Comments on: Not yet a squid http://creatingmotherhood.com/2009/08/24/not-yet-a-squid/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MsPrufrock http://creatingmotherhood.com/2009/08/24/not-yet-a-squid/#comment-47852 MsPrufrock Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:52:25 +0000 http://creatingmotherhood.com/?p=1884#comment-47852 Yay, tattoos! Yours is lovely - I can't tell how big it is, but it looks like a lot of detail within a quite small tattoo. I have some Celtic knotwork on my right shoulderblade that I got on my 18th birthday by a guy who liked to listen to Jeopardy while he tattooed. I knew I picked the right guy. I had wanted a tattoo for awhile, and thought that my birthday was the perfect time - finally an adult who could make that decision independently and all that. I want to get a second tattoo someday when my reproductive time is over. I want to get an art nouveau-inspired piece that will incorporate the first initial(s) of my child(ren)'s name, designed by an illustrator friend of mine. I want it on my wrist, though the husband is against a) tattoos and b)wrist tattoos. Oh well, sucks to be him I guess. On an unrelated note, sorry I have been incommunicado lately. I miss you! Yay, tattoos! Yours is lovely – I can’t tell how big it is, but it looks like a lot of detail within a quite small tattoo.

I have some Celtic knotwork on my right shoulderblade that I got on my 18th birthday by a guy who liked to listen to Jeopardy while he tattooed. I knew I picked the right guy. I had wanted a tattoo for awhile, and thought that my birthday was the perfect time – finally an adult who could make that decision independently and all that.

I want to get a second tattoo someday when my reproductive time is over. I want to get an art nouveau-inspired piece that will incorporate the first initial(s) of my child(ren)’s name, designed by an illustrator friend of mine. I want it on my wrist, though the husband is against a) tattoos and b)wrist tattoos. Oh well, sucks to be him I guess.

On an unrelated note, sorry I have been incommunicado lately. I miss you!

]]> By: Manda http://creatingmotherhood.com/2009/08/24/not-yet-a-squid/#comment-47826 Manda Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:41:20 +0000 http://creatingmotherhood.com/?p=1884#comment-47826 I have a whole slew of tattoos. Both arms. Both legs. Shoulder blades, lower back, etc etc etc. I have the Stray Cats emblem, complete with Lee Rocker's autograph. I have a cardinal flying with a banner that says "MOM". I have music notes, a phoenix, a koi, a shamrock, a griffin, celtic knotwork, and a naked woman. I have a black leather jacket ala Joey Ramone that I have been wearing for 12 years. I have a hand carved wooden skull with a top hat from indonesia adorning my wall...along with pin-up girls and Buddy Holly 45's. Will any of this make me a bad ass mom??? Nope. What is gonna make me a bad ass mom is doing all the things you already are. Cheers from a newish reader (who never spoke up 'til now). I have a whole slew of tattoos. Both arms. Both legs. Shoulder blades, lower back, etc etc etc.

I have the Stray Cats emblem, complete with Lee Rocker’s autograph. I have a cardinal flying with a banner that says “MOM”. I have music notes, a phoenix, a koi, a shamrock, a griffin, celtic knotwork, and a naked woman.

I have a black leather jacket ala Joey Ramone that I have been wearing for 12 years. I have a hand carved wooden skull with a top hat from indonesia adorning my wall…along with pin-up girls and Buddy Holly 45′s.

Will any of this make me a bad ass mom??? Nope. What is gonna make me a bad ass mom is doing all the things you already are.

Cheers from a newish reader (who never spoke up ’til now).

]]> By: Michell http://creatingmotherhood.com/2009/08/24/not-yet-a-squid/#comment-47758 Michell Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:42:12 +0000 http://creatingmotherhood.com/?p=1884#comment-47758 I like that tat. Funny I just saw a ring with that symbol on it last night. I like that tat. Funny I just saw a ring with that symbol on it last night.

]]> By: Lydia http://creatingmotherhood.com/2009/08/24/not-yet-a-squid/#comment-47741 Lydia Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:59:20 +0000 http://creatingmotherhood.com/?p=1884#comment-47741 I miss you... and I miss Jack's Sugar Shack... and I miss hanging with rockabilly legend Ray Campi and that blonde actor guy you knew (wasn't he in the Big Movie you worked on?) and Marta and Jessi and even that slutty room mate you had for a while who had the mentally challenged bengal cat. I miss the 90's and I think I just miss being young... when getting a tattoo was a frivolous lark... and now, as I yearn for my 4th but haven't found the right picture yet, worry about money, pain, cooties, and everything else. Is it cool to be getting more tattoos at this age? We don't ride Harleys. We don't even dress the part. Oh C, I miss you. XO I miss you… and I miss Jack’s Sugar Shack… and I miss hanging with rockabilly legend Ray Campi and that blonde actor guy you knew (wasn’t he in the Big Movie you worked on?) and Marta and Jessi and even that slutty room mate you had for a while who had the mentally challenged bengal cat. I miss the 90′s and I think I just miss being young… when getting a tattoo was a frivolous lark… and now, as I yearn for my 4th but haven’t found the right picture yet, worry about money, pain, cooties, and everything else. Is it cool to be getting more tattoos at this age? We don’t ride Harleys. We don’t even dress the part. Oh C, I miss you. XO

]]> By: T http://creatingmotherhood.com/2009/08/24/not-yet-a-squid/#comment-47732 T Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:08:15 +0000 http://creatingmotherhood.com/?p=1884#comment-47732 I have two great tattoos that I love that have great meaning to me personally... One is in that traditional tramp stamp spot and is a lion carving. The other is on my right thigh and is a scene from a 70s comic book. The third is going to be in place in the next two months. Something with a white flag, which will represent this really incredibly destructive, abusive relationship I was in that I've just had the courage to overcome. It is going to be really great and wonderful... I keep looking at this spot on my arm that it's going to go on and keep dreaming about it. We are all such badasses! :) I have two great tattoos that I love that have great meaning to me personally… One is in that traditional tramp stamp spot and is a lion carving. The other is on my right thigh and is a scene from a 70s comic book.

The third is going to be in place in the next two months. Something with a white flag, which will represent this really incredibly destructive, abusive relationship I was in that I’ve just had the courage to overcome. It is going to be really great and wonderful… I keep looking at this spot on my arm that it’s going to go on and keep dreaming about it. We are all such badasses! :)

]]> By: Dora http://creatingmotherhood.com/2009/08/24/not-yet-a-squid/#comment-47730 Dora Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:43:14 +0000 http://creatingmotherhood.com/?p=1884#comment-47730 Love it! The detail is terrific. A great tattoo artist is worth his/her weight in gold. Love the other ideas. If you come up for BlogHer next Summer I could bring you to my guy if you want. He's awesome! (My ink post is coming.) BTW, you are totally badass mom! Love it! The detail is terrific. A great tattoo artist is worth his/her weight in gold. Love the other ideas. If you come up for BlogHer next Summer I could bring you to my guy if you want. He’s awesome! (My ink post is coming.)

BTW, you are totally badass mom!

]]> By: Andrea http://creatingmotherhood.com/2009/08/24/not-yet-a-squid/#comment-47729 Andrea Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:17:40 +0000 http://creatingmotherhood.com/?p=1884#comment-47729 I'm waaaaaay into tattoos... I have three on my right arm that I got in honor of a friend I lost to brain cancer back in 2002. I did a little research at the time and have three Japanese symbols: "ghost (or spirit) on top of my R wrist, "dream" on my elbow, and "car (vehicle) on my R deltoid. The story here is that it started with "car" as she left me her antique Volvo 122S when she passed, and "dream" and "ghost" because the whole time I knew this woman I frequently had really intense, existential "meaning of life" type dreams she would star in and after she passed they continued as though I was able to communicate with her wherever she was. "Ghost" is because she is not here in vivo any more. I arranged them on my arm to symbolize the "here (life), there (the "other side") and in between (dreamspace)." Unfortunately, I am significantly better at reading blogs than committing to writing them, so I have no icture to direct you to... If you want one, I could e-mail it though. I’m waaaaaay into tattoos… I have three on my right arm that I got in honor of a friend I lost to brain cancer back in 2002. I did a little research at the time and have three Japanese symbols: “ghost (or spirit) on top of my R wrist, “dream” on my elbow, and “car (vehicle) on my R deltoid. The story here is that it started with “car” as she left me her antique Volvo 122S when she passed, and “dream” and “ghost” because the whole time I knew this woman I frequently had really intense, existential “meaning of life” type dreams she would star in and after she passed they continued as though I was able to communicate with her wherever she was. “Ghost” is because she is not here in vivo any more. I arranged them on my arm to symbolize the “here (life), there (the “other side”) and in between (dreamspace).” Unfortunately, I am significantly better at reading blogs than committing to writing them, so I have no icture to direct you to… If you want one, I could e-mail it though.

]]> By: Care http://creatingmotherhood.com/2009/08/24/not-yet-a-squid/#comment-47728 Care Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:55:40 +0000 http://creatingmotherhood.com/?p=1884#comment-47728 I love the symbolism behind your tattoo. And I love labyrinths, there is something so calming about walking a labyrinth. I, huge needle-phobic person, have no tattoos. I love the symbolism behind your tattoo. And I love labyrinths, there is something so calming about walking a labyrinth. I, huge needle-phobic person, have no tattoos.

]]> By: GeekByMarriage http://creatingmotherhood.com/2009/08/24/not-yet-a-squid/#comment-47725 GeekByMarriage Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:53:59 +0000 http://creatingmotherhood.com/?p=1884#comment-47725 Gonna get you drunk and put ""Plaid Speed" as a sleeve on your right arm. Gonna get you drunk and put “”Plaid Speed” as a sleeve on your right arm.

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