My teeth

I haven't been very good in blogging recently. Hope I haven't lose readers at a speed I am losing teeth.

I just got one tooth (actually, some tiny root of a tooth) extracted. It all started with my new dental insurance plan (I never had dental plan before). Since now I am cover, I decided to give dental care a shot, first time in ten years.

My teeth have been a big problem since I was a kid. When I was little, I liked to eat candy and hated to brush my teeth. Got lots lots of cavities. My Niangniang used to bring me to the dentists quite often, fixing this and that. I think I had a bad memory about dentists, because they brought unbearable pains and some shame onto me. During and after college, some fillings began to wear out, and I was stubborn and scared enough not to see a dentist. As time passes by, one tooth on each side began to go bad. Initially, I still could feel the pain, but eventually I felt nothing. The pain nerve must have been dead.

So I went to see a dentist two weeks ago. Diagnosis: Most of my teeth were okey (except two, of course), but my gums are heavily infected. Last Friday, I went through a painful 2-hour deep cleaning. They used laser to burn off some infected gums, and I could smell it, like burned plastics. My gums bled badly. That night, I bled more, and I think now I need to change my pillow sheet and bed sheet.... (I could've describe it in a more gross manner to make it more realistic, but I refrained myself). And then two days ago I visited the dentist again and got one bad tooth extracted.

Overall, I have very good experience with dentists this time, though it cost me a fortune even with the insurance. I plan to fix all my dental problems this year. Maybe good teeth could help me in dating somehow. I got a new road bike too. I put the old one in my working place, and use the new one to cruise around the campus. I was running around the bay today, as my office building is less one mile from the bay. I have a 5K run in my company tomorrow, and it should be a breeze.

By the way, check out Lily Allen's album. It is surprisingly good. Leave a comment here if you want it from me (Also, once a while I talked about the music I was listening at the moment. If you would like to get these music, just let me know. I promise that I have a good taste of music).

Two good movies: The Departed and Little Miss Sunshine. Must-see movies of the year. Also watched a play: Peach Blossom Land. If you were in the same college with me, you probably remember that play. Now at my university, the play was translated into English by the author himself, Stan Lai. So many fond memories in drama club. When I watched the play, the Chinese version came through my eyes. A lot of my drama group friends were in it. How are you all doing now?