another *thankful* thursday..

i went to the dentist office today.. actually the oral surgeon.

heh.

short story LONG..

last Thursday marked about a week's worth of headache & ear pain along with some stuffiness & tenderness to touch on my face, but on wednesday, i noticed a bubble next to my oh so lovely *wisdom* tooth..

wisdom |ˈwizdəm|nounthe quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise.
(i dare say, i have *NO* idea why they're called "wisdom" teeth.. you're either WISE or DUMB for havin' 'em!  O_o.. but NOT both)
seriously. 
not feeling very wise for keeping the thing in my mouth for as long as i have, i went to the ER @ NYU school of dentistry *a combination of dentists & students aspiring to a career in dentistry*.
since i made myself a guinea pig, i was the source of LOTS of poking & prodding.. esp. of *said* bubble.
here's an excerpt of the convo goin' on over my mouth:
"wow, what's that.. oh sorry, did that hurt you?" about FIVE different times... with FIVE different STUDENTS.. 
OUCH. & yay. & *fun*
by the time i left the ER, my face was throbbing & i had a headache. 
i was crying. i was annoyed. i was scheduled to have surgery the *next* thurs..
so i thought. lol
i arrived today only to discover that my appointment was scheduled for tomorrow. 
aye yai yai.. 
they were gracious & had doctors available to take care of my *wisdom*.
how sweet.. 
i sit down & the *fun* really begins. there are 2 real doctors & 3 students.. all prepared to have a lil' science experiment in my mouth. 
O_o
after a student is given the opportunity to give me drugs, she keeps putting the needle in the wrong spot. 
*fun*
one doc says to the other doc, you'll hafta dissect it.  i'm thinkin' "DISSECT WHAT" 
but i'm a good guinea pig & i don't say a word..
all of a sudden, after about 5 or 6 needles of good ol' anesthesia, i hear a noise that sounds like a power saw.. WHAT THE WHAT??  
for about 30 minutes.. they're sawing my friggin' tooth in two. 
there's a conversation goin' on during dissection.. JUST LIKE in biology class.. 
"oh, no. i think i damaged the tissue!" "no, you didn't damage the tissue. keep on' SAWIN'!!" 
or something like that..   
i smelled smokin' toofes & swallowed blood often. 
*MORE fun*
they were droppin' pieces of my tooth all over me, cuz *apparently* "aww mannn.. it KEEPS breakinggg!" 
"keep on SAWIN'!"
and "aww mann.. where's that scalpel, oh yea.. check the patient's lap. we keep droppin' instruments on her..." 
i'm gruntin', gaggin' & moanin'.. 
they keep apologizin' & telling' me *almost done* for 1 hour +  (smart group)
in my mind i'm havin serious struggles. i just wanna get up & run with my bloody broken pieces of tooth left danglin' in my mouth. but i know i can't. 
cuz that WOULDN'T be attractive when i laugh. 
they cut my lip. *sorry* they bang my teeth. *sorry* they saw a lil' more cuz that's *FUNN*
then finally, the tooth is out. 
"stitch her up! but make sure as you stitch, you push on the open wound with all of your might!!"
yay!
i get up. get out before they decide to do more sawing & head home. 
sO, "WHY in the world is this a *thankful* thursday post," you ask?
cuz i'm *thankful* that it's over. i've learned a VALUABLE lesson in the wisdom of wisdom teeth.
(let the professionals do it. at least they don't talk to their friends step-by-step about how they're jackin' up yO mouf.)


a lil' pic to go with this loverly story..

nothin' like the birdie of wisdom to teach a lil' lesson to guinea pigs.. 

 'cuz don't worry.. one day we'll all look back on this day & laugh. 

ha. ha. 


 i'm thankful. ;)

more birdies..

they aren't all that special.. i just like to doodle. a LOT.

4 lil' birdie friends

i feed birdies on my fire escape.. maybe that's what makes me draw them so much.. i enjoy watching them enjoy tiny nibbles & fight due to mere greed. lol..

they're fun. :)

haiku for u. *fail*

i came to my blog today for the first time in over a month & realized how much i suck.

i haven't written here in AGES, at least that's how it feels..

and sOo.. i realized why..  a lot of times as a blogger, it's easy to feel like no one is reading.. when you're not keeping count.  O_o

sO, i decided to take a peek @ my stats.. and sure enough, people out there in the blogosphere are willing to take a look @ my lil' piece of the universe.

sOooOo.. i took a moment to write a haiku. this one is dedicated to YOU *dear readers*.

YOu make me happy!

YOu are so, sO nice to me.

why do i keep typing YO?

tee hee.. happy wednesday, you wonderful YOus.  <3

err.. a few corrections. the doodle is NOT to go with this haiku.. it's to go with my luv 4 my blog readers.. heh heh..

& haikus suck. who has time to remember 5, 7, 5???

i do. heh..

so.. i blew it. i typed a 7 syllable line to end the thing.. sOoo. this is actually a FAIKU. 

that's a new kind. *fake* haiku. heh. heh. 

GET it?? ... nevermind. -__-

here's another one.. i owe you for your time. this way you don't feel like you're a loser for reading.. lol

and this one will actually go with the doodle.. *ahem*.. 

ohh, little birdie.

do you melt in my mouth?

yuck.. nevermind. *gross* O_o

here's a lil' doodle to go with my haiku..  i don't know why i like drawing lil' birdies..

i just do.  :)

my own lil' birdie..

sOoo... this one of my most recent birthday card designs. made for a friend. the outside says, "it's your birthday!"... the inside of the card read, "a little birdie told me."

=)

a lil' birdie told me..

that i need a little "nina plate..."

i'm pretty sure that lil' birdie was right. i just have to find one.. or i guess make one??

upon a closer look, i discover that whatever makes a "nina plate" a "nina plate" has a mixture of modern with vintage. at least that's what it looks like to me.

i'm still sure that i need one. =)