To pierce or not to pierce

So several years ago I had both of my ears pierced. I actually had my first tattoo done at the same time. I don’t recommend doing both activities at the same time. With both ears sore and my right shoulder hurting as well, it made for a miserable nights sleep as I am a side sleeper. All through the night I kept waking up as I would roll over on my newly adorned shoulder, in addition catch my speared ear at the same time.

It wasn’t my first experience having an ear piercing. I had originally had just one ear pierced in college at one of those mall trendy earring shops my 17 year old niece enjoys shopping at. They clamp your ear in their Wallmart quality ear gun and squeeze the shit out of your lobe No big surprise that ended with an ear that was super irriated and I finally pulled it out.

My second adventure with adorning my body with metal took me to an actual body piercing shop. BIG difference. The place was very clean, they use a sterilized, one-time use needle and it is done by someone who obviously knows about piercing, not a bubble gum smacking, min wage girl.

So end result? Both ears pierced – no issues. Barely even felt it. Though the guy was looking longingly at my earlobes making reference to what he could do with lobes like that. I may not have been blessed with goodlooks, but I was thrown a pair of earlobes that are the envy of many piercers. So I got that going for me.

So why the hell post about this? Well when I managed at the extremely backwards Hollywood Video, men were not allowed to wear earrings. So daily I had to pull them out. Over time it became a pain so I just stopped putting them in and of course the holes sealed back up.

For some reason I have been wanting to do it again.

Maybe I just like the earlobe lust…who knows.