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		<title>The Dentist Sucks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mykal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it has been about 10 years since I&#8217;ve been to the Dentist.  It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;m afraid of the dentist, but my mom had some problems getting health insurance for us when she was just a temp for several jobs.  During my junior year of high school she started a full-time job that promised health [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So it has been about 10 years since I&#8217;ve been to the Dentist.  It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;m afraid of the dentist, but my mom had some problems getting health insurance for us when she was just a temp for several jobs.  During my junior year of high school she started a full-time job that promised health insurance for her and the family.  Now I have no excuse, except for the fact I was lazy and was hoping my mom would take care of everything with finding a dentist for me and just let me know my scheduled date.  That never happened, so I never went during that time.</p>
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<p>Now that I have an awesome job at Dreamhost, I have full health benefits which gives me a wonderful opportunity to find out why the hell my teeth hurt so bad from eating just about anything.  After figuring out who my dentist was I finally made an appointment and took some sick time to have a check up.  I came in pretty confident as I hate to brag, but I have been in the &#8220;No Cavity Club&#8221; six years in a row as a little kid.  After having some x-rays done and waiting in a room for about 30 minutes the doctor came and introduced himself and instantly told me that I have some serious problems.  He then says &#8220;You have to promise me that you&#8217;ll commit to fixing this problem right away.&#8221;  I start getting frustrated because I just want to know what is the problem.  He then continues to ask me to commit.  Finally I get pissed off and ask to see another doctor that won&#8217;t act retarded with telling me what the hell is wrong with me.</p>
<p>After they bring in another doctor, he explains to me that I need 7 fillings and three root canals.  After rechecking certain teeth based of the x-ray they present me with an invoice around $3500.  After looking over the invoice I notice that this including just the price of the most basic crowns they can give me&#8230;ouch!  Luckily my work around that time was switching to a new provider and it might promise better prices for some of this work.  I waited to have the work done after comparing the different plans and it turns out to be the same price, but now I am getting better crowns with gold!  Woohoo!</p>
<p>I went to dentist for weeks after weeks never stopping.  Getting a whole bottom right/left or top right/left side done of scaling, or fillings.  Some days I would finally get a root canal which I found two to be painless and one to be absolutely painful.</p>
<p>That root canal was a bitch.  The specialist started drilling and instantly I started cursing in pain.  She was surprised since she barely started and asked me to stay calm for 10 seconds and then she would numb me more.  I tried my best not to move around and curse as she drilled for those long 10 seconds.  Finally she said &#8220;alright, this is going to hurt for 5 seconds, but it&#8217;s the worse it can get and then you&#8217;ll be able to breeze through this!&#8221;  She gave me a shot in my tooth on my nerve!  Holy shit did that hurt!  I tried my best not to curse but couldn&#8217;t help it.  After she was done with the shot a lady came in asking me to please stop cursing as it was upsetting other patients, even in the waiting room.</p>
<p>After getting my third root canal was done (painless) the specialist looked at my x-rays and said that she missed a spot on that second root canal!  I began to get worried after the last time she fucked around with that tooth.  She only numbed around the tooth a little because she said it wouldn&#8217;t take long and that she just needed to make one drill.  She drilled and instantly I was in pain.  She said she could numb me again, but I begged her not to do that again.  I fought through the pain and she ended up drilling a total of three times instead of one like she said.  She said &#8220;you hate me now, but you&#8217;ll love me later.&#8221;</p>
<p>Presently, I still need two crowns, more scaling and then I&#8217;m done!  I have an appointment today which is just prepare for the two crowns and that&#8217;s it.  I have today off as well which I originally was going to hang out with one of my good friends Christina at Disneyland, but things didn&#8217;t work out with her coming to California from Arizona.  I should go to the dentist and then come home to clean my apartment, but I might just come into work because of how busy we are with a new project.</p>
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		<title>Moving Out!</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.mykalperez.com/2008/06/22/moving-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mykal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t get me wrong, living with roommates is awesome:

But a house can get quite messy with more than three guys living in the same house:

Yeah, sick I know!  I honestly don&#8217;t use the kitchen though, I always eat out.  So what kind of place can beat this?
Anything! My own place, that&#8217;s what.  I move in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong, living with roommates is <em>awesome</em>:</p>
<p><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1326/1072017297_fd13aa04a6.jpg?v=0" alt="Roommate revenge!" width="375" height="500" /></p>
<p>But a house can get quite messy with more than three guys living in the same house:</p>
<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2601812149_1e77d6c464.jpg?v=0" alt="Not Kidding!" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p>Yeah, sick I know!  I honestly don&#8217;t use the kitchen though, I always eat out.  So what kind of place can beat this?</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Anything!</span> My <strong>own</strong> place, that&#8217;s what.  I move in here on the 28th:</p>
<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3085/2602648320_2086f876c5.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="333" /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/2601819335_857fdcc9e6.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="333" /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2601819273_3de3b086e8.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="333" /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3053/2601819219_b252a04bfe.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="333" /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2601819061_1e3e5c00e2.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></p>
<p>But I noticed it takes quite a bit of work and money:</p>
<ol>
<li>Pack</li>
<li>Move everything to the new place.</li>
<li>Get Internet</li>
<li>Get Gas</li>
<li>Get water</li>
<li>Get electricity</li>
<li>Buy a new couch</li>
<li>Buy a new tv</li>
<li>Buy a new refridgerator</li>
<li>Buy a new desk</li>
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<p>The couch I have in mind is the <a href="http://www.lovesac.com/movielounger.asp" target="_blank">movie lounger</a> from Love Sac.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.blog.mykalperez.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/movielounger.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-6" title="movielounger" src="http://www.blog.mykalperez.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/movielounger-300x150.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="150" /></a></p>
<p>Looks very big and kick ass for sitting on when play my xbox 360 for a while.  Not sure on what type of tv is good nowadays with all the HD 1080p whatchama-call-its out there.  I&#8217;m just happy I will be able to play my games again.  Games nowadays expect a high resolution HD-TV which makes it impossible for me to read the text of my mission on a low resolution tv.</p>
<p>I will finally be upgrading from a matress on the ground twin-size to a queen size with an actual frame!  Oh boy, making <strong>more</strong> money rocks.</p>
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		<title>Trying This Again&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.mykalperez.com/2008/06/21/4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mykal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone!  Going to try this blogging thing again that I seem to slip out of every time because of having no time.  I have a weekend to myself while the girl is out and lots of time to spare so what better way to waste time BLOGGING.
I&#8217;m now working at the web [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello everyone!  Going to try this blogging thing again that I seem to slip out of every time because of having no time.  I have a weekend to myself while the girl is out and lots of time to spare so what better way to <strong>waste</strong> time BLOGGING.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m now working at the web hosting company Dreamhost.com as a developer and love it.</p>
<p>The people are great:</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2209/2450445935_8b1fa246ca.jpg" alt="That be one of them." width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p>The Money is great:</p>
<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2365/2148585366_06384a37d0.jpg?v=0" alt="Style...all about a cramped hummer limo style!" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p><a title="Sweeet" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thingee/tags/dhcatering/" target="_blank">The Catering every Friday is awesome:</a></p>
<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/2523164021_f23f040d8b.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p>And last but not least, the company motto:<br />
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/2450480617_36bedab591.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p>But <strong>believe</strong> me, it&#8217;s not all fun and games:</p>
<p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/89/250093339_b3d765c262.jpg?v=0" alt="I spent about an hour a day doing this.  This photo was by Jason Cosper (boogah)" width="500" height="400" /></p>
<p>I spend seven hours and thirty minutes staring at <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">something awful forums</span> nothing but code in hopes clean up our system one day at a time and produce two-three new features every month.  We mainly code in perl, but there are <em>some</em> areas that are in PHP.  I have been with the company for 1.5 years and shall continue the awesomeness and have a taco.</p>
<p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/201/444102789_a22b8a94d9.jpg?v=0" alt="Also by Jason Cosper (boogah)" width="500" height="375" /></p>
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