Tattoo

I finally got my tattoo! My first tattoo was in memory of my aunt, Kathy, who passed away July 2003. This tattoo is one that I’ve been thinking about for a couple of years, since I got my first tattoo actually.

One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Romans 12:2 which states, “Do not be conformed to this world, rather be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” The one thing that always reminds me of this verse is a butterfly. So, about a year ago I started looking at pictures of butterflies. I didn’t want the tattoo to be a cartoon looking butterfly, I wanted it to be an actual butterfly, one of God’s creations. In my searchings, I ran across a picture of the butterfly below.

This is the female Diana Fritillary. The females are either blue or purple in color and the males are orange or yellow. I had found my butterfly. Not only was it beautiful but it had the same name as me! Then it was down to waiting. I guess you could say waiting to work up the courage to go and get another tattoo. Not that getting a tattoo was incredibly painful, it hurts but not that badly, but the courage to follow through.

Well, last night was that night. I called up Meagan and Elise, asked what they were doing and if they wanted to go with me to get my tattoo.

So, off we trekked to Red Door in Grand Terrace. A gentleman by the name of David did my tattoo. He listened to Meagan and Elise for 2 hours, he’s got a LOT of patience.

What follows is a short visual representation of my evening. Enjoy!

Meagan and Elise, my two amazing friends who kept me company for 2 hours.

My arm before the tattoo. Meagan said I had to have a picture of it.

The outline, which only took about 15 minutes.

If you look in the mirror you can see Meagan making funny faces.

She kept making me laugh, it was hard to sit still.

David hard at work.
If you look at his hat you’ll notice it says, Lovely day for a Guinness.

Talking to Elise. I think this was the point she asked me if it hurt.

About half-way through the black shading.

Elise watching.

The first layer of blue shading.

Another picture of David hard at work, ignoring Megan and Elise completely.

Good choice on his part.

I was intrigued. I could not stop watching him work.The second layer of blue shading. Right before he started on the white.

All done! Cleaning it up, getting all the extra ink off.

The final product!

I hope you enjoyed!

What do you think?

So, for those of you that don't know or never noticed I got a tattoo of a rose on my ankle on my birthday last year in memory of my aunt that passed away 4 years ago.

There was another tattoo that I had been thinking about as well, the tattoo of a butterfly with the text "Rom 12:2" tattooed underneath the butterfly.

Romans 12:2 says, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

I wanted to get a butterfly to represent this verse because butterfly's start out as caterpillars and are transformed into butterfly's. I should be transformed by the presence of God in my life, so as a daily reminder. Anyway, below is the picture of a butterfly whose name is the Diana Fritillary, pictured is the female. This is the butterfly I would like to get tattooed on my inner arm. What do you think?

Happy Birthday To Me!

Thursday was my birthday. I am now twenty-seven years old. Still relatively young I guess. Anyway, for my birthday I bought tickets to go see Lion King at Pantages Theater in Hollywood. IT WAS AMAZING!!!! I absolutely loved it! I took my friend Carrie with me and we had a blast. The musical itself is indescribable; if you haven’t seen it you should if you ever get the chance.

Inside the Pantages.

Outside the Pantages.

On our drive in to the Pantages Carrie and I had seen a tattoo parlor. I wondered (out loud) how much it would be to get my tattoo. For approximately three years I’ve wanted a tattoo of a rose on my ankle. Three years ago my aunt passed away and, besides my mom, she is the one who had the most influence in my life. Kathy has a rose tattoo on her ankle so I wanted one in memory of her. So, when we got out of Lion King we drove over to the tattoo parlor, it was closed. What kind of tattoo parlor closes by 11pm in Hollywood? We ended up driving around for about half an hour looking for an open tattoo parlor; by the end of the drive we just wanted to find any other tattoo parlor. We finally found one, Tattoo Mania. In we went, where I got my tattoo! This random tattoo parlor that we happened to find I guess is pretty famous on some level, the guy who did my tattoo has done tattoo’s for Usher, Eve, Courtney Love, and some other people. Pretty cool I thought.

Carrie and I again, before the madness began.

And it begins, Carrie had me laughing so hard, it was difficult keeping my leg still.

The green shading.

The red shading.

The finished product.

Well, that was my birthday.

Friday, the physics students up at the college wanted to throw a birthday party for the three instructors who’s birthdays were this week. So they brought in cakes and sung happy birthday to the two of us who were there, one instructor was missing. My students are amazing.

Also, one of my students bought me a bottle of vodka. I now have a bottle of lemon flavored Gray Goose vodka in my fridge. Sandy and I are going to open it up tonight to try it.

Ok, Maybe Not

Well, I had yet another doctor's appointment today. They drew blood, and they're trying to get me in for another ultrasound next week. The doctor is calling this time to schedule it, so you know he really wants me in. He put stat on the ultrasound and the bloodwork. Depending on how results turn out I might be going in for a DNC. If that's the case, then I'll have to wait to get my tattoo, darn it! Anyway, if you haven't voted, check 'em out below and let me know what you think.

What do you think?

I’m going to get a tattoo. I’ve wanted one for quite some time and I’ve decided October is the month. For those curious, I’m getting a tattoo in memory of my aunt. She was an awesome woman, who greatly influenced me. She had a rose on her ankle, so I want to get a rose on my ankle. I’m a little stuck on which one I should get. I’ve looked at some pictures online and I’m putting my favorite one’s in and you can vote. Tell me which one you like the best. So, here they are……

(1) The rose with the flame(2) The Plane Rose

(3) The rose with artwork

(4) The rose with a heart, if I get thise one the rose will be red, not pink

(5) The purple rose