snakemeister
Shared on Mon, 07/10/2006 - 08:12I had a wisdom tooth pulled this morning.
Ouch.
Ive always been lucky and had pretty good teeth, despite having a patchy record when it comes to dentist visits. This has meant that when I do go to the dentist, its normally because something is wrong, and it hurts. The time previous to this, I was with my old dentist. I had barely sat down and started to explain how my gum was hurting when he joyously excalimed that I had to get a wisdom tooth removed because my mouth was "Getting a wee bit crowded back there".
Crunch. Ouch.
On that occasion I went straight back to work, never having had a wisdom tooth pulled. I was at my desk all of five minutes when I started slurring my words and dribbling blood all over the keyboard. My manager immediately sent me home, despite my protestations of fitness. It was only later that I realised I was being sent home as much for the sake of my co-workers as for my own health.
Anyway, I now find myself at something of a loose end. I have the house to myself (apart from the cat, but shes easy to please) and a stack of games to play, yet Im unhappy - and its nothing to do with the throbbing pain in my upper right jaw. I wonder what other gamers feel like in a similar situation - I have a unexpected few hours free of distraction in which I can enjoy playing games with no guilt whatsoever, but I cant decide what to do. I know that theres only a small window of time left to me, so do I skim through the games available and spend 30/45 minutes on each, or do I pick one and spend a few solid hours with that, and hope that I get some more time at a later date to do more catch-up?
Im very tempted to fire up FFX and spend a few hours getting back into it. I was writing about FFX a few days ago and I pulled out the strategy guide for it - battered and scribbled and re-scribbled all over - to check something. Since then, it has sat on the living room floor, drawing my eye when Im bored. During adverts I pick it up and leaf through it, reading sections at random. Ive got the bug, the itch. Ive not played FFX in about a year, although I did finish FFX-2 about 6 months ago. had it been any other type of game, I would probably have managed to come to an agreement with my girlfriend and be able to spend some time working through it again. Not an FF game though. She hates them with a passion, so thats out.
I have a horrible feeling Ill end up playing WoW for an hour or so, then just watch a video. Some day off.
Maybe Ill get lucky and my gum will get infected and I have to take a week off. I think I could deal with stomach-cramping nausea for a free week of game-time.
Ouch.
Ive always been lucky and had pretty good teeth, despite having a patchy record when it comes to dentist visits. This has meant that when I do go to the dentist, its normally because something is wrong, and it hurts. The time previous to this, I was with my old dentist. I had barely sat down and started to explain how my gum was hurting when he joyously excalimed that I had to get a wisdom tooth removed because my mouth was "Getting a wee bit crowded back there".
Crunch. Ouch.
On that occasion I went straight back to work, never having had a wisdom tooth pulled. I was at my desk all of five minutes when I started slurring my words and dribbling blood all over the keyboard. My manager immediately sent me home, despite my protestations of fitness. It was only later that I realised I was being sent home as much for the sake of my co-workers as for my own health.
Anyway, I now find myself at something of a loose end. I have the house to myself (apart from the cat, but shes easy to please) and a stack of games to play, yet Im unhappy - and its nothing to do with the throbbing pain in my upper right jaw. I wonder what other gamers feel like in a similar situation - I have a unexpected few hours free of distraction in which I can enjoy playing games with no guilt whatsoever, but I cant decide what to do. I know that theres only a small window of time left to me, so do I skim through the games available and spend 30/45 minutes on each, or do I pick one and spend a few solid hours with that, and hope that I get some more time at a later date to do more catch-up?
Im very tempted to fire up FFX and spend a few hours getting back into it. I was writing about FFX a few days ago and I pulled out the strategy guide for it - battered and scribbled and re-scribbled all over - to check something. Since then, it has sat on the living room floor, drawing my eye when Im bored. During adverts I pick it up and leaf through it, reading sections at random. Ive got the bug, the itch. Ive not played FFX in about a year, although I did finish FFX-2 about 6 months ago. had it been any other type of game, I would probably have managed to come to an agreement with my girlfriend and be able to spend some time working through it again. Not an FF game though. She hates them with a passion, so thats out.
I have a horrible feeling Ill end up playing WoW for an hour or so, then just watch a video. Some day off.
Maybe Ill get lucky and my gum will get infected and I have to take a week off. I think I could deal with stomach-cramping nausea for a free week of game-time.
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