As some of you may know, I've been working on my willpower and discipline over the last few years. A few ways I have done that are quitting smoking, growing my hair out even though it looks ridiculous, and, recently, a diet.
So the other day I had a dentist appointment because I had an early stage of gum disease, OHEMGEE. Anyways, my appointment was set for three and I was supposed to come in fifteen minutes early to get local anaesthetic. Well, I got there at 3:02. The dental hygienist that was to work on my teeth was about to grab a doctor to numb me, and I stopped her. I told her that it's my fault that I'm late and I didn't want to eat in to any more of her time. She kept insisting that I get my gums numbed. She told me she has heard time and again from people that they can do it, and they always buckle. Well, to me this was my next test against discipline and willpower. She started with out any numbing agent, not even topical which she begged to do so she'd feel better.
Shortly after she started I raised my hand. She retracted her instruments and asked if it hurt. I told her to relax and go to it like I was a test dummy. I put my headphones in, turned on my music, and didn't flinch once.
What she had to do was irrigate underneath the gums around all my teeth, after that she had to scrape plaque and bacteria from underneath the gums. The final step is to spray it with super Listerine. I also had her put this antibiotic stuff to help keep the gum disease gone. They are little pellets that she had to inject under my gums. That felt more weird than painful. Anyways, the whole thing was quite painful and I am now a legend at that dental office. I went in the next day and an assistant asked me, "Did you really do that with out numbing?"
You damn right.
What has made you happy this week?
Quotes of the day:
Kermit: Today's show was brought to you by the letter...um..
Big Bird: Bong! Haha.
Kermit: And the number-
Big Bird: God, you're messed up.
Kermit: Fuck you! The number 'fuck you'.
If you weren't around in the 90s when Napster was free and not governed you may have missed this gem of an audio file. My friends and I would basically do nothing but waste our time on KaZaa, Napster, Morpheus, etc finding the funniest clips we could. Finding funny home videos was rare, but you could find tons of sports bloopers, which weren't bad. But the internet had to evolve. Went from audio to video. Youtube killed the audio-comedy star.
So the other day I had a dentist appointment because I had an early stage of gum disease, OHEMGEE. Anyways, my appointment was set for three and I was supposed to come in fifteen minutes early to get local anaesthetic. Well, I got there at 3:02. The dental hygienist that was to work on my teeth was about to grab a doctor to numb me, and I stopped her. I told her that it's my fault that I'm late and I didn't want to eat in to any more of her time. She kept insisting that I get my gums numbed. She told me she has heard time and again from people that they can do it, and they always buckle. Well, to me this was my next test against discipline and willpower. She started with out any numbing agent, not even topical which she begged to do so she'd feel better.
Shortly after she started I raised my hand. She retracted her instruments and asked if it hurt. I told her to relax and go to it like I was a test dummy. I put my headphones in, turned on my music, and didn't flinch once.
What she had to do was irrigate underneath the gums around all my teeth, after that she had to scrape plaque and bacteria from underneath the gums. The final step is to spray it with super Listerine. I also had her put this antibiotic stuff to help keep the gum disease gone. They are little pellets that she had to inject under my gums. That felt more weird than painful. Anyways, the whole thing was quite painful and I am now a legend at that dental office. I went in the next day and an assistant asked me, "Did you really do that with out numbing?"
You damn right.
What has made you happy this week?
Quotes of the day:
Kermit: Today's show was brought to you by the letter...um..
Big Bird: Bong! Haha.
Kermit: And the number-
Big Bird: God, you're messed up.
Kermit: Fuck you! The number 'fuck you'.
If you weren't around in the 90s when Napster was free and not governed you may have missed this gem of an audio file. My friends and I would basically do nothing but waste our time on KaZaa, Napster, Morpheus, etc finding the funniest clips we could. Finding funny home videos was rare, but you could find tons of sports bloopers, which weren't bad. But the internet had to evolve. Went from audio to video. Youtube killed the audio-comedy star.