To Locomama: I can't wait to show those to Mari. Thanks!

TW:

PS - And this off-topic... I have a specific tattoo I want to get. Oh, I want to get it so badly. So very badly.

It's not off topic! Tell us

Dr. Guy:

Where is she looking at putting it?

Haha...well that's also a topic of discussion. She was thinking right about at her bikini line...between her navel and....lower than her navel Other thoughts were back of a shoulder, and a brief thought of lower back, but I don't think it's really lower back tat style. Ultimately, I'll leave it up to her...unless she says "forehead" or something

MM:

if he can 'see' the beauty of it, you have a done deal, avoid someone that just shines you on, you will have the sense of who is 'feeling ' it and who is not.

A very good point, and fortunately, since she wasn't able to get it in San Diego due to time constraints, it might happen while we're vacationing in northern Italy in a few days. In that case, I'll be with her, and I know the sense of which you speak.

Thanks all

LOL. If you're hanging about with Sabrina, I'm pretty sure you're bad news.



That's kind of how I pictured it, even from the first one you posted on the other thread. I like it.



I'm pretty sure I'm one of those destroying the progress of the human race, but I can't help it. Haha.

Ok, so here is what I want. I lifted it from a pic of Izzy's onesie, so it's not the best quality. It would have crisper lines as a tat.



I don't know if I want more with it or just as is. It is so me, though. It took a lot of self discipline to NOT go get it done while I was in Texas.

. If you're hanging about with Sabrina, I'm pretty sure you're bad news.

Oh yes...quite evil. *smirk* I loved her phrase in that recent rant:

Don't fuck with my friends. Don't fuck with my family. Don't fuck with my animals. Ever. I'll hurt you if you do. I'll find a way and I can wait for years if necessary, but in the end, I'm gonna fuck you up.

So Saggitarian (whether she is or not) I was grinning from ear to ear - I totally agree. I AM Saggitarian. We wait patiently for a clear shot. Happily patiently.

I'm pretty sure I'm one of those destroying the progress of the human race, but I can't help it. Haha.

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't like you if that were true, TW. But I find that I definitely do. You have two major facets (among however many) that come out from what I've seen. One is this sweet and very sincere heartwarming mother - something of an endangered species these days...and the other thinks the same thing that rant said - that just below the surface there is an imminent threat to anyone who threatens what you value - particularly your friends, home, and your family. Oh yeah...it's called true courage.

It's those without courage to think or act, those whose concept of "home" is just where they eat, excrete, and pretend to procreate at, that I refer to. Sorry, ...you're not among them unless my read is way off My wife is a military spouse, a reservist, and recently completed 21 months as an active duty reservist, and though I'm not nearly in as much danger as your husband, I know what kind of carnage would occur if someone were to cast the slightest aspersion in my direction (or the direction of any military member.) Hell...*I* would duck for cover. Sorry...I'm rambling now - but it's a complimentary ramble. A lesson to the wise - if you're going to insult a military member, don't do it in front of their spouses unless you have a death wish.

Ok, so here is what I want. I lifted it from a pic of Izzy's onesie, so it's not the best quality. It would have crisper lines as a tat.

Onesie? Not sure what that is, but I love the crossed safety pins. Classic. Get it as soon as possible, and as toothache said earlier - show us pics when you do

Good description, LW. I was trying to think of a way to describe one, but... I definitely don't have your way with words. Thingy and crotch in the same sentence? I wouldn't even dream of it.

Hey, LW. Cool tats, where'd you get them? I want to get a tat of Paris Hilton's dog on my left arm. It's going to be stellar.

"Cool tats...where'd ya get 'em?'" followed by some retarded description of the tattoos they want to get, as if I give a shit what some random stranger wants.l

Reminds me of a Peanuts cartoon I've always remembered (though not as clearly as I'd like as you'll see)

Charlie Brown and Linus are laying on a hill looking up at the clouds, and Charlie Brown remarks at the interesting things you can see in formations of clouds to which Linus replies that he sees a huge slew of very detailed scenes from history, biblical stories, and whatnot. Extremely detailed. Then he asks Charlie Brown what HE sees, and Charlie Brown says "Well, I was going to say I saw a duckie, and a horsie, but forget it."

Hey, LW. Cool tats, where'd you get them? I want to get a tat of Paris Hilton's dog on my left arm. It's going to be stellar.

Well done, Jythier...that came straight from you

"Well done, Jythier...that came straight from you"

Thanks, I think... can't see the smiley.

I thought a tat of Jamie Farr's face on my right arm would be going a bit far with the joke...

The smiley is there. And there's only one place to put a tat of Jamie Farr's face. On your butt. Why? Because he's Klinger, of course. *ba doomp boomp ching*

Preemptive: No groaning on my blog

The drummer in my band just got two tats of "screws" (ship's propellers) on his butt. Yes, one on each side, which he'll kindly show anyone with even a minor interest (and perfect strangers, too, on occasion, given the correct application of beer.) Says he wants to get a better time on the bi-annual swim test. Hahaha.

Gro- oh, sorry.

You guys are hilarious!! I love reading your interactions.

Don't really have anything constructive to add since I know nothing about tattoos...except you guys have almost convinced me to think about wanting one.

you should get one

everyone should.

yes, its true, i do tattoos, and i love it.

the only thing i would worry about getting a tattoo in another country, or even another state, is the touch up. not all tattoos, need one, but a lot do, and its hard to get a free, or cheap touch up when the artist who did that tat is in italy.

its not the only thing i would worry about, but i would think about it. the other stuff is clean shop, portfolio, blah, blah, i'm sure you got all that covered.

if it was me, i'd do it.

I like the third one a lot, but I would leave the wings overlapping on the top like the 2nd one.  I think it gives a nice depth.  I'd also suggest having all the antennae create the same shape (the free ones) for symmetry and balance.

I can envision the yin yang being is a classic black and white with the bodies and outline of the dragonflies in dark green or another subtle dark color..  The bright colored wings of the dragonflies (in hot colors like red, orange, and yellow) overlap the yin yang giving yet another balance to the meaning.

I don't see you as a curmudgeon, Ock. Even in disagreement (which is frequent), I value your input.

I can't add anything about the tats that others haven't already added other than to say I think they're a pretty neat concept.

"Even in disagreement (which is frequent), I value your input."

I second that.