Friday, February 17, 2012
the best brownies
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
A quick story, and an article you should read
-- originally posted by Arini
Carrying on from our earlier post about tattooing (and why people need to leave the Wiggles the hell alone), I got my philtrum pierced this weekend. If you don’t know what a philtrum is, it’s that little divot between your nose and your upper lip. It’s my first oral piercing, and even though it’s still quite swollen (I closely resemble a duck right now), I’m really happy with it. Today at work I was asked the following: “why would you ruin your beautiful body like that?”
Well, first of all, thanks? I do love my body. My answer, as always, was “the more holes I have, the more shiny things I can put in them.” To me, that’s a perfectly sensible reason. To others, not so much, but I beg of you, how is a piercing any different than getting your lady parts waxed? It hurts a bit, and in both cases there is some upkeep. For your bikini line, it’s going back again when you start getting furry again. For a piercing, it’s some fairly simple aftercare (that does NOT involve “piercing solution”).
But, you say, a piercing can get infected! Well, waxing carries the risk of ingrown hairs, which don’t seem so bad. But an ingrown hair can form a sebaceous cyst, a type of infection which you should not google unless you care to be thoroughly grossed out. If you’ve ever gotten one, you know that they can hurt a LOT. The point here isn’t to argue whether one form of beautification is better than another, but that we, as humans, do plenty of otherwise pointless, painful things for beauty’ A professional piercing is a safe and beautiful way to enhance your body.
I leave you with this article about safe, piercing gun-free piercing. Enjoy.
Why I took my 7 year old to a piercing parlor
Carrying on from our earlier post about tattooing (and why people need to leave the Wiggles the hell alone), I got my philtrum pierced this weekend. If you don’t know what a philtrum is, it’s that little divot between your nose and your upper lip. It’s my first oral piercing, and even though it’s still quite swollen (I closely resemble a duck right now), I’m really happy with it. Today at work I was asked the following: “why would you ruin your beautiful body like that?”
Well, first of all, thanks? I do love my body. My answer, as always, was “the more holes I have, the more shiny things I can put in them.” To me, that’s a perfectly sensible reason. To others, not so much, but I beg of you, how is a piercing any different than getting your lady parts waxed? It hurts a bit, and in both cases there is some upkeep. For your bikini line, it’s going back again when you start getting furry again. For a piercing, it’s some fairly simple aftercare (that does NOT involve “piercing solution”).
But, you say, a piercing can get infected! Well, waxing carries the risk of ingrown hairs, which don’t seem so bad. But an ingrown hair can form a sebaceous cyst, a type of infection which you should not google unless you care to be thoroughly grossed out. If you’ve ever gotten one, you know that they can hurt a LOT. The point here isn’t to argue whether one form of beautification is better than another, but that we, as humans, do plenty of otherwise pointless, painful things for beauty’ A professional piercing is a safe and beautiful way to enhance your body.
I leave you with this article about safe, piercing gun-free piercing. Enjoy.
Why I took my 7 year old to a piercing parlor
chocolate shortbread
And here’s another recipe from Cookies by Linda Collister! You really can’t go wrong with shortbread. I love shortbread.
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