Ok... I have to start out by saying that I had SWORN to my mother that I would NEVER EVER EVER get my tongue or anything on my face pierced. I'm not sure if I actually meant it.. or just said it to make her feel better at the time. I would probably have to go with the second.. *laughs* Alright.. I had been thinking about getting my tongue pierced for quite some time.. but was scared out of my mind about actually going through with it. Since my boyfriend has had his done for three years.. and was still breathing.. I began to feel a little less afraid. Of course I think he did try to talk me out of it in his own way.. that really caring, adorable, one of the reasons I love him so much ways.. *smiles* Oh.. oops.. I'm TOTALLY going off topic here. *ahem* Anyways.. I decided one day.. (two weeks ago from the time I'm actually making this page) that I was going to do it.. 'What the hell' is what I thought.. so.. that night I made my lil' cousin go with me.. for moral support?! Yeah right.. he was not much of a help AT ALL!
The process:
I was a mess once I got in the tattoo/piercing place *laughs* which is how I am everytime I go there. I should be used to all this by now! I stood there for a few minutes waiting for the guy to get to me.. wondering why I was actually going to do this. Just as I started pacing around the room.. the guy said (in his Oh so friendly voice *rolls my eyes* 'What do you want?' Made me feel so much more comfortable! *notice the sarcasm* Anyways.. I told him I wanted my tongue pierced.. and paused and looked at him with puppy dog eyes.. hoping he'd try and talk me out of it. *laughs* But.. all he did was ask how old I was. Of course he didn't believe my age.. so I get out my id.. and play the 'Wow.. you look 16' game that I often get to play with random strangers. Next it was time to fill out a form.. the 'The piercer is not responsible if you die' form.. *laughs* I'm just joking.. (for all you people thinking about getting a piercing *s*) I was shaking the entire time.. my writing looked even worse than ever!
The piercing:
Ya know.. I don't even know the piercing guy's name.. strange.. anyway.. he led me back to a small, VERY cold room. I was really really nervous now.. and of course my cousin wasn't helping AT ALL! *L* The guy asked me to sit down on this rock hard chair.. so I'm sitting there when he tells me to spread my legs. If you could have seen the look on my face.. I was sorta shocked that I had to spread my legs to get my tongue pierced. As it turns out.. he just wanted to stick the trash can there so I could rinse and whatnot.. *laughs* Well.. you never know these days! He started preparing all his little gadgets.. as I looked around the room.. my heart beating extremely WAY too fast. He actually asked me if I was nervous! Gee.. no.. mister.. I get needles stuck through my tongue everyday.. la la la. He then came over to me.. told me to stick out my tongue.. and put whatever they put on it.. (I think it's some sort of anticeptic stuff) then he asked me stick out my tongue as far as I could. Which wasn't all that far.. I mean.. c'mon.. I'm not a porn star or anything! *laughs* Finally.. I guess my tongue was out far enough for his satisfactory.. he checked it out.. decided where he was going to pierce it AND.. put that god awful clamp on my tongue! Ok.. after that the piercing goes really fast so stick (no pun intended) with me. The clamp has a hole in it.. that's where the needle goes through.. so I KNEW that any minute I would be feeling a really horrible pain in my tongue. I was SO wrong.. it was the tiniest pinch I've ever felt in my life.. then the barbell was put in and TADA.. I was done! Well.. almost.. I still had to rinse and wipe all the drool off of my face.. hehe. HEY.. you try sticking your tongue out for that long and not drool on yourself!
After:
It felt so weird having a foreign object in my mouth! It literally felt like it shouldn't be there.. and I guess in reality it really shouldn't. We left the place.. and I was really happy with myself for being so brave! That night was spent sucking on ice mostly.. and chatting online.. *laughs* Everything has healed just fine.. and I can barely feel the piercing in my mouth at all. I would definitely do it all over again.. without any regrets. *smiles* I mean.. hey.. now I have a new toy to play with when I'm supposed to be paying attention in class! :o)