Alfie never recovered from getting his wisdom teeth out

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This past week I went to a family reunion where my entire Dad's side of the family was gathered. It was exciting to see everyone! There were a few babies and among them was this little boy:

Alfred Hitchcock reincarnated.



Maybe I'm the only one that sees it, but all through out the reunion I saw it and I just had to show everyone else. What do you think?

Something rather interesting: I got two of my wisdom teeth out yesterday. I participated in a study to see which kind of drug is most effective out of an experimental drug, Tylenol, or a placebo. And guess which one I'm pretty sure I got? I'm pretty sure I got the placebo, although I'm not sure. They didn't tell me afterward so I just have to guess based on the amount of pain I was in which just so happened to be quite a bit. After being on the site of the surgery and watching 1 1/2 Lord of the Rings movies I was able to go home. I ended up taking some Ibuprofen half way through because the pain got me to tear up and even cry for a teeny bit, which means it was bad.

There are no fun stories with this wisdom teeth experience. No loopiness aside from me laughing about how quickly it went (it took 7 minutes to get my left top and bottom wisdom teeth out) but then I just sat in a bed the put me in drooling blood for 2 hours, basically. Not a pleasant experience, but it was worth getting them out for free.

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