Tattoo story part 2
After several minutes of talking with Chris, I decided to go. I then told my boss that I could get to my appointment if I left now. He said that was fine, although he had no idea what it was for. By that time it was 4pm, I did not think I could make my appointment on time, which was at 6pm. I was going to be going through l.a. traffic. I was surprised the traffic was not that bad and there was no rain to slow me down, but then I reached the I-5!! Oh man, that sucked ass!! I was making good timing and thought I could make it on time until I reached the 5. That was pain in the butt, I finally got off the freeway at about 6:25! I then called Sid and told him I was on my way. I thought I would easily find the place, but nope I drove around for about 10 minutes trying to find Ponderosa Street. I then finally called Nathan and told him I could not find the street and he then informed me it was across the street from a Denny's. Denny's!!! I found it, after over 2 1/2 hours of driving I found Sid's Tattoo Parlor! Yeah!!! I was really nervous about going in. But I drove all this way, I was not going to chicken out!! I get in there and Eric was there telling me, "it is about time". After a few minutes of Sid getting ready for me, I went to the chair. At this point I could still chicken out..... I then told Sid that I was big wuss when it came to needles and pain so beware, a few obscenities might come out of my mouth. He was real cool about it and told me that if I had any problems just to let him know. Sid then proceed to get the gun out and start, my leg shaking and I was just about to freak out. The gun touched my bare skin....When started penetrating my skin, I thought to myself, this isn't that bad. This doesn't hurt as much as I thought it would. I was freaking out about nothing. Every few minutes Sid would ask if I was doing okay and I told him everything was good, it wasn't that bad. After about 20 minutes, Sid was done. 20 minutes!!! All this way for 2o minutes, but this is going to be on my skin forever so it was worth it. I was now marked for life. This symbol would be there til the day I die. Was this worth it? Yes. Is this going to be worth all the crap I will get from my parents when they find out? Yes. Will this be my last one? NO! I will defentitly get another one. Will my pastor be proud? Yes, very.
Tattoos mean a lot to different people. Some think tattoos are wrong and you should never get one even if it will reach others. Others think tattoos are self-expression and are ok to have. Tattoos are there for life, one could look at tattoos being a non-verbal explantion of your life. Your tattoos say a lot about you and where you have been, you cann't change your past it will always be there. But you can live your life as a new person, one who learns from what you have done.
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