Still waiting. Branding, anyone?

        So... all the paperwork has been through, but I have not been contacted Me to approve or deny My Clips4Sale Studio. The documents are what they asked, so I did what I was asked and sent the stuff in. I am not the Powers That Be (though I know a couple of people who think so), so now, I suppose I have to just wait. That's what I get for being impatient. Unfortunately, you have to wait as well.

        So I got branded today instead.

        This Arabic text branded above My heart reads "Bi-la kaifa" in Classical. The phrase pertains to a theological problem in Islam in reference to God's anthropomorphism in the Qu'ran (the link's TL;DR: if the Qu'ran is absolute truth and God is incorporeal, what does that say for the passages about "the hand of God" or "the face of God?" Well, nothing, because we're not supposed to ask that... that's the idea).

        Due to several events in My personal life, as well as changing views on the environment around Me, I considered this tattoo in summer of last year, after deciding to delay My other design, a stylized Geiger xenomorph. I am not going to write a damn thesis on why I specifically chose this, but I will tell you that I first heard it in Frank Herbert's "Dune," one of My favorite sci-fi novels in the world (to which I own the encyclopedia, because I'm so hardocre and badass), where it presents the reader who know it's meaning with a bunch of interesting questions. In short, go reread it.

        Failing to get it done when I originally wanted to, I hadn't any set plans to do it, but I knew the time was coming near. Today was the day. I had thought long and hard on who was going to do this to Me. Since this was not a strike brand but a cautery pen job, the "stockman" had to just be able to follow a line. And since I knew a bit about branding from FetFest 2011 and later curiosity research, I felt comfortable handing the pen to a good friend and awesome sadomasochist, Leggatt. Leggatt and I have done some great things together, many of them very intense. Apparently our scene at a recent party caused some guests to leave in discomfort... so I've overheard, I frankly don't believe it, but it does make one think... We've had some great talks, and he's been there for Me since I've known him, even when I felt completely deserted. Leggatt, I am proud to call you My friend. :-) Thank you for doing this for Me, it means a whole lot!

This picture, taken right at the end of the ordeal

has Me showing all My love and appreciation.

        The process took some 15-20 minutes, which was amazing considering the hour it took to get the design on My skin. It was painful, but the issue was not really the pain (it was pretty bearable). It was the incredibly varying degrees that the pain could go through in the space of seconds. Combine that with some burning flesh scent, and the psychological mindfuck of OH-MY-GOD-SOMEBODY-IS-BURNING-DRAWINGS-INTO-MY-FLESH-HOLY-SHIT-I-CAN-SMELL-IT, and I can see that being pretty troubling in context of a scene. So I definitely have something new on My bucket list!

None of this photography is gratuitous.

So yeah. Not bad instead of porn, huh?