Level 6: Body Modification

Fragile Ataraxia

Level 6: Body Modification

Body Modification... what a beautiful thing. I am completely addicted to tattoos and piercings. I'm currently looking for a tattoo apprenticeship and then a piercing apprenticeship so i can work on becoming a professional body artist and maybe eventually open my own place (its going to be called Arcadia meaning Paradise).

I've done some piercings on other people (after watching many professionally done piercings of course), i plan on getting some of the pictures together and putting them up. And if you know me and want me to pierce you then come find me and i'd be happy to. I really only do eyebrows, lips, nostrils, labrets and an occasional naval.

Current body modifications (pictures soon)

Tattoos:

- Color dragonfly on my lower outside of my arm beneath my elbow.
- Tribal looking (unintentionally) sun with chinese symbol for Zen between my shoulder blades right below my neck.

- Outline of a lotus with a buddhist om on the under forearm. Its not nearly finished or colored.

Piercings:
- 18 gauge Right nostril

- 14 gauge right industrial

      - 14 gauge septum ring
      - 14 gauge tongue ring
      - 10 gauge lobes

- 16 gauge left tragus

Tattoo #1 (March 28th 2002)

Place: Class Act tattoo

.:: It's been about a year and i finally got a picture of the tattoo. It's the first time I got to see what it actually looks like. It's bigger then i thought and some of the squiggly lines are a little thicker then I had originally drawn them, but all is well ::.

Tattoo #2 (sometime in october 2003)
Place: Some kids back porch
Artist: Ryan Evans... (highly UNRECOMMENDED)

.:: This tattoo was out of desperation... which was a mistake. I wanted a tattoo really badly and i was fiending like a crackhead... so when i heard of this guy that lives around here that does tattoos cheap and without ID checks Brian and I both jumped ignorantly at the opperatunity. So Brian ended up with two really fucked up infected tattoos...that no longer have ink, and one good tattoo. I ended up with an outline of a lotus and a buddhist om on my forearm... it can be easily fixed but as of right now it looks like shit because i refuse to let that guy near me with a tattoo gun EVER again ::.

Retired Modifications:

- Surface piercing on my wrist <3
- 2 left eyebrows

- 1 right eyebrow

- 1 left nostril

- Many navel

- 1 Septum

- Uncountable liprings

- Uncountable earrings

Future Modifications (once i get needles/money):

- Surface piercings on my wrist and possibly lower back
- Industrials

- Nape (back of the neck)

- Eyebrow
- Other nostril

- Navel

- And i have countless tattoos planned out for the future once i get money.

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Me and my friend Ian (who is a professional and very good body artist in Philidelphia) used to play a game called Piercing Wars. Though i doubt there's anybody willing to play this game, i thought i'd teach you all anyway :)

Game: Piercing Wars

Object: Pierce your opponent as many times as possible. The player who performs the most piercings, or most dangerous piercings wins.

Materials: Each player receives one 12, 14, 16 and 18 gauge sterilized needles, a pair of gloves, a spray bottle of bactine, corks, as many barbells and BCRs as needed.

Rules: All skins must be easily accessible, all piercings must be done with safety, cleanliness and properly sterilized needles. No extremely dangerous piercings (ie: surface piercings, tongue, genitals).

Tips: Don't squirm or fight back too hard... unless you want it to be more painful and bloody then it has to be. Surrender if needed... but always...SURRENDER AT YOUR OWN RISK.