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I can hear out of both ears good.
All 4 of my wisdom teeth were pulled and there's no more mouth pain.
My wrist is completely healed....


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I figured I would title this article this after I have been going through this whole wisdom teeth ordeal. For any of you who don't know, last Wednesday I started to have serious pain in my mouth to the point of not being able to chew or swallow. I was drinking only fluids for days, and still am to a degree. I need to get all 4 of my wisdom teeth pulled. But after talking with a good friend of mine... I decided to rank the most painful things I have experienced... in order.

To begin, let me say this is physical pain. There is mental pain that at its worst I believe trumps physical pain. Now that we have that established, lets continue on.

1. Wisdom Teeth - I have never been in so much pain that I couldnt sleep, eat or function at all. Thats exactly what I was from Wednesday to Saturday (before I got the Vicoden!) Easily number 1.
2. Getting kicked in the balls - Stop, drop and roll, my God somebody help me, why is this happening to me?!?! Now this could easily be #1 as well, but the problem is at least this goes away after 15 minutes or so. The wisdom teeth thing is with ya. When a man gets wailed on in his junks, I mean a real placed kicked with power behind it... his entire body freezes up and goes into emergency mode. Its like we were programmed with something that says "Hey guys, our reproductive organs are under attack, HELP!" This particular incident happened during high school playing soccer and some uncoordinated guy who went for the ball, missed and got my nuts. I was out for 5 minutes moaning in agony. Trust me, its not fun.
3. A real Trip - What does this mean? Freshman year, my first week in champaign I was late for class. I was running FAST which at the time was pretty damn fast. Anyhoo, I'm from New York where bike racks that are placed on the ground in little circles are not common. I was running full speed ahead, didn't see this, my FEET got caught and WHAM. I went FACE down flat HARD. 3 people saw this and all of them were like "DAMN, are you alright man?" I could respond, i just moaned over and over... I remember some guy calling an ambulance as 2 people tried to help me up, I remembered where I was, told them I was fine and limped to class. My teeth are still chipped from that incident.
4. Shutting the door on your fingers, a normal door or car door will work. Nuff said.
5. Being punched in the gut when your not expecting it.

New Years has come and gone.

Last year I made the resolution to gain 25 pounds of muscle. I ended up gaining 30.
Last year I made the resolution to pick up MMA again. I was off and on, im going to rate this one a TIE.
Last year I made the resolution to get my finances in order. They are in order, but im still giving too much money away to the city in parking tickets. FAILED. Time to bench the car.
Last year I made the resolution not to get into any fist fights. Mission accomplished!
Last year I made the resolution to get a tattoo. Ive got a big one on my chest now.

THIS year Im resolving to gain 10 more pounds of muscle. I want to be about 180 lbs.
THIS year Im resolving to gain back my 6 pick which has morphed into a 1.5 pack.
THIS year Im resolving to get serious with my MMA/Boxing training again.
THIS year Im resolving to get to the know the NYC nightlife. I think im pissing away my youth.
THIS year Im resolving to do a LOT of studying and gain major ground with my nursing degree.
THIS year Im resolving to play a lot less video games.
THIS year Im resolving to work my ass off at work something wicked.
THIS year Im resolving to pick up another sport besides basketball. Baseball/Football or Rockclimbing?
THIS year Im resolving to pick up another language. Ive narrowed it down to Spanish, Chinese or Latin.