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Interests

  • General

    Yoga, nutrition, health and wellness, Mac computers, reading, writing, crocheting, movies, pets.
  • Music

    My other admission: I still love the eighties. And seventies, while we're at it. Oldies, baby--I love the oldies!
  • Movies

    Documentaries, Blade Runner, Idiocracy
  • Television

    No thanks! Okay, I admit it-- I like some series: ER, Nip/Tuck, CSI, Dexter, Six Feet Under, Bones, and Oz. Oh yeah, and Weeds.
  • Books

    Writers: Chuck, Chuck the Pahalaniuk! John Irving, Robin Cook, Lois McMaster-Bujold, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, Julie Smith, James Lee Burke, David Sedaris, Augusten Burroughs
  • Heroes

    My husband

Details

  • Status: Married
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: Los Angeles
  • Zodiac Sign: Leo
  • Children: I don't want kids
  • Smoke / Drink: No / No
  • Education: Some college
  • Occupation: Piercer/Author

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Blurbs

About me:

I'm the author of "The Piercing Bible--The Definitive Guide to Safe Body Piercing" (Random House/Crossing Press, May 2009).

I’ve performed over 40,000 piercings during my career since the 1980s when I began piercing professionally at the first piercing specialty studio in the United States. I am renowned in my industry as a pioneer for inventing a number of piercing placements and helping to bring the art from the fringes of society toward the mainstream.

For over 12 years I owned and operated my own piercing studio in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The business closed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. My husband and I relocated to the Yucatán in Mexico, where we reside with seven dogs, a cat, and a pygmy owl.

I currently serve on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Piercers as Medical Liaison, and I’m a recipient of the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the organization. I write a monthly column for the body art industry trade publication, Pain Magazine.

The Piercing Bible

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