Cracked a filling, called the dentist. She’s an awesome dentist. She came recommended by her teacher, a professor who introduced himself to me seven years ago after a piano concert, who wanted to talk about music until I asked about himself and realized we should trade info. He said she’s one of the best and would be great with kids. True enough my girl thinks seeing this dentist is like going to the fair. She has no idea how many kids (and adults) do not share this view. She fixed the tooth and I thought the whole time about the fact that we invented freezing, that we invent ways to circumvent the brain overseeing our well being. Ordinarily, the brain would insist you jump and scream if someone is drilling against your enamel but through freezing they can torture unfettered. You can’t convince the brain to relax and trust the loud machine noises. You can only circumvent through interrupting physical communication. If it can’t hear the distressed cells then it can’t tell the legs to get the fuck out and run for your life. I try to convince little people sometimes to play this way or that way and they get upset if they can’t do it after the second or third try. Adults too, frustrated comparing themselves to others they admire then shrug and talk about quitting. I try to figure out how to fool those other parts of their brain. Even better are times they get off on understanding and take the initiative to fool their own brain, it’s rare but once in a while it happens.