Maniacal Days

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Tattoo Me....me

Yup! The nice girl has tattoos! =oP

This meme thing was started with Mommy needs a Martini, then moved to POW, who knows who else posted theirs, but now I'm gonna play!

This was my first tattoo. It's a Grateful Dead Bear. It's on my lower stomach on the right hand side. I got it when I was 19. I went to go to a place in Carlstadt, NJ that was recommended to me by someone , and they were booked. So being a impatient teenager I went next door to the place that was empty and got it anyway. Cause, like, I wasn't LEAVING Carldstat WITHOUT ONE!!!

The guy laid me on a work out bench, which was about 12 wide (felt like 5 inches) and he started. I needed 2 breaks! He did the outline *break* then colored in the bear *break* then finished up coloring in the peace sign (yes, the bear is hugging a peace sign, I know the picture is bad, I took it from one of my belly shots...I was 22 weeks prego). Anyway, the whole thing is about 2.5 inches long. LOL and I needed 2 breaks! But, man it hurt....BAD......and that bench was DAMN uncomfortable!!

Then I wanted another one for years. I wanted a faerie. I LOVE faeries, but anyone who's ever emailed me pretty much figured that out. It took me a long time to find the one that I wanted. I didn't want it to be a pretty tinkerbell faerie....but I didn't want it to be ugly either. Finally I found it! It's on the top middle of my back.

And when I say "top middle" that's because it's on the top AND middle of my back, cause it's pretty big for a short person, which I am. It's a little bigger than i wanted it....but either way I love it! I love the stance she's in, I love that it has no color, I love that she only has 4 fingers on each hand. She's also a little prettier in RL than you can see in the pic, cause it's a little blurry. Just to show you the size, here is a picture of it in my wedding dress.

Yes I made SURE that I got a wedding dress that showed it off. And made the photographer get a least one picture with it in (not this one) anyway it ended up that it was the nicest picture and the one we ordered to be our large frame. I didn't get her till I was about 28, it took me that long to find one I liked. Good thing too, or I probably would have a couple more. So I only took one break with this one....and it's like what? 5 times the size? It didn't hurt as bad (it still hurt) except the part that was right on my spine (especially the face) did hurt and it vibrated my whole body.
I don't think there will be anymore though. Mike doesn't want me to get more...and I think maybe I'm done anyway.

Posted by Jenn :: 3:36 PM :: # 15 comments