The Application
Basics
1. Name: Claire.
2. Age: 20.
3. Gender: Girly. 
4. Location: Widnes (a little town near Liverpool in England) or Bangor in Wales (depending on whether I'm at uni or not).
5. Who invited you to join, if anyone: Nobody =(

Mods - all of these come with the "why or why not" attached to them. Please explain why you decided to get each mods or why you've chosen not to have them. Leaving something blank isn't an option!
6. Tattoos? None yet, though I'm planning on getting a few, albeit small, inks later.  I'm planning on getting "L21" on my ankle, as this was my room number in the university halls of residence for my first two years, where I met some of the best friends I could hope to have (a few of us are planning on getting our room numbers tattooed, though whether the others actually do it it another question, and pretty irrelevent to me).  I'm also hoping to get my university barcode on the back of my neck, because I like the look of barcode tattoos, and I think it'll be a nice reminder of my time at uni in general.  I'm also considering a Rocky Horror themed tattoo, as it is my big passion in life.  I'm considering the lyrics "Don't dream it, be it" from the song of the same name in the Floor Show, possibly across my lower back, as it will be meaningful to me as a representative to my obssession, and because I think it's a beautiful motto to live by.

7. Piercings? I have 15 piercings (well, if you consider industrials two piercings, as I do).  I have four lobe piercings, two of which I'm in the middle of stretching (I'm up to 8g with them now, and plan on stretching to 6g soon, my aim is possibly 0g though I'm not sure yet), one ear piercing which I'm not sure of the name of (it's either a very high lobe piercing or a very low helix piercing, I generally consider it a lobe piercing, but that doesn't seem quite right), I have an industrial in my right ear, a tragus in my left ear, a rook in my right ear, a helix piercing in my right ear, a vertical sternum piercing, an eyebrow piercing in my left eyebrow and both nipples pierced horizontally.  I had my lower navel pierced too, but I took it out because it was migrating due to unsuitable jewellery, I'm planning on getting it re-pierced soon.  I generally choose piercings based on where I feel like my body would be more complete with a piercing, or just whether I like the look of them.  For example, I'm planning on getting my nose pierced (nostril) eventually, because I've started to feel like there's something missing from it.  Though, I do plan on geting my tongue pierced as a sort of tribute to my nana, who died last summer (she was one of the members of my family who didn't just put up with my individuality, but actually encouraged it), and after her funeral, the idea just popped into my head, when I hadn't really even considered piercing my tongue previously, so I thought it would be kinda nice.
8. Brandings? I don't have any.  I'm not really sure why, it's just not something I've ever considered, and it isn't something I can really see myself being interested in.

9. Scarification? I don't have any scarification either.  From past experiences, I get kind of uneasy about cutting.

10. What is your biggest health risk surrounding your mods? I have low blood pressure, so I have been known to faint when I'm being pierced, and I get dizzy nearly every time, and I also have asthma, so combined with the light-headedness, I also get short on breath at times.  But it's nothing especially serious, the most that I've ever had to do when this happen is lie down while the piercing is finished (my industrial) or have a glass of water afterwards (my sternum).  Generally, I just take a minute after being pierced to get my head together, and make sure I have a Snickers bar handy to bring my blood sugar levels back up.

11. Which mod do you find most visually pleasing? Be specific - not just "piercings" but "vertical labret." Vertical sternum piercings.  I just think they look really good on most people.  Though, I may be biased as I had one done just a couple of months ago and am very much in love with it.

12. What mods do you find the least visually pleasing? Same crtieria as above! Bridge piercings.  I'm sure they look good on some people, but I personally just don't think they look attractive.
13. Why do you find mods attractive as a whole? I like the idea of someone trying to make their body the way that they feel suits them better, and somehow is more 'complete' to them.  And I just think they look good.  I'm not sure how to describe why, that's just what my brain tells me looks good.

14. How do you respond to: "Does that hurt?" If it hurt, I tell them it hurt, if it didn't, I tell them it didn't.  I don't really mind people asking that, it's when people are rude about it that I'm bothered.

15. Is your family mod friendly? Erm, they put up with them, so I suppose they are, except my dad.  My dad describes my piercings as 'grotesque' and told me I 'better not get any more', but he doesn't know what I do and don't have pierced, so we just don't tell him when I get something new.  My mum asks me not to get certain piercings, so seeing as she's generally good with my piercings, I'm respecting that.  Tattoos are different though.  I know I would get thrown out if I got a tattoo, so for while they're paying my tuition fees and giving me somewhere to live, I'm not going to get any.  When I move out, then I'll start thinking seriously about getting tattooed.

16. Friends? Most of my friends have mods too, even if it's just a single tattoo or a tongue piercing or whatever, so pretty much all of my friends are pretty mod-friendly.  Though, a couple of them cringe when they see my stretched lobes (god help them if they saw some big gauge stretches!), and I got a couple of "crazy lady" and "at least you can take it out when you realise how stupid it is" comments when I had my sternum pierced.

17. Workplace? In theory, no.  I work in a bank, and was told I'd have to keep my ear piercings covered by my hair, and I'd have to take the bar out of my eyebrow.  For the first week I kept my hair down, and wore a retainer in my eyebrow, but ocassionally I would wear my hair up and I never got comments from my boss, and I forgot to wear the retainer a couple of times, and again, never got a comment, so I stopped wearing the retainer and kept my hair up all the time and I've never had a problem.  Some of the people I work with are a bit creeped out by them (especially the industrial), but generally when they talk about them, they're asking thing with genuine interest.  And when they were looking at the taper I had in my ear when I was making the stretch to 10g, my boss made the comment "as your manager, I've not heard any of this", so I think they're pretty cool with it.

Pictures - post one to four pictures of your mods. This limit will be judged. I've asked for one to four pictures for a reason so pick the best. If a member so feels the need s/he will ask for more. You looking cute isn't good enough - we want to see that ear. Or vagina. Or shoulder. 


This is the best picture I have of my eyebrow piercing, for some reason.  Hopefully you can see it well enough.  If not, let me know and I'll try and get a better one.


Sorry about the quality here.  Everything's working against me for it!  My digital camera is at uni, so I'm having to take pictures on my webcam.  I took these, and because my Photoshop isn't working, I saved it as a .bmp, to try and save the quality, but the hosting sites I use all shrank it because it was a .bmp, so I had to save it as a .jpg on MSPaint, which reduces the quality.  But yeah, here you can see all my ear piercings (lobes, helix, rook, tragus, industrial).



I decided to use two of my sternum, because the top one is kinda blurry, plus it was taken about an hour after it was pierced, so it was still red, and the second one is pretty small, and the colour's all messed up on it.  Plus, in the top one, it looks wonky, for some reason.  I can assure you, it's not, it was just the way it was pushed by my arm as I was taking the picture.

Just Out Of Curiosity - these won't affect your application and won't be judged.
Are you on IAM? Kinda.  My IAM is http://iam.bmezine.com/?blooddoll, but my account expired, so it's not been updated in a while.  I'm planning on submitting a few more experiences, but I've not had time to write them up yet, so my account is still inactive.
Where do you get your mods done? I've been to Tufuga Zoo in Widnes, Saz's in Warrington, Dr Feelgood's in Liverpool and Shiva Body Piercing in Affleck's Palace in Manchester, but most of my piercings are done by Carl at Dragon's Den in Bangor.  When piercings done at the other places have gone wrong, it's him I've gone to for advice, and he's really great when he's doing piercings.  Very professional, but also really friendly.  Don't know what I'm going to do after I graduate in July and leave Bangor =(