I'm gonna get me some ink

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P.S. - Here's a link to my tattoos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...3&l=39fe83c761

Those are SO freaking cool! Gorgeous workmanship, too! (and I love your Glen Hansard quote--Once is one of the best movie soundtracks, ever)

I have 3 tattoos...one that was my first small tat from when I was 19. My second was a mother's knot on my lower back with my son's birthdate and name and my most recent is a kitty surrounded by flames with 26.2 below her--commemorating my first marathon completion.

I'm thinking I may have to get a cycling one at some point and have already looked around for design ideas.

They are addictive...you have been forewarned!

[XMcShiftersonX]

Those are SO freaking cool! Gorgeous workmanship, too! (and I love your Glen Hansard quote--Once is one of the best movie soundtracks, ever)

Thank You! I feel like we've talked to each other about my quote before? Were you going to see them awhile ago and I told you about how their concert was the best one I'd ever seen and I got to meet them both after and they were some of the nicest people I'd ever met? If that wasn't you, I'm having a deja vu moment haha! Anyways, here's the pic of me with Glen, and one of my husband and I with Marketa!

-Jessica

[Catrin]

I have one tattoo, that covers a little over 1/3 of my back. It is a beautiful, and colorful, Phoenix that was done by a Hawaiian trained tattoo artist who made her own inks - I was 33 years old when I got it, and at 50 the colors are just as vibrant as they were then. I have never regretted it - and I chose that tattoo because of the symbology - I have risen out of ashes a few times in my life as well - though perhaps not in the same way as the phoenix

Congratulations on your decision - it is great that you found someone that you like!

[Bike Chick]

McShifteson, those are some beautiful tattoos. Thanks for sharing.

Zoom, one of the coolest tattoos I ever saw was a map of the US with a bicycle crank ring and crank in the middle. It's hard to describe but a guy on RAGBRAI had it on the outside of his calf and I just had to ask. He got it after he completed his ride across America. I think symbolic tattoos like that one and the 26.2 are pretty cool. And then of course, the ones honoring your kids. My stepdaughter had her boys' footprints from their birth certificate tattooed on her shoulder. It's pretty neat.

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McShifteson, those are some beautiful tattoos. Thanks for sharing.

Zoom, one of the coolest tattoos I ever saw was a map of the US with a bicycle crank ring and crank in the middle. It's hard to describe but a guy on RAGBRAI had it on the outside of his calf and I just had to ask. He got it after he completed his ride across America. I think symbolic tattoos like that one and the 26.2 are pretty cool. And then of course, the ones honoring your kids. My stepdaughter had her boys' footprints from their birth certificate tattooed on her shoulder. It's pretty neat.

Oh, that cycling tattoo sounds COOL!

One of my friends has talked about getting a footprint for each kid. I love that. My mom has always wanted a little angle to symbolize a stillborn baby she lost. I wish she would buck up and do it, since I think that's a beautiful way to honor a lost child.

[ASammy1]

I have one tattoo, that covers a little over 1/3 of my back. It is a beautiful, and colorful, Phoenix that was done by a Hawaiian trained tattoo artist who made her own inks - I was 33 years old when I got it, and at 50 the colors are just as vibrant as they were then. I have never regretted it - and I chose that tattoo because of the symbology - I have risen out of ashes a few times in my life as well - though perhaps not in the same way as the phoenix

Congratulations on your decision - it is great that you found someone that you like!

Wow! Great story Catrin and even better that you still love it!

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Thank You! I feel like we've talked to each other about my quote before? Were you going to see them awhile ago and I told you about how their concert was the best one I'd ever seen and I got to meet them both after and they were some of the nicest people I'd ever met? If that wasn't you, I'm having a deja vu moment haha! Anyways, here's the pic of me with Glen, and one of my husband and I with Marketa!

-Jessica

Nope, wasn't me...but I am way jealous.

[XMcShiftersonX]

Nope, wasn't me...but I am way jealous.

Wow, I wonder who it was then, haha. I should have added that my husband was REAAAAALLLY excited to meet Marketa, he has a little bit of a crush!

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Wow, I wonder who it was then, haha. I should have added that my husband was REAAAAALLLY excited to meet Marketa, he has a little bit of a crush!

At least I don't think it was me...maybe it was. I blame it on mommy brain.

I went and downloaded the latest The Swell Season album on iTunes just after seeing your review and concert pics. I have been considering it for a long time. Wow, 3 hours of music for $16.

[XMcShiftersonX]

At least I don't think it was me...maybe it was. I blame it on mommy brain.

I went and downloaded the latest The Swell Season album on iTunes just after seeing your review and concert pics. I have been considering it for a long time. Wow, 3 hours of music for $16.

haha that's okay, I have a bad memory too! That CD is pretty good, it comes with a live CD which I really like. Their new stuff is pretty good, but not quite as good as once!

-Jessica

[bikerHen]

Well I got my first tat at age 50. Four years and seven tattoos later I still love them all. All but two are cycling related. My first and still the favorite is bikerhen on my left calf. See avatar! Isn't she cute! bikerHen