oh dear god. am back from dentist's. after two hour long wait with no inkling as to what lay ahead in the short term, walked into surgical room to have dentist ask if i was ready to have teeth extracted. responded in the affirmative, all gung ho like some kind of hero. painful injections, painless extractions.
after which, hopped onto a bus (couldn't get cab) and here's where the ordeal began. attracted much stares, unaware that four gaping holes in gum were bleeding happily and had soaked through gauze because entire mouth area was numb. a group of students started discussing my situation audibly and i thought that if they commented on how red my blood was just One More Time-
then they offered me some kleenex and alighted, so all thoughts of some xena: warrior princess action waned. a woman of remarkable lydia sum resemblance settled herself down next to me. realized i was bleeding like a person who'd just extracted 4 teeth (which i was, of course) couldn't stop gawking openly. one look is never enough (refer: digital caricature, library, discussion room 1). decided after some time she'd had enough, opted to stand instead.
sincerely thought was about to expire ensuing substantial blood loss. belief preoccupied already troubled mind (what's the difference between G potential and G potential energy??) since dying from extractions is such a stupid way to kick the bucket. plus i have block tests next week! for those reasons, was muttering like a bag lady how i couldn't die now, not like this and how i should find out the difference between potential and potential energy. and then i recalled how Foo, Brendan tried to terrorize me with his phony anecdotes of how dentists perform extractions by repeatedly banging teeth loose with a jackhammer, so now i can't die because i have to kill him.
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1443: still numb and bleeding |