Pretty self mutilation

[sqbr]

I have been Very Self-Sacrificing and left fangirling early even though it meant I missed the end of Season 3 double episode finale :( Can whoever owns it lend me the disk? Still, I got sonnlich chocolate (made by, not of) which I shall enjoy on the morrow, and got to see people other than my co-workers. Ones I like at that!

Also (and I am amused that theducks was the first to notice) I got my ears pierced. Yet another thing I vowed never to do bites the dust. Hoping they don't get too infected (I'm terrible at looking after cuts etc, and have sensitive skin, one of the main reasons I resisted) Still, earrings! I may investigate things I can hang off the loops tomorrow. So far the main drawback has been patchy sleep as I roll on my side, go "ow", try sleeping on my back, drift off, roll over etc.

I really need to make an effort to spend time with my friends, I noticed myself feeling sad when people at work weren't extra friendly(*), which is what I do when I don't see my friends enough. I'm free next Saturday, is anyone else? (Yes, I may try organising beyond an offhand lj remark, though then again I may not) There's the easter picnic, but by then I'll be trying to go off the choccy bandwagon, and you never know who'll turn up.
Pav: I will happily buy you lunch given your approaching debt-the-size-of-a-car-lessness :)

Ear piercing is a funny thing. When I was a kid I objected to it as this barbaric custom that we accepted out of inertia when we should view it with as much distaste and as lip-plates or ritual scarification (also, I was a big sook about pain). My attitude now is kind of similar, except that I don't see anything wrong with wierd "barbaric" body mods if they make you happy and don't do any major harm. Also it's easily reversible, and makes my head look prettier.

(*)On the plus side they're always at least fairly friendly.

Comments

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

I'm free this Saturday afternoon if you would like to catch up.

You seem to be going in the opposite direction as me, I used to have my ears pierced but haven't worn earrings in years so the holes have closed up.

[kadeton.livejournal.com]

Your icon looks tasty.

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

Yes. I find this one tasty too ;P

[alias_sqbr]

Hmm..sounds like a plan. Of course here we come up against the fact I can't organise to save my life :) I was pondering just dragging people to the easter picnic, less thinking involved.

The reason I decided earrings were worth the pain is I've gotten all obsessed with jewellry making, and earrings are easy and cheap.

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

*nods* well let me know if you want to be organised.

And I have been meaning to ask you about where you get your jewellry making stuff from and if you could recommend any good books/websites on how to get started.

[alias_sqbr]

It looks like nico_wolfwood might be organising something for me, not sure if the two of you have met (singaporean friend of mine from highschool. Name similar to a certain scottish monster) but I think you'd get along!

I get my stuff mainly from Bejamins Crafts in Mount Lawley (it's walking distance fom my house :)) but you can get a surprsing amount of cheaper starter materials from $2 shops, crazy clarks etc for initial experiments. I'm also a member of beadwork, they're quite helpful and have links to tutorials. It really depends on what you're interested in, since "jewellry" is a wide area. I got most of the info on the stuff I do (wire crochet and freeform peyote, plus generic bead-plus-wire stuff) via google, learning what techniques I wanted to look up by asking people on beadwork what the name of the style was when I saw something they'd done I liked.

If there's anything specific I've made you'd like to know about let me know- I have to go now, Cams about to show dowloaded Veronica Mars!!