ch-ch-ch-changes

[opiumpoppies]

So, it's been a while.

Cholo died a while back... I had to help drag his body out from under the bed.  One of the most crushing moments ever... he was so young.  It's taken me a while to cope, or want to talk about it... still, I didn't really talk about it to anyone outside my immediate family (and those I consider family, like my roomies).  I'm

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[mechagucha]

If you're going to be Sick Boy, I hope you're not talking about the heroin addiction or the fathering of a crack baby. Or rather, a junk baby.

But you're a hottie, for sure.

(Do you think we're all scarred by Portola?)

[opiumpoppies]

Nope, not quite, just in hair shade. I still have little strands of reddish tones that bother me.

And, yeah, probably scarred. It's taken me a few years to look back and realize that kids should never, ever be put in the positions we were. I didn't seem to mind at the time, but it was all survival.

[pygopagus]

Ah Portola. What a hole that was.

I've been hung up on the heroin-chic aesthetic for a little while now, but I just chew on and play with my needles, rather than actually injecting anything. Play piercing sounds a lot more attractive than junk...

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b155/lachrymose_dollfie/0428081930contrast.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b155/lachrymose_dollfie/0428082053.jpg

...I still need to see Trainspotting. Does your tattoo-monster have a name?

[opiumpoppies]

Nah, if I name one, I'll have to name 'em all.

I often can't really help rocking heroin chic. I don't clean up well, I still look like I've been up all night watching infomercials. It's all good though-- I've realized I look proper all sick and pale.