auroraborealex   austin, tx   216 days till my birthday. brilliant colors. 23-year-old chemistry student with a love for bright hair, pink, physical organic, and metal. I am interested in all forms of body modification because i think it is important to be educated about what's out there; how different people connect with their physical forms sexually, spiritually, aesthetically, and explore the limits of the human body. For myself I love piercings, especially surface work, tattoos, suspension, and scarification. I removed most of my ear work to make room for 5mm conch punches, retiring my 14ga vertical industrial, 14ga industrial, 14ga conch. The conch punches did not heal well for me and are now completely closed, however I might reinstate them again some day. For now I have 16ga lobes, 14ga snakebites, matching wrist microdermals, and a brand new flock of birds scarification done by brian decker. pink hair plastic extensions

on a non-mod note

2008/06/07 04:07 i am plagued by indecision and paths that are before me. in some ways i want to be adventuresome and throw myself out into the world and fight my way to not get chewed up. but the practical side of me keeps screaming "YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO DO THIS" both financially and emotionally, perhaps? i want to get away. and if i don't stick to this godforsaken plan that i cooked up almost a year ago (august 25th, maybe) i will cry big wet tears. and that will be the worst of it. it's not that i have so so many options. it's that each of the three presents its own difficulties and (possibly) heartbreak. part of me wants to stay and see what might happen. it's a good decision financially, at least, but probably the stupidest of all -- something i promised i wouldn't do. i sort of want to have my cake and eat it too, split my year (and my heart) but that's not fair to either of them, or myself quite frankly. i've resorted to asking internet communities for blind advice, literally polling them for my future. and not because my thoughts on this matter are so evenly distributed. but rather, i am in no condition to make a rational decision on all of this. (though i don't know if i ever was...) if it could just find where to place my heart. i'd throw it completely in.

microdermal

2008/04/22 17:02 dear left microdermal, remember that one day that you randomly freaked out, turned red, and made my wrist go all swelly for a few days? and the pus that came out? i washed you and soaked you and then you got happy again. i am sorry that i got you caught on something yesterday, but PLEASE stop being a pain. i do not like it when you get all red and swelly. thankyou lovelove, alex obviously i am retarded with my left hand or something because it's always this one that gives me strife.

jewelery & cartilage musings

2008/03/03 15:25 i am thinking about downsizing my labret balls. I'm not sure what size they are right now, but I think a smaller ball would maybe look better/less obtrusive. Andrew said that I would be much prettier without them, but I think that they are a good addition to my appearance. I wonder if everyone feels this way? I am also seriously considering taking out all of my ear jewelry except for my lobes & conchs. I want to stretch my conchs to a 4 or a 2, but perhaps punching them would go better. Stretching cartilage is a really difficult/long process, but I already have happy, healed conchs and punching would be starting the healing process all over again. Not to mention how much of a bitch it would be to sleep. I can't find a lot of info on people stretching ear cartilage, probably because most people punch it if they want large gauge. I'm hoping to talk to a couple of people about it when I get smaller balls up here at home, and maybe I'll go discuss it with Justin in Hampton.