Is Anyone Else Inked?
Friday, September 8th, 2006 - 4:30pm
It took me two years to gather enough courage to get my first tattoo. It wasn't that I was afraid of the pain, I was afraid of the fact that it is permanent and I might regret it later. I decided to just go for it and got a small music note on my right shoulder blade.
One month later I got the Smashing Pumpkins heart on my hip as an anniversary present to myself. It's hard to describe why the SP heart is so special to me, so let's just say that Smashing Pumpkins music played an important role in the beginning of my relationship with zero.
Both of our nicknames were adopted from SP songs. luna translates to moon, so last month for my birthday I got my third tattoo, a moon and two stars on my left shoulder blade.
Does anyone else have tattoos and want to share their pictures or experiences?
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Like everyone who's ever been twenty, I too once contemplated getting a tattoo. Never amounted to much, mainly because I am terrified of needles and pain and combinations thereof. I have trouble even looking at tattoos for too long, because then I start thinking about what went into it, and it gives me the willies.
However, I do like this story: When my grandfather could no longer fit his wedding ring onto his finger, he marched down to the nearest tattoo parlor and got a wedding ring inked on. It's not a particularly well done tattoo (it must be hard to ink a guy in his eighties). But my grandmother thinks it's beautiful.
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An indigenous tribe here in Mexico does that. They tattoo their "wedding rings" when they get married.
They also do other funky stuff like sit in a tent for 12 hours and do nothing but stare at each other's faces before they get married.
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Yeah, I've got a tat. It's a nickname of mine in Japanese (or as close to the right translation as I could manage). And before anyone asks, yes, I'm sure it doesn't say "$5 Sushi on Fridays".
However, I'm getting rather sick of the tat itself, so I've got some ideas for a larger tat to cover it up. Ideally, if the money comes about, I'd like to get a large dragon that goes from about the lower 1/2 of my bicep, snakes up and around my arm, and ends up with the head just over my collarbone.
Yeah, I know, ouch.
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There is a tattoo that Chiang Kai Shek's men got after they were kicked off the Chinese mainland and invaded Taiwan. It is of the Chinese character "ren" and translates roughly to "the ability to endure". The idea was that it is a reminder that the times would be tough, but to never let go of their dream of reinvading the mainland. Needless to say, most of the folks who got those tattoos went to their graves having to reconcile themselves to the idea that unification will probably never come on their terms.
When I decided to leave Taiwan after four very interesting years, I decided to get the same character tattooed on my upper arm. Partly, this was a reminder that I needed endurance to deal with the difficult task of readjusting to life in the US. Partly, it was just because it's freaking cool.
Interestingly enough, I have recently started long distance running and the tattoo is plainly visible whenever I wear racing singlets. Folks ask about it and I tell them it means "endurance" and they think they know why I got it. I guess it can mean that too. I'm actually happy I got one I don't regret.
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A dragon?
Dude....
Anyway, the best "Test" I heard for whether you should really get a tattoo, is to think about the stuff that was cool 10 years ago, then think about whether it is cool now, then wait 10 years and see if the tattoo you want is still cool. If yes, then get it done.
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Oh yeah i am addicted to the ink
i have half sleeves on both arms
most of my back done and ankles
i plan on more
right now i have spent over 200 hours in the chair and i allways want more.
the hard part is trying to find more ways to get inked and still be able to have it all coverd by a short slevel polo shirt.
It is fun when i go golf or the gym with people from work or customers and they see me with my shirt off they see all the ink.
totaly blows their mind. that some one who can be in the buisnss world can be into ink that much.
Most of my work is a mix of traditional Japanese blending with new school black and grey shading work.
My signature peice is the twin dragons forming a smoky ying yand in my back.
I have pic at home i can post if you are intereseted
I vote Zero gets the heretic symbol branded, er, inked onto his chest.
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This is why I will never get anything done. To much worrying over whether it'll still seem like a good idea in the future.
Though whenever I'm drunk, getting this tattooed on my left shoulder starts to seem like a really good Idea.
I just hope i never get sufficiently drunk next to a tattoo parlour.
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Don't hold your breath for that one.
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I don't know about anyone else, but every skin artist I know would turn you away if he so much as smelled a whiff of alcohol on you.
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Doesn't alcohol thin the blood? I believe that is the major reason why artists will not tattoo someone who is drunk. It's dangerous.
Yes, please do.
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Aw, come on. For the children?
Only four more years until the Pi around the bicep in binary tattoo is released from the coolnees quarantine zone, then.
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You first luna!
None for me, too Jewish.
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I wanted to get a full color tat of Guan Gong on my back, but the money, inclination, and reliable artist have never coincided. I sure as hell wouldn't trust just anyone to do something that difficult.
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Yes and no
some will turn you away others will not.
My 2 guys i get all my work done dont care.
they figure if you get drunk and regret it that is on you.
it does thin the blood but really you are going to bleep no matter wht if you are going to get anything done big.
I allways have a drink or two before a sitting.
i dont get drunk but somthing to dull the sense and relax for the next few hours that i will be enduring that pain.
The pain sucks dont get me wrong it hurts but the entire process is somthing on its own.
the pain the cool thing about being living art and having your skin canvass for some one's art is realy a cool thing over all.
that being said i dont think ink is for everyone.
I posted two.
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EDIT: Luna beat me to the punch.
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That's what they *say* they do in that tent...
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Some aren't that reputable. A buddy of mine got a tattoo of the boar's head from the label on a bottle of Gordon's Extra Dry Gin on his ankle. Guess what he was drinking.
I have the dreaded "Frattoo". I guess I regret it now, but it's also a reminder of an intensely fun 3-4 year blur that I like to refer to as Freshman Year.
EDIT: And Pale's story is great.
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Sorry! I was skimming for inline images and thought those were links to design pics. It's also been a very long day at work. Nice pics!
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Yeah, a dragon. I've always loved painting and pictures of dragons, and the only reason I didn't get one right off the bat was A) I couldn't find one that I wanted, and B) I was too chickens**t to go under the needle for more than an hour
Nope. Best test is whether or not you'll get sick of explaining the tattoo, and why you got it. Paleo's tattoo? Awesome reason for getting it, and my guess is that he doesn't mind explaining the reasoning behind it. Me? Bad idea, mine. It was interesting at first, but now, I'm sick of trying to explain why a Scottish descendant has Japanese ("no, it's not Chinese") characters on his arm ("yes, I'm sure it means what it says"), so it's time to fix the problem.
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I agree on the balls. Not a fan of the balls. -- wordsmythe asserting himself in OOC Theater
Clover's got a mantra in sanskrit on the small of her back that I love, love, love. I've wanted to get something for quite a few years now, but can never decide on what. I'm not an illustrative kind of person, so I'll probably get words of some kind when I finally go for it... maybe something in hebrew.
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Sort of ironic, isn't it, considering tattoos are not allowed in the Jewish faith. What were you thinking of getting? I vote for a tattoo of an arrow on your stomach with the words, "Insert Matzoh Ball Soup Here".
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I have 3 myself. One of them is a Star Wars tattoo.
Unfortunately, if I slash my wrist with my lightsaber it cauterizes instantly. - PurEvil on emo Star Wars plots.
I did not know that. Kind of like the irony though. You see so many people with Japanese or Chinese characters, I just wanted to think of something different. Now I know why I never see Hebrew tattoos.
No idea what I want, but the Matzoh Ball idea is genius on a stick.
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I always liked the idea of getting a model 29 or some kind of blade as a tattoo. But since I sold my model 29 a couple years ago, I can't see myself getting that. In the end, I'll think about it and never do it.
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Why do people often say 'Jewish faith' instead of 'Judaism'. Isn't Judaism the right term?
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Two.
I got the first one in the Marine Corps. It was basically a tradition in my platoon for everyone to get their "meat tags" (basically one's dog tag info). We got ours on our ribcage a couple inches below the armpit.
The second is on the outside of my right calf. I thought about this one for years. He's a certain Ducktales character who happens to share my name as well as my favorite color. Here's a pic of it shortly after I got it:
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I know my opinion doesn't really matter, but I believe that tattoos are crass and icky and buffonish.
I'd love to see all the people with the now-fashionable Chinese glyphs when we go to war with China in 10-15 years.
And bet that Crescent-and-star on Luna should be a hit with TSA, should airport security see it.
P.S. Paleo's Yakuza tattoo got him kicked out of some bars, I remember?
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