By Anonymous · March 04, 2008 · 0 comments
My 22nd birthday was fast approaching, and I knew what I wanted, a peacock on my foot. I had already been thinking and planning it out for a few months. For about a year or so I've been just dying to get my feet tattooed. I just thought having one's feet tattooed can be so flattering if it is done just right, same with most tattoos I suppose. Peacocks symbolize beauty and grace. They also symbolize eternal life, prosperity, royalty, compassion, soul and peace. Peacocks are loyal and faithful partners and therefore they also are a symbol for eternal love. ...
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By tassh · March 04, 2008 · 0 comments
It took me a week to decide what I was having tattooed on my fingers, hopeless was my final decision. I looked through galleries online to get ideas, found a list of every single eight letter word, but nothing felt right. I discussed it with friends and on line in chat rooms, but I still couldn't find anything I felt suited me. One night, after catching a movie with a friend, we were discussing possibilities, and went at it for a good twenty minutes, but still nothing felt right(although I was contemplating hefalump, because it was a word we used ...
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By Anonymous · March 04, 2008 · 0 comments
This is the story of how I came to get an orangutan tattooed onto my thigh. First, a little background about me. I am a zoology student in college. When I graduate, I want to work with orangutans. I have loved these goofy looking creatures for a long long time. For my Leaving Cert art exam, my project was on orangutans. One particular piece turned out very well a baby orangutan's head, in psychedelic colours. It earned me a grade A in my final exam, and it has decorated my bedroom wall ever since. Almost a year ago, I ...
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By Anonymous · March 04, 2008 · 0 comments
Never one to shy away from new levels of geekdom, in October 2006 I was introduced to the world of ARGs (Alternative Reality Games). An alternate reality game is an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform, often involving multiple media and game elements, to tell a story that may be affected by participants' ideas or actions. A Rabbithole (also known as a trailhead) marks the first website, contact, or puzzle that starts off the ARG. I was sucked down the "RabbitHole" of a game called Sammeeeees, where I banded together with other players around the country, ...
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By Anonymous · March 04, 2008 · 0 comments
I had been thinking about getting another tattoo on my upper middle back for a long time and figured since I had the money and more importantly, the time, that this was my next venture. It had been a few years since my last inking and stood in the mirror admiring my back and recalling the burning, scratching feel of the last tattoo I had done...a beautiful rose entwined on a branch with a tribal feel. Very nice. I had already thought about what I had wanted. Just a little tribal thing all in black (would I want a little ...
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By Anonymous · March 04, 2008 · 0 comments
I have wanted a second tattoo for a while, I just could not figure out what i wanted. I knew that I wanted something that meant something to me, because my first did not. I had gotten a tribal tattoo with a flower in the middle on my lower back, everyone had one, i wanted it too. For valentines Day of this year[2008] my girlfriend got me all the regular stuff, candy, a card stuff like that, but inside the card there was a piece of paper stating that i got to go to a really good local tattoo shop ...
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By Anonymous · March 04, 2008 · 0 comments
I've been doing professional body piercing and scarification for the last nine years in Canada and Australia. I've always had an inclination to non-permanent aspects of body piercing over tattooing, yet while working as a piercer the opportunity and envelopment into the tattooing world is overwhelming. A Navy sailor myself, I have a fair share of tattoos all over my body; primarily good luck charms or memorials to lost friends and family, but never had I ever thought to attempt to give myself a tattoo; especially since I know of the risks involved as far as blood poisoning, infectious diseases ...
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By Anonymous · Feb. 23, 2008 · 0 comments
If you look at me, you probably wouldn't think that I'm a tattoo kind of girl. I like dresses, glitter, pop music, and the occasional Ugg boot. But I'll tell you a secret--I totally am. If it makes you gag that a girl like me could be a member of your exclusive ink club, I don't really care. You can do your thing and I'll do mine. Judgment free zone. Maybe it's the fact that my parents hated them, my gorgeous big sister whom I've always idolized loved them, or that I'm into the idea of something I chose being ...
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By Anonymous · Feb. 19, 2008 · 0 comments
So it was my first trip overseas, and three friends and I had decided to go to Malaysia for a few weeks. I had always wanted a tattoo, and a friend and I had the idea of getting one done over there to commemorate our trip together. After going to a few shops and checking to see if they were sterile etc. we finally chose one store in the middle of a mall in Kuala Lumpur. All we had to do then was choose the design. We looked at all the drawings and photos the tattoo store had to offer, ...
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By Anonymous · Feb. 19, 2008 · 0 comments
Alright, so I've always been a wuss. I had an ultra sound on my leg, and one look at the veins on the screen made me hit the floor. When I have blood tests, I almost throw up. When I had the third HPV vaccination, the pain was so bad I swear I almost died. Then, when I got out to reception, I fainted onto the cold marble floor in front of EVERYBODY. I know, I sound like such a loser...but I don't like pain. Ironically, I love piercings. I have fourteen all up at the moment (twelve in my ...
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