First rate tattoos and third degree burns
So last night after a lovely couples dinner with my best friend, his fiancee and my girlfriend, I decided I would spend the rest of my evening making some needles. Don’t ask me why I decided to make needles as in this day and age they can be bought for next to nothing, I suppose I’m just a fan of outmoded bullshit and foolish behavior. Making needles consists of playing with all sorts of fun stuff , tiny sharp needles, corrosive acid flux, and the star of this story: a 40 watt soldering iron. I had just put together a few needle groupings and was soldering them onto their bars and for some reason (i think I was distracted by the noise of the asshole neighbors partying on the balcony at 1:30am) when I reached for said soldering iron in my periphery I grabbed a little too high up. All i remember was the blinding pain and the hiss of searing flesh, the iron stuck to my finger then finally fell to the ground. My skin was instantly blanched stark white, and holy shit did it ever hurt. After some loving tending to by my girlfriend and 30 minutes under running water my fingers just look like they were stained white, the pain stopped but only because my fingers were now numb instead. Today the stain remains and instead of blistering the burns are slightly sunken in, it hurts a little around the edges but luckily the burnt areas themselves are completely numb, which I’ll take over pain any day. Thankfully I was still able to tattoo Caitlin comfortably today, she got the crybaby from my flash. She also has some awesome tattoos from Eli Quinters and Daniel Albrigo so I felt honored for my little tattoo on her to be in such good company.
Earlier in the week I put another tattoo from my flash on my friend Bill. Bill is an awesome dude who plays in Attake and books metal shows in Brooklyn. He got the “Party Dragon” while we watched intervention and talked about our mutual dislike for pseudo-punk crust-bums.
Anyone who feels like getting anything else from my flash or buying a set, please get in touch. Here’s a picture of my finger. I know it doesn’t look like much, but you can go ahead and try it at home.
November 7, 2009 at 7:00 pm
The crybaby is perfect. Bravo cheech.