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No longer taboo or a mark of deviancy (or motorcycle ownership), tattoos have become a regular part of our modern culture.

Most of us get our tattoos to either memorialize events or people, or to identity a part of ourselves that are usaully within us in a way for everyone around to see. Tell your tattoo story… Here are mine:

I got my first tattoo in May of 2004. I felt like I had lived an entire lifetime, and was beginning a whole second life. A failed marriage, raising 2 kids alone, working 3 jobs to make ends meet while trying to get my education. Fighting for security, both financial and emotional, for myself and my children. Then in 2003, things began to turn around. I had been promoted at my primary job and no longer needed to work more than 1 job, I was getting closer to earning my degree, and coming to terms with the scars left on my family. Then I met Brian, and from that day on, things got better and better. 2 days before receiving my degree, I went with Brian to his regular tattoo artist, and decided it was time. I chose a design that for me meant strength, hanging on, and beauty. Not knowing what to expect, I also made sure it was simple. While some people find the experience of getting a tattoo painful, I wouldn’t call it pain - just an uncomfortable feeling at times, and not much at the rest. This one is on my right calf.

The symbol of the dragon evolved between myself and Brian as sort of “our” theme. Honest, brave, tenacious, strong, protective. That was our relationship. He was my dragon, and I was his. We brought out the best in each other, and filled in the weaknesses we had. When we married, we used entwined dragons as our theme.

I finally got my second tattoo just this year (March). I took the image that been drawn for our wedding invitations, and added tribal markings and color to create an original tattoo. It is another symbol for my relationship with Brian, and after celebrating our second anniversary, it was my way of saying I meant ‘forever’. This one is on my left upper arm.

Use the comments to tell the story of your tattoos, or what you would get if you don’t have one. If you have pictures, email them to me and I’ll add them to this post so we can see what you’re talking about!

at least my PJs aren’t a lie. :)
thank you, Scott, for more ways for me to waste my time and self-analyze

Superhero personality quiz results:

You are Supergirl

Supergirl 77% Superman 70% Robin 69% Spider-Man 65% Iron Man 65% Batman 55% Hulk 55% Wonder Woman 52% Green Lantern 50% The Flash 50% Catwoman 35%

Lean, muscular and feminine. Honest and a defender of the innocent.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

This is one of those things the kids keep passing around, so I thought I’d post my answers here. Post a comment reply with yours!

A - Age: 29.95 plus tax
B - Band listening to right now: East Village Opera Company
C - Career: ex-librarian; current small-business owner: programmer, web designer, pc repair; mom
D - Drink or smoke: um…both the first not often, the latter too much
E - Easiest person/s to talk to: My husband
F - Favorite song/s at the moment: Tell Me Baby by Red Hot Chili Peppers
G - Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: Neither…ugh
J - Junk foods you like: burgers, pizza with pepperoni and pineapple
L - Longest car ride ever: West Texas to Northern California. Never ever ever again
M - My favorite Sport/s: BASEBALL!!!!!
N - Number of relationships you’ve had: define relationships, geez. 2 marriages, a few boyfriends, and hundreds of friends.
O - One wish you have: Survive long enough to see all of the kids graduate college
P - Phobias: heights…but I love to fly…so maybe just heights that have to do with me standing on ledges.
Q - Favorite Quote: You are not wrong who deem that my days have been a dream
R - Reason to smile: Family all home and not fighting
S- Song: Bring Me to Life by Evanescence (it’s OUR song)
T- Time you woke up: too damn early
U - Unknown fact about you: then it wouldn’t be unknown would it?
V - Vegetable/fruit you hate: um….veggies are my friend
W - Worst habit: smoking
X - X-rays you’ve had: wrist when I was like 4, chest when i had pneumonia
Y- Yummy food/s: Italian!!! alfredo sauce, lasagna, manicotti, …. now I’m hungry
Z- Zodiac sign: Cancer

Black Is…

Water in a stagnant pond

A fermented leaf under a storm cloud
swollen with rain
blocking the sun

A casket lowered into the moist earth

Dark reality and painful truth

Lies

A battered guitar in a dark corner

The rope of life and death

Fear

Dreams

A dead wolf at my feet

My philosophy of ‘black’ began taking form in 1988. I live in a world of light, of optimists, of God and Jesus, of goodness and hope. Yet I surround myself, literally, in darkness. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve taken hundreds of these tests over my lifetime, and they never seem to change….I thought people changed as they aged! You should take a few of these Myers-Briggs and Jung type tests if you haven’t before, or it’s been a while since you have. They are many different ones available for free online. For me, they help to remind me that not everyone thinks the way I do, and I have a better understanding of why I do things the way I do. Get your significant other to take the tests as well…it will really open your eyes to their behavior and thought processes.

attention techiehoodoo and non-emo:
pay extra close attention: I now have official results…so there.: and NO, I did NOT cheat on the darn test.

***You Are 50% Weird***
Normal enough to know that you’re weird… But too damn weird to do anything about it! How Weird Are You? http://www.blogthings.com/howweirdareyouquiz/

I am a Light Cycle.I drive fast, I turn fast, I do everything fast. I even breakfast. I tend to confuse people with my sudden changes of heart. Sometimes I even confuse myself, which tends to cause problems. What Video Game Character Are You?

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