More about me

Well sorry about the last post. I didn't have much time but I felt like writing something. In case you are wondering what the change is I will tell you. On tuesday September 25th 2007 I got my lip pierced. I now have a half ring in the hole in my lip. It will take about six weeks or so to fully heal and once it does I want to get a full ring in it. I don't have any pictures of it so I can't show ya'll what it looks like. When i have pictures I will post them.

I will go ahead and answer the most prevalent questions I have gotten. 1. Did it hurt? When I got it no it did not hurt. However in the past few days it has started to hurt more due to the fact that it is healing and that it is slightly infected. 2. Why? Well this is a multi faceted answer. First I got it because I think it looks good and so do many other people. Second I got it so that I can disassociate myself with certain sects of Christianity. I am not trying to distance myself from Christianity but from certain hyper conservative sects that come to USC campus and condemn people for being slightly different. In case you do not know this about me I absolutely hate people who condemn others based on surface things. If one of these "preachers" can look me in the eye and tell me I'm going to hell for having long hair then why in the world would I or anyone else in that crowd want to be a Christian. These "preachers" dress in nice clothes and "preach" against the evils of rock music and the "fact" that God hates anyone who partakes in any kind of sin. These are the people I'm trying to distance myself from. I don't want people who learn that I am a Christian to immediately associate my name with these bigoted idiots. My parents have asked me how I'll explain this to the young children at our church and that I should stumble them in their faith. My answer to that is also multi faceted. First, if the young children can be stumbled so easily perhaps their parents should allow them to work through their faith a little more and figure out some of it for themselves. In all seriousness, if a 14 year old is stumbled because of my lip perhaps they need a bit more maturity in their faith. And second of all, I think that a lot of the problem comes from the parents attitude towards change. If the parents are completely against the lip ring then their children will most likely also hold the same view. Children look up to their parents so a lot of the views of those young children hold will be molded by their parents views. The second part of my answer is that I will make sure those children understand that if they want to do something like get a lip ring or whatever that they must make sure their parents are ok with it. If their parents say yes (or at the very least don't say no) then I say that they go ahead and get one but only once they turn 18 (the legal age to get a piercing in SC). The second thing I'd tell them is to make sure they want one. Don't get a piercing if it's something someone else wants you to get or if it's something culture wants you to get one. Not many people know this but since the age of about 15 or 16 (about 10th or 11th grade) I've thought about getting a piercing and where I'd get it and why. And ever since I started considering I have always known that the reason I would get one would be to distance myself from close minded, quick to condemn Christians.

Now then I'm going home on the 6th of october and will be at my home church on the 7th. This will be an interesting time as it will be the first time my family sees the ring and also the first time my church finds out about it. After six weeks or so I should be able to change the ring myself and at that point I will get myself a retainer. This is a little flesh colored stud that goes in the piercing to hold it open but without being very noticeable. After i get that I will wear that to church so that it doesn't become as big of an issue. I'm not out to pick a fight with anyone. I will be as accommodating as I possibly can and I am only asking people to meet me half way. This first trip back will have a lot to do with whether or not I return to Myrtle Beach Bible Chapel.
Well I gotta go to class but I'll post again later.