permanence.

one of my tattoos is featured on contrariwise.org today. more of my work will be featured tomorrow and friday, too. check it.

on sunday, we went to the nyc tattoo convention at roseland ballroom. it pained us, but we made it through. i took some pictures, too.









katie, troy, and myself are renting a car this weekend to drive to north carolina to see my family. my mom asked me what i wanted for my birthday a couple of weeks ago, and i told her i wanted matching tattoos. she agreed, but even though i've thought about it pretty constantly, she hasn't been able to, so we decided to postpone tattoo time until later in the year. she kept vetoing my ideas, anyway.

next weekend, i have an appointment with shanghai kate, one of the first (if not THE first) female tattoo artists. she worked with sailor jerry and ed hardy. she's fancy. she'll be doing the cover-up of my half-sleeve stick figure massacre. i initially wanted to try and keep some of the figures, but it's not possible, so away they go. i'll just need to take some good photos in the next ten days. it'll be nice to NOT wear my broken heart on my sleeve anymore.