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<\/a>Look at the bottom of the toothbrushes sef. On my mom\u2019s toothbrush, you can see \u2018Colgate\u2019 written at the bottom. Mine is completely wiped off. When I brushed my teeth two days ago and found stray bristles on my tongue (that I almost swallowed, by the way), I realized three things: (1). I need to change my toothbrush. (2). I need to stop chewing the bristles of my toothbrush. (3). I might need psychotherapy. Could the chewing of my toothbrush be related to some deep childhood trauma? What could it be?? I think it happened when I was a little girl, about 6 or 7 and was forced to use McClean toothpaste instead of Close-Up. I hated McClean! I loved the red, seemingly transparent toothpaste. Oh, mommy\u2026what have you done to me? I know what you\u2019re thinking: what does Close-Up toothpaste have to do with chewing your bristles? Yeah, whatever!<\/p>\nSpeaking of my toothbrush, for the past two weeks I have been suffering from a mysterious illness that apparently has no cure. It\u2019s called the HARD & ITCHING NIPPLES SYNDROME. I am not quite sure why they have been mysteriously getting hard and itching. I have scratched and scratched and scratched, yet relief has been far and in between. The itch has been like a mosquito bite: ridiculously itching, sweet to scratch, but tantamount to causing tear and a permanent scar. My nipples, of course, are the last places I wanna have cuts and\/or scars.<\/p>\n
Last week, I couldn\u2019t take it anymore, so I did the only thing I could think of doing: I went into the bathroom and put my toothbrush to good use. Yeap, I scratched the heck out of those nipples. They don\u2019t itch anymore, but they still get unnecessarily hard (when is it ever necessary?)<\/em>. This, of course, is also an enigma.<\/p>\nAnyway, you might not have noticed, but I just included my address. I figured you all have been dying to send me hand-written letters. LOL. Please, feel very free to include some gifts \u2013 you know the usual\u2026perfumes and Range Rovers. Yes, Rovers as in plural. LOL. But if you insist on sending perfumes, *rolling eyes* I\u2019ll appreciate one or all of the following:<\/p>\n
1. Miracle Forever by Lancome.
2. Romance by Ralph Lauren
3. Rock n Rose by Valentino
4. Diamonds by Emporio Armani
5. Princess by Vera Wang
6. Vera Wang by Vera Wang
7. Daisy by Marc Jacobs
8. Gucci by Gucci<\/p>\n
Wait oh, am I seriously, publicly begging for perfumes on my blog? I have sunk to a new low. Hehehehehe. Needless to say, my love for perfumes is an enigma that I do not wish to figure out. I\u2019m pretty content with just acquiring them.<\/p>\n
Oh, I guess I should put that address up now. It can also be found on my profile.<\/p>\n
P. O. BOX 7893
Essex, MD 21221<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You\u2019re supposed to change your toothbrush every three months, right? I think so. Anyway, I change mine like every six to eight weeks. Why? I brush too hard and too often \u2013 apparently. In the morning, I brush at least twice, but most times three times, and I brush at night too. 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<\/a>See these two tooth brushes? The one by the left belongs to my mom, and the one by the right belongs to me. The thing is, my mom started using her tooth brush about two weeks before I started using mine. So why does mine look like I\u2019ve been using it since we entered the new millennium? It probably has something to do with me being unable to withstand the temptation of chewing the bristles of my toothbrush. Why do I chew the bristles? This is just one of the many enigmas in my Verastic life.<\/p>\n