They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom for trying to change the system from within

[thorne_scratch]

Sneaking in a quick link post because the links are timely. You may have heard something about health care recently!

Comments

[iapetusneume]

...huh, I thought I had posted a comment already.

Anyways, I was especially interested to see what you had to say about the whole health insurance issue, since you work with health-type stuffs (don't remember your actual position name but yeah). Also, your very first link is nifty and I am bookmarking it for future use.

I have no mashings that are not already well known, so instead have a Pope:

[thorne_scratch]

I work with a medical society, so yeah, I get to see updates on it every day (and field crazed phone calls from our advocacy people saying "DON'T SEND OUT THE NEWSLETTER, CONGRESS JUST DID SOMETHING ELSE WE HAVE TO ADD.") I am very much in favor of health care reform. I'm glad you like the links!

Hee! Pope macros never fail to cheer me up. They are my crack.

[iapetusneume]

The process that they're using to pass it is hella-confusing, though. On Sunday when the vote went through, I went yay, and then I read news articles about reconsiliation, and eventually just gave up because yeah. I was too confused.

Right now I'm just trying to shift through the legalese to find out what *I* should do, especially since I won't be on my mom's health insurance much longer.

There is a loophole that I fell through on the bill - you can be covered under your parents' plan until you're 26 unless your work offers health insurance. I am not planning on staying at McD's unless it's the best coverage I'm going to get - in which I'll then only work part time. I'm also dearly hoping I can stay on my mom's insurance until the end of the year (I turn 25 in May) like my sister did, because Mom's health insurance is the bomb and one of the best ones in the country. My family has been really, really lucky that we have such awesome coverage. (It is one of my arguments for health care reform that my family shouldn't have to

[thorne_scratch]

It is, but the more I read, the more I can follow it. I admit, it's a slow slog but the more articles you read, you'll find certain phrases and explanations repeated over and over again. Eventually, you start to be able to at least pick out the basic framework. (I liked your letter that you posted, by the way! I thought it was very straightforward and well spoken.)

I've always been extraordinarily lucky-- first covered by my mother's insurance, who like your mom, had really good insurance-- and then covered by my job, without having to worry about any insurance-less gaps in between. but I agree with your point: one shouldn't have to be lucky to have at least nominal coverage. It should be a basic right. And I hope that once people begin to experience the benefits, they'll realize how much better off. I understand how sometimes it's hard to sell something if people haven't ever-- well, experienced even a baseline appreciation of it. Folks don't have the scope to realize how much better something can be

[teenygozer]

My current favorite is called "Blame it on the Pop", and it's a masterful mix of last year's top 25 Billboard songs of the year. The download can be found here:

http://djearworm.com/united-state-of-pop-2009-blame-it-on-the-pop.htm

Here's the music vid:

I also love "Paperback Believer" (a mix of the Beatles' Paperback Writer and the Monkee's I'm a Believer.) If you don't already have it and want it, just reply to this and I'll put it up somewhere for you to DL.

[thorne_scratch]

Holy crap that's a lot of songs! I take my hat off to the dude who remixed that. Also, I would love "Paperback Believer." Please!

[teenygozer]

Check out his site: there are a ton of really well-done mashups that he's done over the years, all for free download.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I6TXPYJ3

I ADORE PAPERBACK BELIEVER!

[thorne_scratch]

I look forward to browsing through! Woo, free downloads. And thank you, thank you for the mp3! I am loading it up now.

[miss_saigon]

I usually just lurk your journal but I love mashups and so far no one's mentioned my all time favorite mashup artist, Girl Talk. I've got his latest album uploaded in two parts over at mediafire--
Feed the Animals:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mkyclmuumhw
http://www.mediafire.com/?mzgtoyyztny

His stuff is a fantastic mix of rap/old school 80's/pop music and is absolutely fantastic cleaning or working out music.

[thorne_scratch]

Oh man, thank you so much-- I checked out the listing on wikipedia, and it looks like it'll be right up my alley! I look forward to listening to the whole thing.

No worries about lurking! God knows I do it often enough myself. It's practically my default mode.

[thorne_scratch]

I know, it made me sad! I was all, "Oh God, he's stuck in an angsty fanfic! Someone fix this!"

[alhazred]

Mashups aren't my forte, but there's always this...

...which is really better on concept than anything, but I got a few listens out of it over the years.

To distract you from my horrible recommendation, have some Captain Jack!

Man, the world is certainly depressing lately. I have too many friends in the military to actively contemplate battlefield trauma. And poor Ian. :(

[thorne_scratch]

Thank you! I think I have the mp3 of that Metal Gear May Cry mashup. (I know I have the mash up of the One Winged Angel vs. Liberi Fatali. I do love me some Captain Jack. The next time, I should ask for DDR music picks or possibly Bollywood music, I like Bollywood.