Whenever I post a journal, you know I am procrastinating something, because I don't like writing. Currently, I am procrastinating cleaning my mess of a room.... I have less than two hours to do it, though, since my mom's clients are coming over at that time, and whenever she alters clothes for people, my room is used as a dressing room. X| Todays clients are two little girls, one of which is a little screamer and strongly reminds me of some devil-children I know my nephews. D: Lookin' forward to it.

Onto news! Yesterday I went to the oral surgeon or whatever he is called for a, um, discussion or something about my wisdom teeth. Sitting in the waiting room was awkward; this one old lady kept scowling at me, or maybe she was confused I don't know. D: Other than that we had fun, they took my x-ray on this monstrous machine that gets all up in your face and makes terrifying noises, and I saw my wisdom teeth, which are actually these little baby things. I was psyched to hear I get to keep them after the surgery. Also, while I was there, it was storming, and I heard the receptionist talking about a tornado that touched town at Rockfish. This scared the crap outta me, 1) because tornados are, in general, terrifying and 2) 'cause my sister works at Camp Rockfish. Thankfully, this turned out to be just a rumor, but still. Scary.

Also I am excited to get my wisdom teeth out, because once they are out I can get braces! This is, of course, much to the dismay of my father, since he is anti-braces. Or rather, anti-dentist. Or actually just anti-doctor in general. His philosophy is you can beast whatever's ailing you with sheer willpower, or something. But, I don't have enough willpower to fix my teeth, soo... yeah. Sorry, dad.

In other news, I have a gift for you all. It is a minirant, concerning mp3 players. D: Why do these newer generations feel the need to control their senses' perception? Recently one of my old friends had to stay at my house for a few days, and she had to listen to her iPod at all times. In line for Transformers? Lemme whip out my iPod. In the car, listening to the radio? I'd like to listen to two tunes at once, please. Watching TV. Where is my iPod? Oh and my favorite: CARRYING A CONVERSATION. Really? Really. She seriously needed to be listening to her iPod at ALL times. I mean, I know she's not the only one that does this: at the grocery store I see people with their earbuds in; at school in the cafeteria, students are listening to their music as they order their food. Don't get me wrong, I like music; I use headphones; I like to have background noise as I work. But really? Seeing this type of thing kinda weirds me out. Maybe I'm the only person who thinks of it this way, but wearing headphones all the time in public is like wearing virtual reality goggles as you do errands. You're basically blocking the world through one of your senses and replacing it with something more pleasing; its scary, and our generation is addicted to it. It's just another way to avoid human contact in everyday situations.

I dunno, am I the only one that thinks of it this way? Like I said, I don't have much of a problem with headphones or music or anything, but I feel like sometimes it gets out of hand. Whatever, I probably just have the mind of an old fogey. XD Carry on with your usual business! I need to actually clean my room now. XD

EDIT: Wow, it took less than an hour to clean my room, and I only had to kill one centipede in the process! Both of these are firsts.