| At A Glance | |
| Author | cuthalcoven |
| Contact | cuthalcoven@bme.anon |
| IAM | cuthalcoven |
| When | A week ago |
| Artist | Aaron |
| Location | Azalia, MI |
I enjoyed it a lot, and realized that the pain was temporary and highly sensational at times. Everytime I looked at the pictures afterwards, I wanted more. So this year for the BBQ, I contacted Aaron ahead of time, in anticipation of more piercings. I was interested in the look of wings on my shoulder blades, but wasn't sure if it would work the way I thought it would. Being sick for a year sucked, and I was feeling trapped and sunken into my own body. Wings to me, symbolized flying free above myself, and realizing that I could be and do more than I was doing at the time.
After discussing my options, I went to Jo Ann Fabrics and bought a package of 12 black feathers, and a small cube of Sculptey clay. At that time, my younger sister Katie hugged me, told me she loved me, and picked up a package of white feathers. Apparently, she wanted them too! Once we were in the car I gave her a questioning look, and she explained that since I had pierced her nipples for her as a bonding experience to celebrate her living through a car accident...she wanted to be there for me as well. And if play piercings are what I felt would help me get through my pain, then she would be helping to rid me of my pain through her own. My heart melted, honestly. Words just can't describe the feeling I had, of looking into my kid sister's eyes and knowing that she would do something like that for me to help me deal with my own problems.
So I got back online, and explained to Aaron that we wanted to do a bonding experience together, and that I wanted to make sure it was okay with him because she's still underage. After a little hesitance and reassurance that mom was okay with it, he agreed. We were getting pierced!
Off to the BBQ on July 23rd, experience here, and we had brought all of our supplies to camp and be pierced. We watched a few pulls, and I was scared that Katie would chicken out after seeing them, but she was surprisingly very intriqued, and they made her more and more excited as the day wore on.
After all the pulls were done, Aaron found us and told us he would be ready in a bit to do the play piercings for us. We went and grabbed our things and headed back to the piercing tent to watch Hayley get her play piercings, and then it was our turn! Surprisingly again, Katie jumped up and volunteered to go first! I watched and took pictures for her...she actually looked rather bored, and even said that it was taking too long. The girl just had 12 needles inserted into her shoulders, and she was BORED. Urgh. The feathers were different lengths, so they had to be adjusted and that didn't really do much to ease the apparent antsy-ness she was feeling. The Sculptey was annoying, it wouldn't keep it's shape on the edge of the feather to hold it in, and Aaron had to keep adding more. (Sorry! Next year I'll get wax! Heh.)
Once she was done, it was my turn! I had Aaron go and get our cooler so I could sit on that, since the chair was really small and I was worried I wouldn't be very comfortable on it. After checking things out, Aaron cleaned me up and started with a "Are you ready?". Eagerly, I nodded and took a breath as the needle slid through. The sensation was a little sharper than I remembered, but not too bad. It stung on the exit, and I realized my legs were shaking a bit from tensing up. Mentally, I tried to relax and started breathing deeper as more needles followed the first. After all 12 were in, my feathers were inserted, and I got to sit still for a minute while Katie and my friend Angie took pictures of me as well.
Aaron cleaned us up and even played in Katie's blood, making wing patterns out of it. This amused her to no end, because I was jealous that she bled more than me and got to have the blood wings! Afterwards we decided to head to bed, and Katie was worried that she would bruise in the morning. Contrary to her worries, the next morning there were no traces of the needles except the entrance and exit points.
The best part of the whole experience was the picture above. Right before the camera flashed, she grabbed my hand and we looked at each other. At the same time, we said "I love you", with tears in our eyes. I'll never forget that, no matter how many other moments we have together in our lifetimes.