Sink or Swim

So I took some Tylenol PM. Damn these things really work for me. I’m actually in a slur right now but I just wanna say that I haven’t had proper sleep for nearly 3 days now. My liver is also fucked. Thanks much to drinking my ass off the past couple of years.

I’m sorry but I have to give it to Skype. I like this. Now my gf’s on a 2 week business trip, I can call her. The quality is something I can’t agree with much, though. There’s some sort of feedback going on, but for the most part, it’s free and its definitely not bad.

Congratulate me for I have won a raffle. Haha, I got $500 today plus a new blender. The local church had burnt down so people were being offered tickets to win and raise funds for construction and repairs. It cost a $1 a ticket and I got $500 for buying 3 tickets! This is the first thing I’ve ever won my entire life. I’m so proud of it. I need you to congratulate me. Now!

I’m sorry, why do I have to keep writing about teeth – it almost looks as if I’m obsessed about it, but I just can’t help but think about the millions of people who’ve gone thru so much trying to live with this natural phase in their lives.

I just found out that I didn’t have to get rid of my impacted molars. People back in the day didn’t have to bother themselves trying to get rid of their teeth, why do we have to, all of a sudden? I know there are a million possibilities to what could happen with someone who doesn’t have his/her tooth taken out, but then again that’s according to the dentists these days and some are refuting them for the only reason why this study ever took place – in fact, some say it’s a complete waste of time and funds.

But to be a little fair to our dentist friends and potentially aching selves, I do think about trying to stop myself from having an infection and/or a tumor due to the said impacted molars, hence having them extracted. There were just a few things I did not know. All I had were stories of the pain that took some people 3 days to recover from, while I took a week of intense pain. I had forgotten the fact that pain is indeed subjective, and I had also let the fact slip that I am not the best at toothache or anything that could cause headaches and the like. You can pretty much cut me open and expect me to blog about it, but do NOT touch my teeth.

I have belittled the activity a little too much that I did not do any research until I started getting worried of the ridiculous amount of pain I have faced at the time after the extraction. The process of extraction is more complicated than you might know. They cut the gum through, and divide the tooth into four pieces, pull out those they can, and smash the remaining tooth within, in your mouth. The pressure is a lot for one’s jaws sometimes that it might hurt longer than it should. The swelling can get pretty bad, and if done incorrectly, can damage a nerve or two. This can cause a splitting headache that may not go away after another procedure – something more delicate that involves the nervous system.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t have it taken out, because if you really feel the need to, then I guess you must, especially if it is hurting really bad. But there are possible repercussions to having this procedure that if you don’t take the precautions seriously, you just might find yourself in a situation much worse than you had expected.

There are a few things in life that you should be heavily thrifty about, but when it comes to medical concerns, especially the teeth, one should refrain from thinking twice about spending a little more than the average. I guess I should’ve considered spending a few more hundred bucks for a dentist that would ensure a good procedure and post procedure effects. Mine was unfortunately sub-standard the first time, and I could’ve done it without that much pain, I just didn’t choose to check out my other options. So that’s a lesson learned. I can’t say that perhaps next time I should consider paying tri
ple than what I had shelled out – because I’ve ran out of teeth to take care of.

I think this is about the time that I need to get some real rest. I am getting more and more exhausted by the day, and work is being neglected. I feel that I still want to take part in all that I do now, but maybe I have just become too tired. We’ll find out at the end of this week.

Good lord. I have never come across this many brainless inventions in one site alone. But for the heck of it, why not feature some of them here?

The Ipod toilet paper dispenser. I seriously can’t thank the think tank for this marvelous invention. Sheer genius, guys. What do you think? It totally suggests that you listen to music while you take a dump. Well, I commend the inventors of this item. What troubles me is that its not really useless. In fact the dock works and the dispenser gives out toilet paper… but yeah, we are on the dumbest inventions, word per word.

Toothache candy. Actually I want to get this thing for my niece. Apparently you’d have to dip the tiny teeth into that red fluid that tastes like cherry or so the website where I found it said, and you’d have to use tweezers like a dentist. I think its strange. Not necessarily dumb. But I want people to know that there is such a thing hence it made part of the list.

Pet stairs. PET STAIRS?!? Who needs pet stairs?! Pets can  jump, they’re agile and they can actually reach places without having to use this invention. Why would anyone? WHY? Tell me why? I have a dog, and you know what, I’ve never had a problem with him going up the couch. Really.

So I’m at my friend’s house as we speak. I was visiting them before one of my buddies pick me up to go up north in his uncle’s cabin.

My friend Rob’s wife Marie, is a shake whore. She makes shakes for everyone. So normally when I’m around I’d just sit and get my serving. This evening, their help carried a tray and put two shakes on the tray and smiled at me. So I assumed it was mine.

I drank both.

Marie came out five minutes later looking for her shake, that of course… wasn’t there anymore.

So we all know that it’s the season again where all of us men gather in our homes to do something that completes our lives that apparently isn’t all about sex.

I don’t understand why some people see it THAT way because apparently my girlfriend thinks that’s all I ever think about. Of course not. Well, she’s right. Sometimes. So here’s my quick, one-page write-up on one of the most important things to me since sports…wait, this is sports.

So, Garnett was traded to Boston with Ray Allen this year which led them to the semi-finals. But I think KG deserves to win a ring this year. He’s been in the playoffs in the past decade and we all know why he should. The guy’s got leadership skills for chrissakes, he led Boston to the final four!

In the West, we got Kobe (Mister MVP (Yeah right (but really there will be no end to the parenthesis’ (point is I strongly disagree (in fact, I think Chris Paul should’ve won)))). Kobe and the Lakers that scored in the name of Luck in the form of a Pau Gasol. I don’t think the Lakers would’ve gotten this far just with Kobe alone.

Wouldn’t it be great if the finals teams for both the East and West would be the Lakers and Boston? People would kill to get front seats. Just like the 80’s except Magic Johnson and Larry Bird would potentially be sitting in only two places: the front row, or the front row.  
 
Tim Duncan and Tony parker definitely deserved to get another ring on their fingers. BUT!!! Who the hell wants to see that again, right? It got pretty boring last year when I found out that they were on the finals again. They have the best players on and off the bench and that is why they keep winning (hence the boredom).

Now, let’s not forget the Pistons, the Pistons have lost their bad boy image way back when  Rodman and Lambier left the team. Honestly I don’t want to talk about them that much cos they won enough rings, too. Minus points for Rodman because made horrible movies. He got it on with Madonna though, I mean she IS Hard Candy so okay, thumbs up for being an all around guy.

Now here’s my favorite part: If I were God and I could make things in the future happen, I would make the Lakers win over the San Antonio Spurs 4-3 and I would make Boston sweep Detroit 4-0. Then on the finals it would be the Lakers and Boston. Boston would make the Lakers win for the first three games then beat them on the next 4 with the following scores 114-115, 108-107 , 106-101 ,135-134 (double over time with a game winning shot by KG). I made it a tight game cos I think Kobe deserves to feel close to winning(but not actually winning) cos he did a pretty good job his season and because I am Mush, too.

Now that is how an ideal NBA season should end. Giving Boston back the championships and well deserved players their well-deserved rings. I think it would be fair if we forget about Tony Parker getting another ring cos he just got one from Eva Longoria last year. Damnit lets not talk about people who have too much luck. I want her. Now.