Tattoos and Typos
January 16th, 2010 by admin
It turns out my birthday celebration has extended well past the anniversary of my actual birth. Last night I collected on my everlasting gift from Chip: a new tattoo. Chip thoughtfully showed up right when it was really starting to smart and took some pictures.
Fair warning – don’t click around on those photos unless you want to see a little more of me than I normally care to show. Just trust me on this one.
Anyway, I love the new piece. The last few times I’ve gotten tattoos I’ve said each one would be my last, so I’m not going to say that this time. Many people don’t “get” tattoos, or shudder at the thought of putting something on their body permanently for fear they will regret it later in life. Others worry that when they’re older the art will wrinkle and fade. My take on it is this: I don’t regret any of my tattoos because they are bookmarks for my life … places where I have stopped to mark something forever, and each mark has it’s own story. As to the wrinkled and faded part, I figure all of me will be wrinkled and faded at some point, and I’ll enjoy telling my grandkids about each of my bodily bookmarks.
A note to all three of my readers: I can’t BELIEVE none of you pointed out I spelled “among” wrong in this post. I’m an ENGLISH MAJOR for crying out loud, and that embarrassing mistake was up for months! Kory pointed it out, rather gleefully, last night. My defense is that I have always had a mental block on that word and I consistently put a “u” in where none is needed. Also, Wordpress doesn’t spell check post titles. And among doesn’t look like a real word. Among among among. See?
Jennifer wrote on 01/18/10 at 9:13 am :
Love it! It’s beautiful!
I’ve been thinking about a new tattoo myself but am not ready to commit. Maybe soon, though!
Misty wrote on 01/20/10 at 7:35 pm :
Very nautical…very pretty. Can’t wait to see it in person spring break!
L~~>U