an upadte, finally

I have been meaning to write for the past two weeks but have been putting it off because (you guessed it)– life is so busy.

I have a thing or two to say to my fellow Houstonians. First of all — how about those Rockets? With the boyfriend being such a huge Rockets fan, I have gone to a few of their games this season. We have some tickets to see the Celtics on Tuesday night, but will most likely sell them to the highest bidder.

Secondly, as I’ve mentioned before, the traffic here really sucks. I read an article in Wired a few months ago about gridlock traffic. A study suggested that traffic gridlock would never be prevented because (to put it bluntly) people are stupid. One single person slamming on their brakes can create a butterfly effect that will cause gridlock to every car behind them. So, my suggestion to you, dear fellow Houstonians, is to lay off of your brakes. If the car behind you is slowing down and not slamming on their brakes, just take your foot off of the gas. It’s a novel concept, I know. You all must be a very nervous bunch– I have seen people two car lengths behind a car and slam on their brakes for no reason. You, idiot, are the reason that everyone else is stuck in bumper to bumper traffic. Every morning, I leave my apartment and sit in I-10 traffic, but only for about five minutes. After I pass up Gessner, there is no more traffic. I wonder why that is. There must be a small group of idiots driving that way every single day that ruin it for everyone.

To continue with my rant– I have no realized why Michael Moore created that documentary on the US health care system. I have in front of me an invoice for $651 that my insurance was supposed to take care of. According to this invoice, it was originally paid by my insurance in October of last year but they have recently issued a “take back” for no apparent reason. Gee, Aetna, thank you so much for all of the warning that you gave me. Luckily this was under one of my parent’s insurance plans and I am having them call and yell tomorrow. I love Asian parents– they are good at calling at yelling. Not only to their own young but to other people as well, and the result is pretty much the same.