Okay, yesterday turned out to be not quite so good, at least in terms of my
body modification goal. See, it was going just
fine, until I thought, "maybe it'd hurt less if I were slightly intoxicated." Great in
theory, lousy in
practice - I forgot that when I'm intoxicated, more blood goes to my
earlobes.
D'oh. So, now my earlobes are too sensitive to keep the
clamps on, and, of course, the extra blood also opened up the blood vessels I had previously
crushed, so aside from a little bit of (probably temporary) surface damage on my right earlobe and a little minor bruising on my left earlobe, I'm pretty much
back where I started.
I think I'll try again tonight. I know now to just be patient, deal with the mild pain some other way, and keep the clamps on. It's not like I've had any interest in my party tomorrow night anyway. (Why is it that nobody ever wants to come to my place to gather, watch movies, and play video games? I've got one hell of a kick-ass system...)