I got my back tattoo this afternoon... My two best friends came with me... it was sorta the 2004 Christmas present that lasts a lifetime for all of us. We had some snags, one of the artists ended up not being available for one of the boys which sucked, he ended up at the shop next door. I started first, a two hour session and we didn't finish the whole thing. The only parts we didn't do were the OM in the very center and the dotted decoration on the outside of the lotus. Frankly, I was just worn out. The experience was much more painful this time around and much more exhausting. I haven't been feeling 100% for a couple of days -- probably from flying, I swear there are more germs on an airplane than a hospital -- and I'm sure that added to the exhaustion of the sitting. The physical sensation was on the realm of practicing yoga for a few hours I think.. constant breathing and a lot of tension in the muscles that I was consistently trying to let go of. My whole body started shaking involuntarily at times, especially on the parts close to an over the spine and shoulder blades. The poor artist from Guru Tattoo, Dave, I was a basic moving target for him! I also discovered that I do much much better with the tattoo experience if someone is feeding me candy and talking to me the entire process like Angel did last time.

All in all, I love the design... THANK YOU SO MUCH NETI!!! Now just to finish off the last little bit.

Work In Progress

Almost Done -- One 20 minute sitting left

No practice today.... or since Thursday actually. Tomorrow I will practice though I imagine the stretch on my back might be a discomfort... Strangely enough, I was feeling slightly sick earlier today (and yesterday) but during the tattoo session I felt GREAT.. now I'm starting to feel a bit scratchy again. Adrenaline, the miracle drug.