I have a little less wisdom today, and that's a fact, because I've had my lower wisdom teeth removed.

I did have sedation, at a reduced price courtesy of the National Health Service (God bless ol' Blighty for that), for what good it did. I must have been asleep at some period of time, because I was only aware of about 15 minutes of unnerving dental surgery in a semi-conscious state, and it turned out that I'd been in the chair for about an hour come the end. To top it off, apparently my wisdom teeth had taken it upon themselves to curve around right into my jaw, making them some of the most stubborn wisdoms that my selected dentist had ever removed.

On the plus side, I was high as a kite when I left the surgery due to the anaesthetic (all the while gobbing copious amounts of blood into tissues), and it wasn't until a few hours ago that I awoke from stress-induced sleep to immense pain, which was also hampered by the fact that my bottom lip was still swollen and numb. The worry did come across my mind that I might be one of the 1% of patients who end up with nerve damage that causes the bottom lip to stay numb permanently, but I awoke from another sleep about half an hour ago and I think it's the most glad I've ever been to feel the lower part of my mouth. Hooray! Now to just put up with the immense pain as the gaping holes in my jaw heal up. I like to think of it as phantom feeling for two completely useless teeth (little bastards that they were, I should have asked the dentist to bloody well mount the damn things for me so I could hang them somewhere). I hope natural selection will hurry up and decide that wisdom teeth aren't really required at all.

So I'll be laid low for a few days. I still intend to get my first round 5 SN spec up this week, it's taking far longer than I thought it would, although that's probably due to how I've used large panels for most action shots. I'm seriously considering trying to finish Detulux 61, too, since the Drunk Duck account has almost caught up with the episodes in my DeviantArt gallery, and there's also a Colosseum spec entry I've written for Sam to draw as well, since I'm a bitter bastard at heart and feel the need to have Pain make some barbs about the whole affair (and there's at least one exhibition match that should be on the horizon...). Most of the delays have been induced by a combination of GTAIV and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (I've got a new PSP), so here's hoping tha I won't get too distracted.

Right, so I'm going to sit here and cautiously sip milkshake while surfing the 'net for a few hours while my jaw reaches new levels of excruciating pain. My sympathies go out to all the people with dodgy wisdom teeth, and my only comfort is that one day you may all feel the same pain I am right now when you get them removed!

And now, some icon links because I'm a lazy sod and like to get to places quickly from my front page:


PS. I have no intention of entering Toy Kingdom whatsoever, in any capacity.