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I went to the dentist this morning to get a deep cleaning... you know - one of those once-every-five-years-or-so kinda things. The procedure is pretty straight forward. They use ultrasonic gizmos developed by aliens to break lose any bad joo-joo that may be along the seam where your tooth enamel meets the bone protecting and anchoring the root. Because it is in and around the gum line, they use a local anesthetic to deaden the nerves and thus make it a slightly more pleasant than sharp stick in the eye experience. Long story short, they decided to do both sides of the top and one side of the bottom this visit and then finish the other side of the bottom when I went back to get my only remaining wisdom tooth extracted. The top went fine, but the bottom was really sensitive and hurt like a son of a bitch. Eventually, I couldn't take the building waves of pain without saying something. I explained to the hygienist that I needed a short break because the pain was less than wonderful for me. She offered to get the dentist to come in and give me a little more of the local because he obviously didn't squirt enough out of the intrusive needle the first time. No problem. He comes in and she explains. He looks and me. He looks at her. The proceeds to explain that she started working on the bottom side that he didn't anesthetize at all and the pain I was feeling was her getting medieval on my ass with no anesthetic. Excellent. That was a big ball of suck. Afterward, I had to drive my lovely wife to the airport for a trip to visit her family. It's quiet and lonely here with out her and I miss her bunches. After I finished my work day, I met a photographer friend for a shoot we've been talking about this week. We were testing out a new MUA and I shot Carrie for the first time this evening. I'll post a few below, but I'm really tired and don't want to stay up and develop and more of the RAWs. Ed and I ate at Tommy Bahamas in The Woodlands. I had soup and a pulled pork sandwich that I could barely get down. I didn't even touch the bun... I just grandpa gummed the meat until I figured I wouldn't choke on it. I hate going to the dentist. My teeth are definitely not feelin' the love right now. Have a great night... I need sleep.