2/7/06 - tongue drills and other morbid things

February 7, 2006 - Tuesday

By the way, I later learned that my mom's tongue was viciously SLICED, not drilled. Still, I choose to stick to my story. Poetic license and all that.

11:43 PM - Who needs a tongue ring when you can get a TONGUE DRILL? Secret tongue piercings of the Geddis family just intensified, kids. My mom went to the dentist to get a crown yesterday, got knocked up on Novocaine, and then had her tongue accidentally drilled by the doctor. EWWWWWWW. She then had an awkward ride to the oral surgeon's office in the hygienist's car (about which she said, "I mean, it definitely wasn't sterile!") as the dentist chanted, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry" while squeezing my mom's tongue the whole time. A few stitches on her black and blue tongue later, my mom was back home lisping with a brand new bill for the dentist: miraculously, the $1100 crown suddenly cost...nothing! "It smacks of malpractice," my mom said, referring more to the dentist's panicked manner and profuse apologies. As my mother knows people make such mistakes and isn't inclined to sue, the dentist really doesn't need to worry about malpractice suits. The free crown is pretty cool, though. Maybe I'll stage such an "accident" next time I go to get work done.

3:00 PM - morbid morbid morbid At first I thought this was cool. Then, after finding the page that organizes celebrities according to cause of death, I got really upset. It's intriguing, that's for sure. Take tissues. Currently listening : Kicking Television: Live in Chicago By Wilco Release date: 15 November, 2005