Tattoos and Raven

So I got my first tattoo on Thursday, March 11, 2010.

It wasn´t so bad actually. Let me walk you through the process...

I picked up Adiam to come along with me because she wanted to document the whole thing and my mom was afraid for me to go alone... Not sure why... but whatever. When we arrived, there were already 2 people ahead of me! And I came 17 minutes after they opened! But it was ok... I just had to wait until 2pm to get mine done... sadly...

Adiam and I went to Starbucks while we waited for my time to come. It was SO steamy in there, I thought my hair was going to frizz up!! When I returned, Kerry, the tattoo guy, was ready to GO! WOOO! I wasn´t... I started to freak out a little while filling out the paperwork but I got through it & made sure I wasn't signing anything that said I had to give up my liver.

So Kerry did the sketch of Mia's footprint, name stencil & we went back to the dungeon.

(and I saw his booty crack...)

He cleaned my back, placed the stencil on my shoulder and that's when my heart started to pound. I endured giving birth to Mia with NO medicine at all & no tears, half of my body was numb during the stitching & no tears; why was I so scared? I guess it was the unknown feeling THIS type of pain.

So Mr. Curly Head started with Mia's name. Small, easy & probably to get me used to the feeling. It wasn't too bad. It felt like a bunch of ant bites but nothing serious. Well... similar to someone poking you repeatedly with a sewing needle. Hurts, but tolerable.

Right after he finished the "a", he jumped RIGHT to the heel part of the foot in circular motions. Now that hurt more. It felt like a mechanical pencil (a pointy one) circling on my back. But after tensing for about a minute, I got used to it & it didn't hurt as much. But when he got to the toes, man. Them toes hurt! I don't know why! But the funny conversations we had during the process made it a lot more relaxing & faster. He's a pretty cool (and funny) guy. And don't forget that nappy hair! =D

He finished in about 20-30 minutes. It was really short & felt like only 5 minutes.. I think him setting up took longer than the actual tattoo! But I love it. The shading matches her actual footprint SO well, and he was a really nice guy, and he didn't charge me my life either. It was cheaper than I thought! I'd get another tattoo by him... Just not any time soon. I need to recover after this one, especially now that its going through it's nasty, peely, flakey, stage. UGH! Overall, the experience was wonderful, not too painful & I had a very nice time there. =]