Show off your ink!

[CyclaSutra]

Hello again, TEers! I've been hibernating a bit this year and haven't posted for a while. Moved three times, but finally settled and now commuting two hours a day and more when it snows like this. Back on the trainer, la la la.

So this first calf tattoo I got in March when I went to San Francisco with my sister, who is a lesbian. She's got a heart with wings on her back, rainbow-colored. So I got a Hawthorne chainring with six hearts (my fave number) and wings. Now I just have to get in good enough shape again (mayhaps even a teeny tan) so it looks good.

Unfortunately, I had an ink allergy just to the red heart, less than a half-inch-square, so I've been dealing with that at the dermatologists and may have to get it removed. Sigh. FYI red is the MOST allergic color. WIsh I had known that.

THis second picture is of my first tat, gotten at age 19 out of defiance to a bad boyfriend and because I try to be as resilient as a rubber ducky. I'm on the right; some chick with a more in-your-face duck I met at a writers' conference so we quacked about it in the bathroom and had a photo opp.