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smokingbootNo, too embarrassing! I cannot do that meme everyone's into, despite my desperate desire to be cuddled and flattered right now.
It has provoked some interesting thoughts though. Recently, a chum who's on the show was discussing cosmetic surgery with me. She knows a salariman's wife with considerable expertise on top notch under the knife enhancement. Apparently now is the time to do it, before the rot sets in; prevention is better than cure etc, etc. Friend is suggesting we go get a free consultation on what might best assist us. I am sanguine, ready to consider this a waste of time right now...and then I check out my skin and teeth. Uh-oh. the latter will only become important in dealing with Statesiders, cos they do seem to fixate on the horrors of British dentistry or lack of it. Why are our teeth so bad, I wonder? Bleaching those suckers looks more and more likely, but I really don't see myself wearing a retainer or resetting my jaw to straighten my overbite. And my skin...no, I don't want to turn this into a long post.
I read back and find I have found four instances of the word 'No' in this post. For now at least, I'm treating it as a decision made at the back of my head. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with cosmetic surgery - people should be happy with the way they look, and if that's what it takes, so be it - but don't feel the need right now, plus I'm too busy plus I've no money. And my honey is afraid I am going to be 'consulted' right into unnecessary unhappiness about aspects of my face/figure.
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It has provoked some interesting thoughts though. Recently, a chum who's on the show was discussing cosmetic surgery with me. She knows a salariman's wife with considerable expertise on top notch under the knife enhancement. Apparently now is the time to do it, before the rot sets in; prevention is better than cure etc, etc. Friend is suggesting we go get a free consultation on what might best assist us. I am sanguine, ready to consider this a waste of time right now...and then I check out my skin and teeth. Uh-oh. the latter will only become important in dealing with Statesiders, cos they do seem to fixate on the horrors of British dentistry or lack of it. Why are our teeth so bad, I wonder? Bleaching those suckers looks more and more likely, but I really don't see myself wearing a retainer or resetting my jaw to straighten my overbite. And my skin...no, I don't want to turn this into a long post.
I read back and find I have found four instances of the word 'No' in this post. For now at least, I'm treating it as a decision made at the back of my head. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with cosmetic surgery - people should be happy with the way they look, and if that's what it takes, so be it - but don't feel the need right now, plus I'm too busy plus I've no money. And my honey is afraid I am going to be 'consulted' right into unnecessary unhappiness about aspects of my face/figure.
TV's a narcissistic world, we can look at ourselves for too long. Other people's creativity is the cure. So for non-neurotic makeovers, check out
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Date: 2007-04-12 11:43 am (UTC)I did this before my first wedding (at which point I could be talked into just about anything). I had a gumshield made and had to pipe one third of a tube of special tooth bleach into the upper shield, and a third into the lower shield, before putting them on at night. As this was a rather bad time in my life, I had taken to drinking a little in excess. I stumbled upstairs one night, grabbed the tube and emptied it into the top shield. I was under the impression that I only had a third of a tube left, so I reached for a new tube to open for the lowed gum shield. To my horror, I found that the nearly empty tube was still on the side, and I had just piped a whole tube of bleach into the upper gum shield. I tried to dig the stuff out, but in my drunken state my efforts where somewhat ineffective. I woke up in the morning foaming at the mouth like a rabid dog!
Aiiiieee!
Date: 2007-04-12 12:00 pm (UTC)Do you still use the gumshield thing? Your teeth look fine to me!
Re: Aiiiieee!
Date: 2007-04-12 12:09 pm (UTC)One day, my brain switched itself back on and I realised that I did not need a husband or perfectly white teeth.
It was one funny highlight in a very bleak time. You should have seen me the following morning - hungover, caustic dribble on the pillow, and this wretched foam everywhere! Seriously - I was rinsing my mouth out for hours! I could have been an understudy for Coju!
Re: Aiiiieee!
Date: 2007-04-12 12:35 pm (UTC)but when I pick myself up off the floor, your lesson stays with me...