Dentist, Finals Week, Vacation, and Thespian Thursday

I am living a wisdom toothless existence. Woe is me when the pain medicine runs out.

Luckily, that won't be anytime soon. The dentist gave me more than enough to feel nothing for a while. I was really nervous about the entire process. She did my fillings first and she had a really hard time getting my lower jaw numb. It took several shots and a lot of table gripping before I was ready. I only had one wisdom tooth on the top left and as she went in to rip it out I about gave myself and aneurism! I'm kind of a pansy and I was so afraid, despite my ridiculous amounts of Novocaine, that I was going to start spurting blood and feeling endless, relentless pain. I imagined myself screaming at the top of my lungs and ultimately losing it. Thankfully, none of these things happened. I didn't feel much of anything and it was over before I knew it. She said that the tooth looked different than usual and I kept it because I'm weird. It is pretty cool looking. Some people might think that it's gross. I prefer to think of it as bad ass. Three roots with kind of a sweet hook. Oh yeah!

I finished my last paper of my undergraduate life a few minutes ago. It would have been bittersweet if it had been for any other subject but XDIS. I'm so happy to be done with that class. I've been procrastinating turning in the paper because I was waiting for my feedback on my rough draft. I never got any so I resubmitted the rough draft, in case something went wrong, and then submitted my revised final draft. Hopefully, I don't suck and they'll like my paper. I'd really love to pull a 4.0 this semester. We'll see what happens. Tomorrow is the Chamber Singers Barbeque. We'll eat, enjoy each others' company, and vote for next years officers. This is always a strangely exhausting process. People rally for a specific outcome well in advance of the barbeque and I'll be very interested to see how things turn out. I'm not really invested in the outcome because I don't have to deal with the results, but I still have friends in the choir that are very dedicated and deserve a position if they want one. It will be fun to be around all of those people for the last time. After tomorrow it is going to be a brand new choir with a brand new style. They won't sound the same, look the same, or feel the same. I'm excited to see where the choir goes from here. Dr. Holdhusen was saying that he was hoping they'd go to Kansas City next year. I think that sounds like tons of fun and I know that everybody is going to have a great time. I wish them all the best in whatever happens next.

I'm trying to plan a vacation for Erin and I in July. We had originally talked about going to the Bahamas. Then we talked about Jamaica and now I'm thinking about finding a cool broadway package in NYC. Erin has never seen Wicked and there are a bunch of shows I would love to see.

It is turning out to be rather inconvenient to travel around in NYC so I'm back to planning something tropical again. I want something all inclusive and warm. I have found a few resorts with complimentary horseback riding on the beach and that sounds like heaven to me! I've found quite a few trips that are very affordable too. I just need to get everything sorted out and then run it by Erin and then hopefully we'll be booking a tropical trip to wonderland. Beaches and bars...here I come!


THESPIAN THURSDAY!!!

I know that it is technically Friday but I'm not really freaking out about anything right now so we're going to go with Thursday. There's a show that everyone has been raving about and now I'm starting to jump on the bandwagon as well. I don't know a lot about it, but the songs that I've heard are hilarious. I'm talking about The Book of Mormon.
It is by the creators of South Park and Avenue Q. The South Park thing would normally discourage me, but it isn't nearly as bad as that awful television show. The whole show is religious satire that mocks the Mormon beliefs. You can check out the plot...here. Like I said, I don't know a ton about it. The music is really funny and well written and I'll leave a video for your viewing pleasure so that you can get a little taste of the offensive religious joy that is The Book of Mormon. Stephen Colbert introduces this Tony performance of "I Believe" sung by Andrew Rannells. Enjoy!