08.08.08 and News rant

yay the Olympics! I'm excited to watch the summer games (we actually plan to watch the opening ceremonies tonight - any bets on how long before we get bored?), and also glad the commericals for 08.08.08 will end. I wonder how many people got married today, 7/7/07 was a HUGE day for weddings, of course it was also a Saturday.

soapbox time...

I hate the news sometimes. Here is one of many reasons. So that I can be informed about big events and get weather updates, I subscribed to a local news channel's "breaking news" email alerts. Overall, I'm fairly happy with it, I find out about whats going on during the day, since I won't look at much news while I'm at work. Honestly, when I have time to websurf, news isn't the first thing I go to - other people's blogs, my netflix queue, or whatever web search I feel like doing at the time are where I tend to surf to. But I often question what they consider Breaking News. I've gotten emails about happenings with Britney, who I could not care LESS about, and then today - its all about Joel Osteen and his wife in the trial for the lawsuit filed against her by a flight attendant. Aside from these emails (and my morning radio station), I wouldn't even know that it was happening (and I still don't care)! I kid you not, I got separate emails when each of them took the stand! UGH, I don't care and I definitely don't want to go to the website to see updates or transcripts.

I get emails about going to their website for news conferences. I get emails because I am NOT in front of a tv, so NO I won't go watch your news conference that is probably just your tv news streamed online.

I know I have to take the good with the bad - and I suppose these are breaking news to someone. If I don't care about the topic from the subject I should just hit delete (most of the time I do). I just wonder who is sitting on pins and needles to find out the outcome of the Osteen lawsuit. Of course, I still find it strange that I went to see a concert (Depeche Mode) in what is now a huge church.

Rant over :)

I am so frustrated with the dentist right now. In May, I was supposed to have my 6- month cleaning appointment, as scheduled the previous time I’d been there (back in December). I called them a few days before my appointment to see if I could adjust the time and they said they had no record of an appointment for me in May so I had to make another appointment – in July! I will be the first to admit I don’t have the greatest teeth and need ot have my regular cleanings to keep them in good shape. My appointment is on July 22, I have it in my calendar.

Yesterday, I get an email from K that I need to call the dentist, they were calling to confirm my appointment for this week – what?! I have it as next week. I called them in the early afternoon and left a message, and never heard from them. I called back at the end of the day and again got their answering machine. I made a point to call them this morning (they open at 7), and still I got the answering machine. I can’t drop everything and go over there but I also worry about when I’ll be able to go if they don’t have this, my second appointment, on their calendar the same time I do. ugh, frustrating.

I just realized, Kevin’s receipt has my future appointment on it, and it has what I have in my calendar, next week. I’m going to bring this one AND the one that says I had an appointment in May when I go next week.

If they’re each in there, I don’t know what is causing the confusion, but really do want go get this sorted out!

In more fun news, I get to go have lunch with Gwendolyn today, yay! She called me one day last week asking if I’d want to make plans. Definitely! It’ll be good to catch up and to take a break from the office, though with all my doctor appointments recently it seems like I’m never there!