Well. It's done.
May. 23rd, 2002 08:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osarabaI got my tattoo.
It's kirei. I'm really happy with it! =D
It's sort of still unreal, though. I mean, I know it's going to be there for the rest of my life, but... it doesn't feel that way yet; it's still too new, I suppose. ::looks down at leg:: I can't believe I have a tattoo. ::stares blankly::
In any case, the tattooist who came to Angelica's house to do it (Chris) was really funny and nice. He didn't know kanji, so there were a few things we had to correct him on when he traced the art, and the first time he laid it down on my skin it was slanted, but we straightened it out and after that it was smooth sailing.
I was in a weird position, with my left leg lying on a chair, turned inward, so that the outside of my calf was facing up. So then I had to turn in the chair I was sititng in, so that I was facing my right. Then Chris was in a chair on the other side of the chair with my leg on it, doing the tattoo. To tell the truth, the position my leg was in was more painful than the tattoo itself.
I hadn't been nervous at all about having the tattoo done, but when I had lunch with my mom, she started saying that I should take something ahead of time for the pain, like aspirin. Jokingly, I said I couldn't because then I'd bleed more ('cause aspirin thins your blood), to which she asked, don't I like blood? And I said, well, I like pain too, so it's okay. My mom's funny, she has a high threshold for pain (as do I, I suppose), but she's really squeamish about it. I'm not squeamish about it, but I'm always worried that my threshold for pain isn't as high as I think it is, and at a certain point I'm just going to collapse into incoherent screaming or something. Which is really ridiculous, because I don't think my own stubborn pride would let me. ::sweatdrop::
But anyway, it felt like... when I got my ear cartilage pierced with a needle... when the needle pushes through, your body kind of shudders. That's what it felt like. And after the first minute, you kind of get used to the pain, so it isn't so big anymore. (Not like I think Angelica half-expected: for me to shudder in ecstasy or something. She's been reading Kushiel's Chosen too much.) In addition to that, I was doing breathing exercises that I do when I can't get to sleep, and so halfway through the tattoo I started getting sleepy... I could've just rested my head on the back of the chair (which I did) and maybe rested/dozed a bit if my right leg hadn't been falling asleep!
Once Chris finished outlining the kanji, I had to get up because my right leg was asleep and tingly. Once I woke it up, though, it was back to work.
All in all, it was worth the little bit of pain. Not to mention, it was kinda fun!
As soon as I find my camera, I'll take a photo and scan/upload it. ^_~
It's kirei. I'm really happy with it! =D
It's sort of still unreal, though. I mean, I know it's going to be there for the rest of my life, but... it doesn't feel that way yet; it's still too new, I suppose. ::looks down at leg:: I can't believe I have a tattoo. ::stares blankly::
In any case, the tattooist who came to Angelica's house to do it (Chris) was really funny and nice. He didn't know kanji, so there were a few things we had to correct him on when he traced the art, and the first time he laid it down on my skin it was slanted, but we straightened it out and after that it was smooth sailing.
I was in a weird position, with my left leg lying on a chair, turned inward, so that the outside of my calf was facing up. So then I had to turn in the chair I was sititng in, so that I was facing my right. Then Chris was in a chair on the other side of the chair with my leg on it, doing the tattoo. To tell the truth, the position my leg was in was more painful than the tattoo itself.
I hadn't been nervous at all about having the tattoo done, but when I had lunch with my mom, she started saying that I should take something ahead of time for the pain, like aspirin. Jokingly, I said I couldn't because then I'd bleed more ('cause aspirin thins your blood), to which she asked, don't I like blood? And I said, well, I like pain too, so it's okay. My mom's funny, she has a high threshold for pain (as do I, I suppose), but she's really squeamish about it. I'm not squeamish about it, but I'm always worried that my threshold for pain isn't as high as I think it is, and at a certain point I'm just going to collapse into incoherent screaming or something. Which is really ridiculous, because I don't think my own stubborn pride would let me. ::sweatdrop::
But anyway, it felt like... when I got my ear cartilage pierced with a needle... when the needle pushes through, your body kind of shudders. That's what it felt like. And after the first minute, you kind of get used to the pain, so it isn't so big anymore. (Not like I think Angelica half-expected: for me to shudder in ecstasy or something. She's been reading Kushiel's Chosen too much.) In addition to that, I was doing breathing exercises that I do when I can't get to sleep, and so halfway through the tattoo I started getting sleepy... I could've just rested my head on the back of the chair (which I did) and maybe rested/dozed a bit if my right leg hadn't been falling asleep!
Once Chris finished outlining the kanji, I had to get up because my right leg was asleep and tingly. Once I woke it up, though, it was back to work.
All in all, it was worth the little bit of pain. Not to mention, it was kinda fun!
As soon as I find my camera, I'll take a photo and scan/upload it. ^_~
