A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

What Were We Thinking? Episode 1

In hopes of bringing some new flavor to this little blog of ours, I’d like to introduce a few new types of post. For instance, we have the “Guess What?” and “From the Vault” post that are regularly occurring themes now.

One of my ideas for a new type of post is “what were we thinking?”. Anybody who has been involved in body modification for several years likely has had some REALLY bad ideas along the way. So long as we have learned from these mistakes and moved forward there is no reason we shouldn’t look back on these fiascos, say “what were we thinking?” and laugh our tattooed asses off.

To kickstart this series, I offer up this picture of my good friend, Mason. Jeebus bless this guy, because he has brought me more laughs at his expense than any other piercer in the history of this industry.

 

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A CBR as a facial surface piercing? BRILLIANT! I can’t believe this didn’t work.

 

Comments

15 responses to “What Were We Thinking? Episode 1”

  1. phoenixxx Avatar
    phoenixxx

    Oh lord Satan. And that HAIR! 🙂

  2. phoenixxx Avatar
    phoenixxx

    Oh lord Satan. And that HAIR! 🙂

  3. phoenixxx Avatar
    phoenixxx

    Oh lord Satan. And that HAIR! 🙂

  4. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    Sean, I’m pretty sure half of the posts you make with this title will be about Mason. Remember when we made him pull up the pictures of that horrid nape project?

    Mason, I love you but man that was bad. <3

  5. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    Sean, I’m pretty sure half of the posts you make with this title will be about Mason. Remember when we made him pull up the pictures of that horrid nape project?

    Mason, I love you but man that was bad. <3

  6. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    Sean, I’m pretty sure half of the posts you make with this title will be about Mason. Remember when we made him pull up the pictures of that horrid nape project?

    Mason, I love you but man that was bad. <3

  7. Sean Philips Avatar

    It could very well turn into “What was Mason thinking?”, but I wanted to be open to the possibility of other people’s similar bad judgements!

  8. Sean Philips Avatar

    It could very well turn into “What was Mason thinking?”, but I wanted to be open to the possibility of other people’s similar bad judgements!

  9. Sean Philips Avatar

    It could very well turn into “What was Mason thinking?”, but I wanted to be open to the possibility of other people’s similar bad judgements!

  10. Sean Avatar
    Sean

    A CBR as a facial surface piercing is a very bad idea.why would someone use CBR to do a surface piercing.

  11. Sean Avatar
    Sean

    A CBR as a facial surface piercing is a very bad idea.why would someone use CBR to do a surface piercing.

  12. Sean Avatar
    Sean

    A CBR as a facial surface piercing is a very bad idea.why would someone use CBR to do a surface piercing.

  13. NinaMarie Avatar

    I love this idea. Thankfully, my major dumb ideas weren’t photographed (like using a belly bar in my septum because I lost my BCR – throughout the day people kept asking me why I have rainbow boogers hanging out my nostrils).

  14. NinaMarie Avatar

    I love this idea. Thankfully, my major dumb ideas weren’t photographed (like using a belly bar in my septum because I lost my BCR – throughout the day people kept asking me why I have rainbow boogers hanging out my nostrils).

  15. NinaMarie Avatar

    I love this idea. Thankfully, my major dumb ideas weren’t photographed (like using a belly bar in my septum because I lost my BCR – throughout the day people kept asking me why I have rainbow boogers hanging out my nostrils).

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