Ok, so there’s this place I drive by all the time in Marion, NC and I finally took a picture of it. Basically, it’s a bridge about 20 feet over a creek that appears to be about 18 inches deep. Here’s the sign:

And here’s the creek:

My question is: WTF is wrong with people in McDowell County that they need a sign like this? It boogles the mind.

So I had today off which meant that I could do something interesting on Thursday night. At first I considered Bikini Bullriding night at City Limits Saloon especially since the first Thursday of the month is also College Night. But then I found out that they’re one of those clubs that’s covered under the goofy Private Club deal they have here in NC and you have to have a membership and you have to wait 3 days to get one (of course you can walk in and buy a rifle or shotgun without a wait but we definitely need to make people wait to go to a bar)

Anyhow, I decided to go to The Brewery because I haven’t been in a while and the bands looked like they might be OK. So I went with Johnson & Tasha. We were a little late getting there but it’s all good. The line-up for the night was Phase Zero, Up From Ashes, Mat Quering (Allied Threat), & Dear Cousin Muscles

Dear Cousin Muscles was playing when we got there. The sound could have been better but with the Brewery you can never tell whether its the band of the venue.

Up From Ashes was really good. Cisco Violator (LOL) their base player in simple amazing. I’m not a huge thrash fan but you’ve got to give props to talent when you here it. I took some pictures but they turned out so bad I couldn’t bring myself to post them.

We saw one other band play but I don’t know which one because they never said their name… at least not while I was paying attention. Here’s a tip for all the new bands…. self promotion.

So I got my ear pierced today…. 3 14ga CBRs in my left ear. They’re 1/2″, 3/8″ & 5/16″ ( I think – I’m sure about the 1/2″ and pretty sure about the 3/8, 3/16 sounds awful small). It was not really painful although I did comment that the third one (highest up) stung a little. Anyway, we’ll see what’s next.

I got my first piercing in 1975. My next door neighbor did it for me and my best with one of her mom’s sewing needles (same one for both of us without any cleaning in between as I recall – ah, the simplicity of life before AIDS). We went with pirate style hoops and it lasted for about 3 weeks. He got his torn out in a fight and I decided that I didn’t need to be a social revolutionary that bad.

I started out joking about getting a septum piercing just to screw with people about 3 months ago and then got interested in this girl with a lip piercing and thought WTF. So Tuesday I got off work early and went to Warlock’s Tattoo & Body Piercing in Raleigh where I get all my tats done. I asked if Autumn (the piercer) was in and was escorted back to her part of the shop. She asked what I wanted and I told her 3 in my left lobe. She took me out and explained everything in really thorough detail and had me sign forms and show my ID. Then she took me into the booth and showed me (the thing she called something else but was basically an autoclave) and put all the equipment and jewelry in to sterilize.

She picked out 3 14ga CBRs in 1/2″, 3/8″, & 5/16″ which was exactly the sort of look I had in mind. After all the setup, the actual piercing was pretty uneventful. She had me sit down in the chair, marked the spots and had me look at it in the mirror to make sure that’s where I wanted them. The first needle went through and she put the jewelry in. The second needle went through and she put the jewelry in that one. Honestly, I’ve had phantom pains that were worse than those 2. She kept asking if I felt faint or was going throw up and I felt a little robbed because obviously some people get to feel lighted headed or something and I didn’t feel anything.

When she put the third one in I said “That stung a little” and she said something about it getting into fatty tissue up that high and the trauma because of the 2 previous piercings. I got up and admired them in the mirror. We went out front again and she said to call if there were any problems and I paid and left.

The shitty picture picture  is from about 2 hours later. That night I rolled on my left side a couple times and woke up. Last night, I slept on my left side for at least a while and it didn’t really hurt it was just uncomfortable after a while. Today has been fine except for when I forget they’re there and catch them with my hand or something. As near as I can tell there hasn’t been any bleeding and if there was any swelling it’s gone.

The biggest problem is that the only people that tell me how good it looks are people who know it’s new. I think you should get a badge that says something like “Tell me how great my new piercing looks”

I’m really happy with it and recommend Autumn to anybody in the Raleigh area. Next up, 2 inner conchs in my right ear.

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