The Mod of my Bod

I've created a monster. ... and I like it. It was only a few years ago when I met my dearest friend Justine in college. Your average blond-bombshell-good-girl-next-door-athlete. Why we became friends? I guess opposites attract would be safe to say. Well, when our friendship was still young and fresh, my polo wearing buddy asked me to take her to Claire's. I suppose my metal adorned ears had inspired her to ditch the two studs and add on a few holes. After that, I think Justine was hooked. A few more trips to Claire's for lobe hole punching and she was ready for a real piercing shop. At this point I had played around with piercing some more and had added on a nose ring and septum ring to my bod mod collection. Finally, we made our date to head out to my favorite piercing spot in NYC. Venus by Maria Tash. With my hottie friend Rob working there we knew we were in good hands. Justine pierced her Tragus (the fun little bit of cartilage you have right by your ear hole) and I got my Rook pierced (A nice nook and cranny of cartilage in your ear). Here I found a cool ear piercing diagram:


Anywho, we bonded over needles and to my surprise... Justine asked for more. And what better timing. I see this fun MySpace bulletin from Venus that says BMEzine is coming into their shop on Wed. Feb 11th to take pics and videos for their site. All piercings are discounted! Yahoo! It was destiny. We HAD to get more holes in our little bodies. After all Justine needs to live up to her newest nickname (given to her by her mommy): Swiss Cheese... or Swissy as I like to say.

Since we had previous plans to have our monthly girls night out that same day (Justine and Teela are my college buds and we do monthly dinner nights - so girly I know)... we ditched the fancy shmancy dinner plans and voted to get piercings instead. Did I mention I love these gals.

Lucky for us Rob was working again, and even Meg was there! They're both super talented. :) By far my favorite piercers. Justine got a Rook piercing, Teela got her Conch (not as dirty as it sounds), and I got another nostril piercing right next to the one I already have.

Fun times! I love the ability to express your individuality and appreciation of the bod you have by testing the limits of fear and pain, and altering the way your body looks. Next steps to accessorizing my skin: a superior franeum piercing (smiely) and 3 - 4 new tattoos. Stay tuned!