Hello to the world at large... and it is large (but getting smaller every day). I have recently had an eye opening experience I would like to share with the group. My son went to have his eyebrow peirced. It is my long held belief that the body you live in should reflect the person who lives in it and that art should play a part in this.

I have several peircings myself and a tattoo or two and still manage to be quite a respectable person who lives and works in a mainstream life style. In fact to look at me you wouldn't believe the things I'm into or the things I have done.

That said, I have always thought my son was a very mainline, very middle- of-the-road sort of guy, I never thought he would actually do the eyebrow thing! The really good part was that after his friends found out he was going some of them decided to come too. I like the fact that he has some very good and not so ordinary friends who would take the opportunity to do something a little out of the ordinary. I like his friends and I like his choice of them.

Well, they were all very brave sitting in the waiting room as one after the other went in to have their tongue,eyebrow or navel peirced and I must say I was very happy for them. It was an honour to have been invited to attend and they all aquitted themselves very well indeed, what a brave bunch. Boys, I'm sure you'll be able to talk properly soon... I hope. As for the girls, well, they were very tough too and didn't back out at the last minute (as I thought one of them might - that would be "Duckie" who got very quiet towards her turn but went through with it anyway... brave girl.) Both the ladies scored lovely bejewelled navels and they looked gorgeous, as women do. 

The more of my sons friends I meet, the nicer his group of mates appears to be. they are a very diverse group and each have their own foibles               -Sammikins I'm looking at you here and no, I am not buying you stuff!-

If you can judge a man by the company he keeps, then my son at 17 is a very well balanced and centered young man with a lot of good qualities... and one or two strange twists.... Sarah yes, you're one of the twists.

So I end the week proud and happy. Thanks world for being my audience.