Body Modification
Today it is quiet common for people to sport tattoos or piercings.
But those are not the only options available, there are many different types of body modification out there. Some can be found in most tattoo parlours, while others are more tribal/cultural. These body modifications are not a new thing, they have been around for many, many years.
Back in the Elizabethan era high foreheads were thought to be a sign of great beauty, so women would often shave or pluck their hair as to give the illusion of having a higher forehead. Belladonna berry juice, also known as the ‘deadly nightshade’, was used to dilate women’s pupils in order to give them a doe like innocence. Unfortunately with the belladonna they risked glaucoma, retinal damage, and blindness. Popular this year was pale makeup and bright red lips, but this again was from the Elizabethan era. Corsets were used to give women miniscule waists, this was done by squeezing their ribs and internal organs. Often women were so bound that they were short of breath.
Nowadays, if women like the look of how corsets were laced up, they have the option of a group of piercings that can be laced together.
In China it was popular for many years for young girls to have their feet bound. A foot that was 3 inches long was considered the perfect foot. The feet were often crippled, with bones broken and deformed.
Today there are those out there who are into body mods. There are implants you can get under the skin, different piercings, tattoos, scarification, and cutting. Such cutting can be that of tongue forking, or the reshaping of ears to give the tips a point.
Websites you can view more information on are:
http://www.rankmytattoos.com/f/cool/cultural-tattoos-and-body-modification.html
http://modblog.bmezine.com/
If you have any photos of your own mods you would like to share, please email them to me at: xxquirkyxx@hotmail.com
Gay or Freaky?
Alright, so I am dumb.
There I said it, no one else need reiterate, as I have just confessed.
On my way back out to my car to get some bread so that I could eat, I forget to bring my key for getting back into my dorm. And my dorm mates aren’t home as of yet…so all in all….I was screwed.
Sooooo, I went to the security office with one of my friends to get a spare key in order to get in. When we got there one of the first things I noticed was that the guy in the office was HOT! Now, I guess I was massively distracted by that, because at first I didn’t notice one extremely hilarious point. While I was filling out the paperwork the guy was singing along with the soundtrack to….Disney’s “Little Mermaid”! Now…this guy was not mantally handicapped….so my next guess is that he was a homosexical. Now, my friend and I, while walking away, started snickering, and then started giggling like little girls.
Now, you tell me, what is your take? Gay? Or freaky?
Happy Easter
Well, first off to everyone, I wanna say happy easter, lots of chocolate wishes to you all.
So for easter I went home and seen my family. We had a nice easter supper…at 3:30 pm. And as we were sitting around the table eating rabbit stew (just joking people, don’t set PETA on me), and I watched everyone eating I remembered the pictures of my family we had taken last year. Now, I will digitally alter them a tiny bit so that my anonymity remains intact.
First off is my mom and dad, Im sure you can tell which is which.
Well…now that everyone has met my parents I think its time to introduce my brother. When I took this picture he was jamming out to some rap on his iPod, afterwords he called me a honkey and said I was jealous of his blackitude.
THE ABOVE IS A COMPLETE PARODY, PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY HATE MAIL
