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My daughter, Efthalia,
gave me my first tattoo as a present. I've always wanted to get
something... even if I am neurotic about WHERE it's going.
In many ways, I have this thing about traditional values... which is
also strange in that I have chosen a non-traditional religion.
Guess that means I've got some strange duality going on?
Anyway, the tattoo I
got is of Earth Mother, Gaea, my patron Goddess. Here is a pic of
what I had done:
Okay, first let me remind
everyone of what I have said previously... this is my first tattoo.
It is also my last and only tattoo. Took me
FOREVER to figure out an "appropriate" place to put it (in my
eyes)... and darn it!!That SMARTS! Why anyone
would voluntarily do this to themselves repetitively in beyond me!!
Nonetheless, I braved it out, and my
little Earth Mother is residing happily on my toe. So far, every
time I look at her, I smile and am reminded that I was created in the
image of my Goddess.
Finally having decided what I wanted,
and having found the courage to say, "Let's just DO it before I chicken
out," we headed off to Wareham to Sinners and Saints. I had
to wait about 45 minutes before they could take me. This only
increased my anxiety, naturally. But, when they called me, I was ready
to go.
Here's a pic of me before he began.
Special thanks to Efthalia for letting me break her hand -- as well
as taking these oh, so attractive shots of me.
Couldn't you have reminded me to put on makeup before we left the house
or found a better angle or something? I don't really look like
this, do I? Grin.
The stencil was put on, and at first,
it wasn't too bad. The outline was a piece of cake... sat there
saying, "I went through 12 hours of labor, this is just annoying..."
As the process went on, and he began
the shading, he hit a couple of places right on the bone that really
stung. This was the result... again, special thanks to
Efthalia for capturing this highly attractive moment for me. Grin.
I've been through worse, but it was, let's say... less than comfortable.
Here's the finished product:
As I said earlier, I do love my
little tattoo... She's beautiful, and special to me...
Thank you, Efthalia for giving me this
really awesome gift. :)
Thank you to Granite
for paying for me to have it done AGAIN because it's on my FOOT and the
first one didn't heal well... Pushin' Ink in Middleborough did a
FANTASTIC job retouching it and guaranteed the work! I made the
same faces as above AGAIN, by the way. But, Earth Mother looks
wonderful on my toe.
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