Jeg skal forresten kanskje tattovere meg mens jeg er her nede. :- )

Fri May 16, 10:20 AM ET Reuters
OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian man who asked his lover to carve a heart-shaped symbol on his chest during a rough sex game almost died when she accidentally pressed too hard and punctured his heart, a newspaper said on Thursday.
The Winnipeg Free Press said the 25-year-old woman had been sentenced to three years' probation after she pleaded guilty to assaulting the man in February 2007.
The 24-year-old man was initially given little chance of survival but made a full recovery and is backing the woman. Both had been drinking heavily and engaging in rough sex when he asked the woman to carve the symbol, the paper said.

Story HERE:
I think the bit about drinking heavily really does have significant forensic implications. Also, this is Winnipeg, aka Winterpeg. Hey, I lived in Maine for four years. Some things seem like a good idea mid-February, when they're really not. I know this from bitter experience.

i'm getting an industrial piercing on saturday, before or after my convention staff meeting. for those who do not know what an industrial piercing is, it's basically two cartilage piercings connected by one long barbell. i'm excited, but at that the same time really, really, REALLY nervous. i've never had an actual piercing before (without the piercing gun) so i don't know how i'll handle it. i'll have to suck it in though, since saving face is all i want to do nowadays anyway. my mom is taking me and she disapproves of it, but i guess she figured it's better than getting a lip piercing (she wouldn't allow it, so i opted to beg for an industrial instead).

now that i think about it, i don't think i'll ever get that lip piercing i wanted so much a few months ago. it's not so appealing as it once was when i was so intent on having one. it just goes to show how my feelings are so fickle about it. i actually weighted the pros and cons, and the cons' importance heavily outnumbered the pros (not to the mention the fact that all of the pros were purely superficial and poser-ish).

well anyway, another reason why getting an industrial is not such a good idea is healing and cost. it costs $70 to get one where i'm going (i plan to use the $5 off coupon to piercings $45+ but also plan to tip $5 so i added that in there; they're known for being so most hygienic piercing shop in the area so i decided that i'd rather pay that much than risk an infection... however, my possible negligence may also lead to an infection so who knows). but i also have to account for the cost of crap like sea salts to clean the damn thing. and about healing - apparently it's a huge bitch. i heard it hurts like hell during the first few months.

i dunno. i'll probably get it anyway, just because i want it to be my final piercing.

Photo by Klavaza.

Jeg har faatt en fin begynnelse paa en super fin brungfarge. Jeg er allerede blitt ganske brun ogsaa. Dagen igaar gikk med til drinker og sol. Idag har jeg gjort ca. det samme hele dagen, det er herlig. Jeg skulle virkelig onske at alle dere sotinger der hjemme var her :- )

Forresten, paa flyet nedover til Mallorca vant jeg to parfymer. En for menn og en for henne. Jeg kommer til aa ha konkurranse naar jeg er tilbake i Norge hvor jeg gir bort disse parfymene. Hver parfyme er verdt mellom 400 - 500 norske kr. Mer kommer seinere ;- )

Naa snart skal vi ut aa spise, jeg skal ogsaa kjope meg den kule DC skjorta. Som er knall orange, aa super fin. Skal ogsaa kjope meg ryggsekk ++. Poster selvfolgelig bilde av kjopene mine naar jeg kommer hjem. Kos dere imens ;- * Klem.

New body shape at Mela's created specifically for Laqroki's Mima line. This exotic beauty boasts realistic and sexy curves as well as a pretty face that stands out from the crowd.

Niki went a little nutso a few weeks ago making all kinds of body jewelry for herself. The result is a bunch of fun body piercings with realistic texturing. Pricing ranges from 35L to 125L, with colorpacks that'll save you as much as 50%.

Flickr is being stupid so Tasha seems to have given up on trying to get all the images on there, so here's but a sample of what you'll find at the store:

Okay, I think that's enough photos lol. You can see more at the shop. Nikita's actually got even more body jewelry stuffs in her inventory, but apparently SL's asset servers were misbehaving this past weekend so she threw up her hands in disgust and stopped working on uploading vendor textures and rezzing ads. Keep on the lookout for future announcements from us regarding linked sets and whatnot. ;)

Visit our brand-spankin' new mainstore at the lovely, beachy Juicy sim.  ^_^

Just today I read a slightly outdated article posted on a Michigan blog (the article can be found at http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2008/03/the_body_is_the_medium.html) discussing body modification. I must say that I was rather inflamed by the dear psychologist's opinion that those who choose to modify their bodies are mentally unstable. I find this extremely insulting - I personally have streched earlobes at a size of half an inch, and I'm fairly certain that I'm completely stable. Personally, I believe that one should be able to alter one's body as they choose - it is their body, after all. Body modification is, to me, the most expressive form of art availible to humans. I've heard many people, when inquiring about why I do such things, say, "If God had meant us to have holes in our ears/images on our arms He would have given them to us/painted them on us Himself,". Well then, I happen to have a counter arguement - if He hadn't intended for to have them, would He have created the materials for us to have them? No. Now, personally, I don't have belief in God, but it seems to me that if there is one and He didn't want us to go around modifying our bodies in the way we do, then He would have given us the chance to make the materials and supplies necessary to modify ourselves.

To be quite honest, I find most forms of body modification attractive. No, I DON'T find three inch large holes attractive, but I DO find one inch holes and septum rings attractive, along with eyebrow rings and tattoos. Is that so wrong? There are people out there who find feet attractive - do we constantly attack them for their interests? I think not. What about those who obsess over hands? Leather? Latex? There are odder fetishes than tattoos, I think, but it seems only those people are constantly assailed by unwelcome opinions. When I'm at the mall, school, grocery store, wherever, I am constantly bombarded with "Why do you hurt yourself by stretching your ears?" Personally, I get rather tired of that after the first two or three times per day. I have had adults, not young children, come up and, without so much as a 'by your leave', pull back my hair to look at my ears, tug on my plugs/tunnels, or even yank on them - hard. While I'm fairly certain that no cultures find that in any way anything but rude, I do know that it is certainly not acceptable in American culture. And, insult of all insults, when I become indignant and inquire (politely, of course) as to why the hell they're examing my body without asking me, THEY become the victim! As though it's THEIR right to come up and freely examine me as they please, without even asking! I find this to be extremely irritating, and I have actually slapped someone once or twice.

I do have plans for further modifications. Once I am 18, I intend on getting at least one tattoo, several piercings, and beginning the process of stretching my ears out to one-and-a-half inches. Yes, I am aware of the potential social consequences. Yes, I am aware that it might impair my ability to get a high paying job later in life. But do I care? Yes, to some extent. But otherwise, no. I don't want to work for someone who can't see past my strange exterior to the person who is a hard worker. The professions I wish to follow don't really care about how you look, but how well you perform. Guitarists are measured by skill, not looks. Audio engineers are hired by studios that care about results, not looks. Body modification is an art form, one of the highest. The body is a canvas, ready to be painted into a beautiful, living work of art.

But, please, for the sake of others akin to myself - hold your goddamn tounges and hands in place. For don't we often say to our children, "Look with your eyes, not your hands," ?

Follow your own advice.

Foto: Hammerfest by. klikk her for større bilde.

Jeg er hjemme i Hammerfest igjen, heldigvis skal jeg bare være her til mandags ettermiddag. Noe som gjør meg kjempe glad. Jeg er kunn hjemme for og pakke om, å slappe litt av med familien. Noe som jeg ikke har gjort siden i begynnelsen av februar, så det var godt.

Idag når jeg kom hjem, stod papi & søster på flyplassen å ventet på meg. Gjett hvem som fikk verdens beste klem da? <3 Joda, det var jeg. Å det var så gooodt å komme igjen, selvom sør norge frister mer enn finnmark. Det er nok bare sola som gjør det. Vi kjørte fra flyplassen og hjem til Mami, hvor hun ventet med mat til meg, siden jeg ikke hadde spist noe idag. Wienersnitzel og pommes frites.

Imorgen skal mami, søster og jeg til byen. Jeg skal finne noen nye klær, sminke og renseprodukter til huden min. Jeg trenger det virkelig! Også skal vi på peppes og spise pizza, det har jeg ikke gjort på evigheter. Jeg skal i konfirmasjon på søndagen, og vet ikke hva jeg skal ha på meg! :- / Noen forslag folkens? Det er også Tattoo Convention i Hammerfest imorgen, jeg tror faktisk jeg skal ta turen innom. Bare for og se, å kanskje finne noen som kan tattovere meg i nærmeste framtid.

Jeg venter ennå på boken til Jan Thomas. Å jeg som håpet at den var kommet, så jeg kunne ha den med meg til Mallorca på mandagen.

Å IMORGEN KOMMER MIN FØRSTE VIDEOBLOGG ;- * IKKE GÅ GLIPP AV DEN. Å HVORDAN FESTIVALER SKAL DU PÅ I SOMMER?

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Foto: Rosebud Salve

Idag har det vært en slapp dag. Jeg har vært en slapp dag. 15min skole, å resten bare sløving. Vært på DownTown å handlet noen småting som; Rosebud Salve (vita), Sort hårfarge (HM), og en kjempe fin lipgloss (vita). Etter det dro vi til Skotfoss for og lage taco, som da var super godt, nam.

Resten av kvelden skal vi bruke på å se film og spise godis, å rett og slett bare slappe av. Mens vi snakker om gode "gamle" tider på grenland. Det er nemlig bare noen dager igjen av skoleåret, å jeg gruer meg til å reise hjem til Hammerfest for sommeren. Jeg kommer virkelig til å savne dere <3 Åjada, dere vet hvem dere er.

Det er heller ikke lenge igjen til jeg reiser til Mallorca med Papi, bare noen dager igjen. Er det noen som vil ha kort? ;- *

ITALIA POST, posten alle har ventet på.
Jeg vet ikke om jeg orker å skrive hele posten ferdig, jeg er sliten.

Jeg er endelig hjemme igjen. Og dette er sikkert posten de fleste som leser bloggen min har ventet på, nemlig posten om ITALIA. Jeg har vært bort i 12 dager, fått blogget bare en gang med ett tastatur som var helt på tryne. Jeg har vært innom Assisi, Pisa, Firenze, Roma, Lide De Jesalo, og en plass til. Jeg har kjørt buss i ca. 100 timer til sammen og er super sliten.

Dette er noe av det jeg har kjøpt. Har også kjøpt; 4 vesker, 1 ett par solbriller til, en shorts ++. Husker ikke alt jeg har kjøpt. Men jeg har ihvertfall brukt opp alle pengene mine. Og det er bare 8 dager til jeg reiser til Mallorca med papi.

ITALIA, dag for dag.
Dag 1: Lido Di Cammaiore, shopping
Dag 2: Firenze, shopping
Dag 3: Pisa, det skjeve tårn i Pisa
Dag 4: Assisi, hvor vi besøkte munken Theodor
Dag 5: Roma, shopping på Terminini
Dag 6: Pubcrawl i Roma, spanske trappen (Kunn: Katharina, Stine, Madelen og meg som dro)
Dag 7: Fridag i Roma, shopping på Termenini
Dag 8: Kjørte til Lido De Jesolo
Dag 9: Venezia, det sier vel seg selv

Større oppdateringer kommer etterhvert. Klem ;- *

I'm looking forward to posting it for you, dear Internet, but given the ongoing debacle that is the debate regarding the veracity of my work, I'd rather not post it until I have the all-clear on the work for good, just in case the prof opts to run it through the internet looking for duplicates.

Regardless, I had another addendum strike me regarding the topic, something I wish I'd had a chance to add to the paper before submitting it - the norm-breaking effect of the desire for fame, and the constant push against boundaries in real culture and on the internet.

Within any community, the desire to stand out amongst the membership is a common desire, and is, by it's own nature, achieved by exceeding or excelling in some manner when compared to the norms of the community.  In time, this desire to exceed and excel leads to a gradual progress of both eventual achievement and the norms of the community.  Take wealth, for instance.  Initially, being a Millionaire was a spectacular thing; and our society regarded highly those who reached such a point.  Over time, however, the number of millionaires grew.  It normalized, to an extent, and with every new millionaire achieved, such a feat became a little less special.  Then, new heights were achieved.  Someone amassed a fortune of 10 million dollars.  Suddenly, there was a new achievement to accord, and combined with the increasing number of single-millionaires, a new bar was set.  Being a millionaire almost stopped being the goal so much as it became 1/10th of the goal; being a millionaire became mundane.

Amassing wealth, however, is hardly deviant. But the attention garnered through excesses of wealth is akin to the attention garnered through excesses of debauchery and flesh, those of deviance and sin and the unnatural.  Once, see, tattoos were the provenance of sailors and natives, they were unique and unusual and worthy of attention - the tattooed man or woman was a frequent attraction at sideshows and the like.  As, however, the culture and the skills spread, it took more and more tattoos, and increasing complexity of the artform in order to render the tattooed individual unusual enough to warrant attention.  Piercing, too, has undergone this gradual progression towards normalization, as increasingly unusual piercings start of as unusual and exotic, then become vogue, then finally, mundane, as the body-modification tribe migrates onward to the increasingly exotic and unusual.  Towards the new.

This is the nature of celebrity on the internet - it rewards the strikingly unusual, the eccentric, the deviant.  Those that are more different than the others gain attention, and the rest merely become more voices shouting hollowly into the faceless mob.  Those driven by a desire for fame online are driven to ever-increasing heights and depths in order to stand out from the crowd - it is only by showing exceptional talent that one may innately stand out from the mass, and those without talent but retaining the drive for fame have only one recourse remaining to them; deviance and debasement, and in order to stand out in such a path, they needs must be more debased, more deviant than those before them in order to gain the attention they desire.

When tempered by the understanding that much that is notable online is the captured representation (photos, videos, and audio) of something occurring in the real world, it immediately becomes apparent how one's desire to stand out online can easily lead to real-life deviance; that is, one must be deviant in real life in order to have material by which they may stand out online.

The other genuine problem with the internet in this context is that the individual is not merely competing with the marginally-motivated geographical neighbours to them, but by the much more motivated and content driven internet communities; that is, to continue the body-modification theme, the level of "exceptional" when compared to an individual's geographical neighbourhood, say their city, their town, may be minimal - a few tattoos and a couple of atypical piercings should be sufficient to stand out from the majority, after all, not the entire city is interested in body-modifcation.  However, the internet is communities of like-minded people, and extended to the real world in metaphor, how well would those "few tattoos and a couple of atypical piercings" lend an individual to standing out if their entire city or town were dedicated to body-modification?  Not at all, is the answer, for those few modifications become minimal, the norm, amongst such a community, and thus, membership in an online community dedicated to like interests leads to deviance simply by the nature of the standards established within the community for what is exceptional.  Without the internet, "competition" of this order would not be accessible to individuals only exposed to "normal" society.

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The man who grew a finger

By Matthew Price
BBC News, Ohio

In every town in every part of this sprawling country you can find a faceless sprawling strip mall in which to do the shopping.

Rarely though do would you expect to find a medical miracle working behind the counter of the mall's hobby shop.

That however is what Lee Spievak considers himself to be.

"I put my finger in," Mr Spievak says, pointing towards the propeller of a model airplane, "and that's when I sliced my finger off."

It took the end right off, down to the bone, about half an inch.

"We don't know where the piece went."

The photos of his severed finger tip are pretty graphic. You can understand why doctors said he'd lost it for good.

Today though, you wouldn't know it. Mr Spievak, who is 69 years old, shows off his finger, and it's all there, tissue, nerves, nail, skin, even his finger print.

'Pixie dust'

How? Well that's the truly remarkable part. It wasn't a transplant. Mr Spievak re-grew his finger tip. He used a powder - or pixie dust as he sometimes refers to it while telling his story.

Mr Speivak's brother Alan - who was working in the field of regenerative medicine - sent him the powder.

For ten days Mr Spievak put a little on his finger.

"The second time I put it on I already could see growth. Each day it was up further. Finally it closed up and was a finger.

"It took about four weeks before it was sealed."

Now he says he has "complete feeling, complete movement."

The "pixie dust" comes from the University of Pittsburgh, though in the lab Dr Stephen Badylak prefers to call it extra cellular matrix.

Pig's bladder

The process he has been pioneering over the last few years involves scraping the cells from the lining of a pig's bladder.

The remaining tissue is then placed into acid, "cleaned" of all cells, and dried out.

It can be turned into sheets, or a powder.

My goal was to get the job done with no hope of reconstruction or re-attachment, and I wanted some method that I could actually bring myself to do. I did experiments with animal legs I got from a butcher. It’s lucky I thought of that, because some of my early attempts were total fuck ups and would have ended up with a damaged hand which might have had to undergo years of painful reconstruction, and worse yet, no amputation.

Body Integrity Identity Disorder is a condition where a person has the desire to amputate one or more of their healthy limbs. It's one of those things that, not having it, is a little difficult to wrap your mind around. More so the fact that although some of the sufferers are willing to "fake" being an amputee with prosthetics and other equipment others actually cut off completely healthy limbs. This interview on the Body Mod Ezine site is with one such person. "Jason" faked an accident in order to get rid of his offending right hand and has been pretty happy with the results. A little strange, but I guess if the guy is happy, healthy, and not causing anyone any trouble then more power too him.

Link to the article.
via: Wrongorama

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