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Day 24: Get a Tattoo

by casscomerford • November 24th, 2009 • posted in Life List, NaBloPoMo

November 24th: Get a Tattoo

I started writing about my desire to have a tattoo.  I have had at least 50 different sentences – all of them sucked.  Sometimes in life you just want something.  It doesn’t require explanation, reasons, excuses or anything.  All that matters is desire.  I want a tattoo.  I’m not sure what I want which is why I don’t have one right now.  Part of me wants a Bee (I call Lexi my little Bee) but then I think I’ll need to get a tattoo for each child to be fair and what if it really hurts?  Then I think I’d like a little pink heart.  Or maybe the chinese symbol for Chicken and Broccoli….errr…I mean Breathe.

Tell me something that you want that requires no explanation, reason, excuse….

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  • Bessie.viola: November 24th, 2009 at 10:03am

    I have this thought often in passing as well. My 3 sisters all have tattoos, and I am the lone lame-o without. I often think I'd like a tiny little ladybug (just black & white? Like an outline?) for Maddie, but I have the same thought as you - what about subsequent children? Hmm. Perhaps we should explore this further in Chicago... who knows what could happen?

  • AndreAnna: November 24th, 2009 at 10:13am

    I want goats and chickens. I'm dead serious. Also, you know i have quite a few tattoos and yes, they hurt, but they're also kind of permanent. I have a few I wish I didn't and I'd like to get a few more that truly mean something. Take the time and inspiration will come and you'll know what you want. And for reak, avoid the Chinese letter stuff. I've designed my next one myself. It's two small infinity symbols linked together by a larger one. I love it and can't wait to get it. Let me know when you're ready and maybe we'll go together! Also, if you have an idea of something you want, let me know. I'm pretty good at those kinds of things.

  • Sandy: November 24th, 2009 at 11:02am

    Let's get them together! I want a daisy flower with one petal left on it that says he loves me... But dad says if I get a tattoo he gets a pierced ear... Hummmmm

  • Ulli: November 24th, 2009 at 12:52pm

    I always wanted a tattoo and got my first one four years ago; I now have four and all of them have a special meaning. They hurt - but you gave birth to a baby and compared to that getting a tattoo is a walk in the park! Go for it!

  • Kristin: November 24th, 2009 at 2:09pm

    I want a Lisa Leonard necklace. It's the family tree one and I want to put the full first names of all the kids on it, not just their nicknames. I've wanted something like that since they were born.

  • Sarah Welch: November 24th, 2009 at 4:20pm

    I want to go to a silent retreat. Where you literally don't talk for a week straight. Just get quiet and centered. What I wouldn't do for that!

  • Kellie: November 24th, 2009 at 5:39pm

    I have two. I swore I'd NEVER get one. I got my first one when my ex-husband I called it quits. I felt there were sunnier days in my future and my first ink is exactly that: a cool sun with flames. I don't love the design NOW, but I still love what it means to me. The sun is on my lower back. My 2nd one is an angel with a devil horn poking through and breaking her halo. Rather appropriate for me ;) I'm itching for my next one. I just need someone who can draw as I cannot.

  • K.diehl: November 28th, 2009 at 4:35pm

    I've got a tattoo. It is a shamrock, with my dad'd initials. Its small, about the size of a quarter. It didn't hurt very much. If you've had a child, this will be nothing. I think it took about 30 mins. Don't get colors, they hurt more. I just got it black and white. Its not for anyone else but you.

  • Marcia: December 7th, 2009 at 4:12am

    I was read your post and i saw this one. Your mom and me talked one day when there and we were talking about tattoos and she was telling me about her daisy she wants. I also want to get a tattoo one day but I have no idea what to get. It will be on my body forever so I know i need to take along time and think about it. All I know is I want it on my foot and I want to be able to add flowers or some symbol for each of my close relatives when they pass so they will me with me forever. It will definitely be for my family.