To say I'm new here is to say that sometimes Popeye enjoyed the consumption of spinach. I spent a good two hours or so last night with a friend of mine perusing the albums of various Suicide Girls, all of them many shades of lovely, and all I come away with is a desire to get tattooed. Well, first, I came away with a desire to spend money on my own membership. But yes. Tattoos.
This is complicated, for many reasons, given my general aversion of such a thing. The idea of paying someone to essentially permanently stab anything into my skin seems like the last thing I'd want to do -- and as someone who is admittedly fickle and, while incredibly stubborn, prone to changing likes and dislikes the ways other people change their socks and underwear, it seems like a terrible idea to get something so drastic as a tattoo.
Ideally, if I had the time, money, and ability to withstand the pain, I would get ivy vines starting at the nape of my neck, going across the shoulders and then wrapping down the arms until they ended at my finger tips. I can't imagine what that would cost or how long it would take, so I shall avoid that one until, well...until I can afford to not work for a company that might not like such a work of art.
Second to that, I believe perhaps a well-drawn thistle would be nice -- a black thistle with a bit of that purple shading. Around it would be an oval, I think, with my family's Scottish surnames written in between bits of the outlining oval in a nice script. I believe I'd want that on my hip, probably.
I had thought of perhaps some sort of fleur-de-lis pattern, but I'd want it on the ball of my shoulder -- only problem is, if I ever go through with my ivy plan, then it would not go well with any other potential tattoos I might want to get placed along my arms. So...I believe I need to keep my arms free of markings for now until I decide if I want to do a larger piece at some point.
Which means I would probably want something a bit smaller elsewhere first, just to make sure I'm up for it.
...that being said, hello to everyone here, and...I'm liking it here already.
This is complicated, for many reasons, given my general aversion of such a thing. The idea of paying someone to essentially permanently stab anything into my skin seems like the last thing I'd want to do -- and as someone who is admittedly fickle and, while incredibly stubborn, prone to changing likes and dislikes the ways other people change their socks and underwear, it seems like a terrible idea to get something so drastic as a tattoo.
Ideally, if I had the time, money, and ability to withstand the pain, I would get ivy vines starting at the nape of my neck, going across the shoulders and then wrapping down the arms until they ended at my finger tips. I can't imagine what that would cost or how long it would take, so I shall avoid that one until, well...until I can afford to not work for a company that might not like such a work of art.
Second to that, I believe perhaps a well-drawn thistle would be nice -- a black thistle with a bit of that purple shading. Around it would be an oval, I think, with my family's Scottish surnames written in between bits of the outlining oval in a nice script. I believe I'd want that on my hip, probably.
I had thought of perhaps some sort of fleur-de-lis pattern, but I'd want it on the ball of my shoulder -- only problem is, if I ever go through with my ivy plan, then it would not go well with any other potential tattoos I might want to get placed along my arms. So...I believe I need to keep my arms free of markings for now until I decide if I want to do a larger piece at some point.
Which means I would probably want something a bit smaller elsewhere first, just to make sure I'm up for it.
...that being said, hello to everyone here, and...I'm liking it here already.
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Knowing me, though, I'll remember that tattoos hurt and I'll squash the whole idea.