OMFG RISE AGAINST BAD RELIGION 4 TIMES FOR THE WIN!!!!!

Haha, this week and a half (starting Mon) is seriously shaping up to be the best week of my life! Monday started a Courtrina adventure with Walmart. 5 below, n Denny's. The Tuesday, we woke up early, packed a cooler, and went to the 9:30 club in DC to see Rise Against and Bad Religion. We got there at 12:30, and talked to roadies, played Scrabble n Jenga and Go Fish with people who joined us in line. The doors opened at 6:30, we were one of the first in the club, and it was AWESOME! Front n center the whole time, total awesomeness. We hung around afterwords and met RA, and holy god they're a cool bunch of dudes. Zach especially, talked to us for a bit, and one of the dude we ended up hanging out with got guestlisted for the next night in bmore! After, there was Denny's fun, and crashing at 4 AM.
Part 2! We got up again, and this time, picked up our buddy that got guestlisted, chilled outside Rams Head Live, and added the coolest 13 year old kid ever (Lil Bro!), and two others and I was the FIRST in the club! Legit! We did the Rockstar Entrance and paid an extra 10 to do it, and ALL of us were front n center. Such awesomeness, and the band was pointing us out. It did get a little violent at points, the crowd surfers were horrific! But in the end, it was truly awesome. There were group hugs all over the place. And our newly adopted Lil Bro got to meet the band, and the look on his face was amazing! This kid's life was made, Zach was truly amazing, and talked shop with him about guitar and such. We've become a Show Family. We took care of each other, and we all had amazing nights, celebrated our successes getting concert memorabilia and just generally connected over a great band.

I hope that Philly is just as awesome, and I can't wait for parts 3 and 4 of the Courtrina adventure.

Things I don't like: funerals.... especially ones where your Gramma is the deceased.... nope, not fun, not fun at all. Seeing Mom cry, dislike, seriously.

Better news.... I can run a half mile, if I take a break halfway through! YAY! PROGRESS!!

Dear richard_ and anyone else who cares,

Yes, I survived. Though, the week after I got sick, I then lost power in a snowstorm. Then next week, classes started, and here we are, one week in, and getting home from catching up with old friends, drinking, playing Kings, and laughing my mutha fookin ass off! Oh sweet zebras I missed my boys from the dorm life......we had so much fun!

In other news, Draven the kitty has adopted me.... possibly in favor of his actual mom, my roommate. I win.

OY! Hey, body! I don't like being sick! Stop with the mucous and itchy eyes and coughing! I'm done you hear? DONE!

Urg......



In other news, there's ice everywhere, my boss has no soul for keeping me at work longer when I'm sicky, and miso soup is a win. The End.

Le sigh, this is what I get for not listening to my gut.

I mentioned getting my vertical hood pierced a little bit ago, and all was going swimmingly. Very little pain, no infection of the piercing despite an errant yeastly attack. Took care of it, and it seemed pretty decent. I've checked up on it, and it seemed a little shallow. To which end I thought.... well, Jenn did say you had a small hood, it prolly no big deal. I looked closer at it a few days ago, and it looks like she skimmed the hood, and didn't get the placement right. I don't think it's rejecting, there's no crud or anything..... it just looks poorly placed.

I was nervous from get go, my friend Jenn did it in my kitchen, who was/is a piercer/tattoo artist, with proper tools and training and everything. Everything was clean and up to standard..... I had no doubts on that. I asked all the questions, she's done 30+ before, including her own, more than once. So it's not like I got some hack in my bits..... but in my pre-piercing research, I came across procedural stuff that looked like the best method was a receiving tube, not clamps. This was from an APP board-member's website, so very trustworthy. When I asked about it, Jenn told me exactly how she does it..... with clamps. That kinda perked my ears a bit, but I trusted her, she's a dear friend, and wouldn't do anything dumb, it'll be fine, she knows what she's doing. Now, in hindsight, I should have said something when I got it done. She had trouble with the clamps, cause of the aforementioned small hood. And they were plastic ones.... kinda big for a clit hood. So when she was having trouble, I should have followed my gut and said no, get a receiving tube and do it right. Now, I think I need to take it out, and get it redone.... not too happy about that at all. Le sigh............ I'll do it again in a heartbeat, but still, not cool, I don't like having to take out piercings. Le sigh.......

Lesson learned. Go back to Ian, who knows his stuff n stuff, or talk to Trina when in need of piercing advice. No more bad piercings. No more listening to roomie Jess, who insists that Jenn is the best piercer on the planet (Jess is wrong about most things anyway).

Ah.... and the crash....

Yes friends, it's time for me to mope, somewhat. I've discovered just how much I hate panic attacks (really? why me?) and that I cannot handle the amount of stress I put myself under. Lesson? Take it MUCH slower..... Now, does it solve the problem of me not being able to finish all the assignments for this semester? Nope! But this is where I (once again) beg and plead for mercy in an attempt to not make this semester be a total wash! Can I please break the cycle of disastrous school related events and just effin graduate? Please?

And because I refuse to be a complete mope....


SAVE THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TREE OCTOPUS!
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

While sitting in my favorite coffee shop chasing some happy (and getting some work done), I discovered this looking up knitting patterns for Christmas ornaments..... so I now must make an octopus tree ornament! Just because!

This in and of itself helps make up for the supremely shitty day that yesterday was. Ambulance rides, and sitting in a hospital bed! Not exactly in my plans for world domination through crafts.....


ANYWAY, I doubt anyone will... but....

http://amzn.com/w/2396JC6BJHY4I

Just in case, and who knows. Stranger things have happened.

NEWS!

4g lobes! WOO! 2 more jumps, and I'm back at 0g! WOO! Take that douche-canoe! I'm taking my schtick back! And on a similar taking myself back note, I do believe I forgot to mention that I got the cajones to get a hood piercing a month ago. Yep, totally forgot to mention that. But hey, now you know, and knowledge is power, GO JOE!

This whole empowerment thing is awesome. Now, if it can only filter through to other aspects of my life, I'd be a happy camper. *sigh* I hate school.......

Toodles

Can I just say something?

I've been missing out! I can't believe I let myself stay in that farce of a relationship when I could have been getting fucked proper with my hair pulled and spanked just right. To be frank, he bites, he scratches, he leaves marks, he makes me (yes, makes is the right word have multiple orgasms, and some of the most intense orgasms I've ever had to date. Holy hell what was I thinking? Lesson learned, if I have trouble getting off and being satisfied, it means he's doing it wrong..... fix it or get out of there.

In other news, I have a taper and tunnel kit up to 0g on the way. I'm excited I 'm still at 10g, but I know it's going to be harder going the second time around, what with scar tissue and all. I'm getting back to doing yoga, and I hope I can make it work so I get back into running again. While I'm not too pleased with myself at the moment in terms of how I look, I'm more upset with the fact that I can't do things I could a little more than a year ago. This is what's really frustrating to me. I'm trying to eat healthier, but classes suck. URG! I hate school!

And that's most of it. Fo rizzle.

Hrm, fun and games SG land...

So, I'm single again after 4.5 years.... holy fuck what do I do with myself? It's the weirdest sensation, to not have a sidekick for adventures.... but it's been a month, and I'm realizing he wasn't so much of a sidekick, as in I dragged him places I wanted to go..... aka we weren't as compatible as I thought. It's slowly getting easier to look at his picture, and think about him with someone else. Does it still hurt? Yeah, a little, and do I miss it? A little. But, not to the point where I'm a slobbering mess. Woot!


Now, more important things.... I let my gauges shrink to kinda please him...... he's not so big on body mods, so I let a lot of mine close up, and the gauges shrink to normal.... I missed them as soon as I made the choice, and I miss them now. However, I have a job where the process of gauging would not be looked upon kindly... (I gauge by gradual weight and by adding bigger and bigger earrings as I go.... it worked). I can promise my boss would not be thrilled to see 6 different earrings in. AND, I think I'm missing my supplies, like the assortment of stainless plugs I had for healing time. So, time for a pro con list....

PRO:
-I'd feel more like myself.
-I miss them a lot
-Once they're at the point I want them at, it's easy to make them work appropriate

CON:
-I just ordered non gauge earrings.... although I could use them for my sister's bday present, or send them back and fix my issue of supplies
-Being professional looking with gauges can be tricky, and I will be graduating in 1.5 years, and have to look professional
-The process isn't fun



So, any additions to this list?

Wow, I was so not expecting to be here.....

Apparently I'm back, I think more in a spectator role. Don't expect too much, I'm not trying to live online anymore. I have goals! Like a job and all that crap. Isn't being responsible fun?

Just in case anyone cares....

Got it last July, then I went to drum corps and it got infected. It's not as crisp, but still decent. I'm thinking about getting it touched up this summer IF I am gainfully employed. But, it doesn't really need it. Still looks pretty good, just not amazing.

Also added a conch piercing on the right, and took out the gauges. I had gotten to 0g, but I missed dangles.... of course now I miss my gauges, but overall, glad I took them out. I think my 2nd and 3rd holes finally closed up, so I'm down to 1 lobe. Oh well.

I'm on a mission to get back into shape. Last summer, I could run a mile. Now, I'm lucky if I can run 1/4 of that. Need to fix that....

I live with the Boy. He's pretty cool. We have our issues that finally surfaced when we started co-habituating, but we're working on it.

I think that's all.... My stuffy nose is keeping me up, and I'm not going to fight it anymore. Time for bed, I need to be up in 6 hrs.... I hate the sick.

Ciao!