Archives: May2002

• From the Chocolate, I Love You Dept.
• From the Good Day, Sir Dept

  So everyone has their goodbyes. Some people have a see ya or a later!, others have an alright, man or a catch ya. Regardless, everyone has that one saying that they say when parting, expecially in the company of strangers. Mine is Take it easy. I didn’t have one when i was younger, and this is what my dad said. When he died, i felt this phrase pass on to me. So every time, religiously, its a Take it easy [...]

• From the Human Pincushion Dept.

  Mental image: i’m looking at my wife, who’s in my face, using a pair of oversized needle-nose pliers and a wrench pulling at my lip. Katie frantically searching google for an escape. Backtrack: So we go to the flea market, katie, ange and i, to look for ear jewelry for katie. Mike, the tattoo & piercing guy we all know and love, runs a booth there every weekend. By chance, we ask him when i can change my lipring. He’s [...]

• From the Waiting for a Sign Dept.

  In the car, off to Gelati land, that oasis i know as Rita’s. Gelati’s in hand, then some quick hot burger action, we’re off to DC for another road adventure. Going to shows like these, you see several different type of people. You have the rivet crowd, in bondage gear, buckles, and hardcore etc. You have the crossovers, in leather jackets and long hair. You have the miscellaneous, of course, and then you have the goths. As i stereotype for [...]

• From the Rrrrrrivet Rrrrevisited Dept.

  So i’ve been wanting to get a lip ring for quite some time now, but the inevitable always ensued: should i? will it interfere? will work complain? But the best way to handle things, o my brothers, is just to jump and get it done. So yesterday i jumped, and got it done. Let me first paint the picture of the morning. We arrive, Rob and I, to Mike’s house, he who administers pain to us for money. He recently [...]