Today was a long day…first, I got two wisdom teeth extracted, then I replaced my main hard drive on the production PC. Guess which one took longer.

I was pretty nervous about getting the teeth yanked, but so far it hasn’t been a terrible experience. I had it done under local anesthetic at Modern Dental, which seems to be a good enough operation. It’s the first time I’ve had my teeth looked at here in the States; prior to this, my dentist uncle in Taiwan had done all the work. Apparently my extractions were more difficult than anticipated, because I have a mutant upper wisdom tooth that has three roots instead of one. It didn’t want to come out. The bottom tooth wasn’t much more cooperative, but it eventually came. The entire procedure took a little over an hour.

Replacing my hard drive, on the other hand, took the better part of a day. Two of my hard drives were on the very brink of failure, which made it difficult to get the machine to boot up so I could transfer the boot files to the new drive. I eventually got it to work, but the data drive was hosed and I had to toss it. Fortunately I have everything backed up to a central server, so I haven’t lost anything. While I had the computer open, I also cleaned up the video card’s cooling fan, which was gummed up and making horrible noises.

All in all, a productive if slightly annoying day. The next two days should be quite painful in the jaw and I’m on a no-alcohol, no chewing diet. So much for holiday drinking and eating!