A couple nights ago my ear smelled so i took the tunnel out & it was so gooey that it made my ear crusty. It was harder to keep up on my hygiene while we had no electricity. No wonder people in the middle ages were so smelly ( Read more... )

The last day of September ( Read more... )

So ignoring being sick just made everything angry. I woke up in worse shape than i was-- the infection moved into my nose & ears during the night ( Read more... )

I'm sick & my ear is crusty & throbbing.

I want to rip out my throat & stuff the hole full of leeches soaked in chamomile. I think i may have gotten too into the voice of the narrator of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. It's been a really easy read, but his images are so violent. Not just because they're descriptive & ( Read more... )

I marked a year of a certain kind of honesty. Everything's better now than it was then. I'll wince, but there's peace behind that ( Read more... )

Forgot to mention that my bottom lobes are now even. While Sarah was here, i went to size up my R1. It had been a 4, but the 2 went in so easily that i decided to use the 0 swirly taper. On Monday in the shower i slipped it to its correct place. I'm pretty sure i ripped my ear, but i'm happy to be at 0s. My left has been ready for the 00 for a ( Read more... )

The worst news of my week is that my roommate is moving out. He says he only plans to be in NY for a couple of years, so he wants to get a proper "city" experience by living in Manhattan. The J train has been pissing him off hardcore: he's a 9-5er, & the train never stops at our station during rush hours. Most of his friends live in Manhattan & ( Read more... )

I've been putting this off for too long & i really want to put these words down before i drop them & forget about them.

But when i try, my first words are stutters.

I earned something in California. I've already written about it on paper, but it will probably go other places, too. I'm not sure how i feel about it, but it's mine so i'll have the ( Read more... )

Last call for postcards, then i'm peacin' out for a bit ( Read more... )

Yesterday i cleaned my bigger ear & almost got the cotton swab all the way through my lobe. For the first time, when i tugged on my ear, i could see through it. It was exciting. Except for the difficult R3, i think all the holes are ready to go bigger. This is something i wanted to document in my paper journal. I've been writing about it ( Read more... )