Life, Love, Sex

Ouch!!!!

I got this done last night:

I went into the city yesterday with a friend from class to go see some galleries, and I figured since we were in the city, we should get pierced! (My friend already had like 15 piercings and was wanting to get her eyebrow and monroe re-done). After some galleries we made our way over to St. Mark’s because I wanted to go to this Japanese place called Kenka’s that I was introduced to one night after a Pleasure Salon last year. Oh man it was so yummy. I want to go all the time!! I love Japanese food!

So after I started getting nervous. I originally thought I would get a Monroe piercing, but then I started wondering if I should get the vertical labret because I’d always liked how they looked. Except I knew that really, really hurt. We walked around St. Marks a little bit popping in different shops asking about prices, but ultimately decided to go to W. 4th where my friend new some good shops. We went into one shop and my friend got her eyebrow done there, but they didn’t have the jewelry for either my lip or her Monroe, so we went to a place next door. We lucked out with the next place, in that we found a piercer who really knew exactly what they were doing.

The vertical labret isn’t so common of a piercing so I needed to make sure the person really knew what they were doing.

My friend went first for her Monroe and then held my hand when it was my turn (I always need someone to hold my hand for piercings).

OMG it hurt like a fucking son of a bitch!!!! I still don’t even know how I made it through!!! The needle was intense and then putting in the jewelry was a whole different kind of pain (external threading, bah). And then it was all tingly and swollen. Plus it hurts when I accidentally bump it.

But I did it!! And now I have a new hole in my face.

The jewelry is a bit long right now as it heals, but I can change it to something shorter in a couple of weeks. I think it won’t grow on me until then. I can’t really look at it much because the long jewelry just annoys me.

Man, I still can’t believe I did that!!

God my mom’s gonna flip!! (Probably both because it’s a new face piercing and also because I spent money on it, but it was actually only $25! Nice, right?)

Tattoo Ideas

So a few years ago when I was thinking about tattoos I was thinking how it could be cool to get a tattoo of a single Iris done a la Van Gogh. Though I was never sold enough on the idea to do it.

Though recently I had a new idea along those lines- the same flower, just coloring it differently- not fully colored in, just on the edges. It was kind of inspired by Essin’ Em’s latest tattoo- which I love.

But I dunno where I’d put it. Maybe down the side of my torso on my left side (yes the same side as my cherry blossoms, but I have the right side saved for a possible star/fairy design).

Yes, I got the tattoo bug. It’s been over a year since my last tattoo!

But I might get a piercing first. Even though after the pain of my nose piercing I swore that’d be my last one.

I’m thinking though I might like to try a lip piercing??? I dunno. I feel like I’m going to chicken out. I’m also not entirely sure I’m going to like it on me.

But anyways, I’m procrastinating on this paper that’s due in oh…12 hours…

Let me go at least start that. My name should be a good addition to the blank Word document…