i had a week from hell dealing with a kidney infection that was misdiagnosed and therefore untreated for the 1st 4 days, oh that felt so terrific on my body, but thankfully it's fading into the background as i finish up some horsepill antibiotics and take care of other aspects of my health... kinda scary and unnerving though, i was hospitalized in college with the same thing and it worries me thinking about how my kidney beans will hold up into late adulthood, but that's not very positive thinking, so whatever.

so yeah, if you're having vague abdominal pain and a fever you should insist that the doctor makes damn sure it's not just a stupid stomach virus.

i realized i do not see or talk to 99% of you, yet xanga is just this random blogging community that persists, serving well for voyeuristic updates and silly youtube videos.  c'est la vie, we're all doing our thang in a corner of the globe, hope you folks are all doing well, staying healthy and happy... people are going through much worse things; keep ya head up.

sooo... how does one go about buying a car???

carmax buyers, share your experience in 20 words or less.

any hybrid owners out there?  down with foreign oil dependence.  stick it to the mayng!

where's oprah and her "YOU GET A CAR AND YOU GET A CAR AND YOU AND YOU AND YOU" when i need it.

and oh, my job is stressing me beyond belief.    <--- how i feel everyday, very clueless, very wtf.

***EDIT***

andy, thanks so much for your advice, you echoed some of my sneaking suspicions...

but i just went to carmax and bought a cheap '02 nissan sentra with a ton of miles on it that's in good shape.  so whatever!  i didn't want to stress over it at all.

my next car, in 4-5 years, will be the real deal. 

oh man, look at me in high school, circa 1996.  dear lord i almost had an aneurysm when i saw this on a friend's myspace page!  am i wearing a fanny pack?!  what IS that???

i'm going from rags to pseudo-riches, y'all.

finally start work on monday doing the real deal as a physical therapist.    i'll be at one of loyola hospital's offsite primary care centers in hickory hills (i had to look that one up when i applied).

i'm just a love machine.