not that I really want to dredge this up again...

There are a number of different treatments for those stupid plantar warts that invade feet. Namely:
Immunotherapy like the drug Aldara that runs about $150 per prescription package and is not covered by basic Blue Cross and therefore is out of the question for my meagre budget.
Destructive like liquid nitrogen requiring multiple treatments to fully cure the problem and yes, Taylor, involving something that looks like a q-tip attached to an aerosol can; Salycilic acid that slowly eats away at the skin and has to be applied daily... in concentrations of, um 27% and 40% woo hoo; Laser, yes, laser is used, but it too is about $130 a pop and not covered by basic Blue Cross; some funky Bleomycin Injection which appears to be rather outlandish and not therefore even discussed; and...
Occlusive whereby you suffocate the virus using Duct Tape or a Band-Aid which works quite successfully on hands and fingers, but less well on feet.

And, in the end, I got the same freezing treatment as I got from my gp, but with the extra pleasure of having to be treated like a moron with no common sense (both because I don't have the health insurance to cover the fancy treatments, and because both the doctor and the nurse hit me with a flurry of questions and then left the room - how was I supposed to know my treatment was done? - without any discussion of 'please return in x weeks' or 'thanks for coming in, bye')

oh, plus while going through the litany of treatment options (of which, on my sheet, the immunotherapy one has a huge X through it), all they talked about was insurance and money not effectiveness or the required number of repetitions.

really, that's why I am disappointed. I wasn't treated like a human being with a (albeit rather minor) health problem, I was treated like some sort of miser seeking an economic transaction. (bizarre analogy, I know, but it somehow fits:) It would be like going into a perfume shop and buying a bottle based on price alone, without smelling anything. what's the point?

You catch Lazer Runner with smoke and mirrors. C'mon.

For the record, I know how laser is spelt. I chose to use the [] as a symbol showing that I took the origional spelling and changed it. How quickly we all forget the simple rules of english writing.

Furthermore, they do use la[z]ers to treat warts. The use them to burn the damn things right off your foot and then treat you for small burns. It's a hell of a lot less invasive than freezing them and scraping them off. I know this is the case because it's how my little brother had his warts removed.

Otherwise, I will let this conversation die.

kay. i'm calling this one.
straight ahead killer pop hooks the english way
BATTLE
not the battles, but those guys are sweet too.
no, just BATTLE

myspace.com/thisisbattle

i'm spinning them tonight

Kiran Ahluwalia

Tanya Tagaq

MUSIC FOR ROBOTS INFO ON HOT CHIP

wow. fuckin' A is right. that's rad that the two of them are working at Urban haha that's so his shit.
as for the kid, i was messaging him last night - i guess his name is Billy and he used to work at Warp. he's up on O'Malley (Hopeless Savages) his wife's book, (Salamander Dream) Clowes, Jeffrey Brown, Tomer Hanuka (Bi-Polar) and Charles Burns (Black Hole)
that and i guess he met Craig Thompson at Comicon in San Diego which is pretty cool. he seems legit.

dunno man... but he's got some dece comic book tastes goin on; I have all of those comics he posted except 2 which I nonetheless have read anyway. I'm surprised he's up on Corey Sutherland Lewis The Rey... that's the guy who does sharknife; he's not very big up here yet. I'll tell you one thing about this kid though; he ain't up on the R. Kikuo Johnson. This kid'll beg you to piss in his mouth if you get him to read "Night Fisher" which is Johnson's debut novel. It's about a bunch of kids in Hawaii who get hooked on the "batu" (methamphetamine). This dude is making the best shit since Craig Thompson. I picked it up about a month ago, and it's fuckin stellar. The other comic book right now that is blowing my mind is called "Rocketo". It's fuckin amazing. It's like if Miyazaki (the dude who made Princess Mononoke) was born an American and made awesome comics instead of movies...

I delivered water to Urban Outfitters today. Eric (your twin) and Siv were both working there...! I guess it was Eric's first day, haha. Anyway, in the back while I was setting up the cooler I was scoping their CD collection and it's motherfuckin awesome. I wanted every single one of the albums they had there! They even had the Hot Chip full-length which isn't even released in North America yet!!! WTF!?? That shit's import only. I pulled it off the shelf and went to the manager of the store and I'm like "do the employees in the store pick this shit or does the company send this stuff to you?" and he's like "we don't pick those discs; they just send it to us".

FUCKIN A!!!

yo taylor, who the fuck IS this kid?

http://www.myspace.com/hugebilly

yeah that was a gooder.