Nipplus Stiffilus

At A Glance Author JaffyRyder Contact JaffyRyder@bme.anon Artist Travis Studio Bogart's Location Champaign, IL USA

Oh man . . . was that great!! I was nervous as hell before I went to get my nipple pierced ­ my first piercing (but have some tat's, so I'm down with "pain").

I had a great yoga class in the morning, and was really on a high from it. I suddenly found myself in a very funky clothing store, talking to a girl who showed me her pierced nip's, tongue, etc. I was determined that THIS was the day ­ especially with Halloween coming up. So, after buying an awesome pair of vinyl jeans, some goth makeup, and getting her phone number, I headed for the bus stop to go to the piercing shop that I friend had recommended.

BUT . . . I ended up getting of the bus at my house. I scoured BME for and the rest of the web for all the information I could find. I then decided that I was on the NEXT bus to get the ol' nipple pierced. I dicked around the shops nearby, trying to steady my nerves, and got myself pretty cool, and then walked swiftly to Bogart's, with shitloads of adrenaline pumping.

When I got to the shop, the bimbo up front making appointments told me they pierce nipples with 14 and 18 g's, but I really wanted something bigger; the piercer Travis said that a 12 would be no prob. for me, even though I barely HAVE nipples at all!! (Part of the whole point here is to make them bigger, more sensitive, and to get women to pay more attention to my nipples during sex.) They finally called my name and I walked slowly back to "the room." It looked like a doctor's office! Travis swabbed me three times with bentodine, marked the entrance and exit points, then changed them. I looked at them in the mirror and thought "PERFECT!" I just sat back, relaxed, did some deep breathing, and told Travis to go for it on my 3rd deep exhale (I'm really into yoga and breath work, and I really think that extremely deep breathing not only helped relax me, but also contributed to making the "pain" very, very pleasurable). Then . . . WOW!!!!!!!!!!! The needle pierced my nipple and I had the most incredible surge of energy I've ever felt in my life, that I'm sure lasted all of one second, but seemed totally TIMELESS! THIS IS NOT PAIN!!! WAY BEYOND PAIN . . . in a very GOOD way . . . and I am NOT into masochism AT ALL: lights flashed in my eyes, fire surged through my torso and then legs and arms and head . . . this was so fucking great I'm going to have the another done MUY PRONTO! Anyone who's scared, don't worry ­ it's awesome GO FOR IT!

I felt great right after, then I stood up and almost hit the floor!! Travis caught me, laughed a little, and told me to sit back down. He gave me a cold towel and a glass of cold water . . . I sat there in the "dentist's chair" for five minutes or so, then moved to another chair. A little sorority chick came in with an entourage of about 8 sorority sisters, and her little brother who wanted a nipple ring "just like mine" . . . but Travis told him to wait about 5 years!! She got her eyebrow pierced, and by the way, it looked FUCKING STUPID on the preppy little Future Business Woman of America. Folks, keep the world safe for freaks ­ don't appropriate aesthetics just because it's "cool" or whatever. If you wear three piece suits because you HAVE TO, don't get pierced ­ CHANGE YOUR MISSERABLE LIFE!!!!!!!!!!

I walked home about 5 miles, just enjoying the sensation of having endorphins rushing through my body, and hoped that a friend of mine was home so I could show it off to her, but she wasn't there.

SO ­ now I'm back home, with a heavy 12 g. bead ring (surgical steel with a shiny black metallic bead). It still smarts a bit, so I think I will be taking it easy tonight ­ listen to some Mr. Bungle, Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus, Black Sabbath to prepare myself for Halloween.

I should add that the retarded 20/20 episode last night only helped spur me to get this done!! What a bunch of SHIT that was. I'm an anthropologist, and I can tell you on good authority that people have been modifying their bodies for probably at least 100,000 years, if not longer . . . and doing far more extreme things than were featured on that dumb-ass show. I am going to throw my television out the fucking window!!

If you are in Central IL, I highly rec. Travis ­ he has a lot of medical tech. Experience, and knows his anatomy (I'm an anthropologist, and was very impressed) ­ and he is SUPER clean . . . even more so that I would consider necessary (like bentodine applied 3 times). Great guy, great piercer, with good aesthetic sense, too.

I'll be back for more!!