::The Harbinger:: - My Friend, Hydrocodone.

Yesterday was the day. I got the bastards out. And by that I mean my wisdom teeth. It was pretty quick and painless, but that may be thanks to the anaesthesia. The wait is what was killer. I sat in the office for almost an hour just talking to my mom about paraphilias and various other sexual disorders as determined by DSM IV-R (and ps, Tina, Gender Identity Disorder is pretty much the definition of a transgendered individual...I'm pissed). Then I finally get called in, and everything was a blur. They had me take a quick x-ray, which pissed me off because I could have had my dentist transfer over a copy that they had taken since my insurance doesn't cover shit and all of this is coming out of my own pocket. Oh, and the bitch of a radiologist said 'You should smile, we have to' to which I replied 'if I were getting paid for this I would' (I'm not joking, I was cranky). Then they sat me down, had me sign consent to put me to sleep, put up my x-ray to look at, and then inserted the IV and put an oxygen mask over my nose. As soon as the mask slipped over, I was gone and two seconds later I was in my mom's van wondering why she was taking me home before I got my teeth pulled. I was in such a groggy, fucked up state, I really have no recollection of what was said in the ride home, but I know I talked to my mom. At some point, the release of Transamerica must have come up because sure enough, my mom stopped and bought me a copy along the way. She also picked up my meds, and agreed to pay for them herself so long as I let her have the refill of the Hydrocodone when my first prescription runs out (fair enough).

So, we go home, and my mom's loving it. She gets to baby me like I'm 2 again, getting me juice and broth and ice cream, fluffing my pillow, wiping my drool (I may not be kidding). And we watched Transamerica, or rather, she watched it next to my knocked out ass. But she reported having liked it a lot and wish it hadn't ended where it did (and indeed, so do I, but every good movie should make you feel that way). So, I pretty much slept that afternoon and evening on the living room sofa, and then spent the night in my sister's room (per mom's request, so she could be nearby if I needed anything...and at that point, I only wanted to be gagged). Then I woke up around noon, popped some pills, and went downstairs to fall asleep on the couch again (isn't my life stressful?) I woke up around 2 PMish and no joke, as soon as I did, a commercial came on tv advertising that SNL's Best of Cheri Oteri just came out on DVD!!!!!!! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY YEARS I'VE WAITED FOR THIS???? I'll tell you, it was 6. So, I was suddenly awake enough (well not quite, but I risked it) to go to the nearest best buy and buy it. I freakin' love it!!! I love all 88 minutes of it, but I'm severely disappointed that it didn't have a bunch of skits that I know are even better than the ones they have on there. It also includes Cheri's audition, which is kickass. I want to marry her soo bad. Oh, and she's going to be in Southland Tales along with Sarah Michelle Gellar (which is tentatively coming out in September...it just premiered at Cannes). Cheri will be playing a lesbian bodybuilder. I'm so stoked! Then, there was more sleeping, before I finally got up to shower my grody ass (not to mention face, hair and genitalia) and came to write in my lovely LJ. So that's where it ends...Oh, except I also just checked my grades for the semester, and my prediction was correct!! Perfect 4.0! Okay, enough excitement. So I now have Psyc 314 (research methods) listed as my only course on myspace (yes, I'm now talking about myspace on LJ) since that starts next tuesday. Hopefully Chris will be taking that with me. OH! And that reminds me, I did accomplish one other thing, I got tickets to go see Kathy Griffin perform at the Meyerhoff on June 1st!!! How exciting is that? I'll be going with Chris and my mom (who will pretend to be a lesbian should we get the chance to meet Kathy afterwards). Yay, now I'm signing off. Zzzz.

- Griffin.