Last night, I got a hole punched in me. It was done by Rudis at The Tattoo and Piercing Studio in Grand Rapids, MI. Yes, the name of the place really is, “The Tattoo and Piercing Studio”. No frills, no jackassery. I like that.
Anyway, Bronwyn Green went with me to man the camera and fulfill her goal of getting as many authors mutilated as she possibly could in one month. That sentence isn’t right, but I can’t figure out how to fix it. Too bad I had to skip critique group this morning to stay home with a cranky toddler. Anyway, she already got to Mia Watts. How many more authors have to be pierced before her bloodthirsty vengeance is assuaged?
Digression aside, here is the video of the actual piercing being done. I cut out all the unwrapping of tools and marking of dots on my lip and discussion of how I’m going to get pink eye from taking my laptop into the bathroom with me. What you’ll see is just the positioning of the tongs and the actual needle going through my face. There isn’t any finished shot of it on the video, because the immediate swelling that seemed to concentrate on just one side of my lip made it appear as though the piercing was really, really off-centered. But here’s a picture of what it looks like the morning after, still slightly swollen but no where near as crooked looking as a result:
The jewelry he used was actually longer that needed, to accomodate for swelling. As you can see, it looks a bit snug right now. Keep in mind, that picture is after the swelling went down.
On to the video. This is not for the faint of heart, kids. Bronwyn has an eye for the graphic, and her lens does not shy away from stuff that looks painful.
And is painful. Very, very painful. This hurt like crazy.
Everyone have a good holiday weekend. I’m gonna spend mine drinking beer through a straw.