Oh, I did a stupid thing today. A reeeeeally stupid thing. I changed my nostril jewelry by myself. Yes, 6 days after I had it pierced. Yes, it hurt. Yes, my nose may become an infected lump of meat and fall off. No, probably not (fingers crossed), but it was disgusting. When I went to have the piercer change the jewelry Tuesday, he said to come back in a week, because the piercing was still so new that, if he took the ring out, he might not be able to find the hole again. �P�shaw!� I said to myself in my arrogance, and I thought that I was right when, four days later, I took the silver disk screw out and I could still clearly see the outer hole. So I slipped the new nostril screw in halfway and it stopped. It really hurt when I tried to get it past the last turn so that the jewel would be against my nose. I stopped, took a deep breath, and tried again. Ouch. Ouchouchouchouchouch. It obviously wasn�t working, so I put a finger in my nose (aren�t you just loving this story?) to see if I could coax it in more easily that way. Wait a second� where�s the other end? And what�s this lump here, under the skin?
Oh.
That�s what he meant by �unable to find the hole.�
So, trying not to think about what I had been doing to the flesh inside my nose, I wiggled the screw gently until it popped through the inner side of the hole and then I washed it thoroughly with anti-bacterial soap, which I usually don�t like to use (super-resistant germs, you know), but when I have a hole in my face, you bet I�ll take precautions.
Congratulations if you�re still reading. I bare my stupidity for you, gentle reader that you may not make the same mistake I did. May you be a good pierced person, and do what the nice man at the tattoo studio tells you.
--N
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Life is a Magic Thing, Woah. - 2005-11-18
No Dooce for You! - 2005-11-09
The Nicest Thing Anyone Has Ever Said To Me - 2005-09-05
Ugh. Grunt. Some Other Stuff. - 2005-09-01
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