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TATTOOS-what and why?

Posted:
Sat Jul 31, 2004 10:09 am
by phillyidol
We were pretty crazy and alot of us got ink. I did not but always wanted one. I am going to get one before its too late. Midlife crisis? Not yet, but I don't want to be the old guy getting one to look young. I still have a little time.
Got ink? What is it and what story goes with it?

Posted:
Sat Jul 31, 2004 1:42 pm
by EchoBeachBunnyBoy
Tattoos are such personal things on public display.(for the most part)
I've mentioned this before, but I've got the legendary Wax Trax! Records logo (see pic in my profile) tattooed on my upper arm, at The Tattoo Factory in Chicago, in 1995.
Wax Trax! w

Posted:
Sun Aug 01, 2004 9:36 am
by Ollie Stench
Both my arms are covered, and I've got 2 on my back. The LEAST ammount of time I've spent contemplating ink is 6 months. I wanted to make sure that what I got would be important to me 5, 10, 40 years later. I got my tattoos for me, not for me to show o

Posted:
Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:09 am
by phillyidol
I really don't mind if it hurts. I just want to make sure it is the tattoo that I want. I'm glad you told me it takes along time to decide. I've been e mailing my freinds ideas for a year. I have narrowed it down but I have to make a decision. I want to d

Posted:
Mon Aug 02, 2004 12:02 am
by mare_idol
I have three tattoos. The latest I got last April and it hurt more than anything because my body has become so pure with my diet (I eat 97 percent of my food raw, I don't do drugs and rarely drink) -- so the toxins in the ink really killed me. I was sick

Posted:
Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:08 am
by phillyidol
Thats wild about your reaction but I guess you are right. Your body does not have any toxins so it went wild in your system.

Posted:
Mon Aug 02, 2004 10:24 am
by Ollie Stench
Red ink is really hard for most people to take. I have a tattoo of 3 roses (with a banner that says "Mom"!), 2 of them are purple and one is red. The purple ones were fine, but hte red rose had a really weird crystaline scab, and faded to a light pink a

Posted:
Tue Aug 03, 2004 3:41 am
by mare_idol
Ollie, the yellow and brown in my durian caused more of a reaction than the red in my rose.
Do you think youth has anything to do with less pain? Because I got the rose when I was 25 and the durian this year, at 40.

Posted:
Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:12 am
by christsmasher
I've got two tattoos, the first was my cherub on my lower back. Apparently, it's quite a piece of work. (I never see it because of its placement) I had it done when I was sixteen and living in the sticks it's a good ol' country rock and roll tattoo!

Posted:
Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:41 am
by letsgodiving
two tattoos, four visits to the tattoo shop...
first tattoo is a bumblebee on my left chest (because i loved Sting at the time and bumblebees sting! -- lame, huh!). i wanted it concealed so it wouldn't be a problem for formal occasions had it been expo

Posted:
Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:28 am
by mare_idol
Christmaster -- a tattoo of YOU! That's classic, I love your attitude!
You go girl!! [;)]

Posted:
Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:51 am
by christsmasher
lol, Seriously, it wasn't meant as an ego trip or anything. I think I was so proud to finally have my own DJ night at one of the coolest clubs in town, and the poster art with the image was truly beautiful. I wanted to capture that moment in time foreve

Posted:
Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:42 am
by i_like_lectric_motors
So far:
Black Flag bars - left pec.
Sun - right shoulder
Modified chaos star -left forearm
Eye of Horus - back of neck
Many more to come hopefully.

Posted:
Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:12 am
by KYYX4ever
mare idol,
sorry to hear about those ink toxins giving you a reaction. i am also careful about not putting impurities into my system, so i can imagine how that must have felt !
i have One: a lizard on my right breast. cute, small, green (the lizard

Posted:
Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:37 am
by phillyidol
I have to add that I always loved girls with tattoos. But not the butterfly,unicorn,or dolphin girls. I like real tattoos. I admire a girl who gets an arm tattoo. I always liked that alot. Also a back tattoo is nice.[:D]