New Piercing - my favorite so far!
Topic: Piercings
Well, so much for waiting. I was going to wait til spring to get my next piercing, but I changed my mind. My tarot job will be ending with 2004 so I figured I would get it done while I had the extra income (and was working 2 doors down from the studio). I went by the piercing studio yesterday to get some information and I ended up getting a piercing too.

I had wanted to get a vertical tragus piercing, but my ear shape wasn't right for it. Instead I got a standard tragus piercing in my right ear. What's a tragus? It's that little flap of cartilage in front of your ear hole, bordering your face. I got a hole punched through that. It actually didn't hurt that much, and it's really beautiful. I have a small blue ball on my tragus. Nice and dainty. I love the way it looks.

So far, it's also been really nice as far as pain. I even slept on it last night with no problems. I wish I could say the same for the cartilage piercing on my left ear.

Maybe I'll be able to get some pictures put up. I'll have to bug a friend with a digital camera.

OUCH!
Topic: Piercings
So I still love my new piercing, but it was a close one. The day before yesterday (Wed) my ear swelled out from my head, turned red and hot, and HURT really badly if I ever so slightly bumped it. Oh, and when it wasn't excruciatingly painful due to me inadvertantly bumping it, it would throb painfully. Advil was doubly my friend, but it only took the edge off. My piercer had not warned me about this, and it didn't happen with my nose. On the upside, however much it hurt, there were no signs of infection.

BMEzine is my friend. It's a website where you can read about other people's experiences with their piercings and a lot more. It's very useful if you have a body piercing or are researching one.

Now my ear is pretty much back to normal size. Yay! It doesn't hurt anymore either. YAY!

In other news, I had the folks (parents and grandparents) up for Thanksgiving. It was really nice, and I now have enough turkey left over to feed an army.

In other other news, I received 4 tarot decks in the mail and the reviews should be up soon. Keep an eye out.

Piercing Fun
Topic: Piercings
Last night, I got another piercing. This time, it's in my upper left ear, which actually hurt worse than the nose. Who'da thunk? I'll probably still do it again though. Piercing is strangely addictive.

While I was on my way to the piercing studio, I decided that I would set an intent for the process. I decided that the piercing would represent me trying to be more grounded and to manifest things better. When I got there, they actually had jewelry with hematite on it! I couldn't have picked anything better to align with my intent so I took that as a sign that it was a good idea.

Needless to say, it hurts pretty badly today, especially if I accidentally bump it. You never realize exactly how much you touch your upper ear until it hurts when you do. Advil is my friend. But I'm definitely happy that I did it!