T-lex sends in this attempt at play piercing using cactus needles. “They wouldn’t go all the way through, though,” she says. “Just pricks.” Pfft, pricks indeed.
(Photo taken in Sabino Canyon, Arizona.)
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60 responses to “Up the Downstair”
it didnt get too bad… itched a tiddle bit but the next day i got my tattoo done so the artist MADE me put the sanitizing stuff on. they were needles from a few different species in tucson, but i doubt they were poisonous.
it didnt get too bad… itched a tiddle bit but the next day i got my tattoo done so the artist MADE me put the sanitizing stuff on. they were needles from a few different species in tucson, but i doubt they were poisonous.
Neat!
I want to tattoo myself using the red crap that grows on prickly pears, and some cactus needles.
Neat!
I want to tattoo myself using the red crap that grows on prickly pears, and some cactus needles.
Neat!
I want to tattoo myself using the red crap that grows on prickly pears, and some cactus needles.
Neat!
I want to tattoo myself using the red crap that grows on prickly pears, and some cactus needles.
They’re not poisonous, so much as irritating and definitely contain uncomfortable fluids! I’m heading out to ol’ Sabino today!
They’re not poisonous, so much as irritating and definitely contain uncomfortable fluids! I’m heading out to ol’ Sabino today!
They’re not poisonous, so much as irritating and definitely contain uncomfortable fluids! I’m heading out to ol’ Sabino today!
They’re not poisonous, so much as irritating and definitely contain uncomfortable fluids! I’m heading out to ol’ Sabino today!