Randomness from an overactive mind
Archive for May, 2007
Times Like These
24 years ago
by bangbang023
in poems
Times Like These (5/4/2007)
It’s times like these where I stop to think
About time I’ve lost and those types of things
I play the riddle of life with strings
Just tie me up til I start to sing
Cause I’ve lost my rhyme, I’ve lost my way
I can not find what I want to say
I’ll break the rhythm, I’ll stop my stride
Just put me down for a piece of mind
In times like these, it’s nice to write
And pour it out til I find what’s right
But I sit here with my doubts in mind
I’m tensing up as I walk the line
So stop your words and stop your hands
I can not think or understand
If this is life then what’s the use
Just knot me up in these writing shoes
And drop the noose and flood your mind
With a little beat and a little rhyme
Then feel it tap on the walls inside
Now let it out, then more in time
I have no words or track to follow
I’m spitting thoughts from veins so hollow
I feel the beat and the pulse of it
It’s time I get the most from it
Just write for writing, write it out
Go find a beat and then rhyme it out
So stop the fighting, I’m sick of it
Too many words in the thick of it
I should have said, you should have too
I should have, could have, would have too
But nothing’s simple, nothing’s right
There is no hope in drawing lines
Until you cross them, when lines shatter
No rhyme or reason really matter
Just write it down and rhyme it out
It’s times like these when I find it out
I love my words, I missed the time
It’s times like these, the closing line
Notes: This is one just for the sake of writing and, honestly, I loved writing it. It’s a simple beat. Just clapped our hands 4 times in rhythm within a second and a half. Yes, it’s fast but that’s the way it’s written. It’s me talking a lot about nothing. I love it, though.
Tale of the Tooth Continues
04 years ago
by bangbang023
in general
If you can remember back a few months, I had a root canal done on the bottom right tooth right next to my wisdom. At the time, the dentist only put a temporary filling in because he said I should get the wisdom pulled. Well, the filling finally fell out, so I went to a different dentist to try to get a permanent one. No go. He said I have to get the wisdom tooth pulled and get a crown on the one I had the root canal done on.
This poses a big problem for me. It’s going to be expensive. I’m estimating between $1500 – $2500 just to get everything over with. I’m probably going to have to borrow cash from my dad and pay him back over time. That should be amazingly fun.
So where do I go from here? As soon as I get my schedule for next week, I plan on calling up the oral surgeon to set up a consultation. After that, I’ll schedule the surgery and go with it. This guy uses a pill to sedate his patients instead of nitrous oxide. I’m a little nervous about that, but thinking about the cost of this all tends to preoccupy my mind well enough. I’m hoping he can, perhaps, pull the tooth and fit the other one for a cap at the same time.
Wish me luck guys and girls. I’m freaking out about this and really want to get it over with as soon as possible. My work schedule and the need to go buy a suit this weekend for my cousin’s wedding are simply making it difficult to squeeze everything in.