Dentistry Woes

Hey nitrous oxide enthusiasts,

I went to the dentist yesterday. I figured it was finally time to take care of some cavities I had been letting fester for a few months. So I hopped in Pimp Mobile V.2 and headed for the office of pain. (My quaint nickname for the dentist's office.)

For some reason, I was nervous. The last time I had cavities worked on was when I was a kid and those were never fun experiences. The doctor never gave me novocaine back in those days and I had to settle for "laughing gas".

Laughing gas, in my opinion, is a horrible anesthetic. (Great party drug - still a horrible anesthetic.) I could always still feel the agony of the drilling and poking and shit like that and your brain tells you that, but your body just refuses to do anything about it. Like a security gaurd telling a hippie to stop smoking a joint at a Tom Petty concert. Not fun times for Nate-O.

On the flipside, however, I have never been a novocaine fan either. The only time I was given novocaine was when the dentist was forced to pry a tooth or two from my skull. Also not fun.

So I was pleasantly surprised when the doctor used this numbing agent on my gums before injecting the novocaine. I don't care what you may think, getting shots in your gums without that stuff hurts. After that, the procedure went well.

One thing that Doc Joel said got me thinking later on in the day. He said, "Have these [Cavities] been sensitive or painful?"

My response was, "No." (It sounded more like "Nuh" because he was drilling on my teeth at the time.)

"You're lucky then," he replied.

After a few hours of numb lips and an episode of Star Trek, I realized why I had done so poorly in Vegas. THE CAVITIES STOLE ALL MY LUCK!!!

Therefore, the next time I go to Las Vegas I'm going to make damn sure I go to the dentist and get all my cavities filled.

Speaking of gambling, I recently downloaded Full Tilt Poker so I can keep up my game over the summer. After a day or two, I've come to the realization that this is a two-sided coin.

One one side, I'm doing quite well. You only start off with 1000 play money chips and I've earned more than ten times that amount in less than a week. On the other side, I made the mistake of introducing the program to my Dad...

Why is this a mistake? Because he's not very good at the poker games you can play.

Don't get me wrong, my Dad is a pretty good poker player... when he plays with his friends and doesn't always play a type of Hold 'Em. Otherwise, he's a pretty worthless player. Add that to the fact that he can be a bad loser and a fierce competitor when it comes to playing cards and you get one unhappy father. Also very much not fun.

At least Clerks 2 comes out on Friday. I hope I can hold out 'til then.


Honorable Mentions
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Dr. Joel: Thanks for filling my cavities.

Martha: Happy (early) Birthday!

Me: Just remember, you're awesome and everyone knows it.



Snootch to the Nootch,

~Nate-O