Giving my wisdom away

(Please ignore the horrible title and allow me to complain for a second)

One week ago I had my wisdom teeth brutally taken from me. I was knocked unconscious, sliced open in four places, and four of the teeth that God gave to me were ripped from their sockets. The Oral Surgeon, or as I like to call him: Klepto McGee, tried to soften the blow by charging me money to cut open my mouth. I think he was a little confused about who was supposed to be paying who.

Then, as if to make up for his horrendous actions, he offered me a slip of paper with his permission for a pharmacy to give me certain medications. Mr. Charming didn't even offer to pay for those! Nope. So somehow this con artist has convinced ME to pay HIM to cut me open, swell up like a chipmunk, and give him five of my teeth. (yea, I said five. That's how he tricked me! Claiming another molar had to come out anyway and he'd do it all at once to save me the pain of going under twice. He's Harold Hill except with teeth!!).

Four days after the assault, shooting pain in my jaw forced me to drive back to the scene of the crime and have him stuff some form of bandage back into one of the holes he had created. After the initial pain, the demon gauze began working it's black magic and left me in a slightly loopy state that got me to agree to yet ANOTHER visit to him in a few days in which he removed the demon gauze. Which led to the accidental removal of stitches and bone graft material, which led to another visit, which was a 30 second meeting with old Klepto who told me everything was fine and then disappeared.

I've set up a meeting with him on Thursday. Unless he convinces me that he is sorry for his actions and legitimately ready to change his ways, I may need to alert the authorities. I'm not sure what joy a grown man gets from knocking out 20-somethings and stealing their teeth, but I'm sure there is a program he can enroll in.

Let this be a warning to all of you out there. This man is sick and dangerous. Guard your God-given teeth with vigor or you might just find yourself in my shoes: without wisdom teeth, but a little bit wiser nonetheless.

The start

School is back in a big way. Classes = mostly awesome. I'm taking horror which is, surprisingly, horrifying. I'm scared to get in my car every Wednesday night thinking there's a crazy witch in the back seat. Yes, that's right, we watched "Drag me to Hell." which leads me to an apology: I promised my own personal movie reviews and I have not given any in a super duper long time. To make amends I give you...

"Drag Me to Hell"
- scary. But I'm easily scared. The suspense was good, the gross stuff was really gross, and there were intentionally funny moments. I wouldn't recommend it, though. Mostly because I don't like scary movies. But the types of people who do like to be scared probably won't be by this one.

"Sherlock Holmes"
- Surprisingly entertaining. I went in with low expectations and a bit of a snobby attitude. "Holmes is not an action star, he's a boring old British man." thought I. How very wrong I was. The story was intriguing, the acting was well-done, and c'mon people: Jude Law is hot. It wasn't incredibly deep or thought-provoking but very entertaining. I suggest you see it. Whoever "you" are.

"Princess and the Frog"
- I am reminded of "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin" when I watch this which, in case you are wondering, is a very good thing. The story was so fun, the music was catchy and classic, the 2-D animation was very nostalgic for me. The characters were the best part, though. They threatened to be over-done, cheesy, etc. but they weren't. Every character was voiced well and the story made them likable. I saw it with my family and Hannah was the youngest one in the group (17). You do NOT have to have kids to go see it. In fact, I think its better without kids squirming and dropping their popcorn and having to go to the bathroom.

"The Blind Side"
- I love Sandra Bullock. Mostly because I love "While You Were Sleeping" but also because I think she's just cute. She was not the normal Sandy in this film, however. Enough of her came through the character so that it was still her, essentially, but I think she deserves the Golden Globe nod. The story was very inspiring. Nothing too new but I'm a sucker for underdog stories. Also for Southern accents. Also, Tim McGraw. All of these elements wrapped up in one package = a must see. I've heard it called "the feel good movie of the year" and that's so true. You can't help but feel better about life after seeing this film.

"Up In the Air"
- I saw this one for two reasons: it's nominated for like, a billion awards. And George Clooney. Don't see it because its nominated, see it for Georgie because you may like it more than I did. I went in thinking it would make me think and send my world into chaos which it tried to do, but ultimately didn't. It was well-made and a good story idea, I just didn't think it was executed in the best way. I came away from the theater angry which, I'm pretty sure, was not the emotion others felt. Even though I can see why others liked it so much, I wasn't a fan. If you see it, try explaining it to me. I'm afraid I just didn't get it.

Other than that, I'm debating what to see next. "Avatar"? "It's Complicated"? "Leap Year"? Let me know if you have any suggestions.