Late-Edition Post: Expensive Sadist

I see an orthodontist (who is very nice and professional).

But all of them are sadistic nutjobs. I've become accustomed to the stretching, prodding, hammering and scrapping. But today they got cement in my goatee and didn't tell me until it was dried in. It pulled out some hairs and I had to cut others shorter. I think my chin hair is visiblely marred.

Also, they have no sense of time. I don't mean while you are in the chair. They know that time is money and they get you in and out of the office fast. It's more the calendar time they don't understand. 6 months becomes a year, a year becomes two.

I say again, my orthodontist is in fact a great sadist. I told him pain is no object so today he made four corrections that he said he'd usually do over 4 or 8 weeks. Awesome! My mouth is in great pain, but pain is progress baby. I think I'll have a shake for breakfast, a shake for lunch and them a sensible bowl of ice cream for dinner.