Tattoo Meme...
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1. Have you ever cried during a tattoo? No, but I was in some serious pain during the session when the tree was being finished. I flinched pretty badly a number of times, in addition to making a lot of little involuntary noises. On the other hand, I was half delirious when I was having the outline done.
2. When did you get your first tattoo? November 23rd 1999
3. What was your first tattoo? The Chinese character for "fire" on my left shoulder blade, in a red/orange/yellow gradient (I plan to get it filled in solid red with some little flames on top.
4. Which tattoo is closest to your heart? They are all important to me, but while the fire tattoo is very significant, the hymn and the tree hold much more significance to me.
5. Do you have a matching tattoo with someone? Eww, no.
6. Do you have a tattoo that someone messed up on? There were some slightly messed outlines on the fire tattoo, but they were minor and I've since had them fixed.
7. Do you have anyone’s name tattooed on you? No.
8. What one was the most painful? The tree, especially the session when I had it finished- two hours with a needle on my spine, after being awake for nearly 24 hours, and having maybe five hours of sleep in the 48 hours before getting the work done.
9. How many tattoos do you have? 3- the fire tattoo I already described, the 21st Homeric Hymn to Apollo across my shoulders in Greek, and a cypress tree down my spine
10. Do you plan on being heavily or moderately tattooed? I have no particular plans. Tattoos will happen as they do.
11. Do you have a tattoo that you constantly have to explain? Heh...yeah. I spent the summer explaining the hymn 5-6 times a day.
12. Have you ever gotten an infection from a tattoo? No, eek.
13. Which one took the longest? The tree took about 3 1/2 hours altogether. The hymn, which most people guess to have taken several hours, only took 45 minutes and the fire took less than ten minutes (plus about an additional minute or two to fix the line)
14. What is the biggest tattoo that you have and how long did it take? Ummm....It's kinda hard to compare the tree and the hymn, one is text, the other is a solid design, but I've already commented on the time they took
15. Did you tell your parents? Yes...showed my mom the fire a few days later. Told her about the other tattoos at some point just before I started having the work done on them.
16. Do you regret having gotten any of your tattoos? no.
17. Would you consider ever getting any of your tattoos removed? no.
18. What are you going to get for your next tattoo? A sunflower, in memory of Alex...it was going to be my first tattoo, but that changed at the last minute. I've been working on another idea for another one past that, but I'm going to give that idea some time to solidify and make sure it doesn't become something else and be sure that the symbolism is going to retain its significance, though I am about 99% sure that that one is going to stick also.
19. Do you think members of the opposite / same sex with a lot of tattoos are hot? depends on the individual and the tattoos.
20. Are you unfortunate enough to have an arm band tattoo? I have not. Why would this be unfortunate?
21. How many people have tattooed you? 2
22. Do any of your tattoos have color? The tree and the fire.
1. Have you ever cried during a tattoo? No, but I was in some serious pain during the session when the tree was being finished. I flinched pretty badly a number of times, in addition to making a lot of little involuntary noises. On the other hand, I was half delirious when I was having the outline done.
2. When did you get your first tattoo? November 23rd 1999
3. What was your first tattoo? The Chinese character for "fire" on my left shoulder blade, in a red/orange/yellow gradient (I plan to get it filled in solid red with some little flames on top.
4. Which tattoo is closest to your heart? They are all important to me, but while the fire tattoo is very significant, the hymn and the tree hold much more significance to me.
5. Do you have a matching tattoo with someone? Eww, no.
6. Do you have a tattoo that someone messed up on? There were some slightly messed outlines on the fire tattoo, but they were minor and I've since had them fixed.
7. Do you have anyone’s name tattooed on you? No.
8. What one was the most painful? The tree, especially the session when I had it finished- two hours with a needle on my spine, after being awake for nearly 24 hours, and having maybe five hours of sleep in the 48 hours before getting the work done.
9. How many tattoos do you have? 3- the fire tattoo I already described, the 21st Homeric Hymn to Apollo across my shoulders in Greek, and a cypress tree down my spine
10. Do you plan on being heavily or moderately tattooed? I have no particular plans. Tattoos will happen as they do.
11. Do you have a tattoo that you constantly have to explain? Heh...yeah. I spent the summer explaining the hymn 5-6 times a day.
12. Have you ever gotten an infection from a tattoo? No, eek.
13. Which one took the longest? The tree took about 3 1/2 hours altogether. The hymn, which most people guess to have taken several hours, only took 45 minutes and the fire took less than ten minutes (plus about an additional minute or two to fix the line)
14. What is the biggest tattoo that you have and how long did it take? Ummm....It's kinda hard to compare the tree and the hymn, one is text, the other is a solid design, but I've already commented on the time they took
15. Did you tell your parents? Yes...showed my mom the fire a few days later. Told her about the other tattoos at some point just before I started having the work done on them.
16. Do you regret having gotten any of your tattoos? no.
17. Would you consider ever getting any of your tattoos removed? no.
18. What are you going to get for your next tattoo? A sunflower, in memory of Alex...it was going to be my first tattoo, but that changed at the last minute. I've been working on another idea for another one past that, but I'm going to give that idea some time to solidify and make sure it doesn't become something else and be sure that the symbolism is going to retain its significance, though I am about 99% sure that that one is going to stick also.
19. Do you think members of the opposite / same sex with a lot of tattoos are hot? depends on the individual and the tattoos.
20. Are you unfortunate enough to have an arm band tattoo? I have not. Why would this be unfortunate?
21. How many people have tattooed you? 2
22. Do any of your tattoos have color? The tree and the fire.
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Date: 2008-01-07 04:25 am (UTC)My big two are marks of my devotion to Apollo. The one that looks like it's coming after the sunflower (actually would be two, a pair of them) wuld be devotional also but not to Apollo.
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Date: 2008-01-07 05:28 pm (UTC)What's this Tattoo Museum? To get my grapes and my owl done, I want a VERY good artist, someone willing to work with me, and understanding of the religious and spiritual nature of the tats.
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Date: 2008-01-07 05:49 pm (UTC)The text looks a little blurry due to some graphic manipulation, but it's actually extremely sharp. Also, I don't have a picture yet of the tree since it's been colored.
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