Another post mentioned "bikers" & tattoos. SO do you have any? What and where? I have 3 with another one soon to come (I hope). I have 1 on my right hip, 1 on my left ankle and 1 on the back of my right shoulder. The one on my right hip is a ScoobyDoo head.  Full color. Someday I want to get his body added to complete him. It was my first tat and I wasn't sure if I could handle it so I stayed small. Turns out I have no trouble with tats.   The one on my ankle is a tribal heart with my two daughters' initials in it. It is black with purple accents. The one on my shoulder blade is the Goddess Bastet. Also in full color-just gorgeous. I love tattoos. How about you? whatcha got?
This is my Goddess when she was brand spanking new.
Here is my tribal when it was new.
I finally found a pic of my Scooby! I got it back in '01 before we had a digital camera. It's pretty small.

Where your Goddess Bastet is, I have a hummingbird with long flowing tails.  On the opposite shoulder blade is my first tat, a rose. They are somewhat faded since they are both over 10 years old.  I've been thinking about a third lately... wanting an ice cream cone on my ankle.  I wanted hubby to get something with me like linked wedding bands, but haven't been able to talk him into it.  He has a marine eagle on his upper arm.  Only name I would ever get tattooed would be the son I gave birth to.  My son has one around his ribs, just writing that says "Tomorrow is never promised"

What's the meaning behind the Goddess Bastet?  It is beautiful, I've never seen one. I suppose I can look it up.  

Oh heck yeah, I have 5 right now.  Tribal rose on left upper arm, tribal dragon on right upper arm, tribal dragon on left forearm, tribal tiger on right forearm, pentagram on back of my neck.

I used to want one, back when tattoos were macho...
Now that more girls have them than guys,...  the urge is gone...

Besides that,... I get tired of the same pictures on the wall...

In ten years,... they're gonna' be the bell bottoms that you can't take off... ...

Did I mention, I'm not a fan?...  ...

Sorry,.. I must be male PMS'ing... ...

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 06/12/11 at 21:50:47:


You should tattoo that one on yer' butt...  Pretty sure you won't change that thought...
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They are "skin illustrations"- quote from Ray Bradbury's "Illustrated Man".

I have five:
A doodle I drew on my upper back
A water polo ball with a black swirl around it on my left pec
Skull and cross swords on my right ribs
Pirate ship on my left hip
Revolver on my right thigh

The only one I somewhat regret (and even then not really) getting is the one I got first, the doodle on my back. Conveniently I can't see my back, so it doesn't bother me. Still worth getting.

I'm fairly fickle myself, but my tattoos either represent a milestone in my life or a phase that i've gone through. If i'm no longer in that phase, I'm still ok having the tattoo as a kind of timeline. Even if it was like a scar ("see how stupid I was back in the day?"). Good for a story if nothing else.

my MOTHER got a butterfly on her left boob when she was +60 freakin rebelious woman!...my son has his initials on his upper rt arm and guns pointing at "manland" on his stomach - what a doofus! asked him how he planned to explain those to his kid when he got old enough to ask daddy what that means!.......ok in the right place and tastefully done maybe - ok I have saved at least a dozen temp tattoos in my watch list on ebay - just to screw with the wife who hates them - thought i might get something truely EVIL (temp tat) and put in on while I am out for my Sunday-Cycle-Ride.....she would let me have it until she found out it washes off...I like practical jokes - not a fan of permanent ones.

but for those of you who like them and have them that is the path you chose - you can deal with the consiquences not me.