get more tattoos

I’m not sure of the last time I updated on this goal. I now have 4 tattoos. I have the big butterfly on my lower back (has a lot going on, but I designed it and it has a lot of meaning) that I must have mentioned. On my right ankle I have the Billy Joel lyrics “I’d rather laugh with the Sinners than cry with the Saints” and the Japanese symbol for music under it. On my left hip I have a moon with a bunch of stars and stuff going on (was my first one) and on my left wrist I have a couple of hearts and curly cues. That one has a lot of meaning as well, as simple as it sounds. But hey, those are the best kind.
I’ve been wanting to get a sparrow on my other hip. Been thinking bout it for quite a while. Well, my mom decided she wanted a tattoo as a Mother’s Day/birthday present from my brother and I. So I took her to get it done last week. She is THE LAST person you would expect to see get one. I won’t even go into it.
So, I took her to Starlight Tattoo in Pequannock. We went to their website and they have pictures and profiles of all the artists. We checked them out. We got there and the artist available was perfect for my mom. He was in his late 40’s (she’s in her early 50’s), has a few tattoos but is not covered, didn’t have piercings, etc. He was chill and they ended up talking about “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives”. So, yea. But…then there was the other artist. Hot. When we went back after the consultation to get it done, he wasn’t busy so I went and talked to him and made my appointment with him. Yay :D So now, as he put it I’ll be “evening out”. Woot!

So I went down the shore with my boy this past weekend. Last year on the boardwalk (in Wildwood) we got the Japanese kanji for music on our right ankles (cuz we’re both musicians and its our lives :) ) This year we both got one of our favorite lyrics above the symbol.
My boyfriend got the line “Mark My Words and REmember Me” from Lamb of God. I got “I’d rather laugh with the Sinners than cry with the Saints” by Billy Joel. First writing we’ve gotten on us. They look niiiice.
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So, I’ve done a lot of thinking about the whole tattoo issue. I’ve already got one on my left hip, my right ankle, and my lower back. I don’t want to go too crazy…so I think I’m just gonna get one more (of course I say that now…).
Well, I want to add on to the one on my hip because it was my first one so I got something small, more to see what it felt like, etc. Then I want one on the back of my shoulder (I’m thinking the left side). I’ve found what I want to get too. (see the picture…what’s on the shirt…want to take that and make it my own. I designed my other tattoo myself, it makes a lot more personal). Its hard to explain why I want that…but trust me…its not just because “its cool”.