On special inserts, Christian media, medicine quest

Correction

Apparently "special insert" isn't a newspaper term? Either that or there's no documented use of the phrase online, because when I search for it, all I get is pages about fastening hardware and an incredibly sad subreddit for cryptocurrency-related trading cards. I thought it was a term used when a magazine would would put a little special promotional mini-issue in with the newspaper. Not like Parade, that was just the "Sunday insert" or "Sunday magazine", but sometimes you'd get a miniature copy of, like, Good Housekeeping or something. Now I don't know what term they'd use for that, but that's what I was trying to evoke in the last post with "special insert": a special mini issue of Garbage Digest in your normal journal entry.

Christian media

Hey Christians, if secular values are so bad, why can Christian media only succeed within a very narrow niche, or with a huge list of caveats? If Christian values are self-evidently good, shouldn't way more Christian movies and books and music projects find mainstream success? Like you've got Chicken Soup for the Soul, the paintings of Thomas Kincaid, and The Passion of the Christ was a big crossover hit (not saying they should have been big, but I'll give you the Ws) (heh. "Cross" over)

And... That's pretty much it? At least in my lifetime. Heck, I'll also give you Veggie Tales. That's 4 in as many decades. Maybe Jesus fans should stop whining about society not appreciating them, and spend more time honing their craft so they can make something good enough to succeed on its own merits, rather than "succeeding" because they convinced enough weirdos to buy 5 tickets each. Either that, or embrace your niche. Having a small but dedicated fanbase is nothing to be ashamed of. Yeah, Christianity was the only game in town for a very long time, but tastes and trends change. If all you do is sit around and complain that no one appreciates you like they used to, you're never gonna grow. It's a vicious cycle of stagnation. Adapt or die, assholes Sorry, I know you don't like evolution metaphors, it's just really applicable here. Nothing against anyone reading this who is a Christian, this is squarely aimed at Angel Studios and their ilk. If you want people to like you, make better shit. It's not a mystery

Brain bad

That's probably going to be it for today, since I didn't have my meds, since for some reason it seems to be impossible to get my doctor's office to do the pre-authorization at any point before the day I run out. Like, my appointment was Sep. 10, they knew a dose increase would require a PA, they had nearly two weeks to do it, but they just sat on it until I tried to get my meds and couldn't? I guess next time I'll just have to call every day until it's fucking done, because this has happened over and over. I'm just trying to get back to the dose of meds I was on before when Medicaid made me start taking them and try some other bullshit instead. Now that the other two didn't work, I'm allowed to take the medicine that did work. How very kind of them. But I can't just start at the dose that worked before, I have to start with the lowest dose and increase it bit by bit, month after agonizing month, and it never occurs to them that I'm going to need the new meds when I run out of my old meds. They can't grasp this concept. I'm so fucking tired

Later that evening

Meant to post this much earlier cuz my brain is still oatmeal and I didn't anticipate having anything else to write. But then I ran out of data. Womp womp

After 4 or 5 phone calls to doctor and pharmacy and wasting several valuable minutes of brain time on hold, I got my rx filled. The pharmacy is in one of those awkward locations where it would take longer to catch buses than to walk, so I walked. About 30 minutes. Luckily it's cool enough that this is safe, unluckily it's raining. Luckily I had my umbrella. Unluckily I *still* had to wait for them to fill my prescription even though I talked to them an hour previously, so I missed the next bus I needed to catch to get me home, so I'll be home at 18h15 instead of 17h15. I'll post this as soon as I have wifi. I need a vacation.