Well, you do have such a wonderful girlfriend who takes time out of her busy fucking schedule to take pictures of your fucking babies aka cigars! I don't really like the first picture of them though, but the second one looks cool.

You're prepared for this fatherfood? Ummmm... I am not prepared for the 24+ scrutinizing hours of PAINFUL labor!

We do have an adorable puppy don't we??

^ You two are so fantastic together...

Those cigars look goooooood...we're thinking about going to Cuba at the end of the year and I didn't even THINK about cigars. Wow...

I agree with beledi, the 2 of you make a fabulous couple, and I"m sure fabulous parents.

enjoy your cigars. you can have the one you would have offered me, cause I don't smoke!

WOW its a BOY! CONGRATS! And those puppers are soooo adoreable! And best wishes for your consulting position!!! I believe you'll kick ass at it!

the puppy is soooooooo cute

and im sure you two will be great parents, and who is ever ready???

The cigars look very tasty And yeah, the preparedness seems well in hand.

oh the list is long and vague but tim kern, nathan kostechko, and patrick someone or other (his porn site name is cornink) are just a few that i discovered on this site. i'm bad with names but i know theres another one in van city. i'm sure when i'm a professional lady and actually have cash to make these dreams of mine happen, i'll get more specific about judging portfolios and you know, remembering names.

so the armpit is that bad eh? one spot for my uni-grad tattoo could be on my upper, inner arm - so that it would show if i had my arm raised. (think: raised and making a fist - fight the power tattoo!) but i'm having trouble coming up with a design since i'm not much for symbols. i also have vague ideas that i'll get electrolysis to get rid of my armpit hair so that i can decorate that space as well but thats probably going to be the kind of intense activity i'll only take when i run out of room for tattoos. it would be stellar though.

backpiece healing totally sucked. i almost kicked my man out of my life for his horrific methods of applying lotion ("LIGHTLY RUB YOU FUCKER!!! LIGHTLYYYYY") and literally kicked him out of bed when he rolled his big man body onto my tender skin one night. its just that the back is connected to eeeeverything else so you can't even just keep still and have it be ok. in the office world i had to sit very tenderly on the edge of my office chair and the smallest things like shaking someones hand were excrutiating. i agree, healing is worse than getting it done.

i know what you mean about big pieces with multiple sessions. yours is super detailed too, so it must have been so annoying repeatedly explaining the process and direction of the art every time someone saw it. especially when each session is just putting down one part of what is, overall, a pretty complicated design. i don't know how many times someone asked me "are you going to colour that in?" no, dumbass, i really like how it looks half shaded and totally unfinished.

i'd watch all the other tattoo'd people go in and come out with reasonably sized, 100% finished tattoos and feel soooo jealous. i think i have to do it at least once, even though all my current plans involve lots of skin, just because it takes a lot of mental endurance to get big pieces and i want to try doing it the easy way for once. although the spot i have picked is in the pubic region so maybe those plans of an easy tattoo are shot out the window..

Well, for your sake, i hope its a boy! lol Cause by the sounds of it, that is what your routing for!! I know even if you got a little girl, you would still love "her" just as much!

As for becoming an apprentice, i hope Larry will be a great teacher for me! I am prepared to draw like crazy (i've been drawing straight for like 2 weeks....) !!! And i don't expect to be handling a machine right away... AND thats if i get the apprenticeship!!! I hope i get it!!!

Take care!

Gah, your weather is worse than ours!!! (So...cold...) Poor you.
Being a daddy - that's so exciting. Congrats. HOWEVER, you should probably wait a little white to start up your own business... You are going to be one tired man for the next few months.

thats a good list of drinks (well except im not the biggest fan of rye, ever since one very very bad night )

I'll smoke a cigar for youse guys right now. Deal? Good. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Cuban.

glad you enjoyed the Pet Rules. I'm typing this with 2 very large "kittens" cuddled up on my lap, so excusre the typos!

congrats on the changes coming in your life! Sounds fabulous! Fatherhood is amazing!

Fondue is Fun do! Beware the molten cheese.