Tuesday, April 12, 2005

I happen to love john stewart

I think he is just about the funniest man around. And that nerdy guy who does the interviews. What's bad about john stewart is this, I'm usually supposed to be sleeping when his show comes on, or at least staring at boring TV or a boring book so that I don't want to be awake anymore. But when the daily show comes on I start laughing and wake right up. It's a problem.

Today I went to the dentist for the 20th time this year. I should buy stock in dentist tool makers or something. Let me give you the brief history.

During college I was pretty slack about the dentist. I went to Woodruff a couple times but then one time the dentist there asked me if I did crack b/c of the stains on my teeth. I looked at him with a baffled stare and then he realized he was stupid and said, "oh do you just drink a lot of tea or coffee." Yes, wise dentist who makes more money in a year than I'll see in my lifetime, yes, I drink coffee and DO NOT do crack. Sheeez.

I decided when I became an adult last year that I should go to the dentist and so I found this place near work that could see me before school at like 7AM. How cool!? I should have thought it was weird. I went the first day and the guy was very nice. He even gave me a tshirt and a cookie. And the cookie WAS good. I thought I was set, until I went in for my consultation where this woman sat me down in a room and showed me a gross picture album of deteriorating teeth. Then she told me I had 19 cavities. Yes people, 19. I thought tragedy was striking and the world was ending. Who's ever heard of such? B/c it was so outrageous I fell for it until I told my pal Will. He told me it was a scam and the guy was trying to pay for a boat. I think he was right.

I went to a different dentist for a second opinion. CRAZY! I only had 4 cavities. Yes, that's gross, I know. Go ahead and judge me! So I handled it, got them filled. Woopie, I'm good to go now.

I went back to the dentist today for a routine cleaning. The lady practically made me come out of the chair. What's up with ripping up someone's face with floss. I was sore after and I didn't even get a cookie. Just a toothbrush and some listerine and the news that I need to floss for 10 days straight, no exceptions! Apparently, we all need to floss A LOT. And I'm serious. She compared floss to an antibiotic and compared tartar to spackle, like caulking?? Oh she was full of metaphors. People, we all have gingivitis. Be that Listerine guy! Hold out for the entire 30 Seconds! You can do it!

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2 comments:

  1. so how does a professional compare flossing to taking antibiotics?

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