Deb Yarian

Always a good one when people ask where you learned.

Deb, you beat me to it. Or the variation: "I was drunk and it was a dare/bet."

Surprisingly enough, this works! ...even with sleeves, or a backpiece. Dumb fucks.

Or better yet, tell them you got them in prison!

I got mine the other day.

I loved the first volume and i've just only read the foreword of the 2nd book and love it already!

i have an armband of mine and my husband's names upside down. It was the 90s.

scowl more and dont look at people in the eye. its been at least a decade since anyones asked me about my tattoos.

Nobody ever asks me about my tattoos

Just tell them you were drunk when you got them and you don't remember.

No Julio, i've never been there. Why do you ask? Although i just saw the movie "The Bridesmaids" and was impressed at how nice it looks.

Guys ,first of all you can't compare tattooing to any other profession, particulary anything related to financial gain .These people live tattoos all day every day ,not just doing them but everything to do with them -even the shit stuff they love ,i'm sure .A better comparison is to a professional athlete or the like who lives totally immersed in their thing with monk-like devotion and love .Best put I think by Horiyoshi III "i will live and die devoted to this "

Deb -true love for something is always apparent and will attract likewise long after the new jack "superstars" have been replaced by the next batch.Laugh with your man cause most times its better to be invisible.

Ha! That's what i've done for the past 30 years, mastered the art of invisibility.

FINALLY!

My dog friends, Gorby and Baby Lou

I find this happening more and more in the tattoo world, or at least my tattoo world.

I'll speak to one tattoo friend and speak of another tattoo friend and I'm still surprised that everybody I know doesn't know everybody else that I know.

And I'm not saying that this is a bad thing---- just not sure that I like this new thing

This year I attended a tattoo convention. It is an annual convention put on by a group that has both tattooists and enthusiasts as it's members.

One night during the convention they have a dinner and you are often seated at a table with people that you don't know.

This one shop from the Midwest owned by a tattooer with a single name - like Cher -had a huge entourage with him and had two large tables put aside to accommodate the group. He and his senior group sat at one table and all his younger, newer tattooists were seated at the other.

As luck would have it , Don and I were also seated at this other table.

This other group wasn't particularly pleased to have us at their table. Imagine being a great aunt and uncle at the kid's table at Thanksgiving.

Now, between us, Don and I had more time tattooing then all the 8-12 other tattooists sitting at both tables- put together.

I say that, not to boast, but illustrating the scene.

I'm pretty social and tried to engage the group in conversation but it was a real strain.

One girl there, said her forte was lettering. I said how much I admire " so and so's" lettering, and everybody at the table said "who?" I explained that "so and so" does

beautiful lettering in the style of " so and so" and they said "who?" I further explained that " so and so" just had an interview in Tattoo Artist Magazine that was really worth reading and they said "what magazine?"

I came away from the evening with the realization that the love of tattoos, tattooing and it's history - was no longer enough to bind a group of people together.

That I might as well be at a table of brick layers or chiropractors.

Happy, happy birthday!!

However in 1984, when Greg died, there were far fewer tattooers and MANY of them were less tattooed in relation to tattooers of today.

I'll try to post our ring tattoo photos

My husband Don, lost his wedding ring , so this year for Valentine"s Day we got back to back "Ds" on our wedding ring fingers.

We have been married for 20 years and I can't stress just how strongly PRO-NAME I am. Actually, any tattoo that signifies your devotion to one another is good in my book.

Don has my name on his chest that Ms Deborah did 20 yrs ago. My name in a banner in a design That Eric Inksmith did for our 1st anniversary, and Mike Wilson did my profile on Don's hand a couple of years ago.

I also have his name in a few places as well as the band.

Just going in to a relationship with the attitude that it isn't going to work is in my opinion, negative.

And you know what? if we ever split up and I don't want his name anymore, i'll cover it up.

I wish as many people would give as much advice and input when their friends tell them they're going to start a family with their mates.

"Joe and I are in love and we want to have a -----/ get a ------"

" Oh, don't! That's the kiss of death in a marriage"

Just my two cents (:

Hi Paul

Hi there!

Deb - from Alaska

I got paid for the first tattoo I did. It was a name on a hand.

I don't remember what the name was):

Hi! Welcome?

Hi Jason

I'm really looking forward to this!