Toys for TatsFollow

Every year, a tattoo shop here partners up with a bunch of local businesses and the Marines to collect toys in exchange for a mystery envelope which at a minimum contains a $10 gift certificate for their shop. The amounts can vary in denomination from $25, $50, $100 and there's one 'all you can sit.' The all you can sit is done by the shop owner and he will basically tattoo you until you get up. I think the longest someone has gone is 13 hours or something. My brothers fiance got that a few years ago and probably saved herself $300-400 on a big piece on her upper arm. The owner actually does really good work and is one of two shops I would consider here in town for getting a tattoo (there are a lot, A LOT of sh*tty shops in this area).

I always wanted to get a tattoo since before I turned 18 and nothing ever clicked, or seemed worth getting as a permanent defacement of my skin. Earlier this year I turned 30 and decided it was finally time. I got one about a week after my birthday and my second one in October. They both turned out really well. I was lucky enough to get a $50 gift certificate earlier tonight when I dropped in and now I need to decide on something to get before 06/01/2013 since they expire then.

I've been thinking of getting a sleeve of literary phrases in different colors all up and around my arm. My first two are in the same spot on my inner forearm, one on each arm, about an inch below the crook of my elbow. Easy to cover up for work if necessary since I'm a public worker.

Any ideas for phrases or other tattoo ideas? Here are pictures of my first two.

Taken from here.

Those are pictures of my tattoo's.

I didn't think it was possible, but you may be a pastier white than I am.

Wisconsin isn't quite Canadia, but it's close. I'll actually probably be getting more sun next year since I didn't really do anything outdoors this year. I've been getting in shape and I plan on using a week of my vacation next summer up north by Lake Superior just sitting on my ass on a chair outside by a lake. Granted, I'll probably just be playing my Vita, but I'll get sun while I do so.

A bit morbid, but if I were doing something similar, I'd go with "I can taste key lime pie.". But it may not be the type of literature you're looking for.

Sorry, Sandy. I couldn't resist. That's Pennywise from "It," if you don't recognize it.









I'm in a Terry Pratchett mood tonight...

FOR PONY!

"Be excellent to each other...Party on dude."

Bill S Preston, esq and Ted "Theodore" Logan

I always enjoyed the quote in Catch-22 about Yossarian:

That's a name I've not seen about these parts in a very long time.

No good, people won't be able to see it unless they are looking out of the corner of their eye.

"Remember the face of your father"?

Hmm, did they not shave the area they were going to tattoo?

Interesting. I think most of mine have been shaved, but, the first was over 20 years ago, and I honestly don't remember. The more recent were all shaved, though.

EDIT: Honestly

Edited, Jan 4th 2013 9:19pm by stupidmonkey

I've never thought of getting a movie quote tat... if I did it would either be a line from Clueless, Mean Girls, or Serenity (not necessarily in that order).