Friday, 8 October 2010

first tattoo

when i was 20 i got my first tattoo.  of a star.  it was kind of tradition.  every summer i would go see bunny, and the first summer, when i was 18, i got my lip pierced.  then the second summer, when i was 19, i got my belly button pierced.  the third summer, i wanted a tattoo.  i had actually wanted it for 2 years.  at least.  because that was my rule:  if you still want it after that long, you can have it.  so i did it.  and i was so scared, but it really wasn't too bad.  (recall my newage massage.) 
well, not too long after that, we went to bozeman.  maybe for 4th of july?  or maybe for gramps's birthday?  i can't quite remember.  but i told my favorite, and very protective uncle mark that i got a tattoo.  i'm pretty sure he almost passed out.  he asked me what it was and where i got it.  and i told him that it covered my whole back and it was a dragon eating a cow.  his face got kind of white and he asked if it was in color.  yep, i said, lots and lots of blood.  his face got a little whiter.  after a few minutes, i started to feel kind of bad.  i don't know how much he believed me, but his face was really white.  so i pulled up my sleeve and i showed him my quarter size green star.  relief, as they say, washed over his face.  that's not so bad, he told me.  in fact, i kind of like it!
thanks, uncle mark!
at the tattoo parlor, looking a little dazed.  it was all show.  on the inside, i was like "i want another one! i want another one!"


it reminds me of when i told my dad that i was going to get my lip pierced:
me:  dadddddyy?  i think i'm going to get a piercing.
him:  what? where?
me:  guess!
him:  nose?
me:  nope.
him:  eyebrow?
me: nope!
him:  ears?
me:  nope!
him:  where?
me:  i was thinking maybe my tongue  (he HATES tongue piercings)
him:  not your tongue!  anywhere but your tongue!
me:  ok, i'll just get my lip done, then.  that was my second choice!  *skipping off down the hall*
HAHAHAHAHAH
i think i even used that one the next year when i got my belly button done.

and that is why i am a psyc major.  gosh, i'm so good at it! 
i guess you can't really see it, but that's probably the day after i got my lip done?

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