You know what REALLY grinds my gears? When different places of work are cool with tattoos showing but not piercings. In all reality it’s all the same. They’re both a body modification. I just had an interview for a hostess position at TGI Fridays, and the guy told me my nose piercings would have to be covered up or taken out. And when I worked at The Body Shop I had to take all of my piercings out. (The funny thing about that company is that tattoos were allowed to show!) Honestly I find this issue a form of discrimination on its own. And I really don’t think I’m taking it too far by saying that. How are my piercings affecting my ability to do a job? My piercings have nothing to do with my personality. My piercings don’t make me a bad person. As far as I’m concerned if tattoos can show, then why must piercings be insisted on being covered up? Are they offending anyone? No. Then why is it a problem? We’re in 2014. Why is something so minuscule still such a big deal? Aren’t there more important things to worry about in the hiring process than a few facial piercings? It’s absurd. Rant over. -Sarah
Dr. Evermor’s (The greatest place on earth)
I thought it would be fun to share some pictures from the coolest place I’ve ever been in my life: Dr. Evermor’s sculpture junkyard. My family visited this wonderland when we were vacationing in Wisconsin this past summer. Dr. Evermor is a former demolition expert who spent years collecting machinery and scrap metal for all of his amazing sculpture projects. He is best known for his 300 ton sculpture called the Forevertron (you can see bits and pieces of it in my pictures, it was way too big to be photographed completely by my iPod. I’d highly recommend googling it so you can see it in all of it’s 50 foot high glory!) Dr. Evermor apparently made this sculpture to “launch himself into the heavens” after he passes away. The sculpture park is open free to the public and closes every night at sun down. If I could, I would spend every day there. There were so many incredible sculptures and projects to look at, and everywhere you turned, a new discovery was made. I would give anything to be able to sit in the tea house gazebo located in the Forevertron and write all day, or just sit there and think, and take in the amazing surroundings. If you’re ever in Wisconsin do not, I repeat DO NOT pass up the opportunity to visit Dr. Evermor’s. And if you do go there, I’m sure you will join me in saying that it’s one of the best places in the world. -Sarah
Body mods

If there’s one thing I love, it’s body modifications. The Pic Stitch above is of my three tattoos, “After the flood all the colors came out” is a lyric from Beautiful Day by U2. My favorite song by my favorite band. I got it the day I turned eighteen, much to my parents disapproval ;). I also have “Do I dare?” on my arm, which was my favorite quote in the book Night Film, which I highly recommend to everyone! My newest tattoo I got this month is from Jack White’s song Lazaretto and it says “When I say nothing, I say everything”. I plan on getting the goddess Isis pictured below my Pic Stitch as my major side piece probably this winter. I love her story. I love everything she stands for. As we delve deeper into this blog, I might talk about some of the reasons why her story touches my heart so deeply. She has a very significant meaning in my life and I’m very excited to have her with me for forever. Don’t even get me started on piercings though, because I could go on for DAYS about how much I looooove piercings! They were my first love. After begging my mom to take me to get my belly button pierced at fifteen, I was hooked. I’ve gotten pierced and repierced over thirty times. At the moment I only have my belly button, my ears, and my four piercings on my nostrils. I had to take all of my piercings out when I was the assistant manager at The Body Shop. I was SO pissed! The only ones I’ve gotten redone after that fiasco was my nose piercings. But let me break down everything I’ve ever gotten, just so you guys can see how much of a fanatic I am!!!
2 industrial bars going through my hips
8 dermal anchors on my hips (I had four done at once, and then another four when I got them redone)
8 dermal anchors on my collarbones (I had four done at once, and then, like my hips, got them repierced)
8 piercings on my nose (I had four done at once, then, like my hips and collarbones, got it repierced)
2 on my lip (snakebites)
4 on my ear
1 on my cartilage
1 on my belly button
Now do you believe me when I say how much I love piercings? Haha I would really like to get my septum done soon, and am also playing around with the idea of getting my snakebites redone. So many body mods so little time!!!! If you guys have any piercing or tattoo questions, please shoot me a comment! Also, if you would like to see some pics with my old piercings in, shoot me a friend request on Facebook (Sarah Mushenheim) Sweet dreams! -Sarah
Friend me/poke me ;)))
Sup guys! If you wanna keep up with my musings, feel free to friend me on Facebook. You can find me under Sarah Mushenheim. I am fully aware that my profile picture at the moment is of a certain Jim Bob Dugger, and rest assured…..I’m not him. Haha making that picture my profile pic was just me being goofy! That guy is such a looker ;))) so send me a friend request, if you wanna get nice and weird, feel free to poke me…. I just might poke back ;)) Have a good night crew! -Sarah
GOOD NEWS!
I’m SO happy to announce that I got my official acceptance letter from Tri-C community college yesterday! It might not seem like that big of a deal since it’s not a big, fancy school, but it almost brought me to tears. My very first college acceptance letter! Wow. I’ll be doing an online program to get my Associate of Arts degree, which should be a lot of fun! I played around with the idea of doing a business degree, but I’m definitely glad I went with something with a creative edge to it. I’m very, very excited to start this new chapter in my life! BUT WAIT….THERE’S MORE! On Monday of this week I put in my two weeks notice at PacSun. It was very hard to do, after four long years of working there, but I know I made the right decision to focus on my school work and myself. I’m very touched with the love that I’ve been getting from my coworkers. So many ‘I love yous’ and ‘I’ll miss yous’ and ‘it won’t be the same without yous’. So sweet. Once I get settled in with my school work I plan on getting a more low key job so I can still make some moolah, but not feel too overwhelmed with completing my school work. And I also still want time for a social life, which is very important to me! I hope that today brings all of you some good news! -Sarah
THANK YOU!
Guys! I appreciate your love and follows and likes and comments so very much! Thank you thank you thank you! Back in the day I used to write in my journal every night, and I always mused with the thought of trying to get my journal published. This blog is sort of like my way of doing that now, and it feels GREAT. Writing about anything from silly stuff, to sad stuff, to fashion, to makeup, to crafts, and to everything in between makes me feel so good and I’m so happy that I can share all of these musings with all of you! Have sweet dreams tonight and we’ll touch base again tomorrow with whatever is going on in my little red head! -Sarah
HUMP DAY!

Whatup readers! Just wanted to give all of you a Hump Day shout out before I head off to work! Let’s make today great. Let’s give a smile and kind words to strangers. Let’s do our best to not only make a good day for ourselves, but for someone else as well! Let’s pretend we’re camels and scream “hump day” as loud as we can!!! Happy Wednesday everyone! ❤ Sarah
Oh you crafty, huh?
My friends and I LOVE crafting!!! Canvas art projects have been our favorite thing to do while we hang out. There’s so many cute ideas on Pinterest, that I wanna make them all! (GOTTA CATCH EM ALL – POKEMON!) Seriously who knew that you could have a fabulous looking piece of art just by painting and glueing stuff down on a canvas?! I barely have half an artistic bone in my body, but these fun projects make me feel creative and artsy and I love it! My favorite craft though is definitely the melted crayon canvas. Particularly the one with the couple under the umbrella. So sweet. So fun. If you guys have any questions on how to make any of these, leave me a comment! And please comment some of your favorite canvas crafts so I can make them with my friends!!! Thanks! ❤ ❤
Music obsessions!
As promised, here’s some of my recent song obsessions. These are currently what I have playing on repeat:
The Knife: We Share our Mothers’ Health (Ratatat Remix)
The Wombats: Your Body is a Weapon
Everything Everything: Cough Cough
The Used: Bulimic
AFI: Silver and Cold (I’m seeing these guys in Pittsburgh in October!!!! SO STOKED! It’s gonna fulfill my angsty fantasies to see them play live!!)
Bear Hands: Bone Digger
Cage: Captain Bumout
Cayucas: High School Lover
Mona: Teenager
Magic Man: Texas
Arctic Monkeys: Stop the World I Wanna Get Off
Sir Sly: Gold
Grizzly Bear: Will Calls (Diplo Remix)
Capital Cities: Stayin Alive (such a fun remix on an old classic!!!!)
Give some of these a listen and let me know what ya think!!! -Sarah
The Strain
So my television obsession recently has been the FX series called The Strain. It’s based off of the trilogy written by the gorgeous minds of Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan. I just finished the trilogy after a solid month or so of plucking away at the 350 plus page books, and let me tell you: it was fucking crazy!!!! I’m not gonna give anything away, I promise….but jeez Louise! If you happen to watch the tv show and haven’t read the books, I can’t recommend them highly enough. I’m honestly not a huge vampire fan per say, but the unique take on the vamps in this series had me hooked. These vamps are absolute demons. With no sparkly skin and no teenage romance bullshit. So naturally, I loved them. The television series has been doing a terrific job of staying true to the books so far too, so kudos to that for sure. The tv show has also done a great job of hiring this sexy beast to be a cast member:

HUBBA HUBBA! That’s my man crush Monday right there 😉
What are some book recommendations guys? I need something new to start reading since I completed The Strain trilogy! I’m thinking of starting Gone Girl, the movie trailer for it looked intriguing. Have any of you read it? Is it worth my time? Leave me a comment and let me know! Have a great night! -Sarah
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