Drill. Down.

Today I visited everyone's favorite person... the dentist.

I have no idea why the dentist actually exist -- and I truly loathe the experience. There are several reasons that I hate the dentist, but I will share just a few. Granted my experiences at the dentist may not be common, because I visit the doc that the military provides.

A. I'm always made to feel a failure when I go. Brush and floss twice a day? Doesn’t matter that I do, because when brushing I have to angle the bristles in a particular manner. Apparently, if the bristles aren't angled at a perfect 57.6 degrees, all my brushing is for nothing. Would have been good information 23 years ago.

B. Despite the fact that I'm a grown man, the dentist always talks to me in an extremely condescending voice. It's not quite incoherent, baby talk. . . but it's just a few steps above that. I'm not sure if the change in speech is his feeble attempt to comfort me, but it doesn't help. In fact, it angers me to the point where I give serious consideration to taking one of those dental instruments and jamming it down his eye socket.

C. When the Doc isn't talking to me in some ridiculous, bull shit, tone he's busy whispering to the dental tech that's camped out in the room. (and who will undoubtedly do all the work) What's the big secret? Newsflash guy with the gloves and mask: not very many life-altering announcements have been made by a dentist. Just tell me what the deal is.

D. Back to those satanic tools of torture I mentioned earlier. Why is every tool in a dentist’s arsenal some form of pick, needle, or drill? Happen to have any tools in that bag that aren't used in cheap S&M pornos? Guess not. I have a pretty high pain tolerance, but even I cringe when my gums are being annihilated by some 2000 RPM elf drill. Does the dental tech ever give me a “sorry”, or “my bad”? Nope. She just keeps on torturing me. Perfect job for a dominatrix.

The silver lining of this visit: 2 hours out of the office. I guess when it’s all said and done, I still love the Air Force.

… Do Something Amazing …

Really?

I'd be remiss in my blogging duties if i didn't address this viral video that's going around.

Apparently, some guy decided it was an awesome idea to film his... I'm going to guess she's around 4... year old daughter ranting about some bull and shouting some expletives.

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A brief excerpt:
"I told her get out the car and fight bitch"
"Smack yo' ass to the mother fucking ground"
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How idiotic do you have to be to think that this is impressive? So at the age of 4, your little girl knows how to curse, fight, and pretty much fulfill every stereotype there is about black youth. This guy's obviously a candidate for the Parent of the Year Award.

I admire his philosophy: don't set the bar low for your daughter, just completely remove it. Since she's cursing and fighting at 4, chances are she'll be on the pole by 12, and if you're lucky she'll be snorting coke off some guy's sack by 16. One can estimate that she'll have at least one child of her own by 18, and that child will get to follow in her sterling footsteps.

I'm even more disturbed that in my search to find a link for the video that didn't originate on Facebook, I found tons of folks who thought that this video was actually funny. Nothing funny about a kid who can, in a brief 1 minute and 45 seconds, set back an entire race. She literally does nothing but spout out random, ghetto, ignorant buffoonery for over a minute and a half. Doesn't matter if Barack is in office, if the mentality of the people he's leading doesn't change.

For every step forward that we make, there is still the potential to regress. As cliche as it sounds, children are our future - and they are relying solely on our guidance to put them on course to achieve the great things we know they are all capable of. If, instead, we decide to applaud them for perpetuating ignorance... well, you imagine what kind of world it'll be.

Sorry world... couldn't find a link to post this on my blog... look for it on Facebook, I'm sure someone has it on their page.