bitterdiva

Choose Your Destruction

In our various paths of life all of us are forced to make decisions. Some of them are simple; some of them are too difficult to comprehend life-altering choices. I believe that one of those difficult choices are approaching quickly for me. Granted it’s not related to matters of the heart, which school to attend, but rather I want to extract a tooth or get a root canal.

Now some people would look at the two hairy options and say, get it pulled be done with the matter, never worry about it again. One making that decision has to bear in mind that once a tooth is gone, it’s gone for good; we’re not sharks with four rows of teeth that regenerate. It’s practically a limb; once a limb is removed you have the wonderful option of leaving it missing or a prosthetic device. Once teeth are removed they can be replaced by a bridge or if you’re wealthy (or have good insurance - implants). A root canal (if the tooth can be saved) is an intensive procedure that disconnects the nerve (tooth root) from the jaw and tissue. Luckily it’s not painful – the wonders of lidocaine but it is a several hour (most likely two) procedure that is just the most disgusting thing an oral surgeon has to go through.

I think if my tooth can be saved, I’m opting for the root canal. That and the last one that I had they gave me drugs for it. This time, I believe I’ll try and persuade them from codeine since I’m immune to the painkilling effects. I love my interesting brain chemistry; I really should be in a lab and tested on.

Other matters of the day I have a script for a penicillin-esque drug, finally my syphilis will be cured and I can set up my red light again. I really don’t have syphilis but I do have red lights but this isn’t Amsterdam and I don’t have other freedoms that Amsterdam offers it’s residence.

So more on the Harry Potter DVD fiasco which turns out to be less fiasco and more excitement. I had given up on buy.com sending me the DVD for the release date and drove over to Best Buy since cov informed me of the motherload of DVDs they’re selling. I saw online they had it for the same price of buy.com and I figure what the hell, only 8% more for the NY tax. It turns out that CompUSA had it for ten bucks and Best Buy was matching the price. I tell the guy at the little kiosk that he’s the man and walk off springingly to the cashier. I was able to get my brothers present cheaper than I thought all because of my need for instant gratification.

12:58 PM

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