Mom, don't read this until you've had your coffee.

Seriously mom, at least a cup. Ok so here is the story:

Kelsey C has been debating whether or not to get an eyebrow pierced for approximately 3 years. She told a group of us this fact one night while we were drinking. I asked her why she hadn't ever gotten it done, and she said that everytime she goes to do it, she chickens out, then feels really relieved that she didn't do it for about two weeks or so, then thinks that she wants it again. Additionally, at the end of freshman year, one of her close friends got an eyebrow piercing and Kelsey didn't want to look like a copycat.

As we were walking home from the Museum on monday I asked her when she was going to go get it pierced (as in, whether it would be in Sydney or after we got to Brisbane. I could tell that she wanted to, but she is rather conservative so she needed a little shove in the right direction). She looked incredibly taken aback and said she didn't know, so I told her we would go look at places on tuesday. She agreed with a big smile. "So what are you getting pierced?" She asked, quite innocently.

"I dunno, I've always wanted a fang earing," I said jokingly, "But I never really thought about it too much."

"Well, you can't just go with me and watch. You have to get something pierced too!" which, sounds so convincing when it is coming from a well-mannered sweet young lady. I started to think about it.

"Maybe I'll get a really small hoop on my earlobe. One that doesn't dangle."

Fast-forward to two days later and a half-hour of wandering around questioning the authority of google map's directions, and we found ourselves at "Totally Pierced" A really swanky looking piercing parlor in the cleaned up, upscale (stereotypically homosexual) part of town.

We walked in and the gentleman who greeted us was very amicable and I explained the situation. He said that they were actually closing down on friday after 10 years of piercing, and so all of their jewelry was on sale and piercing was half price. We talked with him for a bit, and then I mentioned to Kelsey that since they were closing down on friday we should take advantage of a sale and get pierced right now.

Kelsey smiled at me. "You gonna get pierced then?"

"Of course!"

It took them about 15 minutes to sterilize everything and get it set up, then another 10 or so to go over aftercare instructions, but then we did it. Kelsey went first and it looked super intense, (I'm just glad needles don't make me squeemish) but she handled it so well I assumed that mine wouldn't hurt at all. She didn't even make a sound! It also looked REALLY good on her. It was a super small bar and the angle complemented her facial structure really well.

I went next and, surprisingly, it actually hurt a lot. But it looked even better than it had in my mind and it was half price! I couldn't get an angle on my camera that showed what it looks like straight on (the flash washes out anything in my mirror) but I got some side-angles to show you all. If anyone takes any close-up pictures where you can see it well, i will be sure to post them.

Cheers!