Sumo wrestlers, nipple rings, and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to YOU!!!

My good friend Erin is now in Israel hoping to find the perfect Jewish man. Katie is leaving to go back to Berea for J-term tomorrow (and I think I am supposed to be planning something like a little sendoff for tonight... oops). My Vikings are out of the playoffs (and Mike Tice is fired... YAY!!!). My Gophers lost in their bowl game (you choking dogs... UM- 31, UVa- 34!!!). The Olympics are coming in February; getting ready for some real hockey!!! Oh, while I am thinking about hockey, if ANYONE finds Mighty Ducks 2 on DVD, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pick it up for me and I will oh so graciously repay you forever. I can eat solid food now (well, I have since Saturday night but yay for me besides!!!). Getting my wisdom teeth extracted wasn't that bad but all you people who said it was nothing are big, fat liars!!! The oral surgeon told my mom- since I was so conked out I don't remember getting in the car and getting home- that my bottom two were the hardest he had ever had to pull out. He had to keep me under sedation for twenty something extra minutes and had to inject tons more of the local anesthetic throughout. So when I finally woke up, my face was HUGE!!! Parts of my face were still numb when I went to sleep that night, and trust me, I was beginning to think that he had nicked my facial nerve and I would have been pissed. The facial nerve supplies sensation to all parts of your lower face and- damn it- if I couldn't enjoying kissing ever again I would kill him. But then the anesthetic wore off and even with my high pain threshold, I gave in and took all of the pain meds. Still trying to figure out how Lortabs reduce the effects of birth control; anyone know??? Feeling fine now; still a little sore.

So about those sumo wrestlers and the nipple rings... both came from ponderings on New Year's Eve- which was great!!! Had a good time with the family but had to take two naps since the pills really made me sleepy. Woke up from one of them to see sumo wrestling on ESPN. As I watched these behemoths pull up on each other's belts, I wondered how they could do that without injuring their "packages". Well, I did some researching later through my old anatomy notebook to find that professional sumo wrestlers actually massage their testicles into their inguinal canals deliberately so they do not become injured during wrestling. Interesting, right??? So then the nipple ring question came while I was at Anna's New Year's shindig. I have always wondered if getting such areas pierced reduces or increases sensitivity; many people have told me both but I want a definitive answer. So I came to the conclusion that if the piercing person misses the nerve endings in those places, it will increase the sensitivity, but if the dumb butts hit them then you lose any sensation and then you will be oh so sad. But I have more important things to be doing- HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you, and I'll see you guys soon!!! -K