I don't know why I am sharing this or why anyone here would care, but I got off my ass and quit being a wimp and colored my hair. It is now burgundyis dark red. It almost looks purple in some light. Kick ass.

I'm being corrupted by my friend Liz. She wants me to get my eyebrow pierced next.

Meow... SNAP!

She'll have you to the vet next. ;-)

Ack.
The only color my hair is ever turning is black. And I doubt I'll do that, too much freaking work.

I've had people that the best way to get over my problem with piercings is to get one... NO thanks. :P

I got my ear pierced in 1977, when very few people were doing it. Now only old men like me have a single ear pierce and no other modifications. My sister did it at home with a hot needle, an ice cube and a bar of soap.

My hair started changing color around 1998. There's just a touch of grey at this point.

I have a niece and nephews older than some of you by a shade and they are walking pin cushions, not to mention the tattoos.

*shivers uncontrollably*
I always wondered what statement that was... "I am a masochist"?

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I always wondered what statement that was... "I am a masochist"?

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*shivers uncontrollably*
I always wondered what statement that was... "I am a masochist"?

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What the foreskin are you talking about? I'm having trouble interpreting DX's statement... or question...

Talk to me boy!

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"Needles fucking scare me! As I understand it, some people get pierced and tattooed to make a statement... What statement would this be? "I'm a massochist?"

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There are a lot of reasons.

Personally:

I enjoy the aesthetic of my bodyart.
I enjoy the fact that I can withstand something that others seem to think they cannot.
It's a statement (not to anyone else but me) that I own my body. I get to decide what happens to it. When I had cancer, I was poked and prodded and I had very little say in the matter. This is all me.
It's an accomplishment to have gotten healthy enough to heal a piercing.
I enjoy the intensity of the process of getting the piercing. Not just the actual needle-through-flesh sensation, but the anticipation, as well.

I'm sure I can come up with a few more reasons, but I need to get some sleep so I'll let you scope this out.

I would like to get a little tattoo, for no other reason than I think small, taseful tattoos look really cool. I don't really feel the urge to get piercings - they just don't interest me, though I think some well-placed metal can look really interesting and eye-catching on a person. That said, I also think it is easy to overdo both piercings and tattoos - too many together just look tacky, in my opinion.

I want to colour my hair drastically some time, just see what it is like to really dramatically alter my appearance. My hair is constantly changing as it is. It was short for all of my childhood, so when I left home I let it grow to length and left it there for a couple of years, chopped it short for a stage show, grew it long again, but this time with an undercut, then about a year ago I shaved it down to stubble on the spur of the moment. I almost blunted the pait of scissors I was using, too - I have really thick hair.

I was going to chop it all off and bleach it pale blonde at the end of this year. *shrug* I might still do it.

I just want to comment on one of Ladyj's reasons. I have a friend who says "I know I could kill someone with my bare hands, that's why I'm a pacifist".

Personally, I don't need to prove anything to myself. I know my body is mine, and I can do with it what I want. That's why I choose not to change it. It's what I was given, so I live happily with this skinny mess. :P

But, sure, it's your body, do what you want with it. I just get tired of meeting droves and droves of morons who do it for no other reason than to "be different", when all they (note, not YOU) are really doing is trying to be like their friends. I could care less about outward individuatity, it's what I feel inside that makes me different from the people I know, and the others I don't.

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I just want to comment on one of Ladyj's reasons. I have a friend who says "I know I could kill someone with my bare hands, that's why I'm a pacifist".

Personally, I don't need to prove anything to myself. I know my body is mine, and I can do with it what I want. That's why I choose not to change it. It's what I was given, so I live happily with this skinny mess. :P

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Anyone can kill someone with their bare hands.

Self-Defense is about knowing when to do it, not kung fu.

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I enjoy the intensity of the process of getting the piercing. Not just the actual needle-through-flesh sensation, but the anticipation, as well.

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1. I hate needles, too. Even if I wasn't so wussy, I probably still wouldn't get anything pierced. I'm pretty happy with my body the way it is. Plus I could spend the money on geeky tech toys. Or ice cream.

2. I have no hair to color. If I did, I'd want it to be pink.

3. I could kill a mouse with my bare hands. Possibly a small marmot. Maybe even a rabid woodchuck, if I had a bat and he was limping. And missing an eye.

4. My various trains of thought get progressively more stupider as I get closer to the time I should be in bed.

5. My dog wants a walk. I shall now accomodate him.

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5. My dog wants a walk. I shall now accomodate him.

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As you might guess from my picture, I barely care how I look. The only reason I let my hair grow out is because haircuts cost money. I've thought of dyeing it blue, but it'd be too hard to lighten it up enough for another shade to show.

Also, I know someone who dyed his hair blue, then took a shower and spent the next week looking like a damn smurf. ...Actually, he did some strips under the name Freezy Smurf.

I like tattoos, but to get a tattoo, you have to have a picture that will both look cool and mean something for the rest of your life, and I don't have anything that good in mind.

I am a natural golden brown, and I only pierced my ears. I'm beautiful enough as is, so I don't need anything else.

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I am a natural golden brown, and I only pierced my ears. I'm beautiful enough as is, so I don't need anything else.

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Mine is mousey brown. It needs lightened , or shaved off , and made to look ....interesting.

I have Dull hair. Its official.

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Mine is mousey brown. It needs lightened , or shaved off , and made to look ....interesting.

I have Dull hair. Its official.

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I need to graft hair from my back to the top of my head. The women would swoon!

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I am a natural golden brown, and I only pierced my ears. I'm beautiful enough as is, so I don't need anything else.

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I went to a tattoo parlour in Ibiza, but the guy said I was too drunk to get a tattoo, so I opted for a piercing, but I couldn't get a facial one without getting fired from work. So I was left with the choice of nipple, belly button or.......my schlong!

So I went for the belly button and 3 years on I'm still wearing it!

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I am a natural golden brown, and I only pierced my ears. I'm beautiful enough as is, so I don't need anything else.

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Funny this thread started such a long conversation. Cool. It's kinda funny that I've gotten more compliments on my hair in two weeks than in my entire life. Still trying to get home to see the look on my mother's face. Ahhh it will be quite entertaining.

I'm not a big fan of getting a piercing on myself though... I'm scared to death of needles. Hate 'em. icky icky. As for tatoos, I dunno. Maybe a small one that means something if something ever hits me where I think "wow.. that'd be cool". I just don't want to be 80 and have to explain to my friends in the home why I have a tatoo on my lower back that said "Tobor Was Here"

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I'm not a big fan of getting a piercing on myself though... I'm scared to death of needles. Hate 'em. icky icky. As for tatoos, I dunno. Maybe a small one that means something if something ever hits me where I think "wow.. that'd be cool". I just don't want to be 80 and have to explain to my friends in the home why I have a tatoo on my lower back that said "Tobor Was Here"

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Funny this thread started such a long conversation. Cool. It's kinda funny that I've gotten more compliments on my hair in two weeks than in my entire life.

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I was thinking about having my mouth boarded up.

LOL Boorite!!!

I saw something that really freaked me out the other day on the toob. Apparently the "new" thing is scarring yourself intentionally. A guy (in Dallas, no less) will shoot you at point blank range with your choice of bullet for the proper "exit scarring effect"
for $600 bucks.

What cracks me up is some poor misguided, "misunderstood", "socially ridiculed" Vanilla Ice wanna be pays this for a bullet wound at his shoulder. He's whining on and on about it's a reflection of his life's pain and I had to laugh at this poor guy. He's covered with Lynaard Skynaard-esque art and crying about his "horrid life"

I wanted to drive my ass to Dallas, find this moron, and let him roam around the 3rd ward after midnight for a bit..he could have several exit wounds for free, and see what a poser he is.

Anywho....I have a tat, I have a piercing, they mean something to me, no one else needs to understand it. End of story.

Ya know..this post really had no point. I think I was bored.

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LOL Boorite!!!

I saw something that really freaked me out the other day on the toob. Apparently the "new" thing is scarring yourself intentionally. A guy (in Dallas, no less) will shoot you at point blank range with your choice of bullet for the proper "exit scarring effect"
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There is some difference between having a tattoo, which is generally something you don't get unless you choose to, and having an intentional scar, which is going to mislead anyone unless you explain it to them.

And sure, I could see how getting a scar would be an artistic statement, just like I could see how cutting holes in your jeans could be an artistic statement, but this guy Jael saw on TV sounds to me like he's trying too hard.

I was going to get all the skin on my face removed to express my individuality. Does anyone know if that stings? I'm a wimp when it comes to pain.

It's not so much the mark I'm interested in. It's the threat of pain and a woman's ability to deliver it. Wether she uses a phone book, broom handle or branding iron is none of my say-so.

I may look into branding irons for the wife's xmas though. Imagine feeling the heat as she holds it an inch from your face. You, bound to the floor with chains, have no recourse but to be very still. She whispers her plans... pokes a few places up and down your body with her sharp fingers, trying to decide as she settles her rump down on to your..................................................................

Where was I?

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And sure, I could see how getting a scar would be an artistic statement, just like I could see how cutting holes in your jeans could be an artistic statement, but this guy Jael saw on TV sounds to me like he's trying too hard.

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I would like to have a bullet hole in my landlord.