the pain was strangely addictive. i’m no sadist, but i guess endorphins kicked in quickly for me, so i didn’t feel too uncomfortable. i’ve always liked tattoos because many of my relatives have had some done on themselves and i like the fact that you own a piece of personalised art. plus the fact that a tattoo is permanent (yes lasering is a way to remove tattoos, but they are still expensive and tricky), it makes you commit to something in a world that is so temporal. to me nothing in lfe is forever, but a tattoo.