On Sunday I got my WORD tattooed for Shelley Jackson's 'Skin' project. Since I first mentioned the project and my interest in it (after finding the initial link on Die Puny Humans) I have been found via google by other would be WORDS. It's been interesting to read the reasons that other people signed up for the project - a lot of them seem to have no other tattoos but the prospect of becoming part of a story in such a strange way has pushed aside any fear of needles. A few people who emailed me do have tattoos already and this seems as good an excuse as any to rush back to the tattooist. Getting inked is addictive. This is my sixth. Most people have been assigned words such as "and" and "the" which is to be expected but a lot of people have been hoping for a more interesting word. One phrase that kept coming up was "I don't want to have to get the word PENIS tattooed on my body..." I guess I was lucky: Now I need to send Shelley a couple of signed photos and I am officially a piece of literature. Weird.