Ice and rain in the night, but only rain Outside now, in that slushy grey Purgatory of winter. Tiny icicles hanging from the power lines. Rain falling on week-old snow.
Spooky spoke with my dentist yesterday, and the Bad Tooth is coming out tomorrow at 1 p.m. (CaST). So, I'll likely be in bed a day or two afterwards. But the pain will be gone.
I've been trying to find a piece for Sirenia Digest located at the place where cannibalism and tooth pain intersect. A ritual cannibalism, but one in which the devoured is a willing participant. Indeed, in which he or she is venerated in the act of being devoured. But, I've already touched on this very subject in both "Beatification" (Sirenia Digest #27, February 2008) and "The Bed of Appetite" (Sirenia Digest #23, October 2007). Of course, I can list five or six stories wherein Angela Carter worked through the "Little Red Riding Hood" theme. Also, I'm considering the possibilities of "Hansel and Gretal" and it's relevance to cannibalism. I'm trying to distract myself from the pain in my mouth, and all the worries about work that isn't getting done, and from thoughts of the dentist, with thoughts of willing feasts and aching teeth.
Most of yesterday is not worth repeating.
I should be making corrections to The Red Tree and working on it's epilogue. I should be working. Instead, I'm losing time that I cannot afford to lose, to a tooth that should have been pulled a year ago. I should be doing reserach for Joey Lafaye. Anyway, we have a couple of auctions ending tomorrow, and if you've not had a look at them, please do. Thank you.
Spooky spoke with my dentist yesterday, and the Bad Tooth is coming out tomorrow at 1 p.m. (CaST). So, I'll likely be in bed a day or two afterwards. But the pain will be gone.
I've been trying to find a piece for Sirenia Digest located at the place where cannibalism and tooth pain intersect. A ritual cannibalism, but one in which the devoured is a willing participant. Indeed, in which he or she is venerated in the act of being devoured. But, I've already touched on this very subject in both "Beatification" (Sirenia Digest #27, February 2008) and "The Bed of Appetite" (Sirenia Digest #23, October 2007). Of course, I can list five or six stories wherein Angela Carter worked through the "Little Red Riding Hood" theme. Also, I'm considering the possibilities of "Hansel and Gretal" and it's relevance to cannibalism. I'm trying to distract myself from the pain in my mouth, and all the worries about work that isn't getting done, and from thoughts of the dentist, with thoughts of willing feasts and aching teeth.
Most of yesterday is not worth repeating.
I should be making corrections to The Red Tree and working on it's epilogue. I should be working. Instead, I'm losing time that I cannot afford to lose, to a tooth that should have been pulled a year ago. I should be doing reserach for Joey Lafaye. Anyway, we have a couple of auctions ending tomorrow, and if you've not had a look at them, please do. Thank you.
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Good. May the extraction not be complicated.
Also, I'm considering the possibilities of "Hansel and Gretal," and it's relevance to cannibalism.
Cool.
Which reminds me...
I really need to sit down and watch Hansel and Gretal
Will think of you.
The pain may not be gone right away. Don't pin too much of a hope on that.
At this point, I've had three teeth pulled. I've always found the recovery far less painful than the Bad Teeth.
Yes.
I've also found it an interesting experience to not so much feel the tooth being pulled as hear it. For some reason it put me in mind of the sophisticated yet fragile architecture of the mouth.
All three times (two were partially extruded molars that never came in properly, one was a molar that just needed to be Old Yellered), the main worry for me was not dislodging the clot. 'Don't smoke for at least 24 hours after extraction,' said the chipper little pamphlet, which I summarily ignored. No harm was done, despite my naughtiness.
'Dislodging the Clot' would make an excellent title for something.
more like when they sharpen them, like the Maya/Olmecs did ..
Oooooooh. Hmmm.
(have yer girls gotten to the questline where you get to go into the Undercity with Jaina? it's damn shiny...)
I've not, though Shaharrazad and Suraa have pretty much abandoned Silvermoon in favour of Undercity. Shah is entirely thrall to her "Dark Lady," and considers herself more in the service of the undead than the blood elves.
Also, I thought I'd mention that I picked up a book called Troublesome Things by Diane Purkiss at the library yesterday. It's a study of fairies and my word is it a refreshing change from all the sweetness and light. The analyses get a bit tiresomely Freudian at points but I'm enjoying it anyway, it's fairly sensible.
I hope your tooth extraction is easy and your recovery quick, straightforward, and complete.