My brother, Matt, turned 18 yesterday and the first thing he did was head over to the tattoo parlor. He had wanted a tattoo for over a year and had decided on this symbol from the Neverending Story with two connected, intertwining snakes. Of course, being the crazy tattoo-loving girl that I am, I couldn't help but tag along... so my brother, my mom, and 3 of matt's friends and I all went over to the tattoo parlor around 7. Being a rather large design on his upper arm, they decided it was best to break the tattooing down into two sessions and only complete the black outline and some black shading last night. I was surprised at how well matt took it. Mine personally hurt a lot, but I might just be a wimp and his was over more cushioned muscle where as mine was right over my hip bone. Two and a half hours later, Matt had a wonderful new tattoo which looks amazing! I couldn't tell you why, but I love everything about tattoo shops...and tattoo artists for that matter. The guy who did Matt's was named Jason, had numerous tattoos himself, went to Cal Arts and played Indonesian music in his spare time. How hot is that? He showed me some of his drawings and they were absolutely incredible. There was this other artist there named James who also went to Cal Arts, had tattoos and was wearing converse sneakers. I was in love. haha. I kept staring like a mad person at both of them the whole time. I'm convinced they think I'm insane now because I couldnt stop staring, so Im gonna be embarassed when I go back. But youve gotta have respect for people who are so artistically talented that they can tattoo their design into someone's skin and not fuck up. Tattoos are an addiction by the way. Once you get one, you just want to keep getting them. It was all I could do to hold myself back from jumping in the chair and getting another one myself, but I managed to resist. It's the same thing with piercings. Lures you in. haha. I am considering getting something pierced. I could always do my eyebrow again, but two times was enough. Ideally, Id want to get my tongue pierced, but of course my mom's really against it, and I wouldnt do something that upset her like that. And people would probably disown me as their friend if I did. Anyways, Im going to post a few pictures from last night that show a bit of the process, but this computer wont let me so I have to wait till I have my laptop going. Keep checking and Ill post them soon. I'll be taking another picture today now that its had a chance to heal...looks much better without ink and stuff all over it.