PBP - Body Modification

"This is a very broad topic, but I'd really like to see what others think.  What are your views on body modification?  By this I mean any type of surgery or injection to change your appearance, piercings, brandings, tattoos... anything permanent.  Do you think it is okay to do so? Or do you think that nature's natural design is best?"

I honestly think there's nothing wrong with body modification. It's a form of expression. It's like telling the world who you are without actually saying anything. But there are some who are quick to judge. They believe that because you could "deface" your body with appearance altering items that you are no good. That you are someone that they don't want in their life at all. I don't believe this obviously. "Never judge a book by it's cover." The saying rings true to this day and will for all eternity to me. 

I have piercings and tattoos already but I have many more planned. From oldest to newest I had my ears pierced in the 8th grade (03-04), I had my ears pierced a second time when I was 17, I got my tongue pierced when I was 18.

A few months later I got my first tattoo (my husbands and my names) on the outside of my upper left arm.

Last October I got a breast cancer ribbon tattoo on my inside left wrist. 

And this past December I got my wedding date on on the left side of my chest. 

That's just what I have now. I plan on getting a third piercing in the cartilage of my ears. I plan on getting my naval pierced. I plan on getting my lip pierced. I plan on getting my nose pierced. I plan on getting a Wiccan pride ribbon on the inside of my right wrist. I plan on getting a pentagram on my outside upper right arm. I plan on getting the word Always on the right side of my chest. I plan on getting a cherry blossom branch down my right side. I plan on getting Belle down my left side. I plan on getting a "goth" and a "regular" Tinkerbell on the outside of each of my calves. I plan on getting a rose wrapping around my right ankle. I plan on getting the rosary my Grandmother made me so many years ago around my left ankle. And there's many more that just aren't coming to mind right now. 

So in my opinion body modification is perfectly fine. It's an expression of one's self. Sometimes it's even needed to tell all what you can't bring yourself to say aloud. It's not for everyone but it is a beautiful way to speak to the world.

)o( Jena

Can't speak right... WARNING: rant ahead...

I am in no way a great speaker. I stumble over words and I'm constantly searching for the right words when speaking aloud, often not finding them and becoming quite flummoxed when I can't. I can undertsand light ribbing about it. It's normally always for the same reason: I'm good with words when I'm writing. I'm good with keeping my thoughts focused when I'm reading silently. This sometimes confuses people when I can't seem to speak properly.

Now, as soon as I start to read out loud I stumble over certain words. Easy words. It doesn't bother me too much. That's not the point of this rant. The point of my rant is when I speak from my mind to people. I can't help falling over words and thoughts, especially when I'm very animated about the subject of the conversation. What's worse than stumbling over my words in a conversation is when the people I'm speaking to/with start to laugh at me and refuse to let me continue speaking my piece.

It's not so bad with certain people but when it comes from my husband it royally pisses me off. He knows how I feel being continuously interupted when I'm trying to get a point across. It's not even that he laughs when I stumble over words, it's when he laughs when my accent comes out.

In my own opinion, I have no accent. I've lived in the Northwestern area of Louisiana for all of my life save 3 months. But I don't notice the same accent from me that I notice from others in this area. I'm not sure why I don't hear it as I know some friends up north can hear it but I don't. However, when I get heated and animated over a certain subject a definite southern accent erupts forth. For some reason this coupled with my frantic tangent jumps and stumbled over words makes my husband see me as the height of hilarity.

It infuriates me. He knows this and yet he still laughs. He'll probably never change his ways with it and I know I'll have to live the rest of my life getting over the fact that my husband finds my anger funny. I really just hate hearing him laugh at my "angry accent". Hearing him laugh at my misused/jumbled up words. Having to completely drop the conversation to just keep some semblance of my sanity.

I just needed to rant. Thanks to anyone "listening".

)o( Jena