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Beppie
Member # 94
posted 04-09-2001 06:23 AM
Often, when we modify our bodies in certain ways, it's taken to be a sign of social conformity, or wanting to cover something up. However, we don't talk as often about people who adorn their bodies for other reasons- as an extension of their selves rather than as a cover for it.We have had some threads about this at Scarleteen in the past, discussing things like piercings, tattoos etc., but I haven't seen any lately, and it's an interesting topic.
I have to admit that I don't really adorn myself much for any reason- I don't feel the need to. But I'd be interested to see what things people get up to with things like makeup, piercings (if you're old enough), henna tattoos, real tattoos (if you're old enough) when they're doing it as a form of expression rather than concealment.
Heather
Member # 3
posted 04-09-2001 06:49 AM
Oooh, I love this topic (big surprise there, eh?).In high school and college, I was Our Lady of Perpetual Adornments. I wore TONS of silver jewelry (I usually jingled loudly when I walked), went nuts with doing kooky things to my hair (the "Pebbles" do, faux bone and all was a big favorite), and really had a great time pulling together my "costume" each morning.
As I've grown older, that's changed a bit, but I still am a big fan of body adornment and personal expression of that vein.
When I was a teacher, I got out of the habit of wearing a lot of jewelry because I got tired of it being pulled on, or it just being a distraction.
As of right now, I have worn one large silver band on my left hand finger for years, a gift from my best friend in college. I ditched earrings in my lobes ages ago because they were too much trouble, but have permanent and simple silver rings in my left nostril and my right upper ear.
And my tattoos are my own art projects. I only allow myself to get one every five years, but I take months to design them and they each have their own meaning to me, and they are essentially jewelry I don't have to worry about remembering to put on or take off.
When we get bored around the house, we'll pull out the henna and paint some new patterns on one another.
And then of course there are the fabrics one covers oneself in, you get to play with your hair or face...it's all good.
In my case, what I do with my body is rarely about conformity, but more about expressing myself and enjoying my uniqueness. It may simply be the adult version of playing dress-up.
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unhappykoger
Member # 1514
posted 04-09-2001 09:51 AM
i like some makeup and i love piercings. i dont have alot right ow but i will as soon as i fid out what i want to pierce. i have two tattoos and i am going to get more. i wear all kids of silver jewelry mainly my necklaces. if you look at my picture on me husbands site your will see what me and my husband look like. it will explain some stuff.
[This message has been edited by Milke (edited 03-29-2002).]
Lin
Member # 2050
posted 04-09-2001 10:10 AM
Oh fab topic Beppie. I have a navel piercing which I got because it is something I always wanted done but I never dared to do it because I was terrified that it would hurt. So I guess I kinda did it to prove to myself that I can do anything I set my mind to.
Apart from that, I adore makeup and clothes because I feel I can show off a part of me through them and I adore colours so it's great fun just playing with the colours and textures.
I am thinking of getting a tattoo but I am only going to get one when I find the right design. Something that will mean alot to me. After all, a tattoo is for life.
Henna kicks butt. I have done it a couple of times and it is such great fun. I really should go get another one done. Hmm.
Jessie
Member # 2959
posted 04-09-2001 03:45 PM
personally, when i got my ears pierced it was b/c it's something i wanted for a long time (wasn't allowed 'till 13). i wanted them b/c i love wearing jewlerry and it's just one more accessory! i wear a lot of jewlerry 'cause i like the way it looks, and i don't wanna hafta choose between my fav things, so i just wear it all!
for me it dosen't have anything to do w/ fitting in or covering up, it's just 'cause i wanna!
jess
towel42
Member # 3118
posted 04-09-2001 06:12 PM
Oooh, I like this topic. Let's see. This summer I plan to get my eyebrow pierced. I just love the way they look...I think you could qualify it as a fetish. And in a few years, I'd like to get a tattoo. But I can't decide where and which design. I was thinking the small of my back, or around my belly button (though the latter sounds painful, doesn't it?). I either want an ouroborus (which is a snake in a circular shape, with the end of it's tail in it's mouth, a symbol of eternity) or this adorable gothic fairy that a net-friend of mine designed.
Scarlet, outta curiosity, what would you say is one of the, er, *less* painful places to get a tattoo?
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Gaffer
Member # 2105
posted 04-09-2001 09:06 PM
Okay, let's see. I would like to get my nose pierced, not sure which side. This, unfortunately, will most likely never happen. I have worn realistic looking fake nose rings for halloween and I received mixed opinions, but I don't really care whether anyone else likes it, it would be *my* nose ring anyway. Only two more years 'til I can really consider this, I hate AZ's silly emancipation laws. I would like to get a tattoo, but something that permanent sorta scares me. It would have to be really meaningful and I think that henna (yes, I realize it isn't really for guys but I don't care) is a better option for me. That snake thing is kinda cool though.
Celtic Daisy
Member # 2971
posted 04-09-2001 11:03 PM
hmmm...let me see...well, i really like peircings, but they always seem to get infected, and i've just recently got my ears pierced for the THIRD time. Hopefully it'll work out. Anywho, when i'm 18 i'd really like to get a celtic knot on my shoulder or ankle, because, y'know, i'm celtic(hence the name and such) and every so often i will show up at school with blue or green bangs. But i dye my hair that colour for three reasons. 1) shock effect(hehehe) I'm the innocent girl, i have the face of a 5 year old on a 15 year old, and everyone thinks i'm a teeny bopper(most teeny boppers don't love bif naked and air, and creed, etc) so i thought it would be kewl to prove to people that i'm not that kinda person.(although i am really nice and such, hehe) 2) I like it I really like the way the blue looks in my hair. Kinda kewl, hehe. 3) I wanted to prove that just because you have blue hair, black make-up, and look different doesn't mean you're a bad evil stereotypical teen. EXAMPLE: When i first dyed my hair i went to this corner store, and got a drink and a sucker, and the woman looked at me weird, and asked, "how much is the sucker, 35 cents?" and i said, "umm...no, 75"' she looked surprised and said, "thank you, most people would have lied." hehe, made me feel good.
I like to look a little different and be alternative so i can be an individual. Prolly, in 20 years, i'll look back and think, Blue hair, what was i thinking? But i figure, do as much kwaziness(as long as it's not too wild, like drugs and drinking and that) as ya can, while you're still young, cause i know i'll miss it when i'm older, cause i already miss being 5.
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rdavid
Member # 3041
posted 04-10-2001 12:50 AM
very very nice topic! I actually just finished filling out a survey about piercing for a friend's sociology project. I only have two piercings as yet -- an industrial (a barbell going through two holes in the cartilage on the top of my ear) and a 4-gauge tunnel (i.e. you can pretty easily see straight through it) in my earlobe. They're not the most conventional piercings; I love them to death. I want more, but the money factor is kind of an issue.I love the whole experience -- I love the anticipation, imagining what it will look like; going into the piercer's and feeling that knot of anxiety looking at the needles and silently "eep"ing to myself; the piercing itself -- the pain followed by the *mad wild endorphin rush*; and attempting to not play with it on the way home. so much fun. I think it has something to do with my bdsm leanings... I'm *such* an endorphin junkie. and I like the adornment factor.
although it's not quite just about adornment; to some degree it's about my body & making it my own. it's like "okay, this is what I've got, how about I make it home?" I realize that putting large holes in unconventional places doesn't make a body "home" for everyone... but then my tastes have always been rather strange.
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Claire
Member # 1548
posted 04-10-2001 03:40 AM
oh my god i love those hole through the ear thingys!! theyre kinda like the eylets that u put in fabric right?? i dont like the full big ones but the little ones are cute. well ive got my ears peirced and im allowed to get ne thing i want done to myself done practially but i cant b boitered spending mymoney on peircing s when theres better things to spend it on. like going out and i wera jewellery thats in a constant state of change cause i have a habit of giving away my jewelrry to sumone who takes a keen interest in it. makes me happy to see them happy. besides i always get given jewelkrry too. whAT goes around comes around. i lvoe fake tattoos... specially the free ones endorsing companies. just so interesting. theres a couple of things i always wear. a ring that my uncle made for my 13th birthday. hes relly good at making them cause hes a jeweler and has his own gallery and everything and a surfy ring that my friend gave me a couple of months ago and a necklace that my friend gave me when she moved away!! shes oming bak this tuesday!! yay!! i dont wear earring cause i just get bored of them and i always lose one of them. i also wear two watches....... i dont know why and dont ask!! im gunna get a tattoo when i get older, a tiny little lizard on the bak of one of my shoulders. tastefullly of course. ill get my friend to design it for me. hes good at that kind of thing!! u al sound so cool and kinky!! wish i could see u all!! so much fun! i also love bodypainting. never done it but i think it is just so sassy!! yep!! ive gotten all hyped now! Claire p.s. i think thats the longet post ive eve written
Heather
Member # 3
posted 04-10-2001 06:18 AM
Towel, in general rule is that the further away from any bone you are, the less painful it is. Since none of my tats felt painful to me and some of them were right on top of bone, I'm a bad person to ask, but, overall, places which are more fleshy or muscluar than bony are a safe bet.For insatnce, ankles, feeet, hands, wrists, collarbones, ribs...bad idea.
Lucky1402
Member # 894
posted 04-10-2001 10:32 PM
My personal style changes very often. At the very beginning of they year I was (and still am) into punk rock music, so I dressed the part. To go along with my very short hair I wore many many dangly brightly colored bracelets. Rubber ones, metal ones, bead ones- just alot of them. I have my ears peirced, but I never actually wear earrings unless I go to a dance or something. I just look really tacky with earrings in. I also like to wear temporary henna tattoes on my hands and feet. They symbolize my free self and just because the artistic part of me (which is most of me) thinks they look quite sexy and unique. I don't know what it is about henna tattoes, but they intrigue me. I'm a bit too young to peirce anything or get real tattoes, but when I turn 18 I MIGHT get my belly button pierced. ------------------ *^Lucky^* Come check out what's goin on in Lucky's mind!
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entropie
Member # 26
posted 04-11-2001 06:47 PM
I love my piercings They seem to make up a large part of who I am, and they can be a great talking point with people.I originally got my tounge done for rebellious reasons (4 years ago when I was 15) and it consequently got me expelled from secondary school when I refused to take it out. Choosing a piercing over schooling was probably a bad idea, so I don't recommend that to anyone! If you're getting pierced, be 18. I found after getting it pierced though, that it was great to play with..! And nowdays whenever I have to take it out (e.g when I get a MRI scan) I feel quite insecure and incomplete.
After my tounge, I started getting pierced whenever I broke up with someone.. this resulted in my nose, both eyebrows and my labret (lip) This has almost become a habit of mine, and it's like a treat when I feel low. A new piercing helps me to reinvent myself and move on.
I'm planning another piercing soon, since I took out both eyebrows and my nose piercing a while back.. but I'm not breaking up with my SO, just looking for a change. I'll either get my nose redone, or get a small septum piercing
entropie
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BJadeT
Member # 2057
posted 04-12-2001 04:13 AM
I'm afraid I just don't do adornments. Jewellry makes me feel all jangly and gross and I feel a bit girly with it on and I'm not a girly girl at all. I hate being dragged into tacky jewellry shops by my mates and having to tell them how much I loce their new ring which looks exactly like everyother ring I've ever seen! Make up is the same really except less jangly. I used to wear it when I was about 12 and then I decided to go into depressed slob wearing man's clothes mode, which make up just doesn't fit with! I still have it all, so if anyone wants some free make-up then let me know. (I wanted to give it to charity but I don't think there's gonna be much charitable use for foundation and eyeshadow!!?) As for tatoos-the right ones on the right people look absolutely gorgeus. I'm too scared of needles myself but I am considering a small one just to annoy my mother. Wrong reason I konw, but its gotta be done!
Camzie13
Member # 2908
posted 04-13-2001 08:19 PM
Well....I am glad for all the peeps who are allowed to get adornments. My parents are VERY strict. We are only allowed to have our ears peirced, which i don't really want to do neway. One thing I would love, is a belly button peircing LOL, they are funky, My best bud was gonna get one over christmas break, but u have to be 16, even though her mom OKed it. If i were to get ANY piercings/tattoos, i would have to come and live with one of u guyz.
Gumdrop Girl
Member # 568
posted 04-13-2001 10:16 PM
my bangs bleached to a very light blonde. i usually dye it, but my mom hates it when i color it (blonde was a compromise), so i think i'll lay off for a while. besides, my hair's been fried so badly it's on the verge of falling out.i have two piercings in each ear. my dad did them with anesthetic and a surgical needle. thing was the size of a door nail. I looked at him like, "you're going to impale my ear with that??? " But after a shot of Xylocaine, you don't feel a thing.
no tattoos -- you can get out of a marriage with a divorce, but that tattoo's going to clingto you till your dying day. are those daisies or thorns going to be as cool in 50 years?
and i wear heavy ball chains. several of them. there's a bracelet on my arm, which my sis bought for me while vacationing in Singapore. there's the chain around my neck that I've been wearing since June of 1997, intended as a sacrificial offering to Gavin Rossdale, in case I ever meet him. And there's another really big, clunky ball chain around my neck that has no sentimental value -- just clearance junk from Urban Outfitters.
And there's a silver ankle bracelet that I wear. It has hearts and stars. The stars have very sharp points and they used to scratch and drawn blood. Red dots in my socks.
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Diva2000
Member # 3353
posted 04-14-2001 01:30 AM
Everything from my jewelery to my nail polish is just an expression of myself. I wear makeup because it's stylish and its a great way to show off how artistic I am. My hair is the same way I'm always trying something new. I'm not really into piercings and tatoos because I'm afraid of needles but if I did get some it would be for artistic reasons.
ThisGuy
Member # 968
posted 04-14-2001 01:59 PM
No piercings.No tattoos - although I've been considering getting something interesting done.
No jewellery.
All I have ever worn is a watch, but soon I'll be adding a ring to that.
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lostcat
Member # 3295
posted 04-14-2001 03:42 PM
cool topic!for me, i have one tattoo, a symbol for rain, on my hip bone. it's tiny, and i like it, because only those who i choose to have see it do.
i also have three holes in each of my ears (two lobe, one cartiledge) and a small barbell in my eyebrow. however, i think the eyebrow barbell will soon be retired- i'm going to be a mother, so i've decided i may go for a bit more of a conservative look.
as far as jewelry goes, i wear six silver bangle bracelets on my right wrist (it used to be seven, but i gave one to my boyfriend/best friend as a symbolic type thing) and a beautiful silver/stone inlay ring that i bought from an incredible old lady who made beautiful work at an indian reservation.
i also very commonly wear black nail varnish.
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Ruth
Member # 3381
posted 04-16-2001 12:41 AM
I don't really do the body adornment thing. I guess I just can't be bothered -- you're talking to a girl who spends maybe 5 minutes in front of a mirror per week. I am a pain wuss, so tattoos and piercings are pretty much out of the questions, except for my ears (5 lobe, 3 cartilege), but I haven't changed the silver hoops in my ears for 3 years. You can see how much time I spend on adorning myself, hehe.
Sometimes I will put on a bracelet or a necklace, but other than that jewelry is generally out. I will on occasion paint my nails, and my toes are always painted (but only because the polish never comes of), but it's usually the same darn shade of black or blue.
--Ruth
punknpretty
Member # 7292
posted 03-29-2002 09:18 PM
I usually don't use jewelry, tattoos, piercings or make up to express me. I use my mouth for that. Though now that I am going to be 18 I am going to get my tongue pierced and my eyebrow and maybe my nose (but I heard it leaves a nasty scar when you take it out??) I have a list of things wanna do in my life (sounds lame...I know) but I know I will get a tattoo..and a piercing, beyond the ear, but I am so scared. My pain factor is like zero. My dad thinks I am just getting pierced to be rebellious, though I am doing it resposibly, i have questions that i am asking the piercer when I am going to get it done. My theory is its like surgery you gotta trust the person with your life before you go out and get it done. Well thats my opinion on it. (sorry about he spelling, my keyboard is jamming up) Jay
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towel42
Member # 3118
posted 03-29-2002 09:58 PM
quote: Originally posted by towel42:Oooh, I like this topic. Let's see. This summer I plan to get my eyebrow pierced. I just love the way they look...I think you could qualify it as a fetish. And in a few years, I'd like to get a tattoo. But I can't decide where and which design. I was thinking the small of my back, or around my belly button (though the latter sounds painful, doesn't it?). I either want an ouroborus (which is a snake in a circular shape, with the end of it's tail in it's mouth, a symbol of eternity) or this adorable gothic fairy that a net-friend of mine designed.
Scarlet, outta curiosity, what would you say is one of the, er, *less* painful places to get a tattoo?
Whoa! Scariness. I wrote that almost a year ago, when I started to read it I didn't even realize that it was me talking. *shakes head* Aaah, so much can happen in a year.
Well, I didn't get the eyebrow piercing, I thought about it and decided it wouldn't look right on me. Everyone says I should get my nose pierced but I have waaaay too many allergies. *le sigh*
Its highly likely that I'll be getting a tattoo within the next few months. I still like the ouroborus idea, but mostly I love symbols that represent eternity or infinity. So I'm gonna get, on my left bicep, an infinity symbol (the sideways '8') with the word "Dreamer" written over it in an arching manner. I made the design myself and it means a lot to me.
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-Jill
Member # 5375
posted 07-01-2002 11:11 PM
I got a tattoo today. I've know what I wanted for years but in the three months that I've been legal to get one I simply didn't feel the need until last week. Suddenly I urgently wanted it, as in right then and there. Fortunately I had the sense to do a little research first and am very happy with it. (Although to be honest it could be very badly done and I'd still be glad to have it just because of what it symbolizes for me.)It can be viewed here. No white square and no blue circle (although I may add that at a later date) though. It's about 3 cm high by 2 cm wide.
celery
Member # 5594
posted 07-21-2002 01:09 PM
I have my Nose Pierced, My belly button pierced, and i have 4 piercings in my left ear and 3 in my right. I don't have any tattoos, not just because I'm not old enough, just because I really wouldn't like a tattoo, it's not something that would be me.But I do wear make up EVERY day, I like it, but it's kind of a hassel sometimes, because now i hardly every leave the house without any make up on.
Grizabella
Member # 2014
posted 07-21-2002 06:50 PM
I have this medallion with Chinese characters on it that I wear every single day. It's not particularly valuable; In fact, I got it on clearance and it rang up at one cent. It was originally an ornament type thing but I put it on a cord and started wearing it, and when the cord wore out I put it on a ball chain.I don't have any piercings except my ears, which I got done at age 7 because my mom had her ears pierced, and I thought it was SO cool. I want to get a second piercing in my earlobes, but I don't know any places near where I live that do professional piercings, and I don't want to go to some department store where they do it with a gun. Someday, (like when my tummy's a little flatter) I might like to get my navel pierced.
As for tatoos, I kind of want to get a yellow monarch butterfly tatoo, but I don't know; I don't know if I could deal with the pain, and I don't know if I'm willing to get something that permanent.
Kite
Member # 5957
posted 07-21-2002 10:05 PM
I got a tattoo about a month and a half ago. You can see a picture of it the day after it was done here . I got it for a variety of reasons. I wanted to have that beautiful and meaningful (to me) design on my skin, I wanted to celebrate my full ownership of my body, and the fact that I really like my shoulder blades It took about an hour and a half to be done. I have to say, I enjoyed the pain, except maybe for the last 10 mins where it got to be a bit much.The first time I read your "once every 5 years" comment in your journal, Miz S, I couldn't understand it. On the drive back from Chicago, when I was floating very high and was very proud of my new tattoo, I understood how people could get addicted to getting tattoos I have a design idea for a new one around my navel, but I want to wait for a while to be sure that I really want it.
Undercover Cinderella
Member # 4607
posted 07-21-2002 11:06 PM
I had my belly button pierced last november. It was a birthday gift from my parents. It was sort of a compromise. I wanted a tattoo but mom thinks its too permanent (which it is). I dye my hair semi-permantly pink and purple. Its a nice change, especially after a break up or when something else not-so-great happens and you just want a change.
Aside from that, I'm a bracelet junkie. Big plastic spikes, metal spikes, toothbrushes, spoons. If its bendable or circular I've got it on my wrists.
[This message has been edited by Undercover Cinderella (edited 07-21-2002).]
Maryha
Member # 7897
posted 07-21-2002 11:25 PM
I'm still debating the tattoo issue for me. I have one in mind, the classic rose, because I know I'd never get sick of it. But on the other hand, once you get a tattoo, you can't exactly afford to change your mind. As for other adornments. . . My friends and I all love henna. Body paints are great too. I've got some really artistic friends and occasionally we'll just draw on each other. It's great. Sometimes I do the makeup thing. It really depends on whether I'm compelled or not. Some days I want to wear makeup, others au natural is good enough for me. Pretty much the same with jewelry, though, I barely ever wear much. Simple necklaces with a touch of elegance. I'm sort of low key when it comes to style.
DarkChild717
Member # 139
posted 07-22-2002 09:31 PM
I have plans on my 18th Birthday (Feb 1) to get my first tattoo. I am going to get an Eye of Horus on each shoulder, so it looks like I have these stylized eyes on my back. Eventually, I plan to add a tat of Hours or Nut, with their wings spreading bewteen the two eyes. My name in a cartouche will eventually be tattooed on my neck. Ah, Egypt.
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sunshine_1ofakind
Member # 3215
posted 07-22-2002 11:00 PM
The day after my 18th birthday I got a tattoo of a butterfly on my hip. Everybody said it would hurt really bad since it is on the bone, but it didn't hurt very much at all. In fact, I was giggling while getting it done because it felt like my hip bone was shaking and it felt weird.
confused333
Member # 6450
posted 07-22-2002 11:14 PM
I was going to get a tattoo for my 16th birthday, but the guys I went to said that if I get it now, the skin where I get it would stop growing and stretch it and make it look old and wrinkly. So I am going to wait until my 18th birthday. I have my bellybutton and ears pierced.As for makeup, I used to never go out of the house without it, but lately I just don't care. My mom says I don't even need it. But usually when I go to the mall or school I use it.
And for jewlery I have these like 10 bluish braclets I always wear, a gold braclet my grandma wore, and alot of rings. And my heart necklace.
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Celtic Daisy
Member # 2971
posted 07-23-2002 12:41 AM
A couple of friends are looking to get tattoo's as soon as they turn 18, but i'm waiting till i'm in my 20's. I want to make sure it's what i want, and i want to make sure i get what i want as well. I also want to be sure i've finished all my growing, which i think i have anyways. I think something so permanent deserves a lot of thought.------------------ 'You've got the eyes of ten women. Not in a jar! I wasn't accusing you. I just mean your eyes are really nice'-coupling
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BeachBabe26
Member # 9189
posted 07-25-2002 10:24 AM
I had my ears pierced when I was in 2nd grade. It wasn't that I wasn't allowed to do it before that, but I was terrified. In the summer of ninth grade I had my tongue pierced, but not for the "normal" rebellious reasons. I had permission from my mom and had to pay for it myself. My dad had his tongue pierced and ever since then I wanted one too. When he died when I was in eighth grade I was determined to get it done, and I did. So, rather than a piercing, it is more like a memorial. Tatoos? No, I don't have any yet. I don't think I will get any until I am atleast 35. My mom began to get hers around then and is happy with them. She has some roses with a tigers face, a tiger carrrying its young in its mouth, and a bleeding heart flower across her chest (a memorial to my dad). My dad had lots of tattoos. My parents actually went to tattoo conventions and shows. My dad won 2nd place once.
But anyway, I have my ears and tongue pierced and that's it.
Etoile
Member # 8657
posted 07-25-2002 07:04 PM
In the movie "Patch Adams" there is a scene where the lead actress talks about how much she envied catapillars because they got to get away, change completely, and become a beautiful creature. I always keep something that is a butterfly on me at all times, whether it is my ring, or necklace, or the cute little underwear.
Butterflies give me hope. I think of myself now as a catapillar...perhaps one day I'll get to have the chance to become something wonderful.
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