just a little courtroom humour, sir

Before I left my psychiatrist's office today, he said to me, "If you dare to use your email again, you can contact me when you want another appointment."

I LOLed. I really like him, even if he is a fan of Freud. And, okay, Freud is cool, in a He-So-Crazy-And-Ludicrous way (and also it's not like the dude's a therapist, and how much harm can Freud do with prescription medication?). He says psychoanalysis is the dominant school in Finnish psychiatry. I suppose it would be impolitic to say anything scathing about that. Maybe he just thinks all problems are rooted in childhood, not that all problems are rooted in penis envy. Or something.

Also he asked me if I'm afraid to open my mail because I think it's going to be a letter from the university going, essentially, "Hey, what are you doing?" Of course that's ridiculous - all the expectations and pressures about school are coming from me, it's no concern of the school's if I don't do whatever-it-is, and for that matter, I'm not even unusually slow by Finnish standards. I admitted that I know intellectually this is impossible. I'm surprised I don't have nightmares about it, though. That would totally be my worst fears come to life.

Vuitton-clad official spouts socialism

A video of a Gucci- and Louis Vuitton-clad politician attacking capitalism then struggling to explain how his luxurious clothes square with his socialist beliefs has become an instant YouTube hit in Venezuela.

Venezuelan Interior Minister Pedro Carreno was momentarily at a loss for words when a journalist interrupted his speech and asked if it was not contradictory to criticize capitalism while wearing Gucci shoes and a tie made by Parisian luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton.

"I don't, uh ... I ... of course," stammered Carreno on Tuesday before regaining his composure. "It's not contradictory because I would like Venezuela to produce all this so I could buy stuff produced here instead of 95 percent of what we consume being imported."

The video clip ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDsdXkY4UlE ) had been viewed more than 15,000 times on Thursday, a day after it was posted on the YouTube Web site. (from Reuters)

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I was talking about Xanax and Wax said "Just don't take it with a bottle of vodka!" and that reminded me of this picture from Channukah that shiroi_chi took which, as she said, sorta made me look like a lush (it also reminded me of Gerard of course, but that's not really to the point). Also I've been wanting to take pictures but too lazy to take my camera outside. So, substitute.