Saturday, March 14, 2009

Mouth Full Of Teeth

Not to sound like a blubbering emo song, but lately, I am learning to smile again. For the past two years I have been missing a front tooth. 

I had it replaced about three weeks ago. It feels good to smile big again, but I still haven't gotten the hang of it. At first, I was smiling like a weirdy, all big, funny and insincere. Of course, I could've been smiling this whole time and said, "Fuck all. I'm gonna smile!", but I haven't got that confidence, I suppose. 

I dated a girl for about a year who never noticed it was missing. Makes me wonder if she cared that much about seeing me smile. OK, I know she didn't.

Two years of not smiling big. Of not showing teeth. Lately, I have had a lot to smile about so coinciding bouts of happiness with the relinquishing of old non-smiling habits has been hard to master. But, I'm getting the hang of it again.

And it feels good to do it. 

Emo song over. Keep on smilin'!

2 comments:

  1. I'll see to it that you keep on smiling (but not that silly fake smile ;-p), even when there isn't huge amounts of things to smile about. I love your smile, sans tooth or not. =)

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  2. corb, you have such a nice smile! i had no idea you were missing a tooth.

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