My Tattoo is Finished (for now)

[IMG_2319] I got the rest of my inking done yesterday for my half-sleeve tattoo. Jason Phillips at FTW Tattoo yet again did a great job. If you’re in the East Bay and looking for a great artist, can’t recommend him enough. Proof of his great work I’ve posted below in photographic form.

I Am A Bad-Ass

See that?  I built a dance floor.  In a day.  I took a shitload of pallets, a bunch of plywood, a shovel, screws and a saw and made it.  My mom helped a lot.  Molly and her dad helped too.  The friggin’ thing is HUGE, like 800 square feet.  My apartment is smaller.  I am [...]

This Too Hurt A Bit

The coloring on the ship is finished.  Phew!  Now I have to go do physical labor tomorrow, not going to be fun.  Plus, got an appointment later this month to finish it out with my compass rose on the inside of my arm.  That one will hurt the worst by far, what with all that [...]

Heart Attack?

I hope grandchildren look on this photo in the future and think that this was an actual photo of my dad having a heart attack.

My God It Itches

My ink is starting to peel off which sucks for a few reasons.  The first is that I want to peel it off but it might cause scarring or whatever.  The second is that it itches like a mother fucker!
The weird thing about this tattoo is that it didn’t feel like such a big deal.  [...]

I Am An Amateur

After two days working on site, I feel like I am way over my head. Evidenced by the fact that I’ve already done about $500 worth of damage to equipment and repairing a few of the welds I did.

I Am So Fucking Tired

The good news is I have a job. The better news is that it’s welding. Basically, I’m putting together the roof of a new Lowe’s. They want me to work 12 hour days which is fine with me, I could use the overtime and cash. Sadly, for the next two weeks, I [...]

That Kinda Tickled

Oh man, that kinda hurt.  I just got back from the first session of my tattoo and yowza.  I am SO not looking forward to completing the rest of it on the inside of my arm.  Every time the needle got a little close to that soft-arm area goodness I had to forcefully meditate to [...]

On the Hunt!

Harumph!  I’m on the hunt to find the pipe tobacco my grandpa smoked back in the day.  I’ve been hanging onto these pipes for over a decade from my other grandpa fully expecting to use them to smoke a little ‘giggle weed’ out of them, but never actually doing it.
Now, a bit more mature (haha), [...]

I’m Getting my Third Tattoo

After wanting one for what seems like forever, I’m going to get my third tattoo.  While my first two are merely images or symbols that I felt meant something to me, this next one is going to be more of the same only way bigger.  In fact, I plan on covering my right shoulder and [...]