fear not the root canal

it has been decided: everyone should forthwith cease to be afraid of root canals. seriously, i had one this morning, and it doesn't hurt at all. it stayed novocaine-numbed until about an hour ago, and i was worried that it would totally kill after it wore off - it doesn't though. but while my tooth doesn't hurt, 2 other things do: 1) my pride, because i still cannot get over the fact that i didn't have a single cavity until age 23 and now i've had a root canal and 2) my wallet, because this bitch root canal is going to cost me $1000. can you imagine? $1000? luckily my parents are awesome and are fronting me the money until i can pay them back (by the end of the summer, i've decided) because otherwise i would be totally screwed.

also, as bogdan would say, smoke this shit: morgan spurlock, the guy who did supersize me, is doing a reality show called 30 days, which i originally thought would be really stupid but now i think it will be really really cool because he's going to use the show as sort of a platform for social issues...for the pilot episode, he and his fiancee are going to move to columbus, OH and try to live on minimum wage, find jobs, affordable housing, etc - sort of like nickel and dimed i guess.

anyway, next tuesday, the center for american progress is going to have a special screening of the pilot episode, featuring a panel discussion with morgan spurlock, ted kennedy, and john podesta. for those of you who don't know, john podesta is a knox alum, so i plan on wearing lots of knox regalia and begging for a job.

and speaking of begging for a job, check out this article and this picture of dan lieberman's brilliant commencement stunt.

i'm ordering the dvd.