�Roman Holiday � An entertainment event where pleasure is derived from watching gore and barbarism.� WHA�?? I had no idea my coined phrase for words I make up had such a history. Ancient entertainment, pleasure and gore, how fucking apropos. I love it.

Having resisted the temptation to re-insert my silver stud, I�ve finally accepted my unconscious decision to sport a naked mouth. Seven years I had those little balls, one on top, one on bottom, connected by a sturdy surgical steel post through the thickness of my tongue. It�s still odd to me, the emptiness.

I find that I�m craving the touch of a needle to compensate my closing hole. So I think I�m going to get one of my tattoos touched-up. My dragons are not as vibrant as they could be, the yellow-green of their eyes barely discernable from the peach of my skin. Yes, that is what I must do � get redone my tattoo.

It�s either that or another piercing, and I just don�t feel like going through the healing process. I want to FEEL decoration, sense my prickly adornments. Any suggestions for good tattoo artists? I really don�t want to drive up to Hollywood, where I got mine the first time. I want something local and talented . If you know, do tell.

-Barbarella

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