Tattoo Time?

I want to get my second tattoo at some point during the winter which means I need some help with my design. I have a vision but don't have the art capabilities to make it happen.. My vision.. A circle of spirit animals on my left arm from shoulder to just above elbow. I want it to be in the same celtic and tribal mix as my other tattoo. If you have any artistic eye and would like to help me design my new tattoo please read on and send me some drawings.. :)

Dragon on the top, clockwise of him would be a polar bear, clockwise from him a dolphin, clockwise of him an owl. In the center would be a pixie/fairy. I was thinking of having each animal in a minimalistic line art style sort of like the elements on my the other tattoo. In terms of the actual circle, it could be that the animals intertwine with each other or there could be a faint celtic knot ring like on my other tattoo. The pixie could again be intertwined with each other animal or could stand on her own or could have a faint celtic cross behind her and touching the circle. All of the animals are male except the pixie.

Email me your designs or post them as comments here..

Here are some examples of artwork I found on the web for tribal animals.

Really like these:

http://www.ideatattoo.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/t/a/tattoo_professionist_animal_3.jpg

http://th04.deviantart.com/fs12/300W/i/2006/317/8/6/tribal_eagle_by_xx_trigrhappy_xx.png

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:dU_4DOjR-gqemM:

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:QXhkIZ0Ig2I6MM:http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/pp9/newtattoodesigns/Animals%20Tattoo%20Designs/Bear/bear.gif&t=1

http://www.tribaltattoopictures.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/tribal_dragon_tattoo.jpg

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkg4tdhLs9XkdBeDWsjkVzvdccH4GmDiz5qnG6r87RvEO2YC2xK5vQfryMDLszvPjNz3svxgKy6o40yxczMeMGH4AWevZeJj4_gGa4rnh5ct5KqoaxA6m2hOpcPygmNgAQsWwtLs7ZQF-/s400/tribal-lion-tattoo-designs_03.jpg

Here are some others:

http://www.tattoos.org/galleries/Tribal_Tattoos/5-animals-tribal-design.jpg

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA4gMd4BHMYbX6aQ9544eXmUJsl7g1Ftq7NI27Ere0ycSg7wO6fI7ORbPrpoUx0LdIjzK0BlZaJVfwqxE8vqcp1dmsLEG0DdUVxH3VsE-3k5_N7PiIinNlzN2TI6VXLoUO_V-aOO9L_3s/s400/tribal_predator_tattoo_design_TATRPR05.jpg

http://www.towertattoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/tribal-tattoo-2.jpg

http://images.elfwood.com/art/a/d/adelewaldrom/tribal_dragon.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ePLK5oZqMN8/STVDLqdoAMI/AAAAAAAAAEk/omYmVw7Xe-8/s400/apawae.blogspot.com.Dragon_tattoo_by_Tatsu87.jpg

http://www.cooltribaltattoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/blck-tribal-scorpion-tattoo.jpg

http://comps.fotosearch.com/comp/UNC/UNC275/animal-bird-tribal_~u12797048.jpg

Donut Sammich?

The other night I went to Mohegan Sun to get some stuff from LUSH. On the way down I text'ed around to see if anyone wanted anything.. Jessie asked for some Krispy Kreme donuts so I brought them home like a good husband, little did I know the horrors that would ensue.. Ok, I did know and I brought them anyway.. Does that make me a bad husband?

So, what happened?? A long time ago we had seen a Paula Dean show in which she took two donuts and put a burger between them.. Jessie, the healthy food lady, decided it would be a good idea to make an egg sammich using Krispy Kreme donuts.. Apparently it was indeed a good idea.. She said the end result was nothing but tasty..

Jessie had sent me a picture but I guess I didn't save it.. :( I will have to get a new copy and I'll post it to Flickr.

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Tonight I'm getting my tattoo touched up.. I know it needs to be done but I'm not really looking forward to it. Good thing is Red Dwarf afterwards, we are going to watch Season 7 tonight so everyone is almost caught up to real time.

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No recap today.. Maybe tomorrow..

---Diversion of the Day

Tattoo..

So, when last we left out intrepid traveler he was in the San Jose airport about to a "new york style bagel".. I ate it on the plane from San Jose, it was ok but certainly not a "NY Style bagel".. I guess I didn't really expect it to be. The flights home were uneventful but good. Got home, hung out with Dianne, Jessie and Joe on Saturday night.

Yesterday I finally got my tattoo, after years of design and waiting I finally have it. It only took about 2 hours and was not nearly as painful as I thought it would be. Pictures on Flickr. The only part that was real painful was the top of the shoulder by the neck. After the tattoo me and Lynz went and got some dinner at the Courthouse. They were slow and I convinced the waitress to give me potato skins instead of fries! So good!

Tomorrow I have to go to the Brazilian Consulate to finally get my Brazil Visa.. I just found out I may be going to London now as well as Georgia and Brazil.. If that's the case it will be, fly out Sunday to Georgia, leave Georgia on Friday, go to Mythical Journeys Future Imperfect, fly out on Sunday to London, fly home Friday morning and go to WPA Friday night, fly to Brazil on Saturday!

---Diversions of the day

http://www.dorktower.com/images/comics/DorkTower766.gif

BAT FIGHT with Will Ferrell from Will Ferrell

Tattoo Drawing...

I got my iPod case today.. My car stereo iPod connector does not fit in the iPod with the case on! Oh well, I will be returning it tomorrow.. :(

Went to the Putnam Tattoo place today and saw the drawing he made for me..

I really like the air and water.. I like the fire but I am going to have him turn it so that the top of the flame is at the knot.. The tree is ok, I really like the roots but I'm not to crazy about the branches, they look more like antlers than a tree top. The artist (Dave) is going to re-draw the tree and fire and call me next week.

I would like to hear what you think.. I know it's my opinion that matters in the end but I would like to hear what you think..

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Watched Big Bang Theory tonight, it was pretty good.. I thought it tried a little too hard but I'm going to give it another shot.. I added it as a season pass so I will give it a few more episodes before making a final decision.

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I just copied the pics of my phone so I wanted to post a pic or two from the communal dinner this week..

That's it for me for tonight.. Going to catch up on some more TV tonight..

Waste of gas...

I'm sitting in the office right now.. What a waste of gas it is.. I spent the night in Willimantic last night so the drive this morning was long and there really is no reason for me to be here.. I could be typing this blog just as easily from home.. :D

Got a call from the tattoo place in Putnam on Tuesday night, they drew up some artwork and I am going to look at it tonight. I really hope it's at least on the right track.. Obviously it would be nice if it were fall-in-love perfect, but I don't hold out that much optimism, if it's on the right track then I can work with the guy and get it to that fall-in-love perfect stage.

Japan update: The Central League Climax Series tickets don't go on sale till Oct 13th, the Pacific League Climax Series tickets are on sale now and I may be getting a ticket to Game 4 (Tuesday Oct 21st).. I still need to go to Putnam Bank and have them activate my Debit Card for Japanese ATMs, apparently the US debit cards don't work as ATM cards unless you have your bank activate it for their system. - Found that out from Tom W..

There was something else I wanted to mention.. I thought of it right after posting my blog the other day but now I don't remember what it was.. I thought of posting another blog yesterday but I felt I had posted enough for one day.. Crap, I just re-read my blogs from yesterday and I don't remember what it was.. I will post another blog if/when I remember..

Poly Pride Day is Saturday in NYC, looking forward to that.. Afterwards I'm going to see my friend Bob "the Long Organ" play in his band... Not sure what Sunday will bring, depends on how tired I am but there is a Country Fair at the Willimantic Food Co-op..

Here is a really funny link.. I somewhat wish this was made up but..

On the funny note here is an email I got from my dad today...

A big city lawyer went duck hunting in rural North Carolina. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing. The litigate responded, 'I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and now I'm going to retrieve it.' The old farmer replied, 'This is my property, and you are not coming over here.' The indignant lawyer said, 'I am one of the best trial attorneys in the United States and, if you don't let me get that duck, I'll sue you and take everything you own.' The old farmer smiled and said, 'Apparently, you don't know how we settle disputes in North Carolina . We settle small disagreements with the 'Three Kick Rule.'' The lawyer asked, 'What is the 'Three Kick Rule'? ' The Farmer replied, 'Well, because the dispute occurs on my land, I get to go first. I kick you three times and then you kick me three times and so on back and forth until someone gives up.' The attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old codger. He agreed to abide by the local custom. The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the attorney. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy steel toed work boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees. His second kick to the midriff sent the lawyer's last meal gushing from his mouth. The lawyer was on all fours when the farmer's third kick to his rear end, sent him face-first into a fresh cow pie. The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his feet. Wiping his face with the arm of his jacket, he said, 'Okay, you old fart. Now it's my turn.' The old farmer smiled and said , 'Nah, I give up. You can have the duck.

I'm very sad, I'm caught up on all of my Internet comics.. That does not mean the comic of the day will stop, I saved a bunch of good ones as links so I can keep posting comics of the day for awhile still, but.. It does mean I have no comics to read while trying to kill time at my desk.. If you know of any cool Internet comics shoot me over the links..

---Comic of the Day
http://mchat.comicgenesis.com/d/20080926.html

---Thought of the Day
How did anybody ever plan anything before Google Calendars? I know they have day planners and week planners and all those great books but the problem with those is that only you can access your book and when things change you have all kinds of crossed off items. Plus you only have a little space to write and if your hand writing is anything like mine nobody else can read it which I guess goes back to the fact that only you have access to your day planner.. Sure you could put it on a Palm Pilot or Mobile Phone/BlackBerry but again only you have access.. The Google Calendar can be seen by anyone you want it to be seen by and you can even get programs that will sync it to your Desktop, Laptop and even your BlackBerry. I have a really nice program called "Active Desktop Calendar" that will sync your Google Calendar and your Outlook Calendar so you have everything on your PC..

Quotes...

Jessie had a link on her IM Away message this morning.. The link was to an article on naturalnews.com.. I really like the article so I have pasted it here. I know, I could have just pasted the link but I didn't like the format of that website (too many frames)..

"(NaturalNews) So many relationships are based on either selfishly taking, without giving, or alternatively living someone else’s life and simply giving the other person what they want, to keep the peace. When looking for a happy, peaceful life make sure you match your brain, heart and your gut feelings; you will need all three to handle a successful relationship.

From experience, it is my opinion that by far the important ingredient in a relationship is communication. Working on a relationship means creating an atmosphere where people can grow on every level of their being, whilst conversing together with respect and caring. It is about being true to one's self and loyal to each other. To communicate means to deal honestly with the good and the bad and being mature enough to know and being capable of accepting each others' strengths and weaknesses. In that environment, love must grow.

Is your partner meeting the criteria that you have set for a relationship? Are you being treated the way you wish? Are you being treated with compassion? Are you being treated with respect? Does the other person match their actions with their words? It’s so very easy to say, “I love you”, but there is a world of difference between loving someone and being in love! What is your intuition saying? Are they matching your standards? Are you being manipulated? (Some people are experts at manipulation.) Importantly, are you happy?

If you are receiving most of the above criteria, then congratulations -- just make sure you are giving in return.

Always remember, you don’t need a partner at any price. You need a partner for the right reasons.

We make all our decisions based on our knowledge, experience and emotions, and must accept responsibility for the repercussions. Have you learnt from any past relationship mistakes? Or are you on a continuum?

Cast off the baggage of uncertainty, fear and continuums. Neither the past nor the future can intimidate you when you affirm that you are a spiritual being that can love and be loved as never before. Make certain that you have the right partner who brings sunshine and happiness into your life, with no hassles. Do not accept less.

Only then will you have the right partner to dance to the rhythm of the music of the universe with.

Excerpt from Michael's book 'Solutions with Pearls of Wisdom'. Using 30 years of experience as a Naturopath."
Everyday I type my blog in a text document on my computer that way I can paste it into the blog server without risk of the website freaking out and losing everything I wrote.. Anyway, at the bottom of this text document I have something I wrote up while talking to Elizabeth about what I felt she should be looking for her in her next boyfriend. Elizabeth had been going off on what she wanted/didn't want in her next boyfriend and many of the things she mentioned were all superficial stuff.. I came up with this list of things she (and anyone else) wants in a boyfriend/girlfriend. Reading this article today made me think that maybe I should post what I have in this text file..

"Treats you like you deserve to be treated..
Help you grow as a person and support you in all of your choices..
Give of himself till it hurts to make you happy..
Encourages you to be happy without him.."

Is that really ballsy to quote myself??

I was wondering around the Franklin facility today catching up with people who I have not seen in a long time.. I saw a really awesome picture on someone's cubicle, it was so cool I had to take a picture and share it..




Two more things before I go to lunch.. I went to that tattoo place in Putnam called Widow's Mark (Widow's Mark Tattoo Studio), they were closed but they looked cool from what I could see in the window.. I am going to go back today to talk to the guy, wish me luck..

I'll probably post again later today/tonight..


---- Comic of the day
http://mchat.comicgenesis.com/d/20070907.html

---- Thought of the day
"All generalizations are false, even this one!" - I saw this on someone's cubicle today and actually stopped walking to think about how true that statement is..

A Quick Stop at Home (mine and ones for sale)

I am home for a few days... I leave for Chicago on Sunday morning.. So, what's been up?

The flight from London to NJ was good, I met a cool guy and chatted with him for a bit and then we watched Iron Man.. That movie was amazing, I really want to get it and watch it on my TV so I can really enjoy it. After that movie I watched Be Kind Rewind, it had some good points but overall was not the greatest movie...

Landed at about 11 and drove to Laire.. Got to Laire around midnight, signed in and went to get food. Laire was amazing this month, it could have been the best written event I've played in a long time. I walked into game on Saturday morning with Rayhin, neither of us had any weapons so we just strolled in un-armed.. It was pretty funny... It didn't take too long for me to get a weapon, I ended up getting two swords and fighting that way for a bit. The thing about LARPing is, just because your card says you can fight with two swords does mean that you can magically fight with two swords.. :) After getting beat up by a minatour I gave up the second sword and got a shield! Saturday night we had a heirarch (dark god) ascend and cause massive death and destruction before a dragon ascended and started to fight with us. Hierarchs and Dragons are not supposed to be on the mortal plain and a Forestal was sent by the Mother (earth) to send them home. It was truly an epic battle and was one of the first times I was actually afraid that we were all going to die.

Sunday we had to go into a mystical castle to get a unicorn horn to repair the land that was destroyed Saturday night. It was a fun puzzle filled mod, we had to run away from a Succubus, fight our Dopplegangers, and solve a somewhat easy puzzle that we (I) way over thought and made it much harder than it needed to be. On Sunday we found out that one of the players was helping out demons, the Order caught him and brought him in for sentencing. He was sentenced on Monday morning.

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Friday I have a motorcycle date with Matt and then dinner at his house.. Saturday Mike Modee is coming over to hang out and we are going to the River Fire in Putnam...

Phew, what a week...

---- Comic of the day
http://www.xkcd.com/372/

---- Thought of the day
Sometimes the simplest things in life really are the best things in life... Take for example sitting in the dark overlooking a lake and listening to nothing but crickets and your heart...