And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?

Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Jessica - Mar 29, 2019 1:53:43 pm PDT #5661 of 8216
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

The list of tattoos I want to get is long. It's not even been a year since the last one, and I want the next one now now now.

It me. My last two are both less than a year old, but I have SO MANY IDEAS.

I think I'm kind of old to be getting one. I turn (shudder) 67 on my next birthday.

I don't know about the blood thinner risk, but my mom got her first tattoo this year at age 70. You're never too old! (This is the artist - my mom's tattoo isn't in her feed, but I *love* *love* *love* her style.)


-t - Mar 29, 2019 2:12:19 pm PDT #5662 of 8216
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, those are beautiful!


meara - Mar 29, 2019 2:16:35 pm PDT #5663 of 8216

Wow those are neat! I want another tattoo, and am pretty sure I know where I want it, have a fairly good example of what I want, but haven't yet been arsed to find a tattoo artist and arrange and pay for it. Guess I don't want it that badly?


lisah - Mar 29, 2019 6:44:55 pm PDT #5664 of 8216
Punishingly Intricate

Wow ! Jessica, I love that artist's work. I've been wanting to get a tattoo of all the state flowers from the states I've lived in and now I'm wondering if I should go to Brooklyn to get it!!!


-t - Mar 29, 2019 6:55:25 pm PDT #5665 of 8216
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, lisah, that's such a good idea!


Katerina Bee - Mar 29, 2019 8:24:44 pm PDT #5666 of 8216
Herding cats for fun

I don't have tattoos because I am also a rotate all the art occasionally person. I get tired of seeing the same thing all the time.

I did think about getting Mishka's pawprint but waffled about where to put it. He liked to pat my face with his velvet safety paws, but facial tattoos and I are not friends.

I could follow that with all the other cat paws and have a trail meandering up my spine. Which would be super cool but frustrating when I couldn't see it.

So I probably won't ever ink my skin but trying it out with henna would be fun.


Laura - Mar 30, 2019 6:31:51 am PDT #5667 of 8216
Our wings are not tired.

After a week long visit I am driving my sister back home today. Making a round trip so I told my eldest son and his roommate I was fetching them to keep me company. Hope I can have calm conversation with him. He's not doing good.


Calli - Mar 30, 2019 7:25:55 am PDT #5668 of 8216
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

The linked tattoo artist's work is gorgeous! She has an amazing skill with color shading.

I have two tats. I mentally sat with the subject and placement for years with both before I got them. (A Viking long ship at the top of my right thigh and a swallow from the Akrotiri frescos on my left upper arm.) I've been happy with both since I got them—2009 and 2018 respectively. I'm not ruling out another, but I don't have anything currently in mind.


flea - Mar 30, 2019 7:28:22 am PDT #5669 of 8216
information libertarian

Okay, Jessica, a friend of mine is literally at that studio getting a tattoo right now. Like, her appointment started at 12!

If I ever get another tattoo (unlikely) I'll go to Korea and get a whale from this dude: [link] [link]


lisah - Mar 30, 2019 9:04:08 am PDT #5670 of 8216
Punishingly Intricate

I'm seriously obsessed now, Jessica! I'm trying to figure out roughly when I could take the trip. I've been thinking about this tattoo for years and hadn't found the right artist for it.