Wisdom Hurts.

What I've learned from my wisdom teeth.
1. Pain Tolerance
I have dealt with way toooo many sleepless nights. :-(
2. Follow your Doctor's advice.
When Dr. Alfano said to remove them, we should have...3 years ago.
3. Independence
They have hurt me so much, I finally realized I needed to see a dentist while away at school. I had to give my insurance info, play phone tag, fill my prescription all by myself, which is good life experience. Plus, I've learned to question my parents decisions.

I think that's about it.
Finally got to the dentist today.
Ah! Great straight teeth,
no braces, thank you much!
However, my enamel is very bad.
Can't win them all I suppose.


Here is a picture showing the pain of wisdom teeth...

Wisdom teeth hurt.
Mine are impacted
Which hurt more.
One is decaying since it couldn't get in
and that has been quite painful.
The dentist was quite horrified today.
He prescribed penicillin if it gets infected and swells,
vicoden if it hurts,
and flouride toothpaste to keep things contained.



Impacted wisdom tooth...

Other than feeling like an adult,
I cashed my checks,
scoped out my books for the fall
and had a pizza party for LAMP tonight.
There was a low turn out,
but it was nice.

Below is a just an added extra.
I saw it on Rosie's website.
I think it sums up many people's anger
and disappointment with our current
government quite nicely.

Independence Day

Happy Fourth of July.
Happy 231st birthday America.
I feel so bittersweet about celebrating this year.
I think we have lost the meaning of "Independence."

It is not just relinquishing ourselves from British rule,
it is about having the stregnth to remain independent.
Our policies and nation building efforts have made us imperialistic.
We are an imperialistic nation.
We have lost the values our nation was founded on.
Within ourselves we have become intolerant, scared and complacent with the gradual elimination of our freedoms (habeus corpus, cough, senior bush).
On an international level we are controlling, minipulative and an all around control freak.

We must regain the values of tolerance, consideration and peace set forth by the writers of our constitution.
It is called Independence Day for a reason.
Our simplistic minds may prefer July 4th,
but the history of holiday should not be lost admist fancy fireworks and tasty barbeques.

Today Ashley and I went shopping at the mall.
I got two really cute tank tops!
One good for my presentation later this summer
if I can find a jacket for over top.
Later we went to Wal Mart...more cheap love.
Then went to Superior Grill,
where I could not help but get a margarita and the enchilladas.
YUUmmmmYYY!!!!

After dinner we had desert at Sucre.
I would not recommend the Cafe Glace...
I should have known by the bullshit name that
the drink itself was bullshit.
It was an over priced frappucino...which is sort of silly since those are overpriced anyhow.

Post desert we went to the top of the parking garage and watched the fireworks.
It was a lovely evening,
though as I said before, I find the entire holiday bitter this year.
Over the course of the year,
my political beliefs have started to be defined by my personal beliefs, not whom my parents should say I should vote for.
I feel this is an important step in maturing,
and I hope to keep this same level of passion towards it in the future.

Wow...started drifting there...
the point was...
I'm not happy with how our country is looking.
The pendulum must swing back.
We have gone too far.
The tide of change is flowing.
I hope by this time next year to feel differently and proud of my nation.
I hope we will all learn from the gross abuses in power both internally and externally our nation is fostering.

Happy Fourth of July!


What we are???


What we were.