No, I don't have to watch, but even though I only have one working ear I'm sure I'd hear stuff I might not want to hear! I did my first ear piercing when I was 13 with an ice cube, a needle and some white thread. Got the first hole through and thought I was gonna die and was afraid I wouldn't be that lucky! Then tied off the string. Took all I had to do the other ear, but with another can of liquid courage I got it done. (yes, at 13!) Then I'd just soak the thread in rubbing alcohol and pull them through to the knot in the thread then back the other way a couple of times a day. Never had a problem. Had the second, upper holes done about 10 years ago by a professional at a salon. The holes I did myself are straighter and have never closed up. The ones I had done by the pro are the ones I had to repierce. Go figger.
I always wanted a tattoo of a hummingbird on my ankle. But I knew, from looking at lots of folks with tats, that mine would end up looking like a fat duck when my legs swell, so I resisted. Besides, after having gangrene once I've learned to respect the power of the germ......and the infectious disease specialist who helped treat me warned me that I'd be one of those people forever prone to infection. So no tattoo. Oh, wait, I lied. I have 3 little black dots where my leg joins my hip. After my 1st hip surgery I ruptured the IT band and had to have it repaired. When they did the x-rays they found a lot of calcification in there and I had to have radiation to kill the bone cells. Fancy name for it - heterotopic ossification. They made the three little dots to direct the radiation. So yayyy! I'm one of those up-do-date chicks with "mulitple piercings" and 3 tattoos!
