By Anonymous · July 19, 2003 · 0 comments
I'm a Canadian living in South Korea, teaching little kids English. I've been here for almost a year, so my time is up and I'm heading home in about 4 weeks. Well, about a month ago I got a great idea to look up BME events that may be happening when I get home. There didn't seem to be anything when I was due home, but I came across an event that was set to take place in Fukuoka, Japan. After messaging dita and reikon too many times to count over the next few weeks, I hopped on a plane ...
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By Anonymous · July 19, 2003 · 0 comments
I wanted to be suspended for many years, but as I live in Russia it was not possible untill my recent trip to Finland. Thanks to IAM Jussi for giving me such an opportunity. Originally I wanted to go for a "superman" suspension, but only 1-4 hooks suspensions were available, so I decided to start with "suicide". I must admit that I didn't prepare myself in any way for the suspension. In fact, I was quite tired since I moved from one city to another that day and had 3 days of intense clubbing behind. I can't say that I ...
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By Anonymous · July 19, 2003 · 0 comments
The concept of suspension has never been new to me. My brother for most of our lives was enthralled with the ideas and images of Native American tribal culture, so I would intermittently hear about Sundance rituals and similar ideas. I saw "A Man Called Horse" about thirty times before I was thirteen. And of course I'd heard of Fakir as I approached age and had seen the segments on "Ripleys". So when my friend Tom suggested, when my wife and I decided to have the '02 Kentucky BME BBQ , that I get in touch with Jason from iHung, ...
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By Anonymous · July 19, 2003 · 0 comments
All I was going to do was to try a pull, a simple one, nothing fancy, just me and an eyebolt in the wall and I was going to watch the suspensions that were being filmed for the BME movie. I ended up pulling my piercer's car across a parking lot in broad daylight, with cars driving by and a few people walking past on the sidewalk. Oh, it all started innocently enough, Badur and Jonny were going to be in town as part of their tour to do some filming for the BME movie. Everyone that would be at ...
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By Anonymous · July 12, 2003 · 0 comments
This is the story of my first flesh pulling. It's basically broken down into parts, because there were alot of certain 'factors' leading up to the actual day, the event itself, and afterwards. ***** Ever since I first discovered flesh pulling and suspensions after looking around on BME and IAM, I knew it was something I wanted to learn all I could about it. I wanted to know everything - the procedure, the risks, the after effects and the mental/emotional aspect of things too. I later found out about suspension groups like IWasCured, Rites of Passage, Etre Suspendu and TSD. ...
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By Anonymous · July 12, 2003 · 0 comments
My first successful suspension was June 30, 2003 in Toronto, Ontario Canada courtesy of the groups who organized, ran and made a complete success of Suscon.Can.03. I know that iWasCured, TSD, RitesofPassage, iHung and Hangin Betty were a part of it, not sure about any others. But let's begin about 51 weeks prior to my first actual suspension. My first attempt at a suspension was July 6, 2002 in Leitchfield, Kentucky USA. I was heading down after the July 1st 2002 Canada BBQ with a friend who lives in Kentucky. We met at the May 20th 2002 BBQ (also in ...
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By Anonymous · July 12, 2003 · 0 comments
I feel like it's about time I write a story about being tattooed. I love being tattooed, but it's ironic because when I was younger, I was really against being tattooed. So how did it all happen, you ask? It's been the evolution of me. When I was 17, I met the man I would marry and divorce within 7 years. These were the days when my depression was almost completely unbearable. I saw the world in black and white instead of color. After we were married, he got a tattoo, a very lovely cloud and rainbow thing and I ...
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By Anonymous · July 05, 2003 · 0 comments
BMEfest: Behind the Scenes I apologize in advance for the extreme length of this experience, as well as its disjointedness. I'd definitely encourage other BBQ hosts to write similar stories, as well as attendees who can offer their viewpoints. I've broken this down into sections. If you just want to read about the BBQ itself, scroll down to "Part Three". Also, I should mention that many of the links in this experience will only work for IAM members — sorry! But I did make it so the pictures should work for all. Looking for some underwater basket weaving Part One: ...
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By Anonymous · June 30, 2003 · 0 comments
This is the story of my first suspension, a four-point suicide suspension. I'm really pleased at finally being able to write this experience, and I have many people to thank for it, but I'll get to that in time. For now, I'll start at the beginning, and what led me to having the experience. I'm from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and I've lived there my entire life. A month ago, however, my uncle invited me to come stay with him for a little while in Calgary, Alberta. I jumped at the opportunity, because I had no real plans for the summer: ...
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By Anonymous · June 30, 2003 · 0 comments
"My biggest piercing so far had been at a 10 gauge and you expect me to get four of them at 8 gauge and then hang from them?" That was what my little voice in the back of my mind was saying to me as I got backwards into the chair, ready and marked for Jonny to hook me up. Luckily that voice was very quiet and was overridden by my excitement and desire to do this. I am not sure exactly when my desire to suspend came from but I do know that it was after I came to ...
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