Novelty factor if nothing else
Apr. 26th, 2006 08:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petroniaThanks for the cellphone tips, guys - it's really v. much appreciated. RLers can attest this issue has been dragging for years, I have to start making progress. ^^;
Today I saw a periodontist. This was as pleasant as any experience could conceivably be during which toothpick-like steel probes are repeatedly jabbed into one's gums: the office was done in sleek plastics and neutral tones like some sort of posh futuristic spa, the receptionist was elegantly attired, a talking black laptop was involved (it said things like "depth 3", "palatal side" and - alarmingly - "bleeding detected"). I have a printout of a 2D mapping of my gumline colour-coded for recession, bone loss, looseness, etc. The dentist and technician were blond, middle-aged women who spoke in muted, reassuring tones. It felt very much like being sold a luxury body treatment package. Well, I guess it is a luxury body treatment package, considering how much it's going to cost. =_= I've not gotten up the nerve to check how much of it is covered by insurance.
Fannish updates--
SSBB: have pushed issue back by a week.
JoJo: volume 54 or thereabouts, I've slowed down. Incubating an extensive rant re: outfits, and pairing wank potential (note that I do not even think in terms of pairing potential anymore, I think in terms of wank potential - maybe I've been in fandom overlong).
Yukikaze, book 2: about 120 pages in. Still good read, plot still makes much more sense than anime, however author fell victim to too-famous-for-my-editor syndrome which pretty much accounts for the bloated page count (srsly there is no excuse for rewording the same idea three ways in as many consecutive paragraphs). I had to skim a few pages and I never skim. Will write up a summary when I have time.
Today I saw a periodontist. This was as pleasant as any experience could conceivably be during which toothpick-like steel probes are repeatedly jabbed into one's gums: the office was done in sleek plastics and neutral tones like some sort of posh futuristic spa, the receptionist was elegantly attired, a talking black laptop was involved (it said things like "depth 3", "palatal side" and - alarmingly - "bleeding detected"). I have a printout of a 2D mapping of my gumline colour-coded for recession, bone loss, looseness, etc. The dentist and technician were blond, middle-aged women who spoke in muted, reassuring tones. It felt very much like being sold a luxury body treatment package. Well, I guess it is a luxury body treatment package, considering how much it's going to cost. =_= I've not gotten up the nerve to check how much of it is covered by insurance.
Fannish updates--
SSBB: have pushed issue back by a week.
JoJo: volume 54 or thereabouts, I've slowed down. Incubating an extensive rant re: outfits, and pairing wank potential (note that I do not even think in terms of pairing potential anymore, I think in terms of wank potential - maybe I've been in fandom overlong).
Yukikaze, book 2: about 120 pages in. Still good read, plot still makes much more sense than anime, however author fell victim to too-famous-for-my-editor syndrome which pretty much accounts for the bloated page count (srsly there is no excuse for rewording the same idea three ways in as many consecutive paragraphs). I had to skim a few pages and I never skim. Will write up a summary when I have time.
