tattoo tomorrow!

[sidekick]

after years of thinking and putting it off and chickening out i am finally getting a tattoo. just went and put the deposit down and booked the appointment for the place tomorrow.

nervous + excitement = my tummy right now.

[Liqwid]

good luck jake!, it looks hawt too!!!

~Dalyn

[Silverwinged]

what did you decide on getting inked?!

[sidekick]

i'm getting a black infinity symbol with a red line twisted into it on the underside of my right wrist. has lots of meaning, plus 8 is my lucky number and also the month i was born in.

meghan (mugsy) drew it up for me.

[CodaDrummer]

Yeah man... pics or STFU. Haha, just kidding. Good luck, man! As long as you get something that means at least alittle something to you and something that you'll still want when you've passed your prime... you should feel pretty good after getting it done.

I've got three of em over a year ago and I still love em to this day. I want more as soon as possible.

[sidekick]

i would post the pic, but i'm too lazy to re-size it. i'll post one of the actual tattoo tomorrow night or when it stops looking gross.

yeah, meaning is definitly important. i've been thinking for years about this one and i am confident that when i'm 90 years old it will still have meaning. the infinity symbol is forever, right?

[Silverwinged]

very proud of you.

hey!
i've been meaning to ask you.
have you read Catch 22 by Joseph Heller?
I borrowed it from gusty and I was reading it and i thought "dang... this has jake written all over it" (no pun intended)

[sidekick]

^haha, that's one of my favourite books. yeah, the humour is right up my alley. my favourite chapter is 'major major major major'. fuck, i should read that again.

[CodaDrummer]

Originally Posted by Sidekick

i would post the pic, but i'm too lazy to re-size it. i'll post one of the actual tattoo tomorrow night or when it stops looking gross.

yeah, meaning is definitly important. i've been thinking for years about this one and i am confident that when i'm 90 years old it will still have meaning. the infinity symbol is forever, right?

Yeah, I like the look of the tattoo when it's all done healing as opposed to the "glassy", fresh look.

[Silverwinged]

Originally Posted by Sidekick

^haha, that's one of my favourite books. yeah, the humour is right up my alley. my favourite chapter is 'major major major major'. fuck, i should read that again.

you're crazy.
really.

[sidekick]

Originally Posted by Silverwinged

you're crazy.
really.

i'm crazy?

[Silverwinged]

obviously.

[Carrie]

take a picture before you get it bandaged!

ps what shop are you getting it done at?

[sidekick]

my sister is bringing her camera, so there'll be pics.

i'm going to next! on granville. i got my eyebrow pierced there a long time ago and my sister just got her tattoo there a few weeks ago and i really liked them. plus it's close to my house. i wanted to go somewhere where i knew the people and the ubc sacred heart (where i got my other piercings) is too far away when next! is right by my house.

[veN]

YAY Jake Its gonna look totally awesome! I so tried to msn you back and post on here, but my internet completely cut off so I'm glad you got my txt :) Good luck champ!

[sNyx]

tatooooooo!

[miss.myra]

Jaaake who at next is doing your tattoo? I used to work there!

[sidekick]

i wanted Aaron to do it, but he's away for a few months so phillip is doing it instead.

ps. when did you work there? i got my eyebrow there like three years ago. i wonder if you were there!

[miss.myra]

I worked there from when I was 16 to when I was 18....and seeing as how I'm 23 now, it was a LOOONG time ago.

Too bad Aaron wasn't doing it, I've always been a huge fan of his work...I don't know phillip, he must be newish.

Good luck!

[sidekick]

thanks :) yeah, aaron did my sisters and it was awesome, plus he's a really nice guy. i don't know phillip either, but the design isn't very complicated so i mean anyone there would be able to do it i'm sure. if it was something really intricate and hard then i would want to choose someone i knew more.

[mugsy]

im excited for you!!!!!!
theres always an adrenaline high after a tattoo so it makes the feeling of it being great ten times better.
i cant wait to see the pictures.

[sidekick]

okay, all done!

all you people that told me it doesn't hurt as much as you think it will hurt. LIES all lies. but then again when i told him where i wanted it he was like 'well, you picked one of the most painful spots for your first tattoo. but now if you get another one it will seem like a piece of cake'

it hurt the most when he was by the palm of my hand or when he was going over tendons in my arm. but it was bearable pain. just hot and searing.

i love it though. it's all bandaged up now and i look like i tried to cut my wrists, but i can deal with it. i'll take pictures when it stops looking so bloody.

so happy :)

now i want another one. i knew that was going to happen.

[CodaDrummer]

Originally Posted by Sidekick

okay, all done!

all you people that told me it doesn't hurt as much as you think it will hurt. LIES all lies. but then again when i told him where i wanted it he was like 'well, you picked one of the most painful spots for your first tattoo. but now if you get another one it will seem like a piece of cake'

it hurt the most when he was by the palm of my hand or when he was going over tendons in my arm. but it was bearable pain. just hot and searing.

i love it though. it's all bandaged up now and i look like i tried to cut my wrists, but i can deal with it. i'll take pictures when it stops looking so bloody.

so happy :)

now i want another one. i knew that was going to happen.

Right on, man! I'm glad to hear it went good for you. I wanted to spend the rest of the day in the parlor just getting inked after I got my first one. So addicting.

How much did you bleed out? I had to get the one on my arm retouched when it was done healing because of just that. Monty (the artist) told me that it really depends where you get it but also, everyone is different.

The band on my right middle finger didn't bleed half as bad as the couple on the back near the base of my neck.

Anyway, congrats!

[sidekick]

yeah, we'll see if i need to get any touch ups after it's all done healing. right now it's under a big ugly bandage, but i can see blood soaked through a little bit. it doesn't sting anymore really, but just feels bruised.

i'm kinda confused though because the guy told me not to get it wet, but then i went to the website and it said that after you take the bandage off the next morning your supposed to wash it in warm water and dry it off (but not to let it soak). what did you do?

[veN]

Originally Posted by Sidekick

okay, all done!

all you people that told me it doesn't hurt as much as you think it will hurt. LIES all lies. but then again when i told him where i wanted it he was like 'well, you picked one of the most painful spots for your first tattoo. but now if you get another one it will seem like a piece of cake'

The golden rule is you never ever tell someone who's about to get a tattoo how much it actually hurts. Same with piercings. But if you're casually talking about, then you can go on and on about how it fucking kills to have it done... Haha... But it's like a thing of respect... You don't scare the shit out of someone who's about to have it done. You tell 'em it's going to be OK and then you let em find out for themselves how much it actually hurts. Haha Sorry I lied to you Jake, but I hope you understand why I did :)