Very nice, Allyson!
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Sep 16, 2009 5:09:21 pm PDT #9257 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Sep 16, 2009 5:23:09 pm PDT #9258 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm just sad I can't really see it without two mirrors. But I like the placement for its flirtiness, if that makes sense.
It does. I don't want to get a tat where I can't see it, because I'm shallow like that, but on other people it's nice, because I can see it even if they can't. If that makes sense. You can sweep your hair out of the way, and bingo!
Man, I really want my dragonfly tat. Later, later.
Where did you get it done?
Cass - Sep 16, 2009 5:24:58 pm PDT #9259 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
That's a lovely tattoo (and placement), Allyson.
Allyson - Sep 16, 2009 5:26:11 pm PDT #9260 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I went to Broken Art Tattoo, which is really lovely. It's set up like a comfy lounge, lots of sofa, very airy and light. Good, calm atmosphere.
Weirdly, while I was sitting on one of the couches hanging out waiting for the artist to work on the transfer, a dude came in, walked up to me, and asked me if I could take a walk-in.
I apparently look like someone who works there. Which is odd, since I have no visible tats.
ETA: I went on a rec from a friend, who got a tiny piece of her mother's writing tattooed on her arm (I love you more...). Her mom is dying of cancer, and the artist refused to charge her for it, since he lost his own mom after a long battle with cancer.
Gorgeous work.
Amy - Sep 16, 2009 5:27:12 pm PDT #9261 of 30001
Because books.
It's very cool, Allyson.
God, I want more ink so much. I have it all planned, too. Where's the goddamn tattoo fairy when you need him?
tommyrot - Sep 16, 2009 5:34:13 pm PDT #9262 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I went on a rec from a friend, who got a tiny piece of her mother's writing tattooed on her arm (I love you more...). Her mom is dying of cancer, and the artist refused to charge her for it, since he lost his own mom after a long battle with cancer.
Awww....
Atropa - Sep 16, 2009 5:36:57 pm PDT #9263 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Allyson, that's a great tattoo!
God, I want more ink so much. I have it all planned, too. Where's the goddamn tattoo fairy when you need him?
I KNOW. I really need to crack the whip on that artist I have around here and get him to finish the next batch of designs.
Allyson - Sep 16, 2009 5:41:35 pm PDT #9264 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Actual email from asshat on OKCupid:
do you tend to be submissive in bed? most fat girls are.
My self-esteem remains intact.
sarameg - Sep 16, 2009 5:41:42 pm PDT #9265 of 30001
OK, so I'm reading Geography of Bliss which is particularly resonant of late. Cause I'm startled by the happy (two days morose is fading) and poking at it like a new discovery. Anyway, so many pages are bookmarked. Have to share a tidbit :
Change your location and you just may change yourself. It's not that distant lands contain some special "energy" or that their inhabitants possess secret knowledge (though they may) but rather something more fundamental: By relocating ourselves, we shake loose the shackles of expectation. Adrift in a different place we give ourselves permission to be different people.
Um, can I say hallelujah? Been changing places for 6 months, and oh yeah, I done do that.
(For the record, book is very irreverent, quote notwithstanding.)
Amy - Sep 16, 2009 5:46:41 pm PDT #9266 of 30001
Because books.
That book looks excellent, sara.
do you tend to be submissive in bed? most fat girls are.
Oh my god. I would be so tempted to show up at his door with a bullwhip.