yesterday, i went to the dentist to get my temporary crown for the root canal i had last week [a whole other post to come in the future about how much i hate going to the dentist]. the only cool thing my dentist has going for him is that you can watch t.v. while they work on your teeth. last week, i sat down in the chair and was handed a very lengthy list of movies i could choose to watch while i had the root canal. i chose finding nemo, because i hadn't seen it yet -- the irony is that when nemo is captured, he's placed in a tank in a dentist's office -- lots of cartoon depictions of the horrors of the dentist....just my luck...but it ended up being a fine movie to watch anyway. they have headphones for you, which really helps cancel out the drilling noise.

anyway, yesterday i had to go back for my temporary crown. i chose just to watch t.v. instead of a movie. and i got completely caught up in watching the national spelling bee on (of all channels espn). it was so engrossing -- the tension -- the drama -- the crying. i found my self rooting for those kids -- all of them. they're just so cute and brainy.

made me think back to all of those geeky kids (including me) in my gifted and talented classes all those years ago, and i began to wonder where they are today....i know one's a researcher at m.i.t and another's in jail.

i guess the rest of us are just somewhere in between....

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yeah last week when i was on the phone w/deuce one day, she had her tv on and she was watching the spelling bee, and some kid passed out from the tension/nerves... and then got back up and actually CORRECTLY spelled the word he had been given! she was telling me on the phone and i was so intrigued i had to flip the channel and go back and watch for the "instant replay"... how bizarre! but yet, engrossing!

so i feel ya.

wasn't there just a documentary/movie done about the spelling bee championships recently? i'm gonna have to google that...

posted by mags : 6/11/2004 02:45:49 PM

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it's called spellbound and it's actually advertised on the spelling bee's website (banner ad at the bottom of the home page). i really want to see it now.

posted by val : 6/11/2004 03:41:04 PM

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what dorks, i like that about you two.
xxoo

posted by deuce : 6/11/2004 11:41:27 PM

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