Zombie chic

Without a doubt, the first thing anyone notices about me is my piercings.

Like most people I got my ears done first, but from a pretty early age I knew I wanted to have my lip pierced. It was seeing this that first made me think of having it done:

(Gothic and Lolita Bible, Vol 1, 2001.)

I was still in school at the time though, so there wasn't much chance of it happening then.

I first saw Return of the Living Dead 3 probably a year later. This sounds like a tangent but it's not, I promise. Just look:

I totally wanted to be this chick. After seeing that film (spinal columns and everything) all I wanted was to have loads of metal sticking out of me. At that time I already had 5 or 6 earrings, but that movie really got the ball rolling. As it stands today I have 14 or so in my ears, one in my nose, my tongue, and 3 in my lip. I also had 2 bars through my eyebrow at one point. They've left scars, but I think they're cool too.

But anyway, there you have it: perhaps there is such a thing as zombie chic after all. Actually, I think Guro Lolitas do it much better than me...but I'm saving that post for another day.


End note:

Speaking of spinal columns, I was out on my lunch break the other day and the dude walking in front of me was carrying one :O