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They should be here by Friday. Thank you, uscav.com.

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"It's your lucky day," Dr. Pivor said. The whole procedure took less than an hour. I have a handsome new fake tooth, good for two weeks. Once the custom-fabbed post arrives from the lab, he'll pop this one off, shove the post in there, and attach a permanent crown. This is even better than his predicted best-case scenario, because there was no old post to remove -- there was just an obsolete, radio-dense filling compound of some sort in there. Looked just like a post on the X-ray. I think "Pivor" is a really cool last name.

The damage? $647 total, including the upcoming appointment. It sucks, but it could have been much worse.

I am now regaining sensation in the lower left quadrant of my nose.

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08.22.04 Edit: I forgot to mention that Darla treated me to breakfast at Sound Bites yesterday. She'd never been there.

Good things about learning from bottleimp that are fun:
Snatching the 1.5 with surprisingly little drama. I thought my arm would pop off at the shoulder like a boiled crab leg, but the bell just kinda flew up and sat overhead.

Good things about learning from bottleimp that are not fun:
Fixing my swings so they are more powerful, more effective, and much harder. Ugh. These SUCK.

"The Face" is more fearsome when executed with a broken tooth. For most other applications, however, whole teeth are better. I hope the dentist can do something -- even if it's temporary -- tomorrow night. My smile is not as charming as it should be.

Whoever found my phone at ManRay decided not to steal it. I talked to the head of security and he brought it out for me. :)

I'll go see a dentist this week. A new tooth will probably cost me a lot.