Last night I was saying to my mother that I'm thinking of adding more tattoos to my left arm, where my crane is, and making it an animal sleeve. So far I'm thinking a rat (for the year of the rat, which is when I was born), a cat for my stupid cat Annie, and maybe a Fu Dog, to keep with my tradition of appropriating the Asian culture where I was ( Read more... )

I had an extra day off today, thanks to working last Saturday, so I finally ran my cowboy boots across town to the cobbler to be re-heeled. He was a little scandalized, I'm sorry to say, by just how badly I'd worn one of them down. In my defense, they're nearly 20 years old and it's the first time I've had them repaired. His exact words were, "I ( Read more... )

1) I have settled on a tattoo design, but I'm going to wait until I get back from Florida to have it done, because there's going to be a pool and hot tub at the house where we're staying (as well as the pool at my parents' house) and you're not supposed to swim for three months after you get fresh ink. If I get it done right after we get home I'll ( Read more... )

Fannish Friday appears to be a bust, you guys. Sorry. There has been an unprecedented amount of work to do around here the past two Fridays; it's like the universe is trying to tell me something! Also, I'm not really feeling fandom at the moment. No one else appears to be feeling all that fannish either, though, so I'm not going to feel guilty ( Read more... )

Further to the scandal at my local Starbucks, I just found out that the manager is leaving as well. This new, kind of annoying girl is apparently manager now. The universe really *is* trying to get me to cut back on the coffee. Fine, universe. YOU WIN. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.

Does anyone on my flist happen to own the Tattooed Tarot? I ask ( Read more... )

( Here is a crappy cell phone camera picture of my tattoo. )