Sunday morning, I woke up at 6:00, ate breakfast, said a few prayers, and went back to sleep. Over the next few hours, I woke up every once in a while, only to be dragged back in to my dreams. Then my dad called, and I spent a few minutes groggily speaking with him. But then he woke me up fully, by saying, "Naysan got his tongue pierced."
My baby brother! With metal in his tongue! This is very strange to me. Of the three of us, it seems that he would be the last to get such, but I guess I was wrong since he's the only one to have done so. Anis and I have multiple ear piercings, and wanted them from a relatively young age. But, to my knowledge, Naysan never expressed an interest in putting any holes in his body.
For a while, I thought about piercing my nose, but decided my allergies would get in the way. And I entertained getting my eyebrow pierced, but was paranoid about snagging on a sweater. I also worried about the contradiction of dyed hair with preppy plaid shorts, but then decided that that was a very good reason to have blue hair - just to challenge people's preconceived notions. So I spent many nights in college in the bathroom with the Manic Panic.
I guess tongue rings are what college kids get these days? It makes me feel old to write such a sentence. Gosh darn, all these new-fangled things. Crazy kids....
Posted by Shokufeh at March 10, 2004 08:57 PMShok, Emily's had her tongue pierced for probably a decade now.
Posted by: Julia at March 11, 2004 05:41 PMfunny, when you, anis and i wanted to cousin bond and all pierce our eyebrows, he didn't go along. but maybe he just wanted to be unique. or maybe he just wanted to be a chump.
Posted by: meisa at March 12, 2004 11:23 AMHe's a chump. Or maybe that's "chomp."
Emily was ahead of the times. When I was in college, tongue rings were seen, but not too often, even though I was in New York. The other night I was watching the news, and they were interviewing students about an issue at the university, and 2 out of 4 had tongue rings.
My tongue is pierced twice; I'm still planning on getting a third barbell. I did get my first tongue piercing (gulp) a decade ago.
now I feel old.
but I'm proud of Naysan!!! rawk!