Re: tattoo..how many you have
I've stopped counting lol, for me i keep track in hours of work now. I'd say I've got close to ~50hrs of work on me. arms (getting close to sleeves)/chest/delts. I'll be texting my artist soon to see when he gets back from an expo in Cali so we can get some more work done
i can't say i regret any at this point. i dress in professional attire for work and i think most ppl i work with would be surprised to see some of the shit I've got on me. i guess i project a clean cut, professional, educated, maybe "too good for tattoo," type vibe but fuck that I'd be covered if i had the time and money. compared to some friends i barely have any ink on me. for example one dude got the back of his head done recently, sleeved out to include the tops of his hands (which i love, it think sleeves look so much better when the top of the hand is included) he legitimately is running out of space.
Being slightly over 30 now i do try to keep my ink more meaningful and as life goes on and keeps getting better i have more meaningful things to inspire new ink. it's a win win really. plenty of people have asked me the whole "what are you gonna think when you're old?" my thought is always "well if I'm lucky enough to live to be old i probably won't give a shit. I'll be old and tattooed, so what?" I've got some pretty big pieces that aren't exactly nice in theme but they are emblematic of the way life was for me when i got them. others might not understand or accept my acceptance of them, but i do. they're on me, they're mine, so i don't care what anyone thinks.
Respectfully,
9mm
Eventually, if there isn't deep integrity and fundamental character strength, the challenges of life will cause true motives to surface and human relationship failure will replace short-term success.
There is an idea of who I am: some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me; only an entity, something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel my flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable, I simply am not there.