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What I wake up to every morning

Written by

Shannon Larratt

I’m talking about waking up to the realization that I’m lying on the floor, wearing only a hat. Sadly, I am not talking about the realization that I’m lying next to a pretty girl with great tattoos, ha.

Thanks again to Esotericus for the photo (tattoo by Brett Osborne who was at the time at PURE in Brooklyn, NY). See you all tomorrow with real posts and a BME update.

Comments

18 responses to “What I wake up to every morning”

  1. tokyowars Avatar
    tokyowars

    You’ve posted her tattoo before right?

    (Certainly not complaining 😀 just wondering where I had seen it before…)

  2. Greg Avatar
    Greg

    That’s one hell of a pretty tattoo. Matches the girl well too. 🙂

  3. F. Xanatos Avatar
    F. Xanatos

    And she does not have to worry about vampires! How handy! Beautiful tattoo.

  4. Shannon Larratt Avatar
    Shannon Larratt

    tokyowars – you’re remembering right, back in the early days of modblog i posted another shot of it.

  5. Greg Avatar
    Greg

    Speaking of old tattoos…Shannon, I dropped you an email last week about a tattoo that was posted a long time ago, of a child’s handprint with the name “Gavin” across the top…no pressure on digging it out if you don’t know immediately where it is, but I am crossing my fingers since it’s 6 days to my tattoo appointment to get similar done. Possible?

    Thx!

  6. smurf Avatar
    smurf

    Lovely tattoo. Lovely lady. Adorable hat!

  7. Court Avatar
    Court

    Haha she has triangle tan lines on her boobs, very cute.

  8. Amanda Avatar
    Amanda

    Awww, precious girl, precious tat, precious photo. This is all kinds of adorable!

  9. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    Does anyone remember how old her tattoo is? The coloring is great and I’m hoping that’s what color tattoos will look like when you get them done by a talented artist and take care of them properly.

  10. penski Avatar
    penski

    WOOO! GARLIC!

    *n

  11. not telling. Avatar
    not telling.

    i have such a crush on this girl.

  12. penski Avatar
    penski

    Puntastic.

    *n

  13. Roxor Avatar
    Roxor

    Garlic? Is she stinky?

  14. / Avatar
    /

    is she italian?

  15. Ash Avatar
    Ash

    So let me answer some questions:
    I was tattooed by Brett in November of 2005.
    I stink pretty.
    I’m not italian, but I wouldn’t mind a lil Italian in me 😉

  16. Wilburt Avatar
    Wilburt

    I really like her hat, theyre so cool 😀

  17. Wicked Avatar
    Wicked

    fucking gorgeous 🙂

  18. jack6two Avatar
    jack6two

    wonderfull seductive – there the bulbs are swelling!!!

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