Thursday, September 01, 2005 I got my tongue pierced. Am I crazy? Yes. If I had the chance to do it again, would I? No way. These few days have been hell. They say that it doesn't hurt. It does. There's a frickin' 14 gauge needle going through your tongue, you're going to feel something. If the needle doesn't hurt, then maybe you'll feel the Listerine afterwards. That first hour is ok. You don't notice too much pain or swelling. You think, "Well, that wasn't so bad." Wait a few more hours, it'll get bad, believe me. My tongue swelled up, it hurt to talk, I was so hungry but I couldn't eat anything. For three days I lived on pudding, Slim Fast, and mashed potatoes. Thinking about eating with something through your tongue is a LOT different than actually doing it. I started to envy everyone else with their normal tongues. Normal. That became the word that lingered in my head. I remembered what it was like when I was normal. When I could talk, when I could eat, when I could sleep without waking up in the middle of the night with pain so bad it was shooting down my neck and making my jaw chatter. When I didn't have to rinse my mouth with Listerine after every time I ate. I thought about taking my ring out sooo many times. But then I kept thinking how mad Travis would be about wasting $50. Well, you could add to that how mad at myself I would be for wasting all those miserable moments where I just let my tongue hang out of my mouth. If someone were to ask me about my tongue ring (this only being day 5) in the future when I'm used to it...which hopefully will happen...and they would show any interest in getting it done, I would seriously have to object. It is not cool, it is not fun, and it is NOT pain free. I don't care what you've heard. It sucks. 12:48 AM [link] ----------------------------------------------------------- September 2001 October 2001 November 2001 December 2001 January 2002 February 2002 March 2002 April 2002 May 2002 July 2002 August 2002 September 2002 October 2002 November 2002 December 2002 January 2003 February 2003 March 2003 April 2003 May 2003 June 2003 July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 May 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 September 2005 October 2005 February 2007 home Navigation: --> me ---> blog archives ----> my friends -----> art work ------> poetry -------> writings --------> stuff for you