Boiled Dove

I have read that somewhere before, not sure if it was here or not. Personally I hold no illusions of my ability to be an artist, but I do really like tattoos.

Speaking of The Doctor, I was out in Denver working this week so we finished up the time vortex around the TARDIS. Went with a red/orange/yellow palate because the blue/purple one would have made it all look like a blue blob on my arm. I only have one really crappy pic from the hotel I sent my wife. I hope to have one worth posting after I get all the way home.

Dog Bite

On my leg

Not right

supposed to beg

Could also do an ascii art tattoo, but I bet that would be a real pain in the ass for that tattooer.

Mine doesn't really itch bad but I am leaving little flecks of colored DNA everywhere today.

I have to go to Colorado in a month for work. Time to finish up the color in the time vortex around the TARDIS and call that sucker done.

So we got finished on my leg at about 5 PM yesterday and my guy wrapped it in plastic and had me leave it wrapped until I went to take a shower before work in the morning, about 17 hours. It has not oozed or seeped anything all day. He said to start putting lotion on it in about 5 days or so after it had crusted over.

I think I like this routine. I think I had always over gooped in the healing process.

Yes, very happy if not a bit sore. there are some tender parts to the leg.

So this was my afternoon. Morel mushroom tattoo by Jereme Galloway at Time and Tide in Bloomington Indiana

Tattoo Day!!!! Just a little over 6 hours to go. Pretty excited to see what he has come up with.

@MadeIndelible Awesome to hear you are doing something about that problem. Remember that many of us here have gone through similar struggles and have come out the other side all the better for the experience. There was a lot that i missed out on while wallowing in my addictions but I would not really change any of it because, as hard as it was to come out of, that is what made me who I am and gave me the perspective I have. I also learned a lot about humility, pride, and how to ask others for help and none of that was easy or came naturally to me. It does get better if you stick with it.

One of the awesome things I did recently was to go to a live performance of Welcome To Nightvale with my wife and daughter (15). That was a lot of fun.

Woo Hoo, rescheduled for the 22nd, one week from today.

My daughters did that when they decided to go for short hair.

Taking the family to Riot Fest in September. they just announced the lineup and some other things. It just keeps getting better and better.

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This looks rad as hell. A lot of bands I'm not interested in, but also atleast a dozen I'd love to see. Im definitely gonna make this happen this year.

Went last year, and on the last day, when all the bands I really wanted to see were playing, it started storming and we were told to leave (this was right after the really bad flooding in denver last year) Turns out they all came back on and played short sets after the storm, but we were already too far out to make it back.

We went to Chicago and got rain on Sunday, Day 3, But that was nothing compared to what I heard happened in Denver. We had such a good time I bought the whole family tix again at the pre sale at Thanksgiving without even knowing what the line up would be. They still have a bunch they won't announce until early August. Some will drop off too. Motorhead and Bad Brains had to drop off last year due to health issues. Sucks getting old.

I am kind of into the idea of Greg Ginn with a theremin just because Black Flag was always the kind of band to do something to alienate and piss off people. I bet if I was actually there I'd want to punch Greg Ginn in his stupid neck though.

The Process of Weeding Out.

Cramps, Exploited, Suicidal Tendencies, Etc...

That was just in Lafayette. You don't even want to know who came through Chicago and Cincinnati.

Yeah, none of it will be too big. A hand sized piece on my lower leg and just filling in some background color on my arm.

But that is why he is soooooo punk rock.

That was what I was thinking but never having been in a situation to be able to get two tattoos in such a short time frame I thought it better to ask the question than not.

That tiny little club in Lafayette Indiana, where I grew up, had some really impressive bands come through. I did not even realize at the time how lucky I was for the fact that I was in the middle of nowhere midwest. Op Ivy, Dag Nasty, Naked Raygun, Zero Boys, Toxic Reasons, KGB, Screeching Weasel, SS20. Damn that was a fun time.

I should throw some Op Ivy in there to complete my high school set; it's sort of a given.

I saw them in a tiny little club in Lafayette Indiana. I was there to open the club for them when they showed up. The funk that came out of that van when they opened the door is something I will likely never forget until the day I die. fucking awesome show though, He kept jumping around between songs saying "We just want to be your friends!!!!"