The $5 Gentlemen’s Lunch
I got tattooed last night. If there is one universal truth in the universe, it’s that tattoo artists have no concept of deadlines and time, that’s why they’re tattoo artists and not accountants.
I show up at 3:50 for my 4:00 appointment. My artist Kalib and piercer George pull in as I am from lunch. Got to love a 3:00 lunch, at the strip club no less, I found out. Although I must say, I’ve gone to the strip club for lunch on occasion, you can’t beat $5 for a huge plate of good bar food.
So Kalib starts setting up and we’re chatting. He also hasn’t gotten a picture of the nautical star (classic old school) ready, so he has to do that. The needles start penetrating my skin at about 4:30. The nautical star goes fast.
The filler I wanted for the rest of my sleeve is pin-striping. Kalib planned on just sketching it with a ballpoint pen and then tattooing it. It took a long time to get a small section of the design done. I’m glad it turned out the way it did, but I only got tattooed for an hour being there for 3. I’ve got to schedule something again for when my wife and Carter are in Vegas (visiting a friend). Hopefully we can knock out the rest of the sleeve in like 2 solid hours of tattooing. I do like how it’s shaping up.
When this arm is done I’ll be at this point where all of the relatively easy areas of my body will be covered. I don’t really dig leg tattoos.
If/When I do my chest it needs to be a really well conceived full piece. I would want it to span from my collarbone down to my pant line. The pain, time, and money for something like that is pretty staggering. I don’t know if I have that in me.
I show up at 3:50 for my 4:00 appointment. My artist Kalib and piercer George pull in as I am from lunch. Got to love a 3:00 lunch, at the strip club no less, I found out. Although I must say, I’ve gone to the strip club for lunch on occasion, you can’t beat $5 for a huge plate of good bar food.
So Kalib starts setting up and we’re chatting. He also hasn’t gotten a picture of the nautical star (classic old school) ready, so he has to do that. The needles start penetrating my skin at about 4:30. The nautical star goes fast.
The filler I wanted for the rest of my sleeve is pin-striping. Kalib planned on just sketching it with a ballpoint pen and then tattooing it. It took a long time to get a small section of the design done. I’m glad it turned out the way it did, but I only got tattooed for an hour being there for 3. I’ve got to schedule something again for when my wife and Carter are in Vegas (visiting a friend). Hopefully we can knock out the rest of the sleeve in like 2 solid hours of tattooing. I do like how it’s shaping up.
When this arm is done I’ll be at this point where all of the relatively easy areas of my body will be covered. I don’t really dig leg tattoos.
If/When I do my chest it needs to be a really well conceived full piece. I would want it to span from my collarbone down to my pant line. The pain, time, and money for something like that is pretty staggering. I don’t know if I have that in me.
Labels: Inner Strength, Tattoos
posted by lawryde at
8:57 AM
3 Comments:
I think you'll look lame if you never get a leg tattoo. Totally unbalanced to have your entire upper body covered and nothing on your legs.
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Anonymous, at 1:08 PM, January 16, 2008
I don't think you will look weird without a leg tattoo. You can wear shorts to the company picnic when it is blazing hot.
Not much to do with a 2 year old in Vegas!
By
Steve, at 6:00 PM, January 16, 2008
There's tons of stuff to do in Vegas with a two year old! Almost all the casinos have shows that are child appropriate, one has an aquarium, two have animal displays and there's a city zoo and children's museum. People do live there year round, with kids even ;)
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Anonymous, at 10:41 PM, January 16, 2008
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