Jenn Martinelli Blogging in Boston

Look at this wicked cool stuff on my baby brother's site. It's all new stuff so please visit and enjoy. I am jealous and want to be in school doing cool drawings. SIGH. Good job, Bri! You rock!

OK, so when I was in college I noticed that I had this problem where I was kind of sensitive about my eyes. One of my biggest fears was that I would get a papercut on my eyeball. I don't know how it started but I kind of obsessed about it and sometimes just having a lot of paper around would be stressful. I have since moved on but certain bitches like to remind me of it and make fun of it all the time. All I can say is that what goes around comes around.

In other words, don't come crying to me when you get a papercut on your eye. It is just the universe punishing you.

Many many are the reasons why I hate the USPS. But right now I will only dwell on one reason. Their inability to deliver packages. Sometimes people ship packages via USPS instead of UPS or some other more reliable service because the USPS will leave packages at your home if you're not there. At least, that's why I often use them. Anyway, I ordered a few small things on eBay recently and basically wasted my money because I never got 3/4 of them because of the stupid post office. With maybe one exception none of them required a signature, yet seemingly for no reason at all, the mail carrier would not leave them at my apartment. I got a slip for each one that stated nothing more informative other than they had a package for me. There is a part that you can fill out to ask them to redeliver and to leave it at your house. I filled that out and put it back in my mailbox. It was ignored. So then I taped it to the outside of my mailbox. The mail carrier ripped it (and when I say it I'm actually talking about multiples, not just one) off and shoved it back in the mailbox. Then I called the post office to ask them why they wouldn't deliver my packages and the guy I talked to looked at the package he had there and said he didn't know why, that there was no signature required. So I asked him to redeliver it and he said they would "try" but that often the carrier won't leave a package if they don't think it's a "secure" place to leave it. Listen stupid USPS, you're no frills. Stop trying to look out for me. I am telling you to leave it! It's not insured so you don't owe me anything if it's stolen. I'll sign whatever form you want, just give me my goddamn package! Idiots! And did I ever get another package? No, I did not. Thanks for nothing you morons.

UPDATE 2004/04/16: So eventually I got everything but I had to go to the post office to pick it up because, once again, they refused to deliver it for no reason.

But I just found some more info online and wanted to point out that again, overeating is not mentioned as a cause. That's all. See more info here.

Maybe our cat can have two diseases now. (He's already diabetic, for those who may not be regular readers.)

Heather has this friend from school who we (Rob and I) think is crazy because he's always insisting that if your dog overeats you should force it to vomit by giving it hydrogen peroxide, otherwise he claims it will "get pancreatitis."

Well, unrelated to his insistence on this, our cat Oliver vomited with a little blood in it this morning so I was looking up information about pets vomiting online and I happened across this:

Pancreatitis

Another illness that can affect the pancreas is pancreatitis, in which its powerful digestive enzymes, rather than being sent to the intestines, spill inside the pancreas itself. When this happens, they begin digesting tissue in the same way they would pet food.

A number of infections, including feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) and toxoplasmosis, can cause pancreatitis, but most of the time vets don't know what is behind it, says Dr. Hibbs. It is most common in middle-aged, overweight pets, and it often begins right after a fatty meal or snack. Pets with a sudden onset of pancreatitis will vomit violently and have diarrhea, and their bellies may be very tender. Pets with a milder, long-term form of this condition won't appear quite as sick, but they will have similar symptoms for months or even years.

The treatment for pancreatitis depends on how sick your pet already is. If she has a mild case, your vet may recommend putting her on a 24-hour fast, followed by a week of small, bland meals. After that, she should be okay, says Dr. Hibbs. In more serious cases, your pet will need to be hospitalized, put on a fast, and given intravenous fluids and injections of antibiotics.

I think it is interesting that it says the condition may often begin after a fatty meal or snack but it doesn't say that it is caused by it, or that it's caused by overeating. I know this isn't very scientific but I just was happy to see some contradicting information.

I don't think I can ever see this movie. Ever. Heather and Rob Reed can watch it and I will leave the house and go do something else not scary.

I saw this awful woman the other day yelling at a Friendly's employee outside the Friendly's in Charlestown. I didn't hear the entire exchange, but she was following an employee to her car yelling something. As the girl was getting into her car she finally yelled back at the woman, "She's not your kid!" to which the woman (who had been walking away) turned back and screamed, while gesticulating wildly, "Well she should still talk to me with respect! That's how I raise my kids!" Yes, I'm sure your kids are fantastic based on that display, lady. They are either just as awful as you in the same exact way, or they are terrified of you because you beat them and yell at them about talking to you with respect. Way to go.

Hey everybody, this is my new improved website. At first it may not seem to be tremendously different on the surface but it is much better in functionality, as you will learn if you come back often. My superstar boyfriend Rob revamped this site for me. It is no longer Radio Userland but Blosxom instead.

Lucky for all of you, with this site I can do tons of cool things. You'll notice new items in my side bars and a cool new search tool for starters. Also, I can post to my site from anywhere that I can get an internet connection! So that should lead to more frequent posts. Hopefully I will still be able to have a life outside of my weblog. Ha ha.

Come back often!