So i had been thinking about getting my nostril pierced ever since high schoool when i bought a hit parader magazine from pick kwik that had a whole interview with metallica in it. this was back when the black album came out, way before they started to suck and way before napster.
At A Glance Author Brandt Contact Zane16mm@hotmail.com Artist Amber Studio Blue Devil Location Ybor City,7th Ave. -> Tampa,Fl but anyways, there was a picture of james hetfield in there with his nostril pierced and before then i had never seen a pierced nostril. so like 8 years down the road now and a few months after my 21st birthday had past, i decided that i wanted to go get my nostril pierced, not really caring what my folks at home would think. i had never had anything pierced before in my life, except for taking a paper clip and an ice cube to my left ear when i was 13. you know how that left ear shit worked for guys. not a good idea at the time to do the right one though. but anyways, back to now.
so i had met this chick named megan who had a profile on this site called makeoutclub.com, and had been talking to her and haniging
out with her for a while. she was 18 and had it all. eyebrow, labhrae, 0g spacers, and just recently, an industrial bar. i had talked to her about piercings, my experience, and my thoughts on getting one done, and said that i wanted to, but that i was fearing for my life with needles. i mean, having a needle go in you is alot more different than having a needle go through you, i thought. i've been to the doctor's plenty of times, and have donated blood on numerous occasions. but she convinced me otherwise, and off we went.
she told me about this place on 7th avenue in ybor city, called blue devil something something, and said that the procedures were clean and that the people were friendly. during the drive to ybor, i had built up so much anxiety in my body that i had trouble walking when we got out of the car. i even had to find a restroom to go pee because of teh rush that was going on in my body. so as i gathered myself and met back up with her, we went inside. and so as i walked up to the counter getting ready to tell the guy that i wanted my nostril pierced, i forgot how to speak.
i was so nervous about it that i was sweating all over. the thermal i had worn out that night wasn't helping me much either. but the words eventually spat out somehow and off i was upstairs to get pierced for the first time. but that was only after i paid the good man at the counter 40 bucks for my nostril hoop. i think it was 40 bucks. "And this is how i met Amber." Amber, my piercer for that night, walked me up to her upstairs office that overlooked the bottom floor and walked into another room. when she returned, she had me lay down on a table and practice breathing exercises. megan told me that she could see another guy, a fat guy, down on the first floor getting his arm tattooed with a little design the size of something small and said that he was sweating so hard and flinching alot. so that made me feel a little better.
ok, so back to amber. she told me to take deep breathes and exhale slowly. as i was doing this, she showed me all the devices she was going to use for this procedure. my main concern was the needle, it was the only thing i had my mind set on. so as i'm getting ready to be pierced, i have megan holding one hand and biting it til i almost bled, and my other hand gripping the end of the table.
Amber had told me to take in the biggest deepest breath i could, and when i exhaled, she was going to be pushing the needle through my nostril. and as soon as i started to exhale, it was over. i had a 16 gauge needle sticking through my nose and i was all smiles. it was totally painless, except for that my eyes were gushing with water. my fault though.
so after the anticipation was over, i was in an almost euphauric state, and thought of nothing but happiness. i had been devirginized of the needle. so amber comes back with a camera, snaps my picture for her portfolio, and gives me a dum dum for being such a good little boy. and after that, megan took me out to marble slab for ice cream. i had me some chocolate mint ice cream with butterfingers in it and a fat cone to put it on that was covered with peanuts. what a pal! :)