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CI ac I íamas P rint
WedNEsdAy, D ecem B er 5, 2001
I still don't know why anyone would want to stick her hands in my nfftuth
I get to spend the next few
weeks in and out of the dentist’s
office, so you all get to go with
me. First, I need to set the stage
for you. My dentist is a petite
blonde named Dr. Molly (I’m not
making this up). I haven’t time
to go into the hygienist yet, but
we’ll get there. God is so good.
Seriously though, the staff is
pleasant and professional and,
for my money, if you’re going to
spend time horizontal, doing so
with a Molly beats a Richard any
day of the week. I realize this
could heat up the argument over
preferences, so let me nip this
right now. After nearly gagging
on something as small as that
little drool sucker they leave in
your mouth during a procedure,
there is no way I personally could
argue in favor of staring up at a
dentist named Dick. Let’s move
on.
Marvin G. Baker
Guest Columnist
First the x-rays. Bitewings are
the easiest to deal with. It
doesn’t take much to keep the
saliva in your mouth during this
set. You sound like a snake with
a lisp trying not to drown, but
it’s better than lying about the
“7-Up stains”on your shirt later.
When the tech finished with
those and started a more uncom
fortable se
ries I asked
her what sort
of
wings
these were.
She
re
sponded by
holding lip
the
front
sight of a
forty-millimeter anti-aircraft gun.
Have you seen this thing? You’re
supposed to hold it under your
tongue between your teeth while
they aim the emitter through it.
As much fun as that is, I figured
out how to get rid of it right away.
Just yawn suddenly, like your
Oreos are coming out to say hi,
and that little torture device be
comes sculpture on the nearest
desk, real quick. Thanks to my
U.S. military resistance training,
the only thing that little X-ray of
sunshine got out of me was
blood type and next of kin. My
victory was short-lived, however,
as the Dentist herself soon ar
rived.
Now that we’re on the subject
of first impressions, here’s a little
advice. “'Sup puddin'” is not the
best way to gain favor with the
woman who’s about to go pok
ing around your teeth with a steel
pick. Neither is laughing at the
Poindexter eyewear she needs to
better see inside your yap. I
couldn’t help myself, one second
she was smiling at my wit and the
next she had morphed into a de
monic jeweler in Team Black &
Decker coveralls. After surviving
the x-ray tech, I wasn’t about to
give them the satisfaction of cow
ering in the chair, so I laughed to
reaffirm my bravado. Little did I
know that Dr. Molly had a sense
of humor of her own to go with her
surgical stainless.
Faster than you can say “not on
the first date,” I was flat on my
back with a mouthful of latex.... <
To be continued next issue
Chrysalis continues to help writers develop, get published
REBECCA CODAY
is not limited to women only.
“Guys can be in it and have
been in the past,” said Li
According to the dictio chen.
nary, chrysalis refers to a
Members meet throughout
butterfly still in its cocoon the term each Wednesday
stage; Chrysalis as a women from noon to 2 p.m. Pat starts
writers group
out by ask
hopes to en
ing who has
courage “writ
something
"Some members...
ers to grow and
prepared to
have published
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read and then
various articles, short
ents.”
determines
“We want to
the
order
stories and poems for
help people fur
taken
and
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ther their writ pers."
the time al
Pat Lichen
ing goals,” said
lotted, ac
Chrysalis leader
Pat Lichen, the
cording to
current leader
how many
of Chrysalis.
responses
“In some cases that might be she receives.
getting published, in others
Each writer hands out cop
that might be confidence to ies of her work then reads it
put words on paper.”
aloud. The group praises as
Lichen explained that Kate well as critiques and may
Gray, an English instructor, make written comments on
founded the group about ten their copies before handing
years ago with about two or them back to the writer.
three members. Lichen gradu
“The group is very useful,”
ally took over as heir during said member Ginny Weber, re
the last two years. “Now we tired from Clackamas Commu
have a strong dozen,” she nity College as chairman of
said.
the Biology Department. “
Currently, there are no men You receive feedback as to
participating, but the group how people receive your
Contributing Writer
work.”
I got in the area.
“I was an interpretive natu
Weber, who began attend
ing about two and a half ralist for six years with Mount
years ago, notes there is a St. Helens National Volcanic
wide age range in the group, Monument, leading walks
from retired to high school and talks through the area.”
All of this back
age. She is
writing a novel
ground led to her
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writing and pub
about the ef
lishing a natural
fects of war on
families.
history series of
the Northwest
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ing her family.
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on the streets as she went to They can be found at local
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work.
Lichen has a background as
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at Mount St. Helens. He’s a
Portland boy, and that’s how
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