tattoo

I got a tattoo. since gordi's been gone, i've known i wanted his name over my heart. but a tattoo is a permanent commitment. i was sure about the sentiment, but i wanted to be sure about the design too. i knew i wanted the name. i thought about a scorpion, since he was a scorpio. i drew on some stuff with a marker so i could see if i liked it. i tried it with the name facing out and i hated it. i went to an ambigram generator online to see if i could get a design so i could read the name but it would also read upside down so someone looking at it could read the name, but i couldn't find a design i liked. i tried it with the name so i could read it, and liked that best. and it's for my benefit, no one else's. it's not a show-off tattoo. then i put a heart around it so it wasn't just a name, but more of a design, and liked that ok. i had the general design drawn on me with a sharpie for about three weeks before it got it so i could see if i would want to live with the design. i didn't actually go out with the idea of getting the tattoo that day. i went to watch Melissa get her full back tattoo finished, but came home from the place with my own. the guy at hebe gb's was great and drew several different designs and we put them on as stencils first to make sure it was where i wanted and at a good angle etc. you want to be sure with a tattoo before you start with the permanent ink! it didn't hurt that much getting it. i was sort of achy afterward, and it's been pretty tender the next few days since. but i really like it.