talk radio debut...

Henry Weinhard is currenly in the process of helping me to calm down after the grueling miles of circles that I had to run today. Yes...that's right...I'm medicating myself into a state of oblivion...and hopefully I won't be feeling anything in just a few short hours (ok...I'm exagerating). But he is helping to take the edge off none the less.

My day was filled with many surprises...some that left me a bit shaken...others that left me sobbing hysterically...and others that left me laughing my butt off (even though I was alone in my car).

In order to go to University of Washington, I have to show them proof that I've had my MMR (measels, mumps, rubella) vaccinations. So. I call my mom...and she no longer has them. The University then tells me there is a test that can be done that will tell you whether or not you have had the vaccination. I called up my good ole doc a few weeks ago and said "Yo...I need to get this test done"...they get me in right away and tell me I will get results in 3-4 days. A WEEK AND A HALF later...I'm still pleading with them to give me the results.

10:00am: I trot into the doc's office to pick up my blood test results that they promised would be in my this morning. I wait for about 10 minutes before a nurse calls me to her and explains to me that this test shows that I'm 1/10 of a point off on the measles....AND THAT I HAVE TO GET ANOTHER VACCINATION!!! I politely tell her this can't be accurate, since my mom promised that I had the vaccination. She then informs me that "these tests really aren't that accurate, so even if you had the vaccination, it could still show up as you needing another"!! WHAT?! Inside I'm screaming, but on the outside I keep my cool...and I again politely exclaim "I'm still fairly new to the area so where would someone in my dire situation go to get this vaccination".
The nurse rudely (in my opinion) responds, "You can't get it here since you are 25. But there is a health center in Bremerton that you can go to".
"Great", I say. "Could you tell me where exactly this is at so I can run over there right now and get it done?"
"Oh, you can't get it done today. They aren't open are Fridays".
I then politely excused myself...walked every so calmy to my car...and cried like a baby. I called my mom hysterical...telling her that the forces of nature were against me getting my degree! She attempted to reassure me...but some ultamite "woo-saw" was definitlely needed.
So after rubbing my earlobes and focusing on my breathing (ok...not really), I finally called the admissions office in Tacoma and asked them for help. I explained my situation, and they gave me an address to a clinic in Puyallup that was open today!

11:40ish: I'm in my car, and my spirits are lifted because I'm thinking I can still get registered for at least one class in time. I'm listening to the Michael Medved show on talk radio and he brings up the subject of Sarah Palin (and for those of you who have read even one of my blogs....you know my feelings). He then goes on to quote a bunch of people and the cruel things they are saying about her (some of them really were far too harsh). He then tells us listeners that if we have something that we don't like about Sarah Palin...we should call his show. So I said to myself "ok". I called a few times....it was busy...same old story....but I kept trying.
Then it happened....the phone was ringing!! And I kid you not, my whole body literally started shaking. You know that weak feeling that you get when you pass a cop and you're going about 15 miles over the speed limit...you basically lose all feeling in your legs...your arms start shaking...your heart is beating faster...and you break out in a dead sweat due to the insane adrenaline rush you just had?? (just me??) Anyways...that's what I was feeling.
I hear this chick's voice and she says "Hi! Thanks for calling the Michael Medved show. What don't you like about Sarah Palin?"
And I'm thinking...sheesh...what an open ended question. So I decide last minute to go with the bit about it being a slap in the face to women who fought so hard to have equal rights, that she take the position knowing full well, that it was only offered to her because she was a woman...and then she interupts me right as I'm getting to the good part about the whole "cement ceiling"! And she asks "Ok. What's your name and where are you calling from?" I answer, and then she asks"can you hold for a second please". Silly me...I'm like OK...maybe I'm gonna get a free t-shirt or something for trying.
Then she puts me on hold, and I'm listening to a live feed of the show. Blah blah blah...I'm listening I'm listening....then HOLY CRAP BALLS...I hear the fella say "Alright, we're going live now to one of our listeners...Katie Greer from Poulsbo, WA...what makes you angry about Sarah Palin".
I kid you not folks....I literally about shat my pants righ then and there. I studdered through a long "hhhiiiiiiiii"...and he says again "you're live on the air...what makes you angry about Sarah Palin".
So I take a deep breath...and I go for. I go off on the whole slap in the face bit that I blogged on...and how it makes me sick everytime she says that she is going to shatter the glass ceiling once and for all, because she took the position....you get the point. At one point he interupts me and says "you know that there are reasons that she got offered the position other than the fact that she is female.
And I ever so quickly and calmly *wink wink* replied back "but you and I both know that one of the number one reasons that she was even considered was because she was female. Because John McCain and his group of advisors saw something to jump on the minute that Obama announced that he would not be picking Hillary to be on his ticket". I told him how I thought it "was a disgrace when McCain made so many speeches about how he would rather lose an election than lose a war...and then he had the audacity to pick someone that is clearly not qualified to be president of the united states...to be his running mate." I also added the fact that Karl Rove who used to be Bush's top advisor said only a few months ago that if Obama were to put kaine on a ticket...it would prove that he clearly did not have the United States best interest at heart because Kaine was only the govenor of a small state (on and on...you saw my other blog on that one).
Anyways...that's getting far too long. Before I knew it the "debate" was over...and by that time I was pulled over off to the side of the freeway so that I didn't kill anyone...and I was thinking to myself....did that really just happen???
Oh. And somewhere in the middle of my "talk radio debut", the Michael guy made some comment about how Regan had chosen a female on his ticket and asked if I though that it was a step backwards for women then...and I was like "uhhhh"?? For a minute there....I totally emphasized with Sarah Palin when she was asked if she agreed with the bush doctrine. Yikes!!!

Nate just got home...and we're eating pizza and drinking some beers to unwind after a long day for both of us...so this will be continued tomorrow....