When I made 18 in May 2003, I celebrated that time by having my own independence in my young adulthood and I wanted to celebrate it by being my own individual. Instead of being "Kitty's Daughter", "Jerry's Only Niece", or "Teddy's Little Girl", I wanted to be me, Takia Antoinette Becker with no title at all. So I always said I wanted my nose pierced since 8th grade, wanted my belly button pierced since sophomore year, wanted tattoos since freshman year and wanted tongue pierced since senior year. So in order in getting those things, I had to have money, since those things didn't come in free.
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In July, I was awaiting for my first check from the social security and finally after I came back from out of town, the first thing I did with the money was to get a tattoo, which it on my leg with my grandmother name. It's a little screwed up, but I will get it fixed. During that time, I wanted a pierced, but since with the ear piercing and my fears with the needles, I didn't really overcame that fear.
After that experience, I felt empty and lonely with one tattoo, which I was thinking about fulfilling my body's needs. I never intended to have my body being naked and I love my body as art to show it off to anyone and being able to be comfortable with, no matter what people say. So I wanted to start off with a piercing and get a tattoo during the summer time. I dropped the tongue piercing until further time and the only two piercings that I was really going to get were either the navel or the nose. The reason why I dropped the tongue was because during my senior year, my friend had it pierced and I saw it with my own eyes and it was cool as hell. I figured that since she was doing that because she was a bigger freak than me, that piercing symbolized her and it didn't really symbolized me at that time, because I was a so-called nerd.
In Spring 2004, the season which I finally decided that I would get my belly button pierced and get my nose pierced after I get into school in September. I was asking my best friend about how she got her belly button pierced last year and what was her experience and she told me it was good and she loved buying the jewerly. She also felt rebellious towards her parents, mostly her dad and I was shocked, because she never like that, so I actually did felt the same way with her and parents never do understand when we become young adults. So I went to the mall with her to get it and she made me jealous, because the belly ring was the weed and since I'm a weedaholic, I felt that me getting a belly button pierced also meant it could symbolize me and me only and no one else who alongside with me.
I was at South Side and at first I wanted to get a tattoo, a small tattoo on my stomach or my ankle, but it was too expensive and I didn't have enough money and I really wanted to stand out and prove the world that I'm not the nerdy, shy chick that I used to be. I wanted to be the wild and crazy girl who going to love the university life downtown in Chicago and I wanted to put my shyness aside and show the world who I am. So, despite how my stomach looked, I went ahead and decided to get a belly button piercing, Roy, the piercer was cool as hell and made me face my fears of needles, better than the tattoo artist that I had last year. He marked my belly, laid me down and told me to take deep breaths. I did and next thing you know, it was done. I felt a pinch and I didn't care, because I felt like I went to a doctor and got me a shot. So I looked in the mirror and I felt more happy, freaky, actually horny and good as hell. What I meant in Freaky was as in more affectionate with other people and being comfortable with other people, being free, spirtually and open-minded. I guess getting the piercing also gave me a lesson to overcome my fears with people.
In conclusion, I'm happy, freaky and wanting some more piercing to make me more freely to show off my body and also soon I will get a tattoo. I will be going back up there in 7 weeks for a checkup and see how my piercing is. Meanwhile, I'm shopping for belly rings to symbolize my personality. What they about Geminis is true, being flirtatious with other people and being open minded. Maybe that how's felt about getting my belly button pierced and since i'm bisexual, I feel so good about myself now. So I encourage people to face their fears about life and experience this fun filled ride that I'm going through, because it will bring out some nastiness out of you and you will be feeling good about that and people love that.