tattoo #3
diaryland entry 9:47 a.m. - 2005-06-29
Okay, so I got a new tattoo the other day. I'm not going to show you right now because it is crusty and flaking. It looks kind of like a molting lizard at the moment.
I went into the tattoo place (Anchor's End Tattoos in Duluth) and showed them a picture of 2 thistles and a quote in Hebrew. But I told them that I wanted them to do something cool with it. So the artist did. After making minor changes here and there in the design, he got to work.
I sat in the chair and he jabbed me with a thousand needles. Cause that's what a tattoo is like. It's not horrible pain. Just like an hour and a half rug burn. So I weas just sitting there chatting with him and looking around the room and amusing myself within my own head.
Meanwhile, in the room next door there was a constant stream of piercing customers. Mostly college students up in Duluth for the weekend. None of the girls asked about whether it was going to hurt because most of them already had things pierced. Plus, anyone smart knows that a big needle jammed through your flesh will involve a certain amount of pain. But all the guys asked how much it was going to hurt. Since I wasn't reacting at all to the needles in my arm, the piercer just pointed over to me and said, "It won't hurt half as much as what Josh is doing to her."
So anyway, now I have my third tattoo. The artist was good and the place was clean and nice. They also didn't overcharge me. The new tattoo covers most of my upper arm and it only cost $150, and that was for about 2 hours of work, between the design and the actual tattooing. Quite a steal. At the last place I went it was $60 for a 20 minute tattoo with no design work involved.
Anyway, my break is over. I need to get back to processing claims.
Alana
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