Obviously, I'm weak.
On Wednesday, I wanted to go to the PacSun (Pacific Sunwear) in the village to buy some pants, but guess what? They went out of business there. ::sigh:: Now the only one in the area is at Roosevelt Field. (And how often do I go to Roosevelt Field on Long Island? Practically never.) Well, the location of that PacSun in the village is actually across the street and down the block from my favorite tattoo/piercing parlor (called Crazy Fantasy). So, we ended up going to get Angelica's ear pierced.
Oddly enough, on the train ride there I had been thinking aloud about where I planned on getting my next piercing, and I finally decided that I'd have to get it above the lone cartilage piercing on my left ear. Just FYI, on my left ear I had (up until a few hours ago) 3 earrings in the lobe, one in my cartilage and one where the cartilege and lobe meet, right at the middle of the outside curve of the ear. On my right ear I have 3 earrings in the lobe.
In any case, the reason I decided to get my next one above the cartilage piercing is because the one in the middle of my ear isn't completely done healing yet, so I don't want to get another piercing right near it and tempt fate, ne? And the reason I don't want to get any more piercings in my right ear (for the moment) is because I DO want to eventually get a barbell put in my right ear. I'm working up the courage. So until then, I have to leave the cartilage unpierced so as to have the space to place the barbell exactly how I want it. I do have room for one more piercing in the lobes of my ears, but I like to get those done in pairs, so I can't get a 4th hole in my lobes because the one in the left ear would be too close for (my) comfort to the middle (as-yet-not-completely-healed) earring.
So that's my long explanation of why I'd want to get my latest piercing above the cartilage piercing I already had in my left ear.
Well, that's exactly where Angelica decided to get hers on Wednesday. Go figure. Hn.
But it looks really kawaii, of course. She chose the pink stud, and -- I'm SO proud of her -- she actually got it done with the needle! It was my Christmas gift to her, actually. I told her when she was ready for her next piercing that I'd pay for it. It cost $25.00 (which is pretty inexpensive compared to the lengths we've gone to for each other in the past), but of course $15.00 of that was simply because she was getting her ear pierced with a needle.
It was cute; when she realized they were going to use a needle instead of the gun, she kind of panicked and asked why she couldn't have them use the gun. The guy (who looks like the lead singer of The Foo Fighters, a band I'm kind of ambiguous about) said that the gun was "out of date." ::rolls eyes:: Imagine that; the gun is antiquated, but the needle is "in the now". Well, she finally sucked in her gut and got it done. Oh, I felt so proud, ::wipes a tear:: so proud!
::snicker::
So today, after work, Liz and Angelica and I were trying to figure out what to do. Angelica suggested we go to Chinatown and then on the way back home, go get MY ear pierced. Hmmm... I wasn't too sure, although I had been considering it earlier. We ended up going to Chinatown to eat, we browsed the anime video store and Tony finally gave me some of my anime tapes back. Of course, we got some new stuff from him, too. (I really do love our business relationship; we provide him with new stuff to copy & distribute, he provides us with new stuff, free of charge. It's so satisfyingly... satisfying?)
Then we went to the Barnes & Noble on 53rd & Lexington, so I could show Angelica a certain picture I was dying over by one of my two favorite fantasy artists, Brom (the other being Jody Lee -- or something like that -- she does the covers for Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar books, Kate Elliot's books, and some other authors too). I was STILL trying to decide whether I wanted to get my ear pierced. When we finally left B&N at 9:00, we went down into the subway to take the E back downtown, this time to the village. I was still undecided until we got to the turnstile. Then I figured, what the heck, I'll just do it.
So I did.
I knew I'd get it done by needle 'cause the needle didn't bother me that much the first time I got it, so if they prefer to use the needle, I'm not going to stop them. Of course, I bet they prefer to use the needle so they can charge more, but I guess I don't mind too much... I'm a little masochistic that way. In any case, I was just deciding whether to get a stud earring or a hoop. Remember last time I got the hoop put in as the starter earring? The guy said I couldn't play with it. So this time I asked the guy, if I get the hoop, can I play with it? He said yes, so I said okay to the hoop.
It looks SO kirei! Especially with the other five silver hoops in my ear. I really like silver hoops. Obviously. But no big ones. Yech. Anyway, I think it's a slightly darker shade of silver (of course, it could be the bad lighting in my bathroom) than the other ones, with a silver ball, of course. But that's okay; silver wa silver da yo.
Having the needle pierce my ear hurt only a tiny bit more than it did last time (and in comparison with the gun), but I think it's better overall because when I got my first cartilege piercing, my ear was throbbing for quite a while soon after the piercing took place. But today my ear didn't even throb at all! I didn't even realize how little it bothered me until I started comparing it with the first time I got it pierced!
Oh, I've also been itching to get a tattoo. I've known for quite some time that I want to get one that says, in (5) kanji, Shinigami no Koibito, which translates to Love of the God of Death. I printed out the kanji from a wonderful website called Kanji Tattoos and asked the piercing guy approximately how much it would be to have the 5 kanji -- in about half the size shown on the print out -- done on my leg. He said around $70. Which isn't bad at all! Then again, Angelica's mom knows someone who apparently makes house calls and would probably charge less for her, so I think Angelica's going to ask her mom to find out how much he'd charge for it. But even if that doesn't work out, $70 isn't bad. I'm so relieved.
In case you're interested, the five kanji would be made up of Death, then God, then the hiragana symbol for "no" (translation: "of"), then Lover, which is made up of Love and Person. You can look up all of these kanji at www.kanjitattoos.com.
When I got home I started cleaning my ears again... it seems that this hoop is slightly less thick than the one in the middle of my ear -- I know it's gauge 16 and I thought the one in the middle of my ear is gauge 16, too, but it seems to be much easier to turn in my ear than the one in the middle. Do you think it might have to do with the fact that one is in the soft skin of the ear and one is in the cartilege?
I hope the easy time I've had of it so far is a good omen. ::crosses fingers::
You know what's funny? I'm another piercing closer to authenticity in my Kozi cosplay! LOL!
Oddly enough, on the train ride there I had been thinking aloud about where I planned on getting my next piercing, and I finally decided that I'd have to get it above the lone cartilage piercing on my left ear. Just FYI, on my left ear I had (up until a few hours ago) 3 earrings in the lobe, one in my cartilage and one where the cartilege and lobe meet, right at the middle of the outside curve of the ear. On my right ear I have 3 earrings in the lobe.
In any case, the reason I decided to get my next one above the cartilage piercing is because the one in the middle of my ear isn't completely done healing yet, so I don't want to get another piercing right near it and tempt fate, ne? And the reason I don't want to get any more piercings in my right ear (for the moment) is because I DO want to eventually get a barbell put in my right ear. I'm working up the courage. So until then, I have to leave the cartilage unpierced so as to have the space to place the barbell exactly how I want it. I do have room for one more piercing in the lobes of my ears, but I like to get those done in pairs, so I can't get a 4th hole in my lobes because the one in the left ear would be too close for (my) comfort to the middle (as-yet-not-completely-healed) earring.
So that's my long explanation of why I'd want to get my latest piercing above the cartilage piercing I already had in my left ear.
Well, that's exactly where Angelica decided to get hers on Wednesday. Go figure. Hn.
But it looks really kawaii, of course. She chose the pink stud, and -- I'm SO proud of her -- she actually got it done with the needle! It was my Christmas gift to her, actually. I told her when she was ready for her next piercing that I'd pay for it. It cost $25.00 (which is pretty inexpensive compared to the lengths we've gone to for each other in the past), but of course $15.00 of that was simply because she was getting her ear pierced with a needle.
It was cute; when she realized they were going to use a needle instead of the gun, she kind of panicked and asked why she couldn't have them use the gun. The guy (who looks like the lead singer of The Foo Fighters, a band I'm kind of ambiguous about) said that the gun was "out of date." ::rolls eyes:: Imagine that; the gun is antiquated, but the needle is "in the now". Well, she finally sucked in her gut and got it done. Oh, I felt so proud, ::wipes a tear:: so proud!
::snicker::
So today, after work, Liz and Angelica and I were trying to figure out what to do. Angelica suggested we go to Chinatown and then on the way back home, go get MY ear pierced. Hmmm... I wasn't too sure, although I had been considering it earlier. We ended up going to Chinatown to eat, we browsed the anime video store and Tony finally gave me some of my anime tapes back. Of course, we got some new stuff from him, too. (I really do love our business relationship; we provide him with new stuff to copy & distribute, he provides us with new stuff, free of charge. It's so satisfyingly... satisfying?)
Then we went to the Barnes & Noble on 53rd & Lexington, so I could show Angelica a certain picture I was dying over by one of my two favorite fantasy artists, Brom (the other being Jody Lee -- or something like that -- she does the covers for Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar books, Kate Elliot's books, and some other authors too). I was STILL trying to decide whether I wanted to get my ear pierced. When we finally left B&N at 9:00, we went down into the subway to take the E back downtown, this time to the village. I was still undecided until we got to the turnstile. Then I figured, what the heck, I'll just do it.
So I did.
I knew I'd get it done by needle 'cause the needle didn't bother me that much the first time I got it, so if they prefer to use the needle, I'm not going to stop them. Of course, I bet they prefer to use the needle so they can charge more, but I guess I don't mind too much... I'm a little masochistic that way. In any case, I was just deciding whether to get a stud earring or a hoop. Remember last time I got the hoop put in as the starter earring? The guy said I couldn't play with it. So this time I asked the guy, if I get the hoop, can I play with it? He said yes, so I said okay to the hoop.
It looks SO kirei! Especially with the other five silver hoops in my ear. I really like silver hoops. Obviously. But no big ones. Yech. Anyway, I think it's a slightly darker shade of silver (of course, it could be the bad lighting in my bathroom) than the other ones, with a silver ball, of course. But that's okay; silver wa silver da yo.
Having the needle pierce my ear hurt only a tiny bit more than it did last time (and in comparison with the gun), but I think it's better overall because when I got my first cartilege piercing, my ear was throbbing for quite a while soon after the piercing took place. But today my ear didn't even throb at all! I didn't even realize how little it bothered me until I started comparing it with the first time I got it pierced!
Oh, I've also been itching to get a tattoo. I've known for quite some time that I want to get one that says, in (5) kanji, Shinigami no Koibito, which translates to Love of the God of Death. I printed out the kanji from a wonderful website called Kanji Tattoos and asked the piercing guy approximately how much it would be to have the 5 kanji -- in about half the size shown on the print out -- done on my leg. He said around $70. Which isn't bad at all! Then again, Angelica's mom knows someone who apparently makes house calls and would probably charge less for her, so I think Angelica's going to ask her mom to find out how much he'd charge for it. But even if that doesn't work out, $70 isn't bad. I'm so relieved.
In case you're interested, the five kanji would be made up of Death, then God, then the hiragana symbol for "no" (translation: "of"), then Lover, which is made up of Love and Person. You can look up all of these kanji at www.kanjitattoos.com.
When I got home I started cleaning my ears again... it seems that this hoop is slightly less thick than the one in the middle of my ear -- I know it's gauge 16 and I thought the one in the middle of my ear is gauge 16, too, but it seems to be much easier to turn in my ear than the one in the middle. Do you think it might have to do with the fact that one is in the soft skin of the ear and one is in the cartilege?
I hope the easy time I've had of it so far is a good omen. ::crosses fingers::
You know what's funny? I'm another piercing closer to authenticity in my Kozi cosplay! LOL!