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Inky Ish is inky.
The studio where I got it done, Trouble Bound, is really lovely- it's in a town house, not a conventional studio, and the atmosphere is kind of like a bunch of inky kids just decided to hang out and the business thing is totally incidental. The artist who did mine was a woman named Alicia; her portfolio is up here if anyone's curious. She was really cool and chill and let Little Brother and Sister come up and watch. Little Sister was really curious about how much it hurt because she's morbid; Little Brother was distracted by the Shaun of the Dead action figure in the corner.
It hurt a fuck of a lot more than my last one, enough so that I visibly flinched once or twice. (I didn't last time.) It took less time, though- fifteen minutes, maybe less.
"Tempus frangit" is a quote from Sandman; it's the motto at the bottom of the sundial in Delirium's garden and is Latin for "time breaks." (It could also pretty much be the thesis statement of one of my favourite books, Peter Hoeg's Borderliners, although it isn't.) I'd talk about how ~symbolic it is and everything, but I'm too busy going \o/ TATTOO FUCK YEAHHHHH. Basically for me it means that we can measure things, we can try to make sense of the world, but all that breaks down in the end and you've got to live with chaos, for better or for worse.
In conclusion: \o/ TATTOO FUCK YEAHHHHH.
Little Brother and I went to the comic book shop afterwards. I bought a beautifully obnoxious Umbrella Academy coffee mug (the bottom says "thank you for the coffee"! I couldn't NOT buy it) and a set of Serenity action figures. Jayne is currently sitting on top of a small stack of Discworld books, menacing Shakespeare. Then we both decided to buy parasols, because we are pritty pritty ladies. Apparently. (Comic Shop Guy called Little Brother "she," probably because of his flowing locks. He was a little disheartened by it, but then I told him that androgyny is a sign of a well-balanced psyche and if other people don't get that that's their problem, not his, and I think it cheered him up a little.) I also had a tremendously edifying conversation with a shop clerk about the wisdom of majoring in Philosophy. Luckily I'm not.
That shop sells Nietzsche wristwatches. I don't know how to feel about that.
All in all, today was an A+ day. Now I'm going to go make tea in my obnoxious coffee mug and listen to the new Spinnerette album. Has anyone else heard it? It's pretty much the most fuckable record I've heard so far this year.
It hurt a fuck of a lot more than my last one, enough so that I visibly flinched once or twice. (I didn't last time.) It took less time, though- fifteen minutes, maybe less.
"Tempus frangit" is a quote from Sandman; it's the motto at the bottom of the sundial in Delirium's garden and is Latin for "time breaks." (It could also pretty much be the thesis statement of one of my favourite books, Peter Hoeg's Borderliners, although it isn't.) I'd talk about how ~symbolic it is and everything, but I'm too busy going \o/ TATTOO FUCK YEAHHHHH. Basically for me it means that we can measure things, we can try to make sense of the world, but all that breaks down in the end and you've got to live with chaos, for better or for worse.
In conclusion: \o/ TATTOO FUCK YEAHHHHH.
Little Brother and I went to the comic book shop afterwards. I bought a beautifully obnoxious Umbrella Academy coffee mug (the bottom says "thank you for the coffee"! I couldn't NOT buy it) and a set of Serenity action figures. Jayne is currently sitting on top of a small stack of Discworld books, menacing Shakespeare. Then we both decided to buy parasols, because we are pritty pritty ladies. Apparently. (Comic Shop Guy called Little Brother "she," probably because of his flowing locks. He was a little disheartened by it, but then I told him that androgyny is a sign of a well-balanced psyche and if other people don't get that that's their problem, not his, and I think it cheered him up a little.) I also had a tremendously edifying conversation with a shop clerk about the wisdom of majoring in Philosophy. Luckily I'm not.
That shop sells Nietzsche wristwatches. I don't know how to feel about that.
All in all, today was an A+ day. Now I'm going to go make tea in my obnoxious coffee mug and listen to the new Spinnerette album. Has anyone else heard it? It's pretty much the most fuckable record I've heard so far this year.
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(Alicia the tattoo artist had this on her upper arm! It was beautimous. ;_;)
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Naw, I've been toying with designs for a tat that is boxed in (a la Tegan and Sara or Andrew McMahon), but it's an open door with waves rushing in, and in the background you can see a ship sailing away. It would have Decemberists lyrics on it somewhere, but I'm not sure which ones.
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Kind of like that surrealist painting you always wanted to buy? The one with the little girls turning invisible? That's what it reminds me of, at least. Re: lyrics, would something from "Sons and Daughters" fit, or are you gonna go with something rom The Hazards of Love?
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And yeah, kinda. But maybe not as surreal. I'm not sure of the style either. I think that would be one I'd have to turn over to the artist to hash out.
(I think McMahon's is Starry Night or something. It's GORGEOUS.)
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And why aren't you answering the phone? :(
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Take me to
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I WANT AN UMBRELLA ACADEMY MUG AND SERENITY ACTION FIGURES
He was a little disheartened by it, but then I told him that androgyny is the sign of a well-balanced psyche and if other people don't get that that's their problem, not his, and I think it cheered him up a little.
You and your siblings continue to be the bestest people ever~
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YOU SHOULD GET THEM THEY ARE ~RAD
I am continually amazed at Little Brother's general existence. While we were on the bus today he got bored and pulled a lump of clay out of his pocket (apparently he carries one around with him all the time) and started making art. I LOVE HIM SVM.
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YOU NEED TO START A COMMUNE AND TEACH MORE PEOPLE TO BE LIKE THAT
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I CAN HOST SEMINARS CALLED "HOW TO BE LIKE MY LITTLE BROTHER: IT'S EASIER THAN YOU THINK!"
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Kudos to you.
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i always think about getting tattoos, but never do.
i've considered an anatomical heart on the inside of my wrist, but that's not simple enough. i want something plain and not so obvious. and then i considered a really tiny "xo" in an old typewriter font, but that's too simple. and now i'm thinking about getting a seahorse behind my ear. i want to say the left ear, but my piercings are on the left, and i need something on the right to balance me out o.0 i'd totally get a tiny wire hanger on my right hip tomorrow, no second thought, but i'm not comfortable enough with myself to have a tattoo placed there.
my bff has this on his calf
his tattoo is actually better than the original artwork, i think.
i seem to have deleted the picture i have of it, though.
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I think all those ideas sound really nifty, although an anatomical heart on the wrist might be a little tricky. Is the wire hanger significant?
Your beffie's tattoo looks really cool, too. If you ever find that picture let me know- I'd love to see how a picture like that translates to skin.
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THAT COFFEE MUG SOUNDS AMAZING. I TOTALLY PLAN TO BUY IT. :O
i have no valuable input. .__. i apologize.
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IT IS PRETTY FABOO. I KIND OF WANT TO BRING IT EVERYWHERE JUST SO THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS I HAVE IT. :DDDDDDDD
Dude, boundless approval IS valuable input!
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And A++ your brother. Androgyny is definitely the way to roll.
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My little brother would be a really androgynous kid even without the hair- he loves romcoms and pretty things and Freddie Mercury and such- but now that he is actualy making people confuse their pronouns I feel like I can totally bond with him about it. <3
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(Also, tell your bro about the time me and Dev were walking along holding hands and someone yelled "Dykes!" at us. Apparently, I can pass as a lesbian. It just about made my month, and Dev was pretty amused too.)
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(Ha! I was loathe to bring it up, dear, but you do have a rather lesbionic face.)
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And that is a rad tattoo! \o/
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Thanks!
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