At A Glance Author Vito Contact Vito@bme.anon When It just happened Artist Tony Studio Jade Dragon Location Chicago, IL It was yesterday morning Aug. 19, 03 when I woke up and told myself that today was the day I would get my tongue web pierced. I'm nineteen year's old, and I haven't had a drivers license in about two months. It was stolen from a party I was at. So yesterday I woke up drove to the DMV and got my driver's license after about 3 ½ hours. It was horrible! After getting my license I got home and immediately started looking for piercing shops in Chicago. I have been pierced before, but I wasn't happy with the people that worked there. When I got my nipple pierced the lady pierced it crooked, and she had to do it over again!
After about a half- hour of calling stores, and rejecting the idea of going to their shops, I found Jade Dragon. When I called Jade I spoke to the piercer and he informed me that the piercing would be forty dollars. That was the cheapest that I had heard from any place I had called. So full of excitement I called my best friend Wally to see if he would take a ride to the shop with me. He replied yes especially when I told him that I was getting my tongue web pierced. He also told me that he got his first tattoo there, and it was very clean inside. I picked up Wally and we started heading to Jade Dragon.
The whole ride he's telling me how crazy I am, and I just sat there laughing. I had know idea why I wanted it done, but then I thought about it. I thought it would really look good on me, and I have never met anyone with his or her tongue web pierced. I'm the only guy out of my friends that have four gauge earrings, my nipple pierced and soon my tongue web. I only have one other friend, and he has his cartilage pierced. So after talking myself into it, I was happy because when it's done I would get to show it off.
Before I knew it we were there. The anticipation was killing me, so I smoked a cigarette, and walked through the doors. As soon as I walked in I was overwhelmed and supprised by the size of the place. Over every inch of the walls there was flash and custom tattoo drawings everywhere. Loud heavy metal music blasting I walked up to the piercing booths, and talked to one of the managers. He was obviously Italian just by the look of him, and the way he spoke. Once he saw my name was Vito from my ID he was even cooler.
He introduced me to the man that would be piercing me, and he showed me the jewelry and the prices. Remembered the guy on the phone I spoke to about it being forty. Well its forty if would want this big ass fourteen-gauge loop. It was so big it looked like it would hang out of my mouth. So I explained to him that I wanted a barbell, and he told me that would cost seventy bucks. I was shocked by such a change in price. That would have totally emptied my pockets. So I told him I would be back because I couldn't spend that much. This guy was a good sales man as well as a piercer. As soon as I said that he said it comes with a free piece of jewelry. I still wasn't sold on that, and I kept trying to tell him know. The price eventually went from seventy bucks and two barbells, to sixty bucks and two barbells. As soon as he said that I said "ok".
He let me pick out my free colored barbell, while he got the one that would be put in with the piercing. I was then lead to the piercing area, and I took a seat. As I sat I was so excited. Four other piercers' surrounded I, who looked bored as hell, and just wanted to watch. I rinsed my mouth out with Listerine, and got ready for the worst part of the piercing.
I'm referring to the clamp! Oh my god you have know idea. He couldn't get a good hold on my web, so he kept pulling, and reclamping my web. The damn thing hurt so badly my eyes started tearing. It took an extra 2 minutes to put the barbell in because I was drooling so damn much. After he took the clamp off one of the piercers walked up to me, shook my hand and said "your f****** crazy man." This made me laugh my ass off, but I was happy I was done. Before leaving I got a free mug, a cleaning guide, and some mouth wash for later. I tipped my piercer for the help and left the happiest person alive.