last post before i leave

so..my wisdom teeth (i mean, i think it's my wisdom teeth) acted up early this week and it felt like hell. but for some reason the pain faded off, which is good because i dont want to be crying all the way to seoul. i didn't have enough time to get it checked and taken care of at home so I was planning on getting the treatment done in Seoul (heard it's cheap) but I've been browsing around...

It's cheap because it's primitive and scarrry!!!

I'm in the middle of a root canal at the moment - only two more trips to go.

My dentist doesn't wear gloves, doesn't change instuments with each patient, and today, my tongue got caught in the drill when he was filing my tooth down - yowch!

I hate dentists to begin with but Korean dentists are a different breed...straight out of the middle ages!

Also, I heard that you have to request novacaine...is it true? Mine gave it to me as I was sh*tting my pants in the chair before he took the nerve out!

Sure the price is good but I worry about all the diseases you can pick up here...

well, that's discouraging...
maybe i should get it done in indonesia? or maybe not get it taken care of at all?
hiks...

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update

i'm not dead. just real busy. packing. and not packing.

and taking quizzes on facebook, mostly. i found out that i'm really swedish and also an elf. yup.

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have some music

here
hope you have broadband

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Spike Jonze + Dave Eggers + Maurice Sendak = thank you, Jesus

due October 16th, one of my favorite childhood stories:

which almost made me cry.

and consequently, i found this:

which is truly epic.

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Flash fiction

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
-E.Hemingway

Hemingway started it, so let's follow.

You may only use six words.

Some examples I made up:

Timmy, the secret to happiness is:

or

2009: Taggart Transcontinental begs
for bailout.


Some of my favorite from Six Word Stories:

God tests His mortality. Big Bang.
—Bassem B.

Time traveller dies tragically. (1967 - 1608)
—Sean from Dublin

38-24-36. 180/120. 911
—Paul Rutherford

My wife’s suicide note: ungrammatical, naturally.
—Tom Witte

Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth.
—Vernor Vinge

I fell in love. He didn’t.
—Helena Bradford

Checked Facebook. Apparently we broke up.
—Tom

Mary Todd*, this play kinda suc—
—Ganesh Nair

*Mary Todd Lincoln was the wife of President Abraham Lincoln.

Flash fiction is so much fun.

It's kind of like writing headlines.

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let the randomness spew forth

When I think of homeless people, I think of the day my mother took me shopping at this plaza in bandung, my hometown. I think I was in middle school back then. I'm not sure. We were looking to buy me some new clothes and that's where all my friends bought their cool stuff. So, I just had to go even though I hated crowded places and the traffic jams in that area of bandung was ridonkulous.
The sun was out, it was a hot afternoon. I don't remember actually finding something I liked. Probably didn't buy anything. I was probably really pissed off and just wanted to get the hell out of there. Did I mention that I hate crowded places. We were walking towards the car, I think. I can't remember if the incident happened before we went shopping or after. Anyway.
I was walking behind my mother, on the sidewalk and it was frakin packed with people coming from all directions. And I see this homeless guy. I know he was homeless because I had seen him before on the streets . Well, I suppose he could have just been a beggar. The man was walking towards me. As he walked passed me, he fucking pinched my arm really hard. So hard, I didn't even let out a scream. I think I was just really confused. What the fuck just happened? Did that homeless guy really pinch me? Fuck. My arm's red. What the hell was that for? AND WHY ME?! I looked back to see my offender and he's just walking away like nothing happened.
I dont know why but for some reason I was really ashamed about this event that I didn't tell a soul. So, take it as a privilege, blogosphere.

Moral of the story?
Some things DO happen for no reason.

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