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February 3rd, 2012

Michael asks…

microdermal or surface piercing?

Im looking to get three piercings on my hip but i don’t know the difference between a microdermal and a surface piercing? Can someone please explain the difference and the process for each one? And is it very painful?.. i have nine ear piercings and my belly button pierced and none of them hurt that muchh so how do you think a hip piercing compares?

jerry answers:

A surface piercing goes in & out. Like ontop of your skin. Not like through your ear or belly button. A micro-dermal is an implant.
My friend got her hips pierced and it looked reaaallly painful. They can also get very infected and irritated because of your pants. And both have a high chance of rejecting. Be careful cause they leave gnarly scars

Joseph asks…

microdermals or surface piercing?

i really want my hip pierced and im trying to decide if i want microdermals or a surface piercing.i know that surface piercings tend to reject easily and dont last long and microdermals are permanant.im not sure if i want them forever so should i just go with surface?and which hurts more?whats the usual healing time for both and how much do they normally cost?

jerry answers:

Microdermals can reject and fall out, too. They are called permanent because they have to be surgically cut out with a small incision to be removed. Hips are really a high contact area and really, it’s going to be hard to heal either one. You’re going to have less of a risk with microdermals but that risk is always going to be there.

Pain is different for everyone and price is different for every place but microdermals and surface piercings are generally on the pricier side.

Charles asks…

Has anyone had a tongue surface piercing that healed?

Not a bar through the whole tounge, just in and out through the surface, like this pic:

http://studentweb.hunter.cuny.edu/~ddecicco/surface%20tongue.jpg

How long did yours take to heal?
How is the pain on a scale 1-10?
Does it affect taste/sensation/movement at all?
Did it migrate or get rejected? If so, how long did it take?

Thanks

jerry answers:

I had 3! Pain 8. Yes I was paralyzed from the neck up (some weird kind of thing I guess my nerve cluster is center around my tongue).
He taste was metallicy (like the time I swallowed pennies ,or maybe I am getting that confused with a chrloroforming). It took about 6 months to heal (mind numbing agonizing pain).

Paul asks…

Infected Surface Piercing On Hand?

I got a surface piercing on my right ring finger last Friday (16ga. Curved barbell). It’s kind of swollen, very red, and some crusting in-between cleanings. I’ve been cleaning twice a day with an antibacterial soap and keeping it VERY loosely covered with a band aid, just to keep it from getting caught on anything so it’s not being suffocated or anything. I’ve also done two sea salt soaks since I’ve gotten it. The swelling is making the balls embed a little (not fully), but I can get them out by pushing on either end. This is my second hand surface piercing and my first time having a problem with it. What can I do to keep the piercing from getting worse and how should I go about cleaning it better. Any ideas or tips from the masters? Do I need to put in a longer bar for swell room? (http://i19.tinypic.com/33mx7us.jpg)

jerry answers:

You probably need a longer barbell. I had a similar problem with a nipple piercing. (I hope that’s not too much info.) The barbell was too short, and the swelling began to get very painful until I had it replaced (I replaced with a ring, obviously you can’t do that on the finger so a longer barbell should work fine). Then I cleaned it just like you are, and did occasional sea salt soaks and it healed up much quicker.

Go to another piercer if you don’t feel comfortable going back to yours, but I’d let the pros help. That’s what I did.

It looks cool! I hope it heals up nicely for you!

Steven asks…

How long does it take for a piercing to close up?

I had my belly button pierced at the top, bottom, and a surface piercing just below my belly button. The bottom piercing and the surface piercings closed up in about 2 months, but the top one was taken out nearly 2 years ago and has still not closed up! I can even get a bar about half way through. It is quite itchy and has pus coming out of it occasionally – what should I do??
Thanks for the replies!

jerry answers:

It depends on how long you’ve had it. Im assuming a while since you say you took it out two years ago and It still hasent closed. I suggest you leave it alone, if the pus comes out on it’s own try cleaning it hand soap and/or warm water and sea salt.

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February 2nd, 2012

Mark asks…

How do I explain to my parents that I am 18!?

Okay so I turned 18 a few months ago and graduated high school and I finally want to start living. But my parents cannot seem to let go of the fact that I am an adult now and they need to learn how to treat me that way. My whole entire life my parents have been way overly protective and overbearing to the point where the first birthday party i ever went to was in my sophomore year! This Summer i’ve been wanting to stay out late and hang out with my friends but my parents always flip a B*tch when I stay out past mid-night. My Dad has been out of the country for about 3 months so he miss my birthday and graduation. I don’t hold it against him because thats just stupid but the thing is that now that he’s back everything is the same when it’s not. My mom’s gotten a little over me coming home late but I just don’t know how to explain to the both of them I can handle myself and I can’t even bring up the courage to show them i got my ears pierced 2 weeks ago lol i’ve just been hiding it HELP!
My grades have always been good(over 3.3)
I only hide my piercings because my parents are ridiculously conservative especially with guys and piercings
and please if your not going to give me advice with my question and say im acting 15 or whatever? just don’t say anything. I’m looking for people to be helpful not opnionated

jerry answers:

Turning 18 is just ONE part of being an adult. If you want respect from your parents then you’ll have to earn it. Respect is earned, not expected and certainly not demanded.

What are you doing to show them that you’re an adult? How were your grades? Are you working a job? Are you buying your own clothes and gas? Are you helping around the house with food and cleaning? If yes, then GREAT! And yes, I agree that they should be treating you with more respect.

However, when you say you got your ears pierced and have been hiding it for two weeks, then I’ve got to think that you’re still acting like you’re 15 so that is why they’re still treating you like you’re 15.

This is all about your behavior, so give some thought to what you can do and how you can behave differently to show them that you’re an adult. Hint: Carousing with your posse into the wee hours of the morning isn’t “adult” behavior.

Robert asks…

Name a class of dancers! BNG!!?

Name this class of dancers! They are all 7 year old girls who are in the same ballet class. I am going to give you the description and some other facts about them then you have to name them. Have fun!!

1) She has thin dirty blond hair and green eyes. She is an only child. She also likes to do gymnastics, and play soccer, but dancing is her favorite. She is from England. She does well in school and loves to read. Her favorite color is pink. Her name must be in the top 100. Her middle name is a virtue.

2) She has red hair and blue eyes. She has one older brother and 2 little sisters. She likes to play outside. She goes to a private school. She loves board games. She also likes to play the violin and likes running. Her favorite color is green. Her best friend is named Victoria. Her name is made up or uncommon. Her middle name is old fashioned.

3) She has blond hair and blue eyes. Dancing is her favorite thing ever. She also takes jazz, hip hop, and tap dancing. Her favorite color is yellow. She wants to get her ears pierced. She lives with her grandmother and older brother and younger sister. Her first name and middle name both start with a vowel.

4) She is an African American. She is very funny, but really sweet. She does well in school, and her favorite thing to learn about is history. She loves the color purple. She has a younger brother. She wants to be a teacher when she grows up. You can name her what ever you want!

5) She has curly brown hair and brown eyes. She is really tall. She has a lot of energy and is often talking. She likes to act, also. She has two older sisters. Her favorite color is pink. She likes to sing also. She must have two middle names.

6) She is the youngest in the class. She has wavy blond hair and brown eyes. She is an only child. Her favorite color is blue. She loves being with her friends and playing board games. She plays soft ball also. Her initials are P.B.

Star if you had fun:)

jerry answers:

1. Ella Faith
2. Makayla Scarlett
3. Elle Ada
4. Lillian Elise
5. Addyson Gracie Aurora
6. Parker Brianna

“Ella, Makayla, Elle, Lillian, Addyson, and Parker.”

David asks…

What should I use to get rid of under arm shadow?

How to get rid of shadow under arms?
Just shaved and there’s no hair there just a shadow and it’s really annoying.

I don’t think wax would be good for me, I’m too scared to get my ears pierced and waxing under a thin skinned sensitive area would be very painful. I have only ever shaved because it’s painless. What about Nair removal cream ? I read that it stinks and burns it away and sometimes leaves a rash or even makes the shadow darker and uncomfortable for five minutes or three minutes you have to leave it on for. I don’t know what else to do. No laser removal. I’m too young and it’s expensive. Please don’t recommend going to a salon and having it done professionally because it’s going to be expensive and I have to learn to do it on my own. Plucking would take to long and threading is impossible for I to do it myself.

so, Any ideas? I hate the shadow . There’s no hair above the skin.

Can you give me your experiences with Nair and wax? I don’t like the sound of the idea that nair burns the follicle. It sounds harsh .

thanks x
no it’s not. Veind are long and it’s a patch of a shadow.
veins**** *

jerry answers:

Exfoliate the area, this will help. The darkness comes from having dark hair, especially if you are of indian descent but not exclusively, and the hair being visible under the surface before coming through the follicle. Also, this darkness does not have to be related to your shaving at all. Some people have this reaction in response to their deodorant. If this is the problem, you can try switching to an organic deodorant, specifically one without aluminum. You can either wax or use nair. You said you don’t want to wax, and I can’t blame you. Nair is not as bad as it used to be, it has a certain smell to it for sure, but it is not that bad. I have never had a negative reaction to it, but test it on a small area of your arm first as that skin is less sensitive. They also sell “bleaching” sets for under your arms. I believe Derma makes a good one. I don’t have any personal experience with these sets but have heard good things. You could also have electrolysis to have the hair removed permanently, but that’s expensive.

Thomas asks…

Does this sound fair?

My gf and I have been together for a while. I’ve noticed that she tries to dominate the relationship a lot. I’m pretty laid back so there have been a lot of times I just go with the flow, but now I’m starting to feel walked on and I don’t like it. For example, I want to get my ears pierced. I like the look of small studs so I figured since I’m in college I’d do it, if I didn’t like it, I could just take them out. She says no because God doesn’t want people wearing jewelry, and how her parents will think I’m gay so I shouldn’t do it. Then every time she comes to my room she turns off the tv, and claims when it’s on I don’t pay attention to her, when it’s the complete opposite. Also, I’m not a very good dancer, but I try. She doesn’t help just pushes me on the floor and wants me to keep up. Then she says I need to compromise, so I say ok I’ll be a great dancer, and you learn to live with the tv on. She gets mad and says she’s having a bad day and gets off the phone. Does this sound fair?
She also claims that she JUST CAN’T sleep with the tv on, and if I don’t like it then find I’ll have to look for somebody who does. If the fights were about more important issues then I wouldn’t be as annoyed, but…it’s just a TV, and even though I can’t dance…I try. When I go to parties, I find that it’s easier dancing with strangers….less pressure than her.

jerry answers:

She sounds great, for a controlling harpie. Her children will likely despise her.

I’m amazed you don’t.

I have a question for you……..Why do you want to be with someone like that? Do you honestly believe you can’t do better?

I’m sure there’s a curb close by that you can kick her to…….
Your call.

The God comment was likely she is afraid you’d not respect her wishes, of even her parents wishes enough, so she pulled the God card.
I don’t know if God likes ear rings or not, ( I do love the folks that think their OK for women, but not for men….huh???? ),but if you go get a set, she’ll likely dump you, problem solved.

Luck

Richard asks…

How To Deal With Over Protective Parents?

I am 18. I just recently graduated from HS in May. I’m turning 19 next month. AND IM STILL GETTING TREATED LIKE A 7 YEAR OLD.

1. I NEVER get to go out with my friends! – This is not an exaggeration I honestly haven’t gone out with friends in about 5 years. Nothing bad happened at all so I don’t know why I’m not allowed to go.

2. I didn’t get to do anything for my 18 birthday. I got a cake but wasn’t allowed to go out with friends. Only my parents. My mom didn’t take me out she just made me a nice dinner which i appreciated but still.

3. I can’t stay @ home while my parents are not there. When they go out I usually have to stay over another adults house in my family. I THINK THAT IS CRAZY.

4. My mom monitors my internet activity and can only go on disney sites lol ect. no blogs or anything like that. She says there are things on the internet she doesn’t want me exposed to. I never get until late at night that way I can sneak on like I am now.

5. Can’t have a REAL cell phone. I have to use a stupid minute phone because my mom says that way I will use it sparingly and not use it to call friends. I basically only used it to call her @ work to tell her I was staying after school or something. I only use the house phone now.

7. She still kind of picks out my clothes. I KNOW RIDICULOUS. I can’t wear anything she doesn’t approve of like tanks and mini skirts. She just recently let me get my ears pierced. REALLY IM NOT KIDDING!!!

8. Also don’t have a license but I still have my permit. I never even got to learn how to drive so IDK why she let me get a permit.
OH YEAH AND DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT A JOB. SHE SAYS SHE LIKES PAYING FOR THINGS AND I DON’T NEED A JOB YET.

I was planning on taking a year off before I go to college because I thought she would loosen up and now it is too late and I will have to wait. I seriously thought she was going to loosen up!! I even talked to her about it.

I am really thinking of moving out. I don’t know where I will go but I already kinda packed my things. I might stay with a friend. I can’t deal with this anymore. I know people will say oh she loves you and she is just protecting you. I think there is a limit between protecting and being completely obsessive. It kind of makes me feel guilty that I want freedom like maybe having freedom is a bad thing. I never did anything bad EVER basically because I never got to do anything. I feel like I let her push me around long enough.

jerry answers:

FIRST of all Your mom or parents should let you go If you know what i mean and 2. If you want to move out to stay at a friend house Then do it because you are an adult and 3. They need to let you be independent, they shouldn’t have to depend on you like that you are not a Little girl anymore so what ever that you do in your life even if you made mistake you will learn your lessening 4. Please get a cell phone if you want one or need one and yes you do need a job if you want to pay for your own things even tho your mom tell u that u don’t need a job yet she is damn wrong about that & I’d like to say this, This is what a mom or parents will tell their son or daughter “U need to do your own thing u can’t depend on me all the time it’s time 4 u to grown up and act your age unless u want a litter help from me that it” that what a mother or parents will say good luck!

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February 2nd, 2012

Ken asks…

Will Mayor Villaraigosa accept AZ reponse to boycott renegotiate power agreements so LA no longer receives any?

Will Mayor Villaraigosa accept AZ reponse to boycott renegotiate power agreements so LA no longer receives any power from Arizona -based generation ?
The Los Angeles City Council voted to boycott the state of Arizona over its new immigration-enforcement law, and now the Arizona Corporation Commission has responded. Gary Pierce, one of the commissioners chosen in state-wide elections to the utility regulation panel, notes that Los Angeles gets about 25% of its power from Arizona producers. If the City of Angels really wants a boycott, Pierce offers his services to help, as he explains in a letter to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and copied to Hot Air:
Dear Mayor Villaraigosa,
I was dismayed to learn that the Los Angeles City Council voted to boycott Arizona and Arizona-based companies — a vote you strongly supported — to show opposition to SB 1070 (Support our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act).
You explained your support of the boycott as follows: “While we recognize that as neighbors, we share resources and ties with the State of Arizona that may be difficult to sever, our goal is not to hurt the local economy of Los Angeles, but to impact the economy of Arizona. Our intent is to use our dollars — or the withholding of our dollars — to send a message.” (emphasis added)
I received your message; please receive mine. As a state-wide elected member of the Arizona Corporation Commission overseeing Arizona’s electric and water utilities, I too am keenly aware of the “resources and ties” we share with the City of Los Angeles. In fact, approximately twenty-five percent of the electricity consumed in Los Angeles is generated by power plants in Arizona.
If an economic boycott is truly what you desire, I will be happy to encourage Arizona utilities to renegotiate your power agreements so Los Angeles no longer receives any power from Arizona-based generation. I am confident that Arizona’s utilities would be happy to take those electrons off your hands. If, however, you find that the City Council lacks the strength of its convictions to turn off the lights in Los Angeles and boycott Arizona power, please reconsider the wisdom of attempting to harm Arizona’s economy.
People of goodwill can disagree over the merits of SB 1070. A state-wide economic boycott of Arizona is not a message sent in goodwill.
Sincerely,
Commissioner Gary Pierce
http://hotair.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/letter-azcc-villaraigosa.pdf.pdf

jerry answers:

Just how stupid is California? You’d have thought they would have learned something after Enron. Oh yeah – they’re mexico now.

The thought of not having to hear the left coast lefties screaming since they don’t have power has made my day.

Chris asks…

Walking new dog, got bit-?

Alright, so I was meeting this new dog on Friday which I’m going to walk, it’s a 2 year old American Bulldog. I (a male) was being introduced by his current female walker, who has been his walker for his whole life, but is going to a different job.

The dog is extremely dominant and aggressive. When I walked in the door behind his current walker, he jumped on me, and immediately bit me twice in the forearm while peeing himself. I hadn’t even let go of the doorknob at that point.

His behavior inside is pretty intense generally, he’ll walk towards you aggressively (but turn away), jump in a forceful way, and when he eats treats he doesn’t just take them with a gentle mouth, he snaps, which means you have to toss them from a short distance to save your fingers. After the initial bites, he was okay with me, friendly but in a still intense sort of way. We had a walk, and he was good on that, I drilled as much obedience as I could fit into the walk to try to establish some sort of dominance over him.

The bite wasn’t too bad, I was wearing a coat and a hoodie, and only one canine tooth did any damage (it didn’t pierce my clothing) but left a shallow wound and bruise in my skin. He could have easily fit my arm in his mouth, but it seemed like he was trying more for my coat because he only got a bit of my arm.

I don’t really want to give up on the dog after that though — I’ve been bit before by dogs with the same sort of problems and this one wasn’t that bad, but I’m not sure I’ve dealt with such an overtly aggressive and dominant dog before (which also has the size/weight to do some real damage). These things are easier with ACD’s, and cocker spaniels, and Tibetan terriers… not so much with american bulldogs-

Does anyone have any tips on dealing with this dog? I’m going to try again this week with him, and his current walker will be joining me. If it doesn’t look good, I’ll have to just not walk him, but I’d like to learn something new here and turn this dog around.

His owners thought they were getting a Chihuahua mix when they bought him, so like most people looking for a dog like that, they weren’t really into discipline, or obedience. He’s basically just out of control, and ~70lbs, and in desperate need of training. They’ve been working with a trainer for 3 weeks apparently, and have 5 weeks left — perhaps that will help? I’ll try to find out more about the training they’re giving him. In the meantime, I’m seeing him again tomorrow for a 25 minute walk/visit, any tips?
“walking towards me aggressively” means like a half speed charge with his head lowered. Should have been more descriptive.

“jumping in a forceful way” means at a run, and with some attempt to nip.

25 minutes is what they pay for, I can only assume that they walk the dog in the morning, and a few times after they get back from work. That’s all out of my control though, I definitely think lack of exercise might be part of the issue.

jerry answers:

It sounds like his problem has nothing to do with dominance or aggression. He’s just horribly trained, exuberant and has no manners. Blame his owners.

“he jumped on me”
- Evidently, he has a lot of energy and hasn’t been trained to respond appropriately to guests. A lot of dogs jump. It’s a natural dog behavior, one that is often reinforced by humans. (When an excited dog jumps on you, he wants your attention, right? He wants you. So when you react to the dog, you give him attention, and thus reward him. To an attention-seeking dog, even hollering “no!” is a reward.. Not to mention how many people either laugh off a dog jumping, obviously encouraging it, and how many people push the dog away, engaging him in playful behavior. Dogs do play rough.)
If a dog has a jumping problem, he needs to be specifically taught not to jump. It isn’t like they just sense that we don’t want them to jump, or are doing it to be disrespectful. They’re just being dogs. The best way to teach a dog not to jump is to “be a tree:”

http://www.mastiffonlinecommunity.net/viewtopic.php?t=6789

“immediately bit me twice in the forearm”
- He hasn’t been taught bite inhibition. Dogs bite, and unless they’re actually, effectively taught that biting humans is unacceptable, they’re gonna keep biting. It’s a dog thing. It’s normal. And this dog, with all of his excess energy, has little self control. Combine a rambunctious dog with poor bite inhibition, and you’ve got a nasty bite on your arm. His owners should have taught him proper bite inhibition by the time he was five or six months old:

http://dogstardaily.com/training/teaching-bite-inhibition

“while peeing himself”
- Goodness, was he excited or what! I’m guessing his family doesn’t have many visitors, and he has not been properly socialized. Visitors should be much more low-key and normal for him, not OMG OMG BEST THING EVARR. Yanno? His owners should have as many people as possible visit while following a procedure to teach him to sit and greet politely, kinda like this:

http://www.mastiffonlinecommunity.net/viewtopic.php?t=1665

“he’ll walk towards you aggressively (but turn away)”
- What makes you say “aggressive?” For one thing, he’s already displaying at least one calming signal — turning away. Shows he has *some* manners! Here’s more info about calming signals, if you don’t know:

http://www.canis.no/rugaas/onearticle.php?artid=1

“jump in a forceful way”
- Again, he’s just never been taught to be gentle with humans. My 85-pound Mastiff puppy and 160-pound Mastiff go wild when they play with each other, but they know that they cannot be so rough with us. Plus, again, he’s a powerful working dog with too much pent-up energy. ‘Course he’s gonna be forceful, he’s a powerful little guy.

“when he eats treats he doesn’t just take them with a gentle mouth”
- Most dogs don’t just naturally know that they need to be gentle with human fingers. Again, he’s a dog, and dogs bite. He needs to be specifically taught to take treats gently. Teaching him self control may help:

http://www.mastiffonlinecommunity.net/viewtopic.php?t=81

“After the initial bites, he was okay with me, friendly but in a still intense sort of way.”
- Yep. Sounds like he’s a friendly dog, he’s just too intense and has no training. He’s overstimulated.

“In the meantime, I’m seeing him again tomorrow for a 25 minute walk/visit, any tips?”
- Is that the average length of the walk, or is it short just because you’re just beginning with him? If walks are normally so short, no wonder he’s a total mess. American Bulldogs are HIGH ENERGY WORKING DOGS. They need plenty of stimulation, both physical and mental, every single day. I’m talking about a minimum of an hour of hard exercise. Poor guy’s got more energy than he knows what to do with!

And to reiterate, by your description, he just doesn’t sound very dominant or aggressive.

An article about dominance you may want to read, by the way:

http://dogpublic.com/articles/article.aspx?sid=14&pid=1640

An article about overstimulated dogs:
http://www.diamondsintheruff.com/overstim.html

George asks…

Can anyone correct me please?

Please correct my mistakes..

Describe any volunteer, extracurricular activities, or work experience in which you are or have been involved in the past two years.

As a student of Pierce College, I have had a chance to work for Eop&s office through the financial aid work-study program. I feel very lucky to work for Eop&s office because I got to interact with many students and also I had chance to learn about the different programs that college offered.
During the past two years, I volunteered at an organization that helps homeless people on the Thanksgiving Day. I’ve also volunteered my time and tutored 5th grade students with math.

jerry answers:

No spelling obviously but there is a little bit of awkward phrasing.
“I feel very lucky to work for Eop&s office because I got to interact with many students”
Your verbs here make this weird. “Feel” vs. “got” for tense purposes. Try something like: “I feel very lucky to have been given the opportunity to work for… Because it has allowed me to interact….”
And “I’ve also volunteered my time and tutored 5th grade students with math.”, I would say “my time by tutoring 5th…”
Hope that helps some!

James asks…

anti eyebrow piercing kit?!?

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll181/hisgrl002/yerdaughter-2.jpg

okay all those up there are me, i want a face piercing ..bad. my first question is:
which one should i get?
i want one but im worried that some wouldnt fit my face, or would make me look like some kind of dike. also i know some are harder to take care of, some hurt more then others, and some are more likely to reject, and only last for about a year. my second question is:
can i pierce my anti brow with an eyebrow piercing kit?
i know its dangerous to do it on your own, blah blah blah im not scared so just a simple yes or no would be nice, my parents know, and want me to go to a professional, but they also know that if something goes wrong: hey! i learned my lesson. and they would be happy to take me to an emergency room if my face falls off or whatever. and my third question:
are the clamps for eyebrow piercings and anti brow piercings the same?
and is the jewelry for an eyebrow the same shape as for an anti brow?

too many questions for some of the less fortunate people i kno, so just the people with all the straight up answers should respond!

thanks ?
and excuse you ‘laced’
some piercings make some people look more manly .. period. and when a female looks manly, that usually makes her look like a dike or some kindv tranny. the definition of ignorant is: not knowing. i do know, and still believe it, i didnt ask for an opinion but since you were nice enough to give me one, heres mine: dont be so sensitve, nothing is offensive unless you LET it get to you kay? ?

jerry answers:

An anti eyebrow piercing will reject very quickly if you use a curved barbell, rather than a surface barbell. You could pierce it with a regular eyebrow piercing kit, but you’d just wind up with a nasty scar.

And If you’re really worried about looking like a lesbian from a piecing, then you’re probably not old enough for any piercing. That’s just a really ignorant and rude statement.

Daniel asks…

What do you think of these characters?

And their names? They are the three main characters in the book I’m writing, and I love them, but I was wondering what you guys thought of them (even though I highly doubt I’ll change them) They are all 15-16 years old and the book will most likely be a thriller/fantasy. Would you read a book with characters like these.

Talia Reinhart (Lia for short)- she has long-ish straight, dark brownish-black, hair and large, piercing steel-gray eyes (her best feature). She’s short for her age, but perfers to think of it as ‘vertically challenged’, slight, but not skinny, a quick half-smile that looks a bit more like a smirk, and a face that makes her look at least a year younger than she really is. Confident and witty, saying she’s a tad arrogent is an understatement, and her elegance leaves much to be desired; but she’ll give you the clothes off her back if you need them and her sense of humor is second to none. She always speaks her mind when things bother her, even though her timing is sometimes inappropriate and people take offense. Still, she’s very protective of her friends and family, and is the poster child for learning things the hard way; she’s stubborn, hardly ever listens to anyone else’s advice, and does what she thinks is best. And despite her sometimes abnormally large mouth, keeping others’ secrets, and listening to their problems, is one of her strong suits.

Ace DeVane- he has short, spiky, dark brown hair and deep, indigo-blue eyes. He’s actually not bad-looking, in a slightly good-weird way and he seems like your typical goofball; blindly optimistic, fun-loving, and one of the funniest people you’ll ever meet. But really, he’s very intelligent and very protective, especially of the ‘underdog’ (so to speak). He’s the ideal person to go to if you need a laugh, or someone to talk to, as the wiscracks and witty comments just seem to come to him, at the perfect moment. He’s what you might call a peace-maker; he doesn’t like to rock the boat, and tries very hard to avoid hurting people. Ace is also very humble and tactful, qualities Lia could learn from.

Zander West- he has messy, jet-black hair and hazel-brown eyes. He is very striking in appearance, with slightly sharp features and a quietly-mysterious air about him that makes him intimidating to most people. He’s a bit of a loner and despises drawing attention to himself, so he tries, in vain, to fly under the radar and be unnoticed- a task that is very seldom successful. To people who don’t know him well (i.e. most people) he comes off as very humorless and somewhat one-dimensional (for lack of a better word). But he has a real dry, dark wit and is suprisingly funny if your lucky enough to catch a glimpse of his true colors.

Bear in mind, I’m only thirteen years old, so they’re hardly masterpieces, but still tell me what you think. Thanks!
Pats on the back ‘for the age thing’ are exactly what I don’t want. I will not be using my age as a metaphorical crutch, thank you very much. It’s something I get very defensive about, because I am much more mature than my age, and I don’t like people stereotyping me as a ‘thirteen year old’. And sorry about the ‘your’ and ‘you’re’ thing, one of my biggest pet peeves is when people do that! Btw, these are just the first few sentences of the character profiles, which are just so I can learn a bit more about my characters before I start to write, they won’t appear in the book itself.
And I really don’t agree with the ‘you might as well quit’ remark. I’ve thought tons of times about quitting writing, and if I had, I wouldn’t be half as happy as I am now. You can always improve, even if you only write a sentence a day!

jerry answers:

After reading the character descriptions, I like your characters. :] I would read about them in a book.

I also wanted to point out that even your descriptions of the characters are well-written, so I was surprised to find out that you were only thirteen (in fact, you write better than some 19-year-olds I know).

The only thing, if you don’t mind me critiquing, is that I found some spelling and grammar errors…”arrogant” is spelled with an “a” rather than an “e.” And under your description of Zander West, the “your” should be changed to “you’re,” since it’s a contraction for “you are.” I’m sure that was just a typo, though, since you used the correct “they’re” in your next line.

Other than that, I like them. Your characters seem well rounded and you have a grasp that each character has his/her own personality that some can stand to use a little learning from some of the others. Your characters seem relatable, and I think that’s what’s going to hook people.

*edit: I forgot to mention how much I like the character’s names :] They all seem to fit their personalities perfectly.

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Ken asks…

body piercings question?

how old do u think its ok to get a
-lip piercing
-nose piercing
-belly button piercing
???

jerry answers:

Age doesn’t matter, it matters on maturity and if you’re ready to take care of a piercing. Here’s when I got mine done:
11-nose
12-eyebrow
13-bellybutton (rejected)
14-monroe
15-nape and lip

?

Robert asks…

need info about body piercings and a tattoo shop in nyc?

i have parent consent from my parents to get my lip of belly pierced in October while we visit nyc again. by then i will be 13. i hear that as long as you have the consent and a parent that your okay. but what are the age requirments for it? and what shop in nyc will pierce me in nyc with a perent? and how much would it cost for a lip ring or belly ring in nyc? and please people who respond do not say things like why would you and dont and things like that okay ? plzz dont ive heard it before!

jerry answers:

Your parent have to be there in NYC and it should cost $30-$60 bucks for lip and belly piercing. But I think you should call around to different tattoo shops that are in the part on ny you will be in and ask them then go to that shop.

Daniel asks…

A few questions about body piercings…?

I am interested in gettin a nipple piercing..
i live in new york; So dha first question is

1] how old do you have to be in new york to get a nipple piercing? does it matter if you have parental surpervision?

2] is there a lot of pain during and after the piercing?

3] when the piercing heals can you change the ring; and if so is it difficult?

4]can i wear a bra with the newly fresh piercing?

thank you for your time =]]

jerry answers:

1. Usually for any kind of piercing like this you have to be 18, but check out the parlors in your area they might be different. Also, if this is a piercing that you have to be 18 to get, you usually won’t be able to get it younger, even with parental consent.

2. I didn’t feel too much during the initial piercing, it’s no different from any other piercing I mean you are going to feel pain it’s a needle going through your skin. It’s quick though. Afterward it felt like a burning sensation but that only lasted the night and then it was just a little sore from then on.

3. When it heals you can change the jewelry. It’s not hard, but I would just go back to where you got it done and have them switch out the jewelry. Piercing parlors usually have the highest quality jewelry, as opposed to the mall or some place like that.

4. Yes you can wear a bra, you might bleed on it though. If you are talking about pain here, no it is not going to bother it.

David asks…

Need the opinion of parents of teens regarding body piercings!?

We have an 18 year old daughter and she expressed an interest in getting her lip pierced, which her father and I said no to. A few months later, she went with five of her friends and they all had it done. It sickens me, it sickens my husband, we hate it!!! I know there are worse things in the world she could have done, but really ~ we said no and for her to just go do it anyway really irks me.

I am really seeking the opinion of other parents that may have been in this situation or if they have children of this age, how they would handle the same situation.

jerry answers:

Easy.Seeing your still taking care of her like a child, tell her the lip ring goes or she moves out.Her choice.
This was HER way of giving you BOTH the finger.
If she refuses to take it out, then pack her stuff and take her to a homeless shelter.She will learn respect real quick or learn to stand on her own 2 feet.

Joseph asks…

Do you have a body piecing?

Do you have any body piercings, if so what? How old were you when you got it done? Are you planning to get any more?

If you don’t have any, why not? If you had a body piercing what would you get? Will you be getting one eventually?

I have 3 (it used to be 4, but that’s a story for another day). I’ve got 2 regular ear lobe piercings and one in the cartilage.

jerry answers:

I have regular ear piercings which my mom doesn’t believe in and my belly button pierced. I first did my ears when I wasw thirteen myself and then that got infected then the secound time I had it done at 17 and didn’t know how to look after it then third time at clairs accessories at 19. I had no problems as their lotion for cleaning killed the pain as well.

I had my belly button pierced at 25 It was the best thing then I loved my belly. I had anasthetic pre piercing which was amazing it was some spray thing no pain whatsoever. Until five hours later when it wore offf but Ibuprofen helps to kill the pain and warm salt water as well as moving it to keep it from sticking to the skin.

I’d like my nose done for cultural reasons. My gran is of indian decent and by 16 most indian girls would have had their nose pierced. And their ears. So it would be symbolic to me. My mom is half black half Indian so thats why it would be important. Z Although my gran converted to a religioun of my granddad which is why they believe you shouldn’t wear piercings or jewellery. But I know that culturally on my great grans side it would be different.

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Ken asks…

body piercings question?

how old do u think its ok to get a
-lip piercing
-nose piercing
-belly button piercing
???

jerry answers:

Age doesn’t matter, it matters on maturity and if you’re ready to take care of a piercing. Here’s when I got mine done:
11-nose
12-eyebrow
13-bellybutton (rejected)
14-monroe
15-nape and lip

?

Charles asks…

need info about body piercings and a tattoo shop in nyc?

i have parent consent from my parents to get my lip of belly pierced in October while we visit nyc again. by then i will be 13. i hear that as long as you have the consent and a parent that your okay. but what are the age requirments for it? and what shop in nyc will pierce me in nyc with a perent? and how much would it cost for a lip ring or belly ring in nyc? and please people who respond do not say things like why would you and dont and things like that okay ? plzz dont ive heard it before!

jerry answers:

Your parent have to be there in NYC and it should cost $30-$60 bucks for lip and belly piercing. But I think you should call around to different tattoo shops that are in the part on ny you will be in and ask them then go to that shop.

Robert asks…

A few questions about body piercings…?

I am interested in gettin a nipple piercing..
i live in new york; So dha first question is

1] how old do you have to be in new york to get a nipple piercing? does it matter if you have parental surpervision?

2] is there a lot of pain during and after the piercing?

3] when the piercing heals can you change the ring; and if so is it difficult?

4]can i wear a bra with the newly fresh piercing?

thank you for your time =]]

jerry answers:

1. Usually for any kind of piercing like this you have to be 18, but check out the parlors in your area they might be different. Also, if this is a piercing that you have to be 18 to get, you usually won’t be able to get it younger, even with parental consent.

2. I didn’t feel too much during the initial piercing, it’s no different from any other piercing I mean you are going to feel pain it’s a needle going through your skin. It’s quick though. Afterward it felt like a burning sensation but that only lasted the night and then it was just a little sore from then on.

3. When it heals you can change the jewelry. It’s not hard, but I would just go back to where you got it done and have them switch out the jewelry. Piercing parlors usually have the highest quality jewelry, as opposed to the mall or some place like that.

4. Yes you can wear a bra, you might bleed on it though. If you are talking about pain here, no it is not going to bother it.

Thomas asks…

Need the opinion of parents of teens regarding body piercings!?

We have an 18 year old daughter and she expressed an interest in getting her lip pierced, which her father and I said no to. A few months later, she went with five of her friends and they all had it done. It sickens me, it sickens my husband, we hate it!!! I know there are worse things in the world she could have done, but really ~ we said no and for her to just go do it anyway really irks me.

I am really seeking the opinion of other parents that may have been in this situation or if they have children of this age, how they would handle the same situation.

jerry answers:

Easy.Seeing your still taking care of her like a child, tell her the lip ring goes or she moves out.Her choice.
This was HER way of giving you BOTH the finger.
If she refuses to take it out, then pack her stuff and take her to a homeless shelter.She will learn respect real quick or learn to stand on her own 2 feet.

James asks…

Do you have a body piecing?

Do you have any body piercings, if so what? How old were you when you got it done? Are you planning to get any more?

If you don’t have any, why not? If you had a body piercing what would you get? Will you be getting one eventually?

I have 3 (it used to be 4, but that’s a story for another day). I’ve got 2 regular ear lobe piercings and one in the cartilage.

jerry answers:

I have regular ear piercings which my mom doesn’t believe in and my belly button pierced. I first did my ears when I wasw thirteen myself and then that got infected then the secound time I had it done at 17 and didn’t know how to look after it then third time at clairs accessories at 19. I had no problems as their lotion for cleaning killed the pain as well.

I had my belly button pierced at 25 It was the best thing then I loved my belly. I had anasthetic pre piercing which was amazing it was some spray thing no pain whatsoever. Until five hours later when it wore offf but Ibuprofen helps to kill the pain and warm salt water as well as moving it to keep it from sticking to the skin.

I’d like my nose done for cultural reasons. My gran is of indian decent and by 16 most indian girls would have had their nose pierced. And their ears. So it would be symbolic to me. My mom is half black half Indian so thats why it would be important. Z Although my gran converted to a religioun of my granddad which is why they believe you shouldn’t wear piercings or jewellery. But I know that culturally on my great grans side it would be different.

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James asks…

this is a fleshy question!!!…no flesh in upper part of my body?

okay so heres the thing, im male 19 yrs old and when ever i remove my shirt i can see the ribs of my body piercing outta my skin…im not exactly too skinny or anythng, im not a poor eater or anythng, donno y i have no flesh in my upper part of my body, i just want enough flesh to cover my ribs showing!..y is this happening?..no matter how much i eat there just doesn’t seem to be any flesh formation near my chest and shoulders..maybe this has somethng to do with my height?..im 6’1
please explain y im having this peculiar problem and how i can put on some flesh fast!

jerry answers:

Talk to your doctor.

William asks…

Has anyone been successful in removing a permanent tattoo? Why did you remove it? How did you remove it?

“If people only realized how difficult it is to remove a tattoo, understood how costly and how painful tattoo removal is, and recognized that society as a whole still views tattoos as a stigma, maybe they would think seriously before getting one. Laser removal costs a minimum of $7,000.00 (national average) per tattoo, and takes at least 10 to 15 treatments, spread out over two or more years. Even with this treatment, the tattoo is still visible.” http://www.heloise.com/tattoo.html
Tattoo author Laura Reybold, writes that “. . .an ever rising number of people are so unhappy with their tattoos that they are willing to pay anything to have them removed.”
“Yet an ever rising number of people are so unhappy with their tattoos that they are willing to pay anything to have them removed. Tattoo removal laser surgery is becoming big business for the dermatologists who perform it.”
(Laura Reybold, Everything you need to know about the dangers of tattooing and body piercing, p. 30)

jerry answers:

Nuviderm might work.

John asks…

Will I come off as mean if I ask my bridesmaid to remove a piercing for the wedding?

So two of my three bridesmaids have a considerable amount of tattoos and piercing. When I asked the girls to be in my wedding I was aware that the body art would be showing in all my photos, and I don’t care. However one of them just got one of those middle of the nose piercing, I forget what they are called, and I REALLY don’t want that in my photos. I love the girl to death and would never consider taking her out of the wedding but I really want to ask her to either take the piercing out for the night for put in a clear bar. Will I come off as really mean? I am trying to be easy going about the whole ‘dress code’ thing, and almost any other piercing I wouldn’t care but I just really don’t like how that one looks.
The wedding is still 5 months off so I think that is enough time she could at least be able to change the piece of jewelry, not sure about leaving it out though since I have no idea how long it takes to heal.

I think she will do it if I ask but I don’t want her to do it then be annoyed with me the whole time. I just wanted to make sure this wasn’t an unreasonable request.
Asking her not to be in the wedding is not an option. I will have in the wedding with the piercing long before not having her in it at all. I would just prefer her not have that showing. I wasn’t going to give her an ultimatum. I just know she won’t say no to me and I am afraid of her agreeing to something that will make her unhappy. I don’t have facial piercing so I have no clue how it feels for someone to ask you to take them out. If it is more like someone asking you to wear a different necklace or asking you to get a new haircut and dye your hair.

jerry answers:

I am answering this as a female with facial piercings

i read all your question, and thought about all you have said
and, your request is more than reasonable
you asked her to be in you wedding before she got it, but knowing there were piercings and tattoos, and asking her to step down is not an option, good for you!!

I dont think you have any problems asking her, as you have put your point across well on here, it will come across like that in person too. If someone asked me, in the same circumstance, i would be more than willing to put a clear retainer in for their day, i would be hesitant to take it out as piercings can close very quickly, sometimes you are lucky and they stay open sometimes not, and you cannot be re-pierced in the same place within about three years becasue of scar tissue underneath the skins surface

asking for a clear retainer to be used is an awesome comprimise
i wish you good luck
but i dont think you will need it, i think she will understand your dilema, believe it or not, a lot of us who have facial piercings understand they are not for everyones taste

but good luck for your big day
congratulations & best wishes

Ooooh, and its called a bridge piercing!

Daniel asks…

Whats wrong with my lip piercing?

I got my lip peirced about two months ago and it’s been perfectly fine until now. It’s not producing puss or crust or anything so it’s most likely not infected but on the inside of my lip it seems my skin has formed kind of a lump…it’s just like it’s a little swollen lump on one side, tastes like an open wound. It doesn’t hurt and it doesn’t look like my skin will grow over the flat back at all..I just don’t know what it is or how to make this swelling go down. It’s really important that it heal properly too, as come september due to school I consistantly have to remove my body piercings. Any advice would be awesome, so far my game plan is just to keep cleaning it and hope for the best

jerry answers:

Well it’s unlikely that you’d get a keloid there, so it’s probably just some swelling. Get about a shot glass full of saline solution, warm it up (but not too warm, your piercing will be very sensitive) and soak the piercing between 5-10 mins, another thing you can do is to make tea, take out the tea bag, wring it out and let it cool a little bit so it won’t be too hot and let that sit of your piercing for a few, it’ll reduce the swelling. But only do one of these a day about every 2 days for the first week and every 3-4 after or the piercing will become more irritated. Keep cleaning it and if it doesn’t get better or gets worse go see your piercer.

Robert asks…

How can you hide a new eyebrow piercing?

I work at a fast food restaurant and I am not really allowed to have body jewelery because of our handbook guidelines. Since it is a new piercing I don’t think I can remove it for like a month and a half…is there a way to hide it but not look totally ridiculous?
I do have to wear a hat…haha

And if you have nothing good to say or actually helpful please don’t say it. Not meant at the girl that suggested the hat though.
I’m a boy lol

jerry answers:

Cut your bangs/move your hair so it falls over your eyebrow piercing.
Or Im sure they have clear piercings you can put in replace for the regular piercing.

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George asks…

How to get keloid to go away after I take the piercing out?

I have had my nose pierced for about 3 months now, and there has always been a keloid there since about the 1st week of piercing it. I did everything my piercer instructed me to do to get it to go away. I have done everything, but it would not go away. So anyways, it just looked bad so I decided to take the piercing out, and let it heal up (and not get anymore piercings :P ). I was taking care of it properly, the piercer said some peoples body just will not accept piercings. Anyways, I took it out, and the bumps went down a little, and the hole has closed up, but the bump is still there, and it just looks nasty. It looks like a wart. D:
What should I do? How can I make it go away? Pop it?.. or will that make it worse? Please Help!

jerry answers:

Do not pop it. You need to see a doctor. Keloids are tough to treat. Here is what I found about them. You may want to consider one of these options.

The best treatment is prevention in patients with a known predisposition. This includes preventing unnecessary trauma or surgery (including ear piercing, elective mole removal), whenever possible. Any skin problems in predisposed individuals (eg, acne, infections) should be treated as early as possible to minimize areas of inflammation.

Lntra-lesional corticosteroids — Intra-lesional corticosteroids are first-line therapy for most keloids. A systematic review found that up to 70 percent of patients respond to intra-lesional corticosteroid injection with flattening of keloids, although the recurrence rate is high in some studies (up to 50 percent at five years)

Excision — Scalpel excision may be indicated if injection therapy alone is unsuccessful or unlikely to result in significant improvement. Excision should be combined with preoperative, intraoperative, or postoperative triamcinolone or interferon injections . Recurrence rates from 45 to 100 percent have been reported in patients treated with excision alone; this falls to below 50 percent in patients treated with combination therapy.

Silicone gel sheeting — Silicone gel sheeting sheeting has been used for the treatment of symptoms (eg, pain and itching) in patients with established keloids as well as for the management of evolving keloids and the prevention of keloids at the sites of new injuries. A systematic review of controlled trials found some evidence that silicone gel sheeting may reduce the incidence of abnormal scarring, but concluded that any estimate of effect was uncertain because the underlying trials were of poor quality and highly susceptible to bias. Treatment with silicone gel sheeting appeared in some studies to improve elasticity of established abnormal scars, but the evidence was again of poor quality and susceptible to bias.

Cryosurgery — Cryosurgery is most useful in combination with other treatments for keloids. The major side effect is permanent hypopigmentation, limiting its use in people with darker skin.

Radiation therapy — Most studies, but not all, have found radiation therapy to be highly effective in reducing keloid recurrence, with improvement rates of 70 to 90 percent when administered after surgical excision. A small randomized trial of treatments after surgery found recurrences in two of sixteen earlobe keloids (13 percent) treated with radiation therapy and in four of twelve earlobe keloids (33 percent) treated with steroid injections. However, concern regarding the potential long-term risks (eg, malignancy) associated with using radiation for an essentially benign disorder limits its utility in most patients. Only a few cases of malignancy that may have been associated with radiation therapy for keloids have been reported. Although causation cannot be confirmed in these cases, caution should still be used when prescribing radiation therapy for keloids, particularly when treating younger patients. Radiation therapy may occasionally be appropriate as treatment for keloids that are resistant to other therapies. In addition, radiation therapy may be indicated for lesions that are not amenable to resection.

Interferon alfa — Interferon alfa injections may reduce recurrence rates postoperatively. However, all currently available studies of interferon therapy suffer from methodologic problems, making an evidence-based recommendation regarding its use difficult.

Pulsed dye laser — Pulsed dye laser treatment can be beneficial for keloids, and appears to induce keloid regression through suppression of keloid fibroblast proliferation, and induction of apoptosis and enzyme activity. Combination treatment with pulsed dye laser plus intralesional therapy with corticosteroids and/or fluorouracil may be superior to either approach alone.

Http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Keloid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keloid

http://www.livestrong.com/article/77520-treat-keloid-scar/

Donald asks…

How long does it take a healed belly piercing to close?

I have had my belly button pierced for 2 years, my body didnt reject the piercing but it “migrated” so now there isnt a lot of skin pierced and it looks kind of crooked. I want to take it out and get it repierced and I was wondering how long I have to wait before I repierce it?

jerry answers:

A few months or you could go to your local health food store to put stuff on it

James asks…

How soon after you get your nose pierced can you safely take it out?

I want to get a stud in my right nostril when I go to college in August. The thing is, my parents won’t be very happy I got it, even though it is my body and I’ll be 19.
Would it be safe for me to take it out for a few days when I come home for Thanksgiving? How visible are those clear retainers? Does the piercing leave a visible hole?

10 pts. for best answer!

jerry answers:

Your nose is very tender I had mines done for 5yrs an took it out for 2days an it closed it never really heals yes the hole is visible becuz when they pierce it they use the piercing studs which are bigger the one u would actually want to wear like those little cute studs the clear ones do work pretty good but there your parents I think they would still notice

Joseph asks…

how long will it take for my navel ring to close?

i got my bellybutton pierced about 6weeks ago. My body rejected the piercing and I took it out yesterday, how long will it take for it to close up because i want to get it re-pierced in future this time with real gold ring.

jerry answers:

It depends on the person. Everyones body reacts differently. Ive known people whose holes closed in just a few hours, others it took a couple of days. Wait at least a month after it closes though to make sure its fully healed. It’ll hurt the second time though just cuz they have to go through the scar tissue. But if its something you want it’ll be worth it. Ive had my belly button repierced 4 times. Haha. So i understand how it goes :)

John asks…

How long would it take a healed lip piercing to close up?

I’m sixteen and plan on asking for snake bites, or some other obvious facial piercing for my seventeenth birthday. One of my mom’s main problems with this would be my grandma’s dislike of body modifications. However, I know there is jewelry specifically designed to make piercings less obvious, and should I wish to take out a lip piercing while around my grandmother for, say, half an hour to an hour… Well, how long would it take to close up once it’s already healed? Should I be worried?

jerry answers:

Well it is different for everyone but i had my labret pierced for about 8 months and i took it out just too change it (it was the 4th time i had changed it) and it was only out for like 5 minutes and it was already starting to close up i had to jam it through several layers of skin. That has happen every single time. Maybe in a couple more months i will be able to take it out for longer but i wouldnt trust it for longer then 5 minutes now.

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Ken asks…

what do you think of this?

Christianity is a faith based on factual events which really happened in time and space. It is not a mystical faith based on good feelings. The miracles of Jesus were his calling card; i.e., the validation of his claim to be God. The resurrection was his proof of identification. Even more importantly, the death and resurrection of Jesus were God’s method for sinful mankind to stand forgiven before him. God’s nature demands payment for wrong, yet he is merciful beyond comprehension. How can these two contrasting sides of God be reconciled?

This article is one of many found within Mr. Malone’s excellent book, Search for the Truth. Without the factual nature of the resurrection, Christianity is nothing but smoke and mirrors; just another spiritual attempt to explain reality based on man’s opinions. In spite of the historical accuracy of the Bible, there have been many alternative explanations for the missing body of Christ. Liberal theologians have even speculated that Christ’s body ended up in a ditch. Yet Jewish law would have never allowed this. The two most prevalent to explain away Christ’s resurrection will be examined in this article.

The most popular excuse for rejecting Christianity is the idea that Christ did not really die on the cross. Although this has been suggested in recent years, no one who witnessed His death considered this a real possibility. The idea of a man reviving himself after he has been brutally beaten, nailed to a cross, pierced with a spear, and tightly wrapped with suffocating cloth is ridiculous. For such a person to push aside a huge stone and sneak past trained guards is ludicrous. Even more remarkable was the effect the appearance of Jesus had on his disciples. They were transformed from a group of sniveling cowards into men who traveled the world, preaching that Jesus was God and had risen from the dead. Because of their message, almost all died horrible deaths of torture. Merely changing their story would have spared them this persecution. They had absolutely nothing to gain and everything to lose if their story wasn’t true. Would a half-dead Jesus, who had dragged Himself from his tomb to their doorstep, have inspired this response?

The second attack on reality has been around since before the moment of the resurrection-the idea that the disciples stole the body. The religious leaders who had Jesus murdered feared this possibility and took the logical precautions to prevent this from happening. Guards were placed at the sealed tomb day and night. How could a group of “rag-tag” Jewish fisherman have overpowered a group of highly trained and motivated guards? How could they have moved a huge stone and sneaked away with the body unseen and unheard? The very fact that guards were posted adds credibility to the fact of the resurrection. If any of the details reported in the Bible were false, they would have been successfully refuted by the Jewish leaders. Although they tried they were unsuccessful in their attempt to discredit the facts of the resurrection. Evidence for the truth of the resurrection was apparent to the thousands who were converted to Christianity soon after the event. The rapid spread of this persecuted faith is perhaps the greatest evidence of it’s reality. The facts of the resurrection were checked by converts of that day and led to changed lives. They still do today.

Christianity has nothing to fear from those honestly searching for the truth. It is based on logical evidence surrounding real events in time and space.

jerry answers:

I agree with this assessment of the facts. Personally, I would explain the necessity of Jesus’ death a little differently: since the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23a), this means that there is a certain bond between the two. There are two ways around that:

1. Sin without death. The problem with this is that it offers no freedom from sin, only a prospect of eternity in separation from God (Isaiah 59:2).

2. Death without sin. This necessitates, of course, a perfect, sinless life for someone to give up. But Who is perfect and sinless (Matthew 5:48)? Certainly not we ourselves… (Romans 3:23)

So if we are to assume that the wages of sin equals death, this amounts to an assumption that God must personally take on a human life and then give it up. And He must actually die.

We are given hints in prophecies made hundreds of years beforehand as to

the manner of His birth – being born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14)

and death – something suspiciously like crucifixion, which was incidentally unknown at the time the prophecy was made (Psalm 22)

where His birth would happen – Bethlehem (Micah 5:2)

when His death would happen – ca. 33 AD (Daniel 9:25), and

what it would all accomplish – redemption from sin (Isaiah 53).

And if we read the gospels, we will find that these things did in fact happen in the person of Jesus. The proof of the pudding, however, that Jesus really is Who the writings in the New Testament claim Him to be, is in His resurrection. Which is yet another reason He had to die – so that He could rise *from the dead*.

So, His death is documented by the Gospels. The Gospel of John, in particular, gives certain details which make it certain that Jesus did die, stating that his words represent an eyewitness account. John informs us that before taking Jesus’ body down from the Cross, a Roman soldier pierced His side with a spear to ascertain whether He was really dead, and both blood and water flowed forth. In other words, His blood had already separated – one of the prime ‘symptoms’ of death (John 19:31-37, esp. 34-35).

So what is the conclusion? The resurrection shows that Jesus:

had life in Himself (John 5:26)

had authority to lay His life down and take it up again (John 10:17-18)

is the Son of God (Romans 1:1-4)

has the Name above every other Name (Philippians 2:9)

is the appointed one to judge all humanity in the proper time (Acts 17:31)

– in short, that He is Lord and Messiah(*) (Psalm 110:1; Philippians 2:10-11; Psalm 2:2; Acts 2:36).

To me, the Resurrection also represents assurance that the teachings of the Bible about how we are to live are right, and that God indeed has the power to do all He has promised for us. They show that the gospel is indeed the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes (Romans 1:16).

Michael asks…

How do you think of this excerpt of my book?

I usually just write a certain part of my book that pops in my mind, and can you guys please read it? I’m eleven, but that isn’t an excuse if my writing is bad. I can take any appropriate criticism for my writing. This is writing from scratch right on here. Hope you like it, oh, BTW, the main character’s name is Mist:

“We’re going to make it though this, Mist, just don’t loose me.” James whispered, his voice still straining.
“I’ll be OK,” I coughed. “Plus, when did you ever worry about someone or express any feelings?”
“I’m not emo.”
I had my cough attack again along with doctors running by my stretcher.
“Just p-promise me that you’ll be OK,” James stammered.
“I wish I had a video camera to take down those words,” I joked, and coughed again. “Yeah, I promise … are you OK?”
“You’re almost dead and you ask me that?” James asked, and then then was stopped outside the double doors by the annoying nurse from last week.
I now understand why many people has died in the ER; it’s so gloomy! White walls, smell of “too-clean”, and faceless doctors trying to save your life. The doctors took out the ten bullets in my body, and, when taking out the eleventh one out, they hit one of my main arteries, and my heart beat started to wear off, and they yelled for the crash cart.
“Charge!” warned Doctor 1.
“Go!” commanded Doctor 2.
My body jolt up lifelessly, and they tried again, knowing in their heads that I wasn’t going to make it.
“Charge!”
“Go!”
Again, my body jolt up, but I was still unconsious.
“Charge!”
“Go!”
It didn’t work. The monitor made the noise Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep meaning that my heartbeat was gone. I died.
*
The three doctors walked out, and saw James, cleaned up now and changed out of his blood-soak clothes, and gave him the bad news. James took it better than he thought.
“You just couldn’t save her?” he asked, but more talking to himself.
“I’m sorry,” said Doctor 1.
*
James was on the way back to the headquarters in the SUV Mist owned when his cell rang. He tapped the “answer” button on the screen, and put it up to his hear.
“Hello.” he answered.
“It’s me, Gabriel.”
“What’s up, boss.”
How is Mist?”
“Gone.”
There was silence at both ends.
“Bring her body to the headquarters ASAP.” ordered Gabriel.
“What?”
“That’s an order. Take the ambulence. Say it’s a government order.”
James was train not to ask any questions, so he hung up, turned around, and hit the gas.
*
“Hello James, er, and you, sir,” greeted Scott.
How is the procedure going?” Gabriel asked.
“It’ll take another seven hours, I’m afriad.” answered Scott. “But now, we’re entering in the serum. Are you sure you want to do this?”
“What are the risks?” James asked.
“Either her body rejects the change, and dies, or she develops the new powers smoothly,”
“So she either dies or lives,” James growled.
“Hey, at least you have a chance of her living again!” Scott said back defensively.
James scowled, but just stood there.
Mist was in the middle of the lab, strapped on a bed. All around her were technology and metal, holding things that usually surgeon doctors would hold. What caught James’s eyes was the needle piercing though her flesh, and injecting a purple subsance in her. Mist was now the lab rat.
“This better work,” Gabriel muttered.
“Well, this is a formula that we’ve never tried before. Well, technically not. We just tweaked it a little from James’s injection, since we couldn’t make the exact thing because all was lost.” Scott explained, and started typing in commands.
James was focusing on Mist, not letting anything bad get by his eyes.
How secure is this?” James asked.
“Procedure? I already told you—” started Scott.
“No, the room.”
“Oh completely. The intruder would have to get throught all those machines to get the Mist!”
“Then how do you get her out? Though those machines?” Gabriel asked.
“No, the machines will got back into the walls or ground and it would be just a normal white room.”
The other two men grumbled a reply, and stood and watched the procedure.
*
Seven hours later, the procedure was almost done because of a small delay of lunch and dinner. Scott, Gabriel, and James was tapping their feet impatiently for the prodedure to be done.
“Five more minutes …” Scott muttered.
“Finally!” Gabriel exclaimed.
Suddently, Mist’s eyes flashed open. The three men jumped, and backed up against the wall. Mist’s head turned, and surveyed her surroundings, and then saw the three guys.
“Let me out of here!” she yelled loud enough so that the three guys would hear her through the window.

jerry answers:

The idea is good and so is your general flow. A few things:
-The name, “Mist” makes me think of a garden hose setting. It’s not a name readers can easily relate to.
-Maybe take the number of bullets down to 4 or 5? What was she doing? Begging people to shoot at her? After two or three shots she’d be down, a scenerio where someone kept shooting at her (8 times) while she was down isn’t as believable.
-Cut down the dialogue while she’s being wheeled in, I like that she promises to stay alive but the teasing at the beginning isn’t realistic (and those trips don’t take that long- a few seconds at the most)

Daniel asks…

How about doing the work of proof?

Lee Strobel was a graduate of Yale Law School, and a prize winning editor of The Chicago Tribune. He was trained to investigate in both cases, and lived by the motto “If your mom says she loves you, verify it.”He was also an Atheist. Thought it was an ancient fairy tale for people to deal with death.
His wife started going to church and he went one Sunday, heard basic Christianity and did not come away believing. He decided to do the research himself, as he was trained to do as a skeptic of any story.
He spent a year and nine months doing research, talking to the most informed scholars, Christian and non-Christian and doing immense amounts of study.
What he found were four basic things. First, Jesus was indeed dead. He had been the recipient of a Roman beating… 39 lashes with a whip having bone and metal attached to it; which tears flesh and muscle away, and left him in shock. The crucifixion caused him to die by suffocation, and he had been pierced by Roman soldiers through the heart and both lungs before being removed from the cross, and water and blood were separated in his wounds.
This is important because Jesus said he was God, and that he would be raised from the dead, and would be the only person in history as such.
Second, the reports of his death and resurrection were immediate. not generation later as what could be considered a folk tale… which take 2 -4 generations. History accounts them from the time of his death for the next 3 years.
Third, the tomb where he was taken was found empty. The disciples would have risked their lives to try to take the body as it was guarded by Roman soldiers, and the entrance covered by a huge stone. The government wanted him dead, so they had no motive to move the body… but the stone was rolled aside and teh body gone.
Fourth, there are at least 515 people who saw Jesus in the 40 days after his resurrection. He appeared to groups, to individuals… he ate and walked with people. 515 people cannot have the same hallucination.

Strobel was overwhelmed and moved by all this after his studies, and stopped them. He had done the work as a skeptic and concluded.

If you doubt God, verify what happened. You can also know all this, and not receive it.

“Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God” – John 1:12

jerry answers:

Wow….515 and not one of them wrote a thing about it. That’s pretty impressive.

Steven asks…

Like it? Ten points for the best answer.?

1.The Balcony.

I couldn’t breathe. The rain bounced off the bare black trees, withered with age. Every time that I drew my lungs in for another attempt at the air it stabbed my throat and I moaned. I could see my short emancipated breath steaming ahead of me whilst I lay on a thick mantle of snow. The rain was causing it to melt and run down the hill of the cemetery, the old trees lacking the strength to take a sip, causing them pain to see it slip away from them so easily. The rain pounded so hard against my cheek and I couldn’t get up. My tears fell faster than the rain. The wind was fierce and it whistled through the black night like a wolf howling to the moon, the only light I had.

A lone black crow sat on the old tree, on a very old branch, singing its timeless and ear damaging song throughout the wind’s howl and the rain’s hammering beat. I sat up, the yard spinning for a few moments. When it all came together I looked to her grave and I screamed. I didn’t care how much it hurt my throat. I wanted her back so much and I would bring death for her life.
I was still clutching the red rose in my black-gloved fist and the thorns pierced my skin as the dagger had pierced hers. Annabelle.

My mind raced back to the night she was murdered. My little sister, only sixteen years old, with bright white curly hair and penetratingly dark black eyes that chilled me even though she was my sister who I had known my entire life.
She was wearing her favourite dress that night. It was a deep night blue, her favourite colour, made of silk with an elegant waterfall like train falling behind her.

She always used to sneak out at night, when the sky was a perfect black with only the moon and stars visible in the sky. She used to put on the blue dress and go on top of the hill, the hill with only one beautiful tree, looking straight up at the moon and she would lie there until the sun began to rise.
I had a dream of it the night she died. Someone was waiting behind the tree on a clear night.
I thought it was just a dream. If I had told anyone they would have either thrown me in to an asylum or accused me of witchcraft and I would have been killed.

He saw her lay her head down on the damp green grass and he pulled out his dagger. She was softly singing a song and she never had a chance. He was a smart looking man with slicked back black hair and perfectly chiselled features, quite a tall slender man. He wore a black suit and I could distinctly remember how shiny his large black shoes were, catching the moon’s reflection like a black lake. He walked up to her and her face was coated in his shadow. She looked up just as he drew back the dagger. She couldn’t even scream; she was that scared. He stabbed her just once through her heart and she cried only one tear before her heart failed completely. He killed her and he was never caught.

I constantly fantasized about finding him and ripping out his cold heart, stabbing it before his eyes. The last thing he would see would be the rage of a mourner.
I stopped. I didn’t know who I was any longer and it terrified me, just as the black sky did. I would have wanted him to turn up, but I would never kill him. I would want to threaten him, to hold a knife his body and tell him this; that I never would and neither would my sister. It was too late though. I didn’t act upon my dream and it got her killed. She died because just like every human on the planet, I dismissed it. I didn’t think to dig deeper, to find the truth in it. I was so stupid. I banged my fist on the black grass and stood up, the wind blowing brunette curls in my face.

I began to walk down the steep hill in my black lacy dress, corseted so tightly that I couldn’t feel that part of my body.

My mind raced back to the funeral as I trudged through the mud filled grave yard. It was horrible. It was raining just as heavily, the sound bouncing off the metal casket, making it even harder. She had told me about a year before her death that when she died she was undecided. She didn’t know whether she wanted to be cremated or buried. She was scared of being cremated in case her soul was burnt and she ceased to exist altogether, no chance of getting to heaven or being reincarnated. She said to me that she spent her whole life in a box though, trying to see the world as a free person. She was just the little rich girl from London though; we both were. That was why she went up the hill. To dream.

She took me with her once. She walked in to my room with a candle and woke me, telling me that there was a most beautiful place. I walked up with her and what amazed me first of all was the lone tree, with its bright green leaves and thick, twisted trunk. She told me it reminded her of me and when I asked her how she replied, “It is secluded, suppressed and completely lost. It’s alone Hero.” She looked to me as though she felt sorrow for my life. I was alone but I enjoyed being secluded.

I never went to the h

jerry answers:

“The last thing he would see would be the rage of a mourner.”
…Love It!
I like your writing style, its very poetic and i really want to read more of the story!! Could you post it up on www.WrittersCafe.org or something? I really want to read it!
The only criticism i can think of is that you use “i” in too many sentences. I find i do it too when i’m writing i’m first person but it kind of kills the mood.
Hope this has helped :) xxx

Richard asks…

Feedback on my story please?

Olympic Spirit

Smiling like a masochist, I watched the gun go off. Like hares from a fox, the runners began. The audience cheered, their faces lit up with delight.
They’d been cheering for me, too, that night.
The night I died.

I’d been on my way home, the flush of victory buzzing through my brain, limbs still aching from racing. I couldn’t concentrate, crossed the road, checking quickly for cars, then hurrying on, like the crowds around me. My sights set on home, I got into my usual rhythm, feet pulsing a beat against the tarmac pavement. I turned down my usual alley, senses on high alert, and surveyed it before continuing. The darkness was unsettling, a cloak on my sight, but I pushed it from my mind. Not important. Darkness wasn’t anything new – I shouldn’t be afraid. Maybe my sixth sense was warning me of what was about to transpire, or maybe I was just on edge. Either way, I was uneasy, and something was about to take place. The silence was unnerving, so I plugged myself in to my ipod and lost myself in the steady rhythm of my music.

Humming as I walked, I relaxed a little, remembering how I’d won the race earlier, and feeling proud. I smiled. Mustn’t let it go to my head. The Olympics were coming up soon – I’d have to train harder than ever – but I knew I could win. The only person who had any chance of beating me was a man named Jack Pullman; a vicious, arrogant person, disliked by all. I knew I was the favourite to win already, although the Olympics hadn’t yet begun.

CRASH!

Lost in my thoughts, I’d walked straight into someone, knocking them into a stack of bins. The man’s coat was half off, and his glasses askew as he sprawled in the slime.
‘Sorry! I’m so sorry!’ I apologized hastily, guilt etched across my face.
‘I wasn’t looking where I was going’ embarrassed, I bent to help the stranger up, but suddenly found myself face down in the rubbish, rotten scents filling my nostrils.
A high, piercing sound escaped my throat.
Why was I screaming?

The pain hit me. Sharp, searing, agonizing. Like lava. Pain. Heat. Like a wild animal, tearing me limb from limb. Being hit by a lorry then falling from a cliff. Acid.

It hit me again. Equally unbearable. Again, again, again. Needles, pulling my skin from my body. Poison, pouring through my blood.

Then it stopped. Floating on clouds, downy white, soft. Warmth, not heat. I looked around, saw something horrific and mangled. It used to be a body.
‘Police!’ Someone, help!
A macabre fascination drew me closer, morbid in the extreme. I reached out to turn the body over – where were my hands? Grim truth began to dawn.
I shuddered, ran back with disgust. That was my body! What?
My body

And then it hit me. I was dead. Gut-wrenching tears began to gush from my eyes. (Did I have eyes? I supposed not, but I could still see, so maybe they were invisible) I was nothing more than a ghost.

That’s why I’m here now. The Olympics. What I had always dreamed of doing, determined to live my dream through death. I watched the runners start, and grinned. I could watch, even if I couldn’t race. They were so fast! Had I really been part of that? No, I reminded myself, I’d never been a sprinter. I cheered as a man crossed the finish line seconds before the others; though I knew no one could hear me. The next race began, and I watched the runners chase their dreams.

It could have been me, down there, running for gold, Someone I didn’t even know had taken that from me – it has been stolen – my life. How could something so precious be taken so easily?
The thought made me angry. What was the point?

Then I saw him.
He looked different, clean shaven and without the glasses, but it was him. I heard his name, announced by the commentator for all to hear.
Jack Pullman.
Indescribable malice filled my veins, and I glared at him with hawk’s eyes of hate. It didn’t matter that no one could see me. I was sure they could feel my loathing.

He couldn’t win. I wouldn’t let him. I didn’t know how – I probably couldn’t. But this man, cruel and evil, was not worthy.

I willed myself to the track (an unexpected perk of being dead) and stood – floated? – in front of this disgusting being. His muscles were twitching in excitement, and his eyes, filled with anticipation, were dark from adrenaline rush. The gunshot went off, and he set off, straight past me, eyes fixed on the goal.
I hadn’t even been noticed; how on earth could I stop him from winning?

I willed myself ahead of him, but again, he ran straight past. It was so frustrating! I tried again, with the same effect. For a second, I stopped to think of a tactic. None came. I moved to about twenty metres in front of the monster, and wished with my whole consciousness that I was visible. Nothing happened. I watched helplessly as he ran closer, willing myself to exist.

Suddenly, his face paled. A look of shock danced across his face, and he ran straight into me – through me.
In that instant, he froze. Not in the metaphorical sense; literally, ice crystals formed on his eyelashes, and a layer of frost covered his skin. I was so shocked, waves of hysteria broke over me. To be honest, the sight should have been comical to anyone who saw it. Hearing no laughter, I looked around.

The crowd was murmuring ominously, until the sound broke into a tumultuous roar of confusion and panic. The other runners had finished racing, bewilderment clearly written on their faces as they mopped the sweat from their brows.

I didn’t care what happened next. Didn’t care that I’d be written in the world’s newspapers – ‘Olympic Spirit?’. Didn’t care that I’d be in the world’s history books forever.
I was indifferent.
I had won.

So we had to write a story, under 1600 characters, under the title either ‘Olympic Dreams’ or ‘Olympic Spirit’ I found both these topics really uninspiring, as I’m not exactly into sports ^^’ Any feedback on what you like, didn’t like, improvements, mis

jerry answers:

It sounds good and a great start to a novel. Very well written. My only issue is where you go from here. Your dead, alone and no one to talk to. At the moment you know inevitably what’s going to happen and it needs more for you to continue, otherwise people will think “this is boring. Let’s go back to what I know is good” and, immediately your career is ruined.
If you develop it, this could be very good.

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February 2nd, 2012

William asks…

How much does it cost to get a lip pericing at bodified: body piercing shop?

I want to get my lip pierced at bodified.. but i dont know how much it’ll cost me…Please help
How old do you need to be to get it done without a parent/gurdians permission?

jerry answers:

Like sixty dollars

James asks…

how old do you have to be in texas to get a body piercing?

I live in Dallas,Texas and i want to know how old do you have to be to get a body piercing with your parent?
I want my cartilage,nose and maybe tongues if my mom will allow tongue cause she didn’t like the tongue idea,but the rest she said i could get.

jerry answers:

16 with a parent
18 without

Michael asks…

What is the least painful body piercing?

I’m getting my tongue done soon & I’m just wondering if it’s close to the bottom. an how does the pain compare to that of a navel/bellybutton piercing? I’ve got that already.

jerry answers:

It’s definitely close to the bottom. On a scale of 1-10, can I pick 0? It really doesn’t hurt, so don’t worry about it. Don’t over think it, just enjoy your new tongue piercing!

Robert asks…

how do you become a professional body piercer?

i have had plenty of expirences piercing people and being pierced. i know every popular peircing and unique ones, i know the symptoms and how to treat a infected,rejected,etc piercing, any help on how to get the degree on body piercing? im not sure. how long? thanksss

jerry answers:

You need to get an apprenticeship with a professional piercer who has a lot of knowledge and experience. An apprenticeship usually lasts about a year.

Richard asks…

How old do you have to be to become a body piercing apprentice?

Im seventeen right now. Do you think im old enough to become an apprentice or do i have to wait until im 18?, thanks a bunch

jerry answers:

If you just want to be a body piercer, I don’t think you will get overly far in it alone. If you are really set on it then go to every piecing place in town and ask about becoming an apprentice. You should take some health courses and some certificate for infection control ( I think that’s what it was called). Look around on the internet where you can get such a certificate near you. If you have all that, you should have a piercing or two yourself. People aren’t going to take you seriously if you won’t even get one. If you have all that down and ready, it shouldn’t matter how old you are… But it’s really up to the person who will apprentice you. There isn’t a real right answer you are going to find on here, just general advice. Your best bet is to just go all over town and ask questions.
One more piece of advice I can give you is if they don’t care whether or not you trained and certified on the sanitary and health parts of it, then they probably aren’t going to be the best teachers for you,

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February 1st, 2012

Charles asks…

What song are these lyrics to?

Its the end of days, the end of nights
Its the end for you, out with the lights
Too hard to see, its outta sight
Too hard to breathe, dont try to fight

Commitin seven sins, Heaven wont let me in,
Satan offered up a contract so I grabbed me a pen.
I signed on the dotted line an sealed it with my blood,
Now I get no love from God or from the angels above.
I crawl from out of the shadows with rage inside of me.
I let the anger flow and murder everything I see.
Theres nowhere to run I can smell your soul,
Nowhere to hide from me, Im the one in control.
I was blessed by the demons to strike fear into hearts.
I can hear their voices screamin as Im rippin you apart.
It gets messy so I wipe my hands on my shirt,
Ive eased you of all yer pain,yer torment, an yer hurt.
Come with me an follow the path Ive chose to live,
I offer you eternal damnation, this is my gift.
Take it in and soon you all will see whats within me.
This is the insanity of a psychopath known as Bludie.

Its the end of days, the end of nights
Its the end for you, out with the lights
Too hard to see, its outta sight
Too hard to breathe, dont try to fight

Its murder when I grab up a mic
Its murder when Im grabbin a knife
Its murder an Im takin ya life
Its gonna be a bloody, bloody mess by the end of tonight

I wreck ya neck with my switch blade salute.
Better check yer set before i pop off an shoot.
Better knock off ya talkin before ya teeth get loose.
Better hide ya neck, cuz bitch I got a noose.
Better stock up ya chalk, ya got homies to trace.
Better grab up a mop, still blood all over the place.
Im like an animal thats been caged, poked with a stick.
Im like a cannibal chewin ya face, man, Im fuckin sick.
I been blessed by a dark being,I been graced with powers.
I get stressed an I start seeing yer face devoured.
Sometimes I try to let the voices not get the best of me.
But they keep mentally molestin me,testin me an questioning,
My beliefs and if Im evil enuff to keep up their blessings.
Man, Im stressing, cuz I wanna quit comittin evil, but
Lifes lessons taught me that I should murder all the people.
So I creep and I crawl makin my way down yer hall,
movin silent like spider, makin no sound at all.
Come up on yer doorway, take me a peek inside.
Tip Toe to yer bed then Im takin yer life.

Its the end of days, the end of nights
Its the end for you, out with the lights
Too hard to see, its outta sight
Too hard to breathe, dont try to fight

Its murder when I grab up a mic
Its murder when Im grabbin a knife
Its murder an Im takin ya life
Its gonna be a bloody, bloody mess by the end of tonight

jerry answers:

Hmm… I can only find those lyrics on this site:

http://my16bars.com/bar/6787/End-Of-Days-Done.html

My guess is, it’s by whoever “bludie1″ is.

I’ve never heard this song, so I don’t know if it’s on the radio. It could be.

Mark asks…

Lyrics quiz! How much do you know?? [Intermediate]?

Just name the song and artist if you know them: (NO CHEATING!!! Then it becomes pointless!) Some of these songs might be really obscure…Good luck!

1. “City gates won’t open up for me/On these broken wings I fall and all I see is you…”

2. “You poor sweet innocent thing, dry your eyes, and testify/And oh, you love to hate me, don’t you honey/I’m your sacrifice….”

3. “Please, please forgive me/But I won’t be home again/Maybe someday you’ll look up/And barely conscious, you’ll say to no one…”

4. “One way leads to diamonds, one way leads to gold/Another leads you only to everything you’re told/In your heart you wonder which of these is true/The road that leads to nowhere/The road that heeds to you”

5. “There’s something inside me that pulls beneath the surface/Consuming/Confusing/Against my will I stand beside my own reflection…”

6. “I will never let you fall/I’ll stand up with you forever/I’ll be there for you through it all/Even if saving you sends me to heaven…”

7. “At the center of the earth, in the parking lot/Of the 7-11 where I was taught/The motto was just a lie/It says “home is where the heart is” but what a shame/’cause everyone’s heart doesn’t beat the same/It’s beating out of time…”

8. “I’m Miss Bad Media Karma/Another day, another drama/Guess I can’t see no harm/In working and being a mama/And with a kid on my arm/I’m still an exception…”

9. “Burning on/just like a match you strike to incinerate/The lives–of everyone you love/And what’s the worst to take/From every heart you break/And like a blade, you’ll stain…”

10. “I’m a man of the land,/I’m into discipline/Got a Bible in my hand
and a beard on my chin/But if I finish all of my chores/And you finish thine/Then tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1699!”

11. “What if I wanted to break/Laugh it all off in your face/What would you do?”

BONUS:
“Winter has come too late/Too close beside me/How can I chase away/All these fears deep inside?”

“The words have been drained from this pencil/Sweet words that I want to give you/And I can’t sleep/I need to tell you/Goodnight”

jerry answers:

1. Savin’ Me – Nickelback
2. Sweet Sacrifice – Evanescence
3. Missing – Evanescence
4. Pilgrim – Enya
5. Crawling – Linkin Park
6. Your Guardian Angel – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
7. Jesus Of Suburbia – Green Day
8. Piece Of Me – Britney Spears
9. Helena – My Chemical Romance
10. Amish Paradise – Weird Al Yankovic
11. The Kill – 30 Seconds To Mars
12. Exile – Enya
13. You – Evanescence

William asks…

Rate my lyrics please…..(scale 1-10)?

Dear Cody
My therapist gave me this journal and said I should right to you as if you were still alive
I got pissed until I realized I should give it a try
You always said I’d be fine, if I could find the peaceful beat of my mind,
I’d have a peaceful sleep at night but that’s just some peaceful speak at night
Another lie to keep me happy right?
Another try to keep me from being sappy right?
The doctors said it’s not healthy for me to think like this all the time
But they never saw their hero deathly ill on the brink about to climb
Up into the heavens, I remember sitting in your room 24/7 next to you
Your pulse meant you’d be gone by 11 but that wasn’t true
You were able to make it to noon

Dear Cody
I broke down crying today, remembering you dying that day
Remember when john was in a coma you said he’d be flying someday
And then I thought if you guys were flying the same way
Then this freshman walked by named Jay; talking about how hard he has it
I slammed him to the ground held his head and almost smashed it
Bashed it, threw him in a cark trunk and crashed it
But that’s bad $#!t, those are just bad habit’s I have under control
Mean while I’m on top of him stuck in a battle mode
Conflicted between what you taught me and ripping this kid a new @$$hole
Between the cheers and the fears I decided to walk away
But I didn’t do it proudly because I almost lost my way
And now I’m thinking doubtly if I’ll make it another day
My vision is becoming cloudy and I wont make it through another Jay

Dear Cody
How come you left me dude? What the hell is wrong with you!
I thought you we’re suppose to be a superhero
Do you know how many brothers I have left? Zero!
Remember the R.I.P. list on your chest? Well now its on mine!
I was able to find a guy who does it an alley I tallied 6 names from my mind
You, Michael, Matt, Steven, Mathew, and John
I already regret it and I want it gone!
You all just left me, and expect me to be all right?
That doesn’t matter because I took a whole bottle of downers, so I can fall tonight
I can already see the light; I can’t wait to see you guys
You bass****!!! It didn’t work all I did was sleep and now I’m late for work
Why won’t you guys let me die, I tired in this life so let me fly
Damn it how come I’m alive and your not
**** It there’s no brothers for me to see in a box

Dear Cody
I’m to depressed to continue this journal thing
When I’m happier I’ll resume this thing,
But first I need to deal with this internal pain
My girlfriend said she is worried about me
At first I took it as though she doubt’s me
But she just love’s me: she did right a poem
And though I’m mean right now, I did say it was lovely
By the way I’m getting clean right now
It feels good to be able to get treatment
I don’t have to keep any more secrets
And I don’t have any more regrets I get emotions fully
I’ll right you again when I emotionally can
Although I do finally understand, what you said
When I couldn’t get johns death outta my head
“Life is a roller-coaster ride, and then you just die
There’s no brakes to stop, up down up down and then you drop”
there not ideas, its my life.

jerry answers:

First version seems more polished and more GP..versions 2 & 3 more raw and R…version 4 too pop and emo…none of these matter anyway as long as you have an excellent tune to accompany it..

Robert asks…

?What you think about My Lyrics???

I’m afraid of what can happen with me
Something is not right,within me
Should I go somewhere,should I do something?
I don’t know what’s happening here

chorus

Floating in the ocean
I can’t breath the air that’s around me
It’s cold,there’s no one to hold
I’m not close of the light,could someone save me?

I’m feeling weak,calm,lazy
This is how I feel
no one comes to save me,noo
nobody ever taught me to heal

The strength of thought
Makes me feel stronger
but something is telling me
That something is wrong,I’m not feeling better

chorus

Me,myself and I
All alone tonight
watching the moonlight
I’m just waiting,to see the sunset
but maybe,until then,I won’t be alive

Noo,noo,noo,noo
===============
I’m from Brazil..=D

jerry answers:

They sound pretty good. There could probably be some work done to make it flow better, but keep it up. Good job

Joseph asks…

Can you guess the song and artist from these lyrics?

1) Hold on, slow down, again from the top now, and tell me everything
2) Is this is dream, if it is, please don’t wake me from this high
3) I’m outside your house, but I’m not in your head, and you’re not even listening
4) And hey darling, I hope you’re good tonight
5) Every time we lie awake, after every hit we take
6) I’m sitting here all by myself just trying to think of something to do
7) The road I walk is paved in gold to glorify my platinum soul 8) It’s been so long I’ve been out of my body with you
9) Let me in from the rain, don’t you let me go again, let the water run down my face
10) Happiness hit her like a train on a track
11) Well if you wanted honesty that’s all you had to say
12) We take 3 steps forward and 3 steps back, she says I don’t like the way your dressing
13) My tears run down like razor blades, and no, I’m not the one to blame, it’s you, or is it me
14) September never seems this cold, and where I come from and you know, I’m not one for complaining
15) She lives in a fairy tale somewhere to far for us to find
16) I won’t suffer be broken, get tired or wasted, surrender to nothing or give up what I started
17) I am comforting, but I still have my moments, baby, that’s just me
18) Its Christmas eve and I’ve only wrapped 2 f.ucking presents
19) Lights out, I can see the evil in your eyes, f.uck you, I can even see it in your smile, f.uck yeah
20) Caught off guard, all worked up, the air is as dark and cold as night
21) I watched the sun fall down to kill the day, another part of me went up in flames
22) We’re gonna die like this you know, miserable and old
23) I don’t care what you’re thinking, I don’t care what your seeing
24) I wanna have the same last dream again, the one where I wake up and I’m alive
25) I must say, its an nice day, when the leaves start to turn there’s so much to learn from the free way
26) Back at school they never taught us what we needed to know, like how to deal with despair and someone breaking your heart
27) The bridges have crumbled, the water soaks into rocks
28) Out the door just in time, head down the 405, gotta meet the new boss 8am
29) Thank you for being such a friend to me, oh I pray a friend for life
30) I open my eyes, I try to see but I’m blinded by the white light
Barbie, not necessarily…
I’m just not the one for chav music ;)
Jessica

3 and 12 are wronggg

jerry answers:

1) Rise Against – Ready to Fall
2) Kelly Clarkson – You Found Me
3) Taylor Swift – You’re Not Sorry …maybe? :P
4) A Day To Remember – If it Means A Lot To you
5) Three Days Grace – I Hate Everything About You
6) Plain White T’s – A Lonely September
7) Innerpartysystem – Don’t Stop 8) Rob swire – Ghosts N Stuff
9) We Are The Ocean – Nothing Good Has Happened Yet
10) Florence And The Machine – Dog Days Are Over
11) My Chemical Romance – I’m Not Okay [woooo:D]
12) Kids in Glass Houses – Me Me Me
13) Secondhand Serenade – It’s Not Over
14) Taking Back Sunday – Great Romance Of The 21st Century
15) Paramore – Brick By Boring Brick [woooo:D]
16) 30 Seconds to Mars – Attack
17) Demi Lovato – La La Land
18) Blink182 – Happy Holidays, You Bastard
19) The Blackout – I’m A Riot? Your a F.ucking Riot!
20) Box Car Racer – Letters To God
21) Madina Lake – Legends
22) Taking Back Sunday – Number Five With A Bullet
23) The Blackout – I Don’t Care
24) Angels and Airwaves – The Adventure
25) Sherwood – The Town That You Live In
26) Brand New – Seventy Times 7
27) Story Of The Year – Sidewalks
28) Lazlo Bane – I’m No Superman [woooo:D]
29) Flyleaf – Broken Wings
30) Simple Plan – How Could This Happen To Me
Mmm<3

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