thorswitch’s Neighborhood

So my trip to the dentist was for three things really -- I was SURE this ancient filling was going bad as that tooth tends to be sensitive / feels almost like there is pressure on it.  Nope, it's good.   Then there was a tooth last year that had discoloration but wasn't a cavity, wanted it checked as it occasionally gets sensitive too, so was worried that it turned to a cavity.  It had.  And third, I had a bump on the floor of my mouth.  Before the appointment, my mom was like so you think you have an abscess?  I didn't think so.  Those are pus, right?  Softer?  And usually a toothache goes with those, right?  None of that applies.  This is a hard lump.  Just noticed it in the last few weeks.  Feels almost like bone, it's that tough.  Mom had thought oh, umm yeah that doesn't sound good but could still be just an abscess.  Don't need the toothache and if they get infected or whatever, they can get hard too.  Wrong to abscess but also wrong to it sounding not good.  It's fine.  Think that was my dentist's exact words.  Or maybe it's normal.  Something like that.  She said people get them all of the time, including her brother.  They can even grow and be normal still.  Some kind of tissue build up or something.  Whatever, I lost track at it's normal.  But in a few months if I'm still concerned she can have them cut it out of my mouth to biopsy it.  Umm.  let's see - doesn't hurt, doctor says it's normal, isn't an abscess, isn't something worse like cancer, but if I'd like I can have it cut out.  Nope.  Think I'll trust the doctor for now.  Otherwise there's no reason to do that unless the appearance changes, starts to hurt, etc.    Now I am done with the dentist for a few months.  Still have those extractions I was supposed to get done last year.  Oopsie.  No insurance sucks.    That could be why that one tooth feels funky actually.  The broken tooth is affecting others.   Like, they're fine -- but it's funkiness is radiating to them.  Or whatever.

X-rays = worst part of the dentist, I swear.  Even they say I seem to handle it the worst.  Or when they've been digging around in my mouth for awhile.   Like both the dentist and assistant at the same time.  But I can calm down pretty quickly during that.  X-rays though, I just gag like mad when they stick those full x-ray things in the back of my mouth, then tell me to bite down slowly.  I wanna gag now just thinking of it, actually.   The only thing that makes me wanna gag worse is thinking of that time I had the bite tube put in before they medicated me enough, for the scope procedure.  *shiver* 

Otherwise it was okay news.   Last time I needed gum treatment.  This time that's good though she warned me to be sure I'm brushing in circles not across as my gums did seem sensitive and she says everyone brushes across which is a no no for gums apparently.

Tiger Woods does not owe us an answer as to why he was awake at 2 am.  He doesn't have to tell us why he was in his car at 2 am.  News people keep doing this OMFG has anyone found out why he was out in his car at such an hour?  Um, who cares?  Cops already said it wasn't an alcohol related crash, which is what you'd be implying by saying such things, right?  Sooooo, wtf?  People can be awake whenever the fuck they want to be.  They can drive whenever the fuck they want to drive.  They don't owe you jack shit. 

I have all kinds of sleep issues.  So?  Last I checked there are no laws about when we have to sleep.  If there were I'd sure as hell be in a world of hurt.  The media is acting like he's killed someone because he was awake at 2 am.  He killed a fire hydrant perhaps.   Beyond that, the hospital and the cops both feel he's safe enough to be on the streets, so clearly it was just a minor accident. 

Way to turn a minor story into a big all day, OMG WTF DID THE MAN DO?  dramafest.

At least you're sort of covering the drama whores who snuck into the White House dinner... except even that you're covering that wrong.  You're focusing on what drama whores they are, instead of what crap security the president has.

Finished reading Beautiful Creatures.  4/5 stars. Even though it's not about vampires nor wizards, the best way that I can describe it is if you liked Twilight and Harry Potter, then it's the book for you.  And even if you didn't, it's a good book.  Basically a boy in a small town starts having nightmares that he's trying to save a girl, but she always slips away.  Then a new girl shows up in town.  He realizes she's the girl of these nightmares and is also having the same dreams.  Oh, and of course she isn't just a normal girl.  And his boring little town isn't just a normal town for that matter.  In fact they'll believe that before his dream girl's sixteenth birthday  they need to figure out all of the mysteries of the town and themselves or neither of them will have future -- together or alone for that matter.

Now onto Nightlife (Cal Leandros, Book 1), since I have the four books in the series waiting for me. 

Watched Bruno.   Gotta say, nowhere near as good as Borat was.  The cage fighting scene and the guys trying to convert gays was hilarious though. 

Had a chicken sandwich and fruit.  Talked to mom for a few.  Still feel like hell.  Will probably sleep much of Friday away.  We don't do Black Friday.  Don't have many gifts to buy this year.  All online.  And making a few, when I start feeling less crappy / lazy.

I'm thankful for my family, Brian, my kitties, friends (yes, including those of you I only know from here), having a decent place to live, books.

I'm not thankful for my current state of dizziness and this darned cold that started last night.  How rude of it.  I have to go see the dentist Saturday.  Between my semi-pema dizziness and a cold then the dentist, could I be more tortured?  Really.  I already know the news on Saturday will be bad, though Brian thinks I'm preparing for worse than it really is.  Either way, going to be tortured while dizzy and ill is just blech. 

Brian didn't want his traditional Thanksgiving pizza.  So he's off in search of burgers for him (or just chili cheese fries for me -- I can't stand the idea of a burger right now, too ill) or if Fat Burger is closed then a chicken sandwich and fruit from Norm's for me.  We're very *cough* traditional.

AHA!  See, I knew I'd get back to putting a dent in my to read pile once I got NaNoWriMo done --

Just finished reading Tempest Rising (Jane True).  It's pimped out as being a must read for fans of the Sookie books.  I agree.  First impressions = hey, cool ass cover and fans of Sookie need to read it = w00t!  When I started reading, I got a little concerned.  One of my pet peeves in books = pop culture references.  Not that I don't want to see them in books.  That's all good.  I just worry if you start to see more than a few mentions of songs or books or movies, etc well... you might leave some people out.   And that does kind of happen in this book.  So I was like, hmm am I going to be okay with this book.  But then, it totally works.  Because of how the character uses it.  And how common / popular said songs, books, movies, etc were.  Even if you weren't fans of them, you knew of them or the names alone gave you and idea of what kind of genre or whatever we're talking about.  What the reference is.    And yes it's perfect for Sookie fans.  A sassy female lead thrust into a crazy world of supernatural freaks.  Figuring out she is kind of one too, having suspected she wasn't really normal herself before -- but really figuring out how un-normal she is once she meets them.  Etc.  I'll have to get book 2, whenever that comes out.

For now, onto Beautiful Creatures.

Or onto sleep... then onto that.  ;)  Or some writing later today.  We'll see.

My mom sent me this link.  Interesting.  I hope they keep on testing that theory.  Not getting my hopes up.  So many MS theories.  But that one is interesting anyway.

In my last post I stated that I didn't get the big whoop over Adam Lambert's AMA performance.  The song, in my opinion, isn't his best.  It may grow on me now.  Or at least the performance itself will.  Anything that leads to thousands of complaints from uptight fools = brilliant.  Teeny bopper pop groups do just as bad or worse on stage.  And no one complains about that crap.  Because it's cute little kids doing it and not a glammed out gay guy.  So, go Adam.   It's okay for trashy little boys and girls to do their thing on stage.  But god forbid a gay man do it.  He may corrupt our nation's youth.  Geezus people, he wasn't naked and screwing people on stage.  Kissing and groping while far more clothed than when those kiddie bands do similar performances.  Whatever.  Waaaah.   This story compares it to Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction".  Seriously.  No nudity.  And it aired umm when?  When Desperate Housewives usually airs I think?  Later?  Oh, and they edited it here on the west coast.  No wonder why I didn't get it.  I missed the man on man lovin'.   I guess my poor virgin eyes couldn't handle a kiss -- but could handle simulated sex acts.  I'm glad the sensors had their priorities straight ;)  If you have seen it, the performance in question is here.  Still think that song was a total failure at showing how awesome he is vocally, but I <3 him more now than I did before.

NaNoWriMo = 50,048 words so far
I did it.  Pure utter crap.  But it's done.  And I am already starting over.  From scratch.  Same character.  Same concept.  TOTAL re-write from page 1.  New word count is more like 1k.  And being re-written and re-written.  So it'll be there for awhile.  But I've now completed NaNoWriMo once.  And probably never again.  We'll see next year.    It did inspire me to try writing.  We'll see if I can ever truly work this story out.