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Tonight at the corner store I saw a kid who wasn’t quite a pre-teen with his friend. The only problem was that this kid was verging on morbidly obese. But something was different, and it was with his face.

Or, more to the point, his head. Most people, even large people, don’t put that much weight on their head. And this kid did. His face was almost pinched in a little bit by the swelling of his head. That’s not normal no matter how much you put on.

Obviously this guy had something wrong with him… tho’ I couldn’t guess what.

The nice thing was that him and his friend (a rake-thin east indian kid, they where quite the pair) just carried on like normal kids. It’s hard to remember back that far and how most anyone could get along. I was actually kind of relieved he had such an obviously close friend. (This is obviously a sign of my own lookism and me projecting my own shortcomings onto others.)

Unfortunetly, he had slight signs of of possible acne. He’s growing up. And so is everyone else. I’m afraid that body conscious teenagers might no be so open minded. No matter what, this guy has a tough future ahead of him and I don’t think anyone can help. I’m concerned that this just might be the happiest part of his life. And it’s sad to see that come to an end.

I ended up having my root canal afterwards. On the down side, it cost $1600, on the upside – it didn’t hurt at all.

The dentist started cleaning out the old filling and the current cavity and I thought I felt something…. and he said “Yeap, we hit the nerve, you’re going to need a root canal.”

He hit the nerve directly with another shot of the anesthetic which was probably the part that hurt most but was more of a tingling like when you strike your funny bone then an actual pain.

I was a little nervous at this point ’cause I’ve never had one before so I decided that the best thing to do would be to close my eyes and hope for the best.

And it worked. The nerve was removed (I have no idea what that looks like), the canal was cleansed and filled (Also have no idea what that stuff looks like) and a hole was drilled in the filling for the metal post.

That was interesting as he used a noticeably lower speed drill to keep from yanking out the filling. The only problem was that it would get stuck in the filling. I wanted to ask if that was normal but since it was embedded in my teeth at the time I couldn’t say much.

I’m not sure how much trouble it was to get the metal post in as he tries to get everything done as quickly as possible and you end up forcing your jaw open as much as you can as he applies pressure. It got a little sore from that.

After the post goes in the rest of the tooth is unfortunately filed down to create the best base possible for the cap to go on. I don’t have that much of a tooth left there at the moment and what I can see is covered in a temporary plastic/rubber cap so it’s only a white nub. From what I can figure, after a root canal the only reason they keep the tooth in there at all is that it’s easier to put a peg in something that’s already in the jaw then to put the peg into the jaw itself.

So now I’m waiting for Oct. 4th to get the porcelain cap put in place. This wasn’t the nightmare I was expecting, but I still would have liked to avoided it.

I was flipping through the flyers tonight just to see what’s there and I opened up the Sears one.

What I saw on the page that I flipped open is, what I believe, a picture of Christine Tizzard modeling womens clothing.

They don’t have that particular picture on the website, but I think this one is also her.

I knew Christine from elementary and junior high school. Well…. that is to say, I knew her – she didn’t really know who I was.

Christine was in all likelihood the first girl I ever considered cute. I remember trying not to stare at her in elementary school before you’re really old enough to understand that sort of thing.

I consider the fact that she went on to become a model as an example of my excellent taste.

It’s just neat to see that models are people too!

Only, they’re not, are they? They’re freaks.

Like any grouping, there’s a standard distribution. In the case of humans, there’s everyone in the middle and then there’s the freaks on the fringes. Only in the case of Christine, it’s considered a good thing rather then a detriment like those other people on the other side of the bell curve.

But she’s still squarely in freak territory. Through no fault of her own.

Just like that guy on the bus.

Youre such a beautiful freak
I wish there were more just like you
You’re not like all of the others
And that is why I love you

Update: I scanned the ad, click more to see it. (more…)

Well I went to the dentist and what I thought was a problem – wasn’t. What I thought was fine -wasn’t.

I have a cavity under a filling. Which of course, sucks. What makes it particularly sucky is that since it’s already in a hole in my tooth it started that much closer to the nerve. So there’s a chance I get to have a Root Canal.

Ooooohhhh……. nuts.

I’ve talked to my mom and she said it wasn’t that big of a deal and that she’s and a few of them and it isn’t much more then getting a filling, but it still sucks.

Which brings me to the question of the day: When Does the Sucking Stop?

Or when I make up WWJD-bracelets, WDSS.

Seriously, I want to put an end to The Sucking. I have a job with very limited foreseeable future and at the end of the day I feel like I’ve made so very little difference. I come back to a home which is just as much work as my job. I spend my money on things that I need rather then things that I want. Like some real life version of Groundhog Day nothing really seems to change. Nor do I anticipate it.

So Avast, ye maties, ponder this over yer grog if ye must, yet speak true: When Does the Sucking Stop?