I love photography, and the only things that could possibly overshadow that are literature and (of course) modification. I'm not elitist enough to claim that I'm a conoisseur or anything, but I love strange movies most people dismiss as too incomprehensible. Practicing Jujutsu, collecting random quotes and scraps of memories, learning Japanese, being bitten, feeling textures, fixing things, wearing tight clothes, playing guitar, flashinations, drumming on things with my fingers, going too far just to see where I crossed the line. Some of the things I love, the pieces that make me.
Current Piercings
Left lobe orbital
2 Right helix
3/4" and 1 1/8" Nape
Planned Mods
Clavicle piercings
Scarification sleeve (pretty keen on this one right now)
Dragon tattoo (wanted it since I was twelve)
Japanese tebori tattoo, probably of the kanji for "shinsetsu" (kind)
Each and every one of these things has great meaning for me. I count down the days until each will happen.
Seeing as you're already here, you might as well drop me a line, right?
Cast the Calming Apple 21 anyone?
Mod-Tracker
Second Nape
Just finishing up: (14g, 1 1/4", by Rose at Lovedog in Santa Cruz, CA)
First Nape
Completion
Booting Black Tar
2007/05/26 16:26 I've always been terrible at updating these things, but there's no better motivator than procrastination.
I've been thinking lately about what kinds of classes I'd like to create and teach if I ever went to grad school and got the opportunity. The first thought that occurred to me was about the role of one's body in the process of identity construction. Some people change their persona to match the particular pressures of their body (such as conforming to gender roles), while others modify their bodies in order to better suit their identities. It'd be a tricky subject, but I think it would be a pretty bad-ass class.
Also, got my package full of needles. I'm going to do my first piercing next week once my pin cushion comes back from visiting her family.
So... funny story. The package full of play piercing needles came while I wasn't there and apparently the package was damaged. My mother therefore had to open it up and make sure nothing was broken. To make a long story short, she now thinks that I am a heroin addict. I'm not sure whether I should tell her what they're actually for or not. It just means she'd try to send me to therapy instead of rehab.
2007/03/24 23:13 Just finished watching Neon Genesis Evangelion. That has to be the most insane anime I've ever seen. It's dripping with so much kabbalah and gnosticism that I can't even begin to comprehend. I love it.
Also, provided the weather is better than the dreary clouds we had today, I'm going down to the graveyard tomorrow to get out of here and take some pictures, maybe have time for an existential identity crisis of my own.
Sounds like just what I need.
On an unrelated note, Rose, my piercer, has spontaneously vanished from this plane of existence. The last time I called the shop, her apprentice picked up and would only say that Rose wouldn't be there anymore. Not even the tattoo artists that work there know what's going on. I'm sad that it looks like the one piercer I like won't be around anymore, but even more so I'm worried about what the hell happened to her. Anyone recently get a new piercer in there area named Rose?
2007/03/18 02:54 Things I should be doing:
Working on my lit paper.
Writing my Japanese presentation.
Studying for my Psychology exam.
Things I am doing:
Surfing IAM.
Reading Sula
Watching Fullmetal Alchemist
Recent Accomplishments:
Kicked ass on my Japanese written exam.
Discovered I must be getting better at guitar because I can't play as well while drunk anymore.
Took part in a photoshoot whose only purpose was to get pictures of bitemarks on my skin. This meant me getting bitten a lot. Truly a great accomplishment.
A new era
2007/03/15 18:05
Turned 21 yesterday, strange feeling. Seems like i have no more reasons to be excited about numerical milestones in time, only the truly meaningful experiences will divide the books of my life.
Stayed in last night after jujutsu. Some of my friends and I all got together and had some champagne ("Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends."), then ate a bunch of pie and watched the Darren Aronofsky film "Pi." I mean, what else are you gonna do when Pi Day is your birthday? It's in my genes.
Hopefully getting a pretty sweet job soon. I have a little post-it note on my file that says "hire, but when?" Pretty much the entire reason I was trying to get it in the first place is so that I can get the cash together to do a scarification sleeve on my left arm and shoulder blade. I'm calling it my shadow arm, based a lot upon Jungian psychology.
I'm not sure who I want to do it yet, but I live in the same city as Dave Gillstrap. He seems to do more cutting than flesh removal, though. I think I'd want either xPUREx or The Fog to do it, but they live on the complete opposite side of the country. Plus, ScarWars is going to be in Philly this year. I wonder if they'll move it back to L.A. next year. Any thoughts?
