Glints in the night, commas and ampersands: someone got a new tattoo
Did you know you’re not supposed to take pictures of the flash at tattoo parlors? They’re afraid that you’re gonna steal the designs and then take them to another shop to get inked. FFJ and I learned this only after I had taken the picture. So if you decide that you too simply must have a Vodo tattoo, please go see the very nice people at the Ink Lab in Minneapolis. They’ll totally hook you up.
Yesterday when I was chatting with The Grad, I told him how unpunk rock I was for planning to go get a tattoo. Not just planning, but making an appointment and going on a Tuesday afternoon. He told me to make sure to spit at people as I left, because that would make me a bit punk rock.
Saul, my cutiepie redhaired tattoer, thought it was pretty tough that I snuck out of work under the guise of an appointment to come and get a tattoo. This is but one of the reasons that I wanted to marry Saul (aside from the cutie red hairedness).
Another reason was that he dug my tattoo, or at least he faked in convincingly. Also, when I spotted the piece of paper taped up that said ‘Ain’t No Holla Back Girl’ and asked Saul if someone was really going to get that as a tattoo, he shook his head a little sadly and said yes.
“What font is this?” His head was bent over my arm.
“Caslon,” I said, my head hovering next to his, our foreheads nearly touching.
“I really like the swirls here.” He wiped the ink and blood from my arm.
At that point I think I might have come just a little bit. But I controlled myself because two rooms over, FFJ was about to embark on her own tattoo. And that, my friends, is another story for another time.
UH
March 13th 2007 - 8:27pm
I was really hoping for Peter Parker in your trunk.
Wendy
March 13th 2007 - 8:54pm
Man. Now I want one even more! I LOVE that.
Jodi
March 13th 2007 - 8:57pm
Go get one! You won’t regret it for a second.
FFJ
March 13th 2007 - 9:37pm
just so you all know, the Vodo is totally under my thumb.
Kristy
March 15th 2007 - 9:18am
I love the looks of this…..but can you explain why? There’s always cool stories behind tattoos when smart girls get them.
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betsy
March 15th 2007 - 9:47am
The font makes the ampersand look like a Sanskrit letter, almost like aum/om, cool.