oooh, okay...
yeah, tats down both arms, on my back (the blueprint from godspeed's A#F# infinity album if you're interested...and the burning matchbox kid just underneath that, woo!) up my stomach and on my chest...no real problems, except some bits that scarred up and had to be redone (for free, seeing as the tattooist was a lovely lad). no, I'm not some kind of "look at me, I'm a crazy freak!" person, just like tattoos - very addictive, and good for breaking the ice with girls ;)

not really a piercing person - had my ears, nose and eyebrow done at various times, no problems except eventual boredom and having to get a job.

the funnest one was when me and my (now ex) girlfriend branded ourselves...we were bored on a friday evening and wanted something to do that was free (decided while having a pint in the walkabout, of all places). so, after a bit of dutch courage we got a ring and held it over the hob with a pair of pliers. when it was hot I jammed it into my stomach, just by my hip. I think the most worrying thing was the POP when it hit...hehehe...so, when I took it away I realised it hadn't gone deep enough so had to do it again (luckily it was all numb by this point). my girlfriend made me leave the room while she did hers, then called me back in to re-do it cos, like me, she'd gone shallow. they turned out alright actually, but our original plan of having loads of connected circles went out of the window a bit after we'd each done one...for obvious reasons :)

amusing thing to do if you're bored and don't mind a little pain...both of us eventually got them covered up with tattoos though - her with lovely mexican day of the dead skulls, me with zombie hands bursting up out of my lower-waist area...sort of thing. see, not all tattoos are celtic bands and nondescript tribal. not sure what the point of this story is...anyone else tried home branding? how much success did you have?

apologies for the usual...and suchlike.
( yes yes yes man oi mate, someone's writtten 'bum' on your neck, Fri 1 Dec 2006, 13:48, Reply)