Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Ink Blots

Some of you may find it odd that I'm posting about my new tattoo before posting about Lithuania.
Although Lithuania was amazing, some drama occurred upon my return from said country so I will document my adventures when I'm emotionally stable enough to do so.
Enough of that awkwardness.
On Saturday, my mother made it clear she wanted a tattoo to pay tribute to her mother, my late grandmother. I knew this for awhile but didn't know she'd be alright with taking the dive back into permanent ink. Well, shows how much I know.
After much convincing, we went to the East Side and to my go-to tattoo shop, Gothic Body, which is where my go-to tattoo guy, John Hill, works. We were able to reserve a spot and picked out the matching design we wanted to get. With the design decided, colors chosen and balls ready for some pain, I was able to look in the mirror an hour later at this:

No, not my atrocious tan line. The swallow!
It's bright green, purple and yellow, which is my grandmother's favorite color so it seemed only right to have a splash of sunshine in there. I was more than satisfied with the new artwork on me. John even snapped a photo of it so, hopefully, I'll see it on the shop wall the next time I come in! He even offered to touch up my Oscar Wilde script, which I thought was so kind.
Of course, I want more now. Ah, ink addictions.

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