Quote of the Day and life update

"... not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."  - William Bruce Cameron

This is usually attributed to my homeboy Albert Einstein, who apparently often said, "Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count really count."

I like that. It sounds better when he says it, in my head.

In life news, we've moved but still haven't unpacked everything. I can't find any matching pairs of socks. I tried to not freak out too much while on the phone with SOMEONE COMPETENT at Cigna today. She confirmed that my Certificates of Creditable Coverage were on file and proceeded to kick three things back to Claims for processing. Hallefreakinglujah, especially since one was from, oh, LAST MAY. She was also not sure why I got a form for a physician re: seeing another physician during a certain time period, since the CCCs cover any pre-existing conditions. Incompetence. It's not what's for dinner or lunch today! *happy dance*

Claude (my iPhone, named after Claude Debussy) is senile. I'd love to play with a Samsung Galaxy Note in person since I love everything about it, but since I'm still jobbing, I may or may not get that soon. I'm also looking at less expensive Android phones like the Galaxy S II Skyrocket, wondering if I should wait and consider a Galaxy S III Skyrocket and/or iPhone 5, and fretting about Claude's power constantly draining at an alarming rate because the power button doesn't work. (I can't even snap photos 90% of the time.) I used to have a Samsung not-so-smart phone and it worked very well for me, so I'm looking forward to seeing what all they have out now. Okay, maybe I'll have to consider the HTC Titan 2, which isn't on AT&T's site at present, but OMG with the 16 MP camera plus second camera for chatting. I used to have a Windows Mobile phone 6 years ago (Cingular 8125) and loved it, so I might have to look at the WinMo7.5 now. Hope that OS has improved.

We had a friend (I'll call her Red Fraggle since I'm totally Mokey Fraggle) stay with us one recent weekend due to a sci fi expo in town. With 4 of the cast of Firefly there, uh, yeah. No brainer. I still need to go through my photos. I definitely need to learn how to knit so I can get in on some Jayne Hat action.

Scars are cool like bowties and fezzes.

Too bad Yoda couldn't regenerate
into a Wookiee.

Thanks be to Facebook, I saw this pic from someone else that was shared by a friend. Looking through that someone else's other public pics was a great idea since I found a quote from another friend of someone else that's so freaky amazing that I have to share it right now.

"Scars are pretty damn awesome - not the getting of them, but having them. They're pretty and they tell stories. Shows we've lived properly." - Gwen Fyfe

I'm currently 38 but have plenty of scars to show. Some are physical (I have plenty of scar tissue from the boob cancer surgery). Some are mental (I hate the stupid fibro/Sjogren's fog when it rolls around, not to mention the processing lag time I have from chemo brain changes that have lingered for almost 8 years). Some are emotional (although my dad was a bit mentally off in his later years and hadn't seen me in a few years when I last visited, I am still amazed that he shut his front door in my bald-headed puffy chemo face after 15 seconds of conversation).

Some days I feel like I'm 900 years old like Yoda there. Some days I feel as chipper as Dr. Time Lord there. Some days, a few of the scars show. Some days they don't. Naturally as a breast cancer survivor, I've heard talk of our scars being badges of honor. How very Klingon. Reminds me of General Martok in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, after losing his left eye. He doesn't wear an eyepatch. He shows that scar for everyone to see. We've been watching lots of DS9 lately thanks to Netflix, and we're almost to the point of when Sisko loses the station. Unlike the disappointed Netflix customers, hubby and I never bothered to do the DVD side since it seemed like more of a pain in the ass than anything else, though easy to do. We've only had streaming and have been very happy with it. Streaming is cool. Ooh, tangent.

Not to glorify the getting of scars, but the only mention of scars being desirable that I can recall having read about was in my overall leather education via Saddleback Leather. (SBL makes incredible quality leather awesomeness in the U.S.A. backed by a 100 year warranty. Yes, really. The Chamberlain's Leather Milk there rocks the Casbah, too.) Leather 101 mentions that, "Your bag may have a few small scars and imperfections, but those just lend a tremendous amount of character to it." The Questions page even includes information on how some scars are more valuable and sought after than other scars. (Scroll down to the bottom and go up a tiny bit.)

My small SBL chestnut satchel has had quite a few scratches on it, but that's the thing about full grain leather - the more it is used and is properly cared for while aging, the more character it gets. Character gets made from scars. Having character is cool. It's not like flaunting the hip seasonal trendy purses made in China that don't last and might contain lead in the coloring. It's not like paying for an uber-expensive designer label for showing off whatever status you want other people to think you have (regardless of actual status, which people shouldn't give a fuck about anyway). Character, like SBL products, exudes perfection in quality imperfection. It's designed to last and be shown and used instead of being set aside like so much Fonzie.