Currently listening to: "Heartbeats" - Jose Gonzales
Going to the dentist has usually been such an awkward experience for me. It doesn't make for a very comfortable time with metal rods poking around my mouth, scratching at my teeth. Water fills up my throat to the point where sometimes it feels like I'm drowning in my own mouth. And then there's that vacuum, air-sucking thing that intends to dry out your mouth completely, but often finds itself clinging to the cheeks of your mouth. It's unwilling to budge as the rest of your mouth fills up with even more water, ergo more drowning in your own mouth. The whole thing is just not fun.
My uncle is a dentist. He's been my dentist as of recently. My uncle is a very reserved man with few things to say. And though he's armed with those strange metal dental weapons, he's gentle about it, and it isn't too bad getting my teeth cleaned by him. I sometimes wonder if he's a lonely man because he's in his late 40s, early 50s even, and he spends all his days working and then going home to an empty house. Sometimes I even wonder if he's developed crushes on his main nurse. If she's not married, then perhaps they should even go on a date. I know I sound like a silly child with hopeful wishing but I think everyone should find love, even my dentist uncle. He could at least do with some friendly company.
Today is my last day of spring break, and I'm already thinking about summer. I've been thinking about spring break since winter break, and winter break since school started in the fall. 2 more months of school, and I'm feeling more sloth-like than ever. I have shitloads of design work to do, and yet the only thing that is going through my mind is: "la la la spring break!" But alas, I can't keep singing that because tomorrow I'm in for a 6 hour long critique, and I'm supposed to bring in 3 different sets of letterheads, business cards, and envelopes. I have... zero done. Fun times ahead.
Things that have been making me happy:
- Choxie's dark chocolate expresso and dark mint chocolate bars
- Explosions in the Sky's entirely free mp3 album: The Rescue
- Skirts and flats weather
- Being published in a magazine
I'm going to be published in a magazine! More specifically, GD USA. My coworkers and I submitted work to GD USA for their Annual InHouse Design Awards issue that comes out every July. Surprisingly, a lot of my work got in, sooo that's one more thing to slap onto my resume. I've just been floating on cloud nine.
