By Anonymous · Jan. 01, 2000 · 0 comments
sitting at the table this morning after my run and bike ride; I was eating a bowl of Cap'n Crunch cereal when I suddenly thought...HEY!!! Today is a good day to get another tattoo (I currently have 10)! So I saddled up my '65 Mustang and drove 2 hours into Austin, hit a few tattoo studios, and found one I liked. I went into Custom Tattoos from the Soul with 2 design ideas in mind, one a wolf and the other a tiger. I wanted the tattoo either on my (back) shoulders, complimenting the wolf and tiger I already have ...
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By Anonymous · Jan. 01, 2000 · 0 comments
extremely nervous when I went to get my first tattoo in honor of my 17th birthday. I had decided on a small kanji character that represents destiny and heaven. I hadn't decided on that easily, either. I didn't want to get something that I would only be sorry for later in life, so I really took my time thinking about what I wanted and where I was going to put it. Once the time came, when I was sure that I was ready to go in, I took my best friend with me so that I would stay brave. My ...
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By Anonymous · Dec. 17, 1999 · 0 comments
ince I was little, I wanted to have a nose ring and a tattoo when I grew up. I got the ring when I turned 18, more metal since, but have only just gotten my (first) tattoo about a month ago. The main delay was in finding a smallish design I could afford. I've had in my head visions of swirling mermen on my lower legs for a while, but that will have to wait due to financial reasons - I'm a university student, and we all know what that translates into, as far as bank accounts go. I've done ...
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By Anonymous · Dec. 15, 1999 · 0 comments
OUGHTS BEHIND THE IDEA: i used to be the one to tell my friend to think carefully about her decision of getting a tattoo. constantly i would say to her "you know it's gunna be permanent right?" i don't remember what it was that made me consider getting one. all i remember were these obsessive thoughts about how i had to definitely get one. in june of 1999 i went to go meet up with my friend that i considered my older brother. he already has had numerous tattoos and piercings so i was pretty confident he'd take me to ...
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By Anonymous · Dec. 15, 1999 · 0 comments
been a fan of tats and piercings for as long as I can remember. Now I grew up in Columbia, SC where it was impossible to get tattooed as it is illegal. You can get pierced but not tattooed. I know it sounds stupid but that is how it is. I moved from Columbia to Atlanta, Ga where I found all sorts of freedoms. Being gay, was not the problem in Columbia. It was being a bodyart lover that was difficult in Columbia. So when I was given the opportunity to move to Atlanta, I jumped at it. I am ...
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By Anonymous · Dec. 15, 1999 · 0 comments
p> I know you all are thinking this is gonna be another "fresh 18 year old got her butterfly on her ankle, la la la". Not to dog those who DO have the bitterflies, but anyway... I've wanted a tat ever since I found out they could be done in the first place. Problem was 1) I wasn't old enough, and there was NO WAY my parents would sign a waiver and 2) I am a COMPLETE wuss. I mean it. I run away in terror at the thought of a shot. (Kinda makes you wonder why I'm a nursing ...
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By Anonymous · Dec. 15, 1999 · 0 comments
about a week after my 18th birthday when I decided to finally go for it and get a tattoo. I had been planning on getting one for a couple of years, and now I finally had the chance without doing the illegal thing. I had been working on my design ideas for a couple of weeks before my birthday (yeah, I know, a long time on one design, but it was my first) and I finally knew what I wanted. I wanted to go with a star-moon design. So I went and picked up my friend Amy (have to have ...
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By Anonymous · Dec. 12, 1999 · 0 comments
e wanted a tattoo since i was 14. i'm now seventeen. my mom always said no when i asked but that didnt matter...i still asked everyday. for my sixteenth birthday i wanted a tattoo. She still said no, but for my sevententh birthday she said i could get it done. i didnt want to go by myself so my friends and i all went together (my mom came too) I decided to go with El toro's because everyone i knew had had theirs done there and carol had been doing them for 18 years. They had a very good reputation ...
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By Anonymous · Dec. 12, 1999 · 0 comments
he longest time i have wanted a tattoo but I couldnt decide on what to get. I knew I wanted some form of christian work but what and where was the problem that arose. I seached through many online galleries and many tattoo shops. I decided on a cross but as for what style I wasn't quite sure yet. While checking out a christian symbols web site I found a couple of different symbols that I liked but finally decided on the Alpha and the Omega drawn one on top of the other. While I was at work one day ...
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By Anonymous · Dec. 12, 1999 · 0 comments
is a long one, so bare with me) I've wanted the tattoos I got for a couple of years now, Always think over what you get, you'll have these for the rest of your life. Choose your tattooist 'very' carefully. Some may not be clean about their work, make sure you pay careful attention to what they do and how they do it. Try to find out as much information on the tattooist and the tattoo place from which you're getting your tattoo. Ask your friends, family members, and other people who you trust to inform you on their experinces ...
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