All I can think of when I see neck tats is OW OW OW OW OW OW OW.

There's a reason my tats are on soft fleshy body parts and not MY NECK.

[eta: I once told a doctor I didn't like people touching my neck - I think she was feeling my glands or something and had her thumbs kind of near my windpipe - and she immediately said "Oh, were you strangled once?" Which...is it just me or is that a wierd question? Is it unusual to not want people putting their hands around your neck?]

I think the only tattoo I'm likely to get at 68 is one that says DNR.

Oh it does - sub teaching pays $86.00/day. Sub aide-ing pays $77.00/day.

Aims, not trying to be a wet blanket, but are you eligible for unemployment? If so, is it more than you would make substitute teaching? If that is also so, you may want to see if you can volunteer your time. I'm just worried that you'll take one job because it pays okay, and then if more jobs don't come through, you won't be eligible for unemployment. And we know how the unemployment people like to fuck you. (originally, I was going to say fuck WITH you, but decided to leave it, as my subconscious had corrected me)

Uh, no, it's actually really smart, since that's a very vulnerable spot.

Mal sometimes tries to get my attention by putting his hands around my neck, and I always flinch, even though I know he's not going to choke me. And I've never been strangled.

I weren't already involved in languages that I'm at least intermediate in but badly need to push to fluency (Spanish, Swedish and Danish).

Why do you need fluency in Swedish/Danish, Spidra?

"Ass antlers" is the translation of the German word for "tramp stamp" - the lower back tribal tattoo. Which is a location I would totally consider for getting a tattoo if it weren't for the terms "ass antlers" and "tramp stamp."

Which is a location I would totally consider for getting a tattoo if it weren't for the terms "ass antlers" and "tramp stamp."

This exactly.

I don't even like to have tight necklines or scarves. So that's a no on hands.

I heartily dislike the term "tramp stamp" but am completely in love with "ass antlers".

(Probably only because I've never heard it in the wild. But still!)

Now I'm almost wishing I'd gotten an antler tattoo instead of the caffiene molecule.

Dana, that sucks. Was this about your internet usage?

Which is a location I would totally consider for getting a tattoo if it weren't for the terms "ass antlers" and "tramp stamp."

Word.

Aims, not trying to be a wet blanket, but are you eligible for unemployment? If so, is it more than you would make substitute teaching? If that is also so, you may want to see if you can volunteer your time. I'm just worried that you'll take one job because it pays okay, and then if more jobs don't come through, you won't be eligible for unemployment. And we know how the unemployment people like to fuck you. (originally, I was going to say fuck WITH you, but decided to leave it, as my subconscious had corrected me)

I am. And I checked and in Michigan, you can work and earn up to 150% of your weekly unemployment benefit before they stop paying you at all. I registered to be a teacher, aide, and scretarial sub ($96.00/day). The head secretary from the HR office told me this morning that if I register for all three, I'll never not be working. Espeicially in the secretarial pool, it seems.

Thanks for looking out, though! That's not being a wet blanket! That's making sure I know what the eff I'm doing.