the calm before the storm.

good news - i AM an enigma!
after my quadruple tooth extraction, my face did not swell :)
i was given 2 different pain prescriptions - 1 of which i only took for 2 days because it was weak and preventing me from driving. the pain, though irritating, was bearable :)
after i woke up from the initial deep slumber i was a normal, functioning human being :)
i never used the ice pack, nor the anti-nausea medication they gave me :)

from what i hear, surgery took about 20 minutes. when i was coherent, they walked me to a "wake up" room, put me in a recliner and covered me with a blanket for a few minutes while i got it together. they had avatar on the big screen, but i was more interested in the drooling guy to my left. he looked a hot mess. all i kept thinking was "do i look like that?" shortly after, the dental assistant came to get me, she told me my mom had pulled around to the back and that she would help me to the car. that's when i knew, i had to be disfigured or they would have walked my behind right through the lobby from whence i came.
i immediately pulled down the mirror to check myself out. 1st of all, they didn't wanna wipe the blood splatters off my cheeks? 2nd, my mouth was filled was gauze. that's why ol' boy in the chair next to me was looking so attractive. 3rd, the gauze was slowly filling up with blood. it looked like a massacre in my mouth. my tongue had a thick red coat and the tips of my teeth were tinged pink. i wanted to paint this picture as vividly as possible. however, because of the extra time i put into securing my bun that morning and the carmex i applied as soon as waking up, i still managed to be cute (when my mouth was closed. and it's a possibility for you, too!)

what i learned from this experience is that the average person is a giant, quivering vagina. i was hyped up for nothing. i totally could've gone to work the next day. the only reason i even took off was because i thought i'd look like quasimodo and i'm a little vain. true story. but why work when you can sleep in, actually see an episode of oprah for once and live your life the way you wanna live it? additionally, i prayed incessantly. God and i are tight, i didn't do this on my own.

i also learned that i have an outstanding mother. i'd challenge her against any other mother in the world with confidence. she took off work as well, without my asking her. she made me a trough of potato soup, ensuring that all potatoes and onions were pureed and babyfied. sure, she forgot to make sure i was elevated for the first 2o minutes i was sleeping while i swallowed my own blood, but she was busy making soup & mopping my blood trail off the floor. i forgive her.

i went back in today because i felt some bone sticking through my gums, poking the side of my tongue. it hurts, and i couldn't ignore it anymore.
apparently, when they removed the teeth, the new bone freedom caused expansion. and my life to be ruined. the oral surgeon gave me 2 options. i can either have surgery that involves "a small incision", "repositioning gums", etc. OR i can use my finger to mash the bone back in. yeah, i didn't make any of that up. i'd have to push the area over time until it moves back into a place that is more comfortable to me. other than the obvious, the problem with this is IT HURTS! when he showed me what i'd be doing i almost punched him.
*sigh* i should've known there'd be a catch.

t minus 14 hours

tomorrow i'm getting all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled. i've been putting it off for years. now that i've been successfully pressured into it, i've spent the better part of my time researching the good and the bad. i'd like the share with you a few pictures that i've found. i hope to be an enigma and NOT look like them:
- wish me luck.

curses!

you know that last bite of food from your meal, waiting to be savored ever-so-slowly? that last bite that is a combination of everything that was on your plate as an immediate reminder of how tastetastic your meal was? yeah, you know what i'm talkin about.

well, i just dropped mine. from my fork to the collar on my white shirt, to the boob-catch area of my white shirt, to my grey jeans, to the floor.
it was pasta.
so not only did i miss out on the last bite, but now i look like i'm in 2nd grade.

and i wonder why i'm single.

i don't even have a speech prepared...

if there were an award for being inconsistent, i'd have one.
and it would be large.
forgive me. i'm about to hit y'all with a whole lot. wait for it...

i'll be the 1st to say it.

i noticed recently that how busy i am is directly proportionate to how "put-together" i look. nails, waxes and shoes with lots of buckles will reconvene when i get a chance to breathe again.
(and despite it all, i've managed to scrape together a few sentences and a picture to put on here. hmmm...)

"the show"

i've been seeing movies in the theater a lot lately. i'm not like normal americans. i love movies, but i never make it a priority to go see them. anyway, i'm changing that. let's review, shall we?

Paranormal Activity ruined my life. i'm a self-proclaimed punk about scary movies, but i keep on watchin'. it's a hint of retardation, i'm aware, but my need to be entertained is strong. it was really tough to sleep the following couple of nights. some of the stuff that happened in this movie happened to me in real life, so knowing what comes next makes me sweat a little bit.


i learned a lot watching Good Hair. black hair care is a multi-billion dollar industry and hair is india's #1 export. insanity! i also learned that i'm tryna be at that Bronner Bros. show next year. it's a lot more than i thought it was.

Precious was heavy. i've never seen a movie like that. it's been a week and it's still on my mind. so i bought the book. i don't want to ruin it for anyone (it comes out 11/7 nationwide), but i will say that if you watch it and are unsuccessfully moved, you are an animal.

most recently i saw Saw VI. i know you Saw haters are thinking "why are they still making these movies?", but like i always say, the purpose of a movie is to be entertained. i'm not watching it for the cinematography. it's creative, and it's smart. Saw doesn't scare me, but i almost threw up in my lap. twice.

next on my list is Takers. it comes out this February. i semi like action flicks, but i really wanna see it because this film is full of sexies. guilty. so far, it deserves 2 awards; one for the most sexies in one non-porno film and one for the worst photoshopping done on a cover. yikes.

I &hearts Derwin

BET is officially picking up a new season of The Game!
Much like sex & the city, i started watching the game late, right before its finale. so you can imagine how annoying it is to get sucked into a show, the characters and that sexy Pooch Hall only to find out it's all over. well apparently, there was heavy protest from viewers because it's bizzack! i don't know exactly when, but it's coming.

hiatus

what's weird is, i haven't been here because there's been so much going on - but isn't that the purpose of a blog in the first place? working on transferring those thoughts and occurrences to here. seriously, it's all amusing. stay tuned. and my bad.