A very effective way to learn about Vanity~

Yesterday I got 4 of my permanent teeth pulled in preparation for my braces. Lying there on my back, staring up at the dentist as he kindly inserted a needle numerous times into my gum in the attempt to make me oblivious to how much this was going to hurt. Then warning me about how I was not going to feel any pain, only pressure. Breathing deeply into the laughing gas, I tried to relax. It worked. (Man that stuff is weird!) The best part about getting my teeth pulled was that I got to watch the whole thing! In the reflection of my dentist glasses was my poor, numb mouth. I was quite interested in watching until he pulled the first tooth.....But that was enough for me! The rest of my time there I spent with my eyes closed. I then decided that I could never be a dentist. (despite how much fun it would be to give certain of my Patient's shots) The extractions where over soon enough and I was on my miserable way home. I was fine until the numbing started melting away and I had feeling again. I was not at all encouraged when people told me that this just needed to be done so I could get braces and have a beautiful smile. I thought (because it was to painful to say) "My jaw is swollen shut right now, and you want me to think about a beautiful smile?" And so yesterday was a learning experience for me. I learned how indeed beauty is vain.