At A Glance
Author	Christy
Contact	littleredgeo@yahoo.com
When	N/A
Studio	AAA
Location	Arkansas

Wow, what can I say?

I just got my second tattoo yesterday, for my Christmas present/anniversary present.

I am getting married in July, and in addition to Christmas and our anniversary, it also signifies our union.

I now have a heartagram on my lower back, I have another black symbol between my shoulder blades and in between them I plan to get a black symbol for each of our theoretical children, eventually.

Okay, as for my actual experience, it was great there is nothing I love more than the smell of a tattoo parlor. The ink the sweat of some poor girl who is so scared to get ink that she is crying before hand (and during) It seems that every time that I go in to get a mod some one is just a'cryin as hard as they can. I don't understand it, if it scares you that bad then it is probably not a good idea to go through with it, that is my advice to all readers, if it scares you to the point where you are crying so hard that you can't talk, do not do it, because you may very well regret it.

I guess I just don't understand fear, if hurt that bad why would so many people have multiple mods? But anyway, I digress, I was nearly drowning in adrenalin when I sat in that beautiful chair waiting for the placement to be perfect, and my sister asked why I would pay as much as I did for a small 3x3 section of my body and it really crashed my mood. She then told me that she knew a guy whose dad's friend (or something to that effect) could to do the same thing for like 25 bucks, so then I explained to her and her boyfriend that I would rather pay to have the same artist who has done all my piercings and my other tattoo, not to mention my fiancé's full sleeve and his piercings as well, than to have some guy in his basement mess up my skin for the rest of my life.

Then I hear that wonderful buzzing of the tattoo gun come to life and the energy is back.
As he starts the outline hurts less than I expected but more than I want it too but it is okay I didn't realize how much I miss the feel of the tattoo gun on my skin, until this moment.

I will take these next few moments to explain why I chose a heartagram, and for those of you who don't know what a heartagram is I will explain that as well. The heartagram is basically a pentagram with the top two points rounded off to form a heart with the bottom point. It is the symbol that the band HIM (and the skateboarder and MTV star Bam Margera) uses; my favorite explanation of it is "LOVE METAL" but the reason that this means enough to me to put on my body forever is partially that HIM brought my fiancé and I together and that it sort of defines me as a person, I am a girl and I grew up with and love metal music I think that it just explains a lot about me.

In about 15-20 minutes he was finished with the outline and I took a little smoke break (not to smoke but to finish my fries from lunch) and then we got started on the filling in portion of my day.

Now this is the part I like the most, I usually just chat with the artist and whoever went with me, but as it was a special day for us my boyfriend and I just reminisced about the last sitting on his sleeve and other mods we have endured together.

I honestly think it may have been one of the best days of my life.

After about an hour and fifteen minutes we were done and we stopped for more lunch because I find I am a much happier person if I feed my face before and after I stress my body out like that!

I got home and peeled of the saran wrap stuff and I fell in love. I don't think I like any of my tats or piercings as much as I love this one, but then again it could be that it is my newest because I think that I have felt this way after I came home with every mod I have.

My advice to all that read this is be prepared read all you can before you go in, this site and others help a lot, ask friends with tattoos or piercings how there experience was, and please, please pay to have your work done at a parlor, not in some ones basement or living room, ask to see pictures of their work.

And most of all Have fun, enjoy yourself, a tattoo is a wonderful experience, take someone you love to share it with you.

Thanks
CC