get more tattoos

I’ve got 5, I need to get my anchor behind my ear with Edi, and my flower on my back.

i have gotten more tattoos but i still want more!!!

After a lot of thought and a lot of reflection, I realize that I was in a full fledged manic when I got this tattoo. And I didn’t think it through. And I didn’t research my artist well enough. And now I’m paying for it.

After the last session with the original artist in which he took drugs, did 2 drug deals, and spent more time outside the room than working on my back, I decided I needed to find someone new. My sister recommended a man named Conan Lea of Voluta Tattoo in Indianapolis, and I am absolutely thrilled that I found him. He is like a breath of fresh air compared to the other artists I’ve met and worked with. His studio feels more like a spa than one of those nasty ink shops. There is no flash on the walls. Everything is calm and beautiful, and he is so incredibly caring and talented.

He and I talked about what I’ve got and where I want it to go, and I know I’ve put my trust in the right person. There are many, many hours ahead of me, but Conan is willing to give me plenty of time between sessions and is 100% capable of giving me what I’ve been hoping for for so long: a beautiful piece of art.

If you live in the Indy area, I encourage you to check out Conan and his team. His website is volutatattoo.com. You won’t be disappointed.

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!

yes, i want more tattoos. the only one i have that is not a rinky-dink small one is the cloud raining down on my arm and even that one appears very unfinished to me. i want to finish it off – get something wrapping around the back of it. i figured it out when i was in arizona and had a dream about rescuing a sea horse from the mafia. its a long story, but when i woke up i knew i wanted a sea horse, a yellow one, gripping onto a piece of sea weed or coral. in the same yellow i want a few bolts of lightning coming down from the cloud on the front of my arm. i remember reading something once, about how many sea horses die during thunder/lightning storms. because they are inside of the seaweed at the surface of the ocean being tossed around violently. my raincloud on the front says karma in sanskrit. and there are different ways to look at the implications of this. will i be protecting my sea horse, who is on the back of my arm, from the storm which is on the front? is the sea horse a symbol of our struggle to stand firm when life is knocking us about? is it the sea horses fate to be to live as a sea horse and die in the storm due to the choices made in a past life? do i just really want a sea horse and am tying it in whatever way i can? all of the above?
i have also decided i want to do my chest up, even if i do have to spend the rest of my teaching career wearing shirts that button up to my neck to cover it. im not 100% on the design itself but i know i want plants: ferns, blossoms, grasses, and little flying pollinating things, over my chest and stretching onto my shoulders. i am only giving myself a couple weeks to get one of these because i need to give it a couple of weeks to heal before going into the sun and the pool every day with my job at the science and nature summer camp. otherwise i have to wait for months to get it. i have alreay spent years not knowing what i wanted but knowing that i wanted something desperately. now that i have an idea i better run with it before i change my mind!

i WANT MAS… BUT
i NEED S0ME G00D
iDEAS FiRST…

got my first one a month ago…and i still want to get a couple more.

i got my second tatoo in december 2007.
now i want still a caligraphic letter, and a new one that symbolizes my love and the journey to my new man.
i have come off the idea of the lizard a little, but i might still do something there – close to that scar.

I have four hidden on my body and some permanent makeup done already…I’m currently having a 5th one drawn up to add to my very first one, and already have ideas for my 6th 7th, and 8th ones. OMG!

i just love tattoo