I got started with this sort of thing more than thirty years ago when I was a kid. Shannon: How did you discover this interest? It sometimes enhances sexual stimulation. It really gets my heart pounding when I’m piercing my breasts and or nipples. It’s also a kind of “mind over matter” thing. I frequently enjoy sticking pins into myself as an adrenaline rush as well as the satisfaction of an idle sadistic curiosity, I suppose. Shannon: Tell me about your play piercing interest? I couldn’t do a live subject, it would have to be a small replica or something. Hmmm… How about a hologram of a piercing for the cover? I only wish I were set up do industrial holography for mass production. But I’ve been out of the holography business for a few years due to financial reasons. You just bounce light off carefully placed mirrors, subject matter, and film. I chose to make holograms because there is no focusing involved. The United States Air Force medical division even did a medical documentary on my condition using video footage of me trying to read a book demonstrating another eye problem I, and many others have called “astigmatism” or something like that in which the eyes can’t fixate on a target very well, and move around too much to be able to focus properly. Fortunately, I have brown eyes which hides this a bit. The condition also affects the shape of the iris which gives me a “U” shaped pupil. It’s a congenital birth defect that involves the lack of cells that make up the light sensitive retina in some parts of the eyes, and is often mistaken for detached retina by less experienced eye doctors. This condition is called bilateral coloboma. My vision in the left eye is only finger count at four feet, and the right is only correctable to 20/100 with lenses, but still both eyes have the field of view loss, and blind spots. In my case, I only see bellow the horizon, and my side vision is very poor. I also have limited fields of view, and some blind spots. Legally blind means that I have some vision, but not enough to drive, fly a plane, or recognize people at a distance. I’m also heavy into video games to the extent that I’m building an arcade machine for my living room. I’m heavy into science fiction as well as science fact. I love classical music as well as all other forms of music like new age, light rock, pop, disco, and so on. I’m an A+ certified computer technician with an extensive background in holographic imaging for over fifteen years off and on, and I’m an amateur artist who sings classical choral music and opera. We finally settled in the deep south of Mississippi in 1981. I’m in my early forties, was born in Colorado, and moved around the country a lot as my folks were in the military. Shannon: Tell me a little about yourself. Because his play piercing interests developed independently and without outside influence, I think you will find it an interesting contrast to the standard play piercing that is currently popular. Thomas” was the artist behind the “ Pins and Needles” bonus gallery in BME/HARD (members-only link) until his diabetes made him decide that it might be best to put his play piercing interests behind him - as he writes, “I guess I’ve had my fun, and now that I’m approaching middle age, it’s time to leave the fast lane, and start being more careful.” In this interview we reminisce about his experiences in over thirty years of heavy play piercing, almost all of it in secret.
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