Hot Harley Nights always comes through here on their way to Deadwood/Sturgis so it was a huge amount of motorcycles

i wish i'd remembered my camera

and a tattoo parlor called Vishnu Bunny moved in where a candy shop used to be, which is both really really weird and super awesome

and also an indication of how little i get out, b/c i was like 'woah when did that move in' and one of the tattoo guys was like

'about two months ago'

...i want a tattoo you guys

do it

/getting another in a few months when I get my school monies

ahah, i think i will!

i really need a tiger

because that's like

my animal

...though i wonder if getting a tiger on one shoulderblade and a bunny on the other would be possible

because bunnies have grown on me lately, mysteriously enough

i would not get weirdly colored animals, though, it's going to be a white tiger and i haven't decided what kind of bunny yet

white is not... really doable but if yo're pale enough you don't need it lmao

i've seen white in tattoos before

but i'm pretty pale anyway

in any case, fewer colors is less i have to pay for XD

lmao well it's usually a time thing more than an ink thing

oh?

and white can be done it just can be tricky

and yeah like the guys at my place it's $150 an hour

....jegus

more colors = more complex = takes longer but

i'll talk to the artist before i make any final decisions

yeah there will be plenty of talking lolol or at lest if they're a decent place there should be

this place seems pretty damn awesome

they're the only tattoo parlor on main street XD

and they've been around for a while

still... usually a good idea to research, read reviews etc etc

make sure you read up and know what to expect, what the drill usually is, stuff like that... see how much experience the artists have

/nodnod/ yeah, good plans all of that

I was super nervous about my first one so I researched a lot before I decided on my place too

...damn, i missed out on the chance to do some trade work back in Feb it looks like

when they were getting the new location ready

...hmm, so far i've seen some short, enthusiastic reviews... and one very long one warning me against an artist called Hope

who apparently no longer works there

well that's always good

oooooh tattoos

having artists that are experienced is always good too >>

i want so many xD

no kidding

aha, artist bios

these all seem pretty good...

i am re-thinking my idea. Maybe a grey tiger (just lines, no colors) would be better...

more dramatic or something

black line art can be really nice! I like the look and it does tend to hold up well long term

oh that's all encouraging XD

some of my aunts have tats, i always like the simpler, black-and-skin ones with just hints of color rather than the

colorful ones

yeah, i'm pretty pale and i MUCH prefer my black/grey shaded ones to the colored one

I don't know why. I do like the colored one, but somehow the black just looks more striking, i guess?

yeah...

but yeah, i got my black medic alert symbol on my left forearm in like 2008 and it looks brand new

not that 2008 was very long ago but still

heh

that's a smart way to do it >_>

lol, i think my favorite one is... one of my aunts has a sort of native american design on her shoulder with a lady and an eagle and stuff

and it's all in black

except for like, three or four beads

which are colored

it's so cool

oh that sounds amazing

that sounds kinda like what I wanna do for one of mine

...I'm kinda glad I'm not the only one who wants a tiger related tattoo and a rabbit related tattoo

ahahah

i want the tiger because that's my animal

and then i can get the bunny as a private joke /sob

I want to get their logos, I will not lie

lmao, nah

the Bunny one looks too much like a certain other famous bunny

Wild Tiger on my right shoulder, Bunny on my thigh

yeah, I know

but I just cannot pass up the opportunity for two bad in-jokes

/snort

also the Wild Tiger logo looks badass

but anyway i'm not sold on the bunny yet

and getting that without getting the Bunny logo would just feel weird

just the tiger so far

I totally understand

heh

haha i think for my birthday im finally going to get my Lion Rampant. Not a tiger, but still a big cat? lols

haha omg i LOVE this

too bad I already have one planned out for my back, and the lion's going on my left inside shoulder lol

gah sorry i can talk about tattoos for hours

oooooh

s'okayyyy

gah, now i'm thinking i might go ahead and get that on my back, it's beautiful

lols

yay being indecisive!

XD

well, it's worth thinking about a lot

since it's permanent, or at least that's what you want XD

I also really, really want tattoos ._.

(they're expensive that's the thing stopping me...)

haha, yeah...

I daydream about getting a small one on my shoulder - I have some kind of benign neoplasm thing there, a red lump the size of my pinky nail,

which I'm going to carry pretty much forever, so I think sometimes I want it distracted from.