Hellloooooo tattoo! (Nette; IRC)

[bubosquared]

Running commentary on my day will resume in a moment. I simply didn't feel like doing this the long way. So, tattoo. Woohoo.

It was a bit of a hassle to get the design I had for the tatt to the right size, which I hadn't realised I was supposed to do. So it was half past ten by the time I got back to the tattoo shop, and then i had to wait almost an hour for the customer before me to finish. For all my hyperactive nervousness during the afternoon, I was rather calm while waiting. I read in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [for research purposes, of course], I looked around if maybe I could find the cat design I'm still looking for [no luck], I got msgs from Steve.

Then I got into the chair. The guy applied the design, I checked in the mirror, and it looked fine. He prepared the needle. I stuffed my [right] hand in my mouth and concentrated on my breathing, which is the only thing I know always works when I'm in pain.

The first few minutes, the pain was ... bad, but not unbearable. I'd say about a notch or two up from the pain I usually experience at the dentist's. [Local anesthesia doesn't work on my lower cheek.] Then, the endorphines and the adrenalin kicked in and the pain shifted to the background, ebcause I had this overwhelming sense of "Oh my god, what am i doing? This is going to be on my body forever! Nooo! Stop! I changed my mind!" but of course by then it was too late to chicken out.

And anyway, when it was done and I got to look at it in the mirror, it looked cool. I like. I don't regret it at all.

I just wish it'd stop aching. Owie. Nobody told me the pain afterwards was worse than the pain during. Bastards.

Anyway. From now on, until the day I die, there is going to be on the upper part of my upper left arm, this:

Comments

Tattoo you!

[minette.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the kick-ass tattoo, Melle. It looks very cool and it's very appropriate. ;) Glad you finally got it done.

Re: Tattoo you!

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Me too. *grin* And you know, it's true what they say, it is addictive. I'm already planning like 6 more. [Kitty skeleton on right leg, celtic knot on lower back, something down the outside of my left thigh, wolf paw print on left breasts and something around my navel, and I want something with an owl and something with a crucifix.] Help?