The Goblet of Fire
posted by Gavin | 6:56 PM
Today was a nice lazy day. Slept in until 9 or so (late for me!). Then fiddled around on the computer while the dogs snored on the floor beside me. I gave them some rawhide bones to wake them up, which they happily chewed on for an hour.
I was snacking on some candy after lunch, a Rolo to be precise, when suddenly a very, very bad taste permeated through the chocolate flavor for an instant. I paused. I wondered if I imagined it. I wondered fleetingly if one of my dogs had just passed some gas (sometimes they are quite stinky). But nothing smelled bad. I chewed a little more on the candy. Tasted fine now. Chewed a little more. Swallowed. Okay so far...
After I put the next Rolo in my mouth, it only took one chew for one of my tooth crowns to become embedded in the caramel candy filling and come completely loose. ARGH! Now I recognized that bad taste, it was bits of the crown cement! I ran downstairs to the bathroom to fish the crown out of the caramel candy and then clean it off. Fortunately I had been given some temporary crown cement by the dentist a few months ago. And fortunately I was able to find it quickly. After a few minutes of preparation, I recemented my crown successfully back in. Of course, usually a practiced dentist assistant does this. As I was not terribly practiced, I got the cement everywhere.
On my tongue. On the surrounding teeth. All over my fingers. Somehow a huge smudge of it ended up on my cheek. This stuff doesn't come off easily, mind you. I guess it is cement for a reason. After five minutes of scrubbing most of the excess cement was removed from my skin. Looks like an impromptu dentist appointment this Monday after all. I suppose better now than during Thanksgiving dinner!
Anyways, enough about my dental escapades. I went to see the new Harry Potter movie today with Sarah, Becca, and Jason. Jen, who had set it all up, was in Fargo instead. But I think we'll see another showing together early next week.
I liked the movie, I think it ranked in the top two Potter movies. Which is saying a lot from me, as I consider the even-numbered books to be the weakest of the series. Acting and directing were great. Special effects were fantastic. The story flowed well from scene to scene. They captured the main elements of the book very well. My favorite scenes were Harry and the dragon (dragons rock!), and the PG-13 scene at the end of the movie (which was the best scene in the book as well). Both very well done.
Now another quiet night at home with Jen away. Spent listening to music from the earlier Harry Potter movies.
I was snacking on some candy after lunch, a Rolo to be precise, when suddenly a very, very bad taste permeated through the chocolate flavor for an instant. I paused. I wondered if I imagined it. I wondered fleetingly if one of my dogs had just passed some gas (sometimes they are quite stinky). But nothing smelled bad. I chewed a little more on the candy. Tasted fine now. Chewed a little more. Swallowed. Okay so far...
After I put the next Rolo in my mouth, it only took one chew for one of my tooth crowns to become embedded in the caramel candy filling and come completely loose. ARGH! Now I recognized that bad taste, it was bits of the crown cement! I ran downstairs to the bathroom to fish the crown out of the caramel candy and then clean it off. Fortunately I had been given some temporary crown cement by the dentist a few months ago. And fortunately I was able to find it quickly. After a few minutes of preparation, I recemented my crown successfully back in. Of course, usually a practiced dentist assistant does this. As I was not terribly practiced, I got the cement everywhere.
On my tongue. On the surrounding teeth. All over my fingers. Somehow a huge smudge of it ended up on my cheek. This stuff doesn't come off easily, mind you. I guess it is cement for a reason. After five minutes of scrubbing most of the excess cement was removed from my skin. Looks like an impromptu dentist appointment this Monday after all. I suppose better now than during Thanksgiving dinner!
Anyways, enough about my dental escapades. I went to see the new Harry Potter movie today with Sarah, Becca, and Jason. Jen, who had set it all up, was in Fargo instead. But I think we'll see another showing together early next week.
I liked the movie, I think it ranked in the top two Potter movies. Which is saying a lot from me, as I consider the even-numbered books to be the weakest of the series. Acting and directing were great. Special effects were fantastic. The story flowed well from scene to scene. They captured the main elements of the book very well. My favorite scenes were Harry and the dragon (dragons rock!), and the PG-13 scene at the end of the movie (which was the best scene in the book as well). Both very well done.
Now another quiet night at home with Jen away. Spent listening to music from the earlier Harry Potter movies.
1 Comments:
Jeez. I leave for a couple days and everything falls apart!
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