New Tattoo

It's been a long time coming, but I'm happy to announce that I am the owner of a new tattoo. I've wanted one for a while now and I've drawn a couple of sketches. It was a methodical thing, really; I never do anything like this without a lot of thinking. I mean a lot of thinking.

After months of thoughts and planning, the funny thing is how it finally happened; my tattoo artist, Sarock, called me and asked if I wanted to get my tat today because he was bored.

Worked for me.

It took a while to outline and fill in, but this is pretty cool. I did a couple of things to make things easier:

1. headphones. music soothes the soul. it also makes a good distraction.
2. mouthpiece. instead of crying out when i'm in pain, i tend to grind my teeth. because of that, i took measures to keep my mouth from bleeding. the outlining hurt a little bit, so it ended up being better than a good idea.
3. calming music. i didn't listen to a dance playlist, but a soft one that i use for preparing for bed. the calming music put my mind in a more restful, meditative mood. this also took the edge off of some of the pain.
4. prayer. i prayed. no, not for myself, but for other people that came to mind while being tattooed. it gave me something positive to do with my thoughts.
5. relaxing. i used the mood of my music to keep my body relaxed instead of tense. this helped the process a lot more than one would realize.

In the end, the process was a little less than two hours long and I really like the tattoo. It, like every tattoo I will get, has a meaning and a very special one. This one is about the ones I love. There is subtext for this tattoo, but it will be added on a different day. I will not translate the text, but here's the basic idea: do not touch the things or people that I treasure. Doing so will earn you my unyielding wrath.

Oh, that is a mohawk, by the way. Yes, it is mine.