Hi, I'm Erica. I'M A CHICK! But it's ok, I promise I won't hurt you or give you cooties. Facts: I'm probably not impressed by your nudes (probably...) I love Avatar: The Last Airbender, LoTR, Deadpool, and Star Trek. I have an unhealthy mighty need for all of the Elder Scrolls games. I sing in a rumba-punk ska band. I obsess over my eyebrows and my hair because they're dramatic and unique and they make me feel pretty. So do my tattoos. I love pit bulls and terribly awesomely bad films. I'm a writer and blogger that covers everything from medical topics to BDSM and sexual education to fashion and lifestyle topics to music - whatever! I laugh way too long and way too loudly at silly things. Just a simple girl with a simple life. I like to chat and seeing messages in the inbox makes me happy. Lastly, mustard fucking sucks. Fuck that stuff in particular. Go ahead and message me. Promise I'm not a bitch, I just look that way. Bitchy resting face is real, you guys. GLITTER EYE UPDATES: Thought I was done at 11 updates - I was wrong! Update 12 had to happen. Lame. lol.
I'm even later to respond, but thanks! It ended up uprooting my whole life in the worst ways, but I'm super happy now!
Hi! It's been like 2 years since you left this comment (I kinda bailed on Imgur) but thanks for the wishes. I'm doing really good now! :-)
I'm still re-learning things cause I don't have depth perception/peripheral vision, but I'm REALLY happy. So I kinda did win the lottery??
I did land a new job writing for a celeb, new marriage, had a new baby, my hair grew back, and I'm really happy. It's been 6 years total and
LOL! I'm almost never on Imgur so I know it's been like a year since you left this comment. I have not won the lottery, BUT
lol Hi sorry I almost never get on Imgur anymore but yeah I'm here! It fucking sucked, it's been 6 years and I'm still re-learning shit
Could be either depending on the primary purpose.
no outlets wanted to actually talk TO ME DIRECTLY. They weren't interested cause the fake story was getting clicks. One or two did.
We tried SO HARD at first, but the story went viral and before we knew it my face was all over the internet, in magazines, etc. and almost
Some news site took my imgur pics and invented a story about me using glitter eyeshadow with mold in it. That story went viral.
The pain is STUNNINGLY TERRIBLE isn't it? That's why I'm so baffled when people try to tell me I'm lying and must not have gone to the ER.
I'm sure the students used it. Bascom Palmer is a teaching hospital and my case was a big deal because it was so unusual.
I have been summoned? Apologies for the lag. lol.
I did try for almost 2 years. At some point I had to move on. My life was defined by this one thing. It wasn't healthy.
SO embarrassed. I used to get REALLY upset. Made me feel like a constant burden. People had to learn to accommodate me. I didn't like it.
Learning to cope better with monocular vision. Still walk into things constantly. Spill things less. Have certainly learned to not get(1/2)
It's actually a decently complicated (and really expensive) process, but she does design "makeup looks" for me that make use of the eye.
I was wearing contact lenses when it happened. A new pair I had just put in that morning.
While it was floating around in all my eyeball goo. It took 2 surgeries before they even found the thing. Sequins are bigger. Easier to see.
I switched from glitter to sequins. A big part of what went wrong was that a single piece of glitter was almost impossible to find (1/2)
Was not eyeshadow. Was craft glitter from playing with my kid. Did end up causing the loss of my left eye.
is super low. I just happened to have a 1 in a million combination of events that sent things into a tailspin. I just got unlucky. (2/2)
Sorry! I try to swoop into these conversations before someone whips out the pictures. Potentially? Yes. Likelihood of injury like mine (1/2)
Yes! Adding "inspirational cyclops" to my resume.
Holy crap thank you
I have been summoned!
want to touch it at all because of how much the eye and the skin around it hurt from the acids in the meds. They were both chemically burned
goo that one of the medications left. I usually snapped pics when I was in the process of doing that. Most of the time I kind of didn't (2)
I was using about a dozen eye drops per hour at the point that most of these were taken, plus I had strict instructions to clean away the(1)
Prosthetic is a pain in the butt, but getting used to it. Fake story about eye went viral. Still singing with my band. Hair is purple. lol.