience dealing with both the American health care system and shitty user interfaces. I have literally been paid to help people with these things. And I have no fucking idea what's supposed to be going on with the Kentucky kynect website. Who was the low bidder here, I need to yell at them.

I think I've got Medicaid coverage starting January first, but maybe it actually starts immediately? I don't know! It is impossible to tell.

How to Talk to a Cat

"Dubiety! Don't be an asshole. Be a good cat. Good cats are not assholes, they are good."

(He was biting my toe.)

Effects of going off estrogen birth control.

Unsurprising effects:

* Body hair growing faster.

* Periods less predictable.

Surprising effects:

* Periods less painful + less ovarian-cyst-related discomfort.

* Acne better most of the time...

* ...but much, much worse after consuming dairy.

I had a terrible, terrible breakout, and after trying several other things, I took a few days off dairy as a test. My skin's almost clear again.

I WAS HOPING THAT THIS WOULD NOT WORK. I DON'T WANT TO STOP EATING YOGURT AND CHEESE. I ALSO DON'T WANT TO GO TO A GYNECOLOGIST FOR A NEW PRESCRIPTION. BECAUSE BASICALLY ANY GYNECOLOGIST TO WHOM I HONESTLY DESCRIBED MY CURRENT PROBLEMS WOULD INSIST THAT I GET A VAGINAL ULTRASOUND, AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA BUT I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT STAND THOSE OH GOD