not quite a nugget

i'm laying in my bed watching thumbelina on youtube. life is so good.

did you know barry mannilow lends his vocal talents to this screen gem? or is it rod stewart? well, i guess it doesn't matter because THEY ARE THE SAME PERSON. if there is one thing i am certain about in this life, it is this fact. cereal. google it and get on my team.

speaking of legendary vocalists, my first concert was Steven Tyler's aerosmith. i did more than hear good music at this concert. i learned about sex via middle aged strangers sitting below me, and saw steven tyler awkwardly fly across the stage on a trapeze via the help of a not so behind the scenes techie. i'll let you guess which event was more traumatizing. (the second one!)

speaking of traumatizing, i had part 2 of 3 or 4 of a root canal today. for the first time in my life i did not fear loss of consciousness during injections. i found singing a line of a backyard bible school song over and over in my head really calmed my nerves/brought be back to a time before PTSD. i also think i stored up all the nervousness and that it came out in a manic fit of laughter when the slightly masculine dental assistant began describing the "not quite a nugget" of gold she found in her mail order gold panning kit. something about the word nugget mixed with what i imagined myself to look like with a giant dental dam and protective glasses on made for a embarrassing/but not as embarrassing as fainting from a shot moment in the dental chair.

i think the dentist gave me a discount. maybe it's because i made him laugh from my laughing. maybe he feels bad for my root canal that wont stop bleeding, even after a month. maybe it's because i was accidentally touching his thigh the whole time today and didn't realize until the end of the procedure. maybe the price was correct, but i always like to put my faith in humanity. i'll pay it forward. most likely to aflac when they bill me for the remaining charges.

just in case, i am looking to fall in love with someone who has excellent health and dental benefits in the next 5 months. please don't think im shallow. benefits aren't the only thing i am looking for!  they also have to be hot.