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Whenever something big happens to change the way I think about my life, I check my teeth. I know I’ve said it before, on a different blog, but for those who haven’t read it, it bears repeating. So when I say that at three o’clock this morning I found myself staring into my own mouth in the mirror, tapping my dentistry, I need you to know that it has little, if anything, to do with my teeth themselves.
I find myself in the same position as I was nearly two years ago, when my brother decided that he’d leave Ireland for a brighter hemisphere, moving to Australia. This time though, it’s Jane, who would hate if I wrongfully noted her as “my youngest sister” here, being the elder of twins, who has decided to give another continent a try.
Jane is, in profession if nothing else, the one of my siblings who has generally remained closest to me. The fact that we have fairly similar day-to-day work means that whenever there’s something that I simply must consult someone on, it doesn’t matter that there might be a houseful of people around me; my first instinct is to hit Skype and give her a call. That should go some way towards explaining why, even though she’s spent the past two years in Kerry, it doesn’t seem to have happened that I’ve felt too distant from her.
I suppose it’s a little ironic that, being the most distant geographically, Jane is the sibling with whom I speak most, but that’s life.
Now that I think about it, this whole post might just be a little premature, considering the fact that the poor girl hasn’t actually left yet. When I wrote a similar post about my brother leaving, it was literally the night that he left the country, after a small family get together to say a proper goodbye – something we won’t have for Jane for another week or two yet, not until the day before she goes, I imagine.
Still, today was the day when it really hit home that she’d be gone, and so it was that on the walk home I realised with a sudden, lurching sadness that I wouldn’t be in quite the same position I am now; even if all the change that happens is a time difference, it still puts her in foreign time.
Having realised that the time between now her actually leaving is fast thinning, it occurred to me that I felt very sad and, in a vague way, quietly out of touch. In the way as these little realisation can, it made me want to do something with myself, something lively. Somehow thinking it a good idea, I ran the rest of the way home, cutting directly across the fields and woods that lead to the house, enjoying the smell of freshly settled dew being kicked up, watching the long shadows of my legs from the old gas lamps.
There’s a simple joy to running at night in spring, especially this close to summer, when the nights are warm and clear, but still dark enough to be night, rather than the semi-permanent twilight of midsummer… and the squeak of a shoe against the wet grass on a dry night.
At the end of the night though, I still find myself, as always, staring at my teeth in the mirror, the dew gradually drying from my jeans and shoes, tapping first at one canine, then another, as though they might tell me something about myself I don’t already know, something that might cheer me up. Another two years older, teeth still big and white, but with another filling or two… holding up alright, I suppose, all things considered.
  
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I'm not going to lie to you, I wasn't particularly interested in what you're talking about. But at the same time, it was written really well. For me to read through the whole thing without actually being interested in the topic has to say something for your writing. 
Are you at all pursuing a writing career?
Edit: Just saw your little quote thing or w/e so ignore my question 
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the Dagon Knight4000 Posts
I'm not really a write, I write news for a tech blog, but you know how these things go man; you write the stuff you don't enjoy for money, so you can write the stuff you do enjoy in your free time.
I'm glad you read it, and happy you liked it
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Phooey, I thought this was gonna be about that hilarious movie. Kennigit, Chill and a bunch of people watched it "together" on IRC. Hilarious movie. Though, I did still end up reading it all :O. Also agree with Bibbit ahhhh
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I hadn't even thought of their being a film of the same name as the post D: I hope people don't feel mislead at all 
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your 3rd paragraph is a bit too confusing for me
I had to read it several times before i understood exactly what i was supposed to. and i actually stopped reading there the first time because it was too much for my mind to comprehend.
apart from that i enjoyed the rest.
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I'm interested in what you've written, but I dont understand what teeth has to do with the rest of your blog. Can you explain it briefly or should I find your blog from way back? (sorry, you got a lot of blogs, kind of hard to search through)
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is your brothers name peter?
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I have to admit; I totally expected this to be about the movie
That said, nice read. I totally agree with you on the running during warm nights, great stuff. Great for relaxing and working out things in your life. Keep up the writing.
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I thought it was about the movie too... Man, that movie is so fucked up
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On April 11 2010 13:23 L_Master wrote:I have to admit; I totally expected this to be about the movieThat said, nice read. I totally agree with you on the running during warm nights, great stuff. Great for relaxing and working out things in your life. Keep up the writing.
I clicked the link to make sure the movie was what I thought it was (and it was) but the real surprise was that "teeth in her vagina" was a link. Thats right, wikipedia has a page for vagina teeth, finally proving it is possible for an encyclopedia to be too complete.
My apologies for derailing thread ^^
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woah, you write like Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Baa?21242 Posts
I've always enjoyed your blogs, you write very well 
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On April 11 2010 17:52 jindo29 wrote:
woah, you write like Robert Louis Stevenson.
Biggest compliment I think I've ever received. I love Stephenson
Also, it's nice that people enjoy the blogs: reading other people's blogs is something about TL I really didn't ever expect to get into, I used to just come here for Fantasy Pro League, but I've come to enjoy the blogs far more
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On April 11 2010 13:14 unionbank wrote:
is your brothers name peter?
No, it's not
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On April 11 2010 13:14 unionbank wrote:
is your brothers name peter?
Wow, sorry to have missed that one, no, his name is Seán. Seems a lot of Irish guys end up trying their luck in Australia though. He ended up working on a watermelon farm, sounded like he had fun there.
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Mmmmmmmmmmm...awesome blog.
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Wow this is the most boring, well written, bland shit ever.
4.4/5
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On April 12 2010 09:33 Hypnosis wrote:
Wow this is the most boring, well written, bland shit ever.
4.4/5
Hard to know how to take that one, but thanks I think 
On April 11 2010 12:56 roronoe wrote:
I'm interested in what you've written, but I dont understand what teeth has to do with the rest of your blog. Can you explain it briefly or should I find your blog from way back? (sorry, you got a lot of blogs, kind of hard to search through)
I tried to dig up the older blog post where I first thought about the teeth thing and couldn't find it except on my really old blogspot blog from ages ago. I thought I had posted it here, but I can't seem to find it.
Anyway, I know it's not normally cool to link to external blogs, but I didn't want to add it as a new post and shit up the blogs here, so for anyone who wants it, here it is
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I liked this alot. you write well
This is actually the third time I read it
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