HORSEPOWER & HEELS

Do you notice anything different?

This past weekend, I spent in Orlando, FL with my family and friends. I moved away from Orlando in 2003, after living there my entire life. For awhile, I didn't miss O-town at all... it was relaxing being in the South and not having the stress level that accompanies living in Orlando. (Orlando is the largest SMALL-mentality city ever.... hello, DRAMA!) But lately, I've been more than a little homesick.

Don't get me wrong. I love where I live. The pace is relaxed. The mountainside lakeview is gorgeous. The people are nice. Its affordable. And importantly, there isn't all that stress. But Orlando has been, is, always will be HOME.

With all the change in my life lately, I've been re-discovering myself in the process. Things I've been wanting to do, I'm doing. Places I've wanted to go, I'm going. People I wanted to see, I'm having a blast with. Call it my little rebellion, but one of the things I've been secretly wanting to do has been get my first tattoo.

So while in Orlando, Robert & Shake accompanied me to Incredible Ink on International Drive. My intentions were to get a small tattoo on my hip bone of a girly-looking Rod/Piston that Robert was nice enough to sketch out for me. (I'd post it, but my phone is being retarded and won't send out attachments) But, since I'm a CHIIIEEEECKOOOON.... I only wanted a small one. And being such great friends that they are, they talked me out of it because a tat that small would look like crap.

So, to half-way redeem myself, I decided to get a piercing. My sister has a TRAGUS piercing, and I always thought it was neat. So, I did it. They didn't have the itty-bitty ring I wanted, so I had to settle for a curved barbell that looks like just a stud from afar.

It didn't hurt. Really, it didn't. I feel like such the rebel! HA HA!

Posted by Erica Ortiz on Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 7:46 PM | Permalink