I even made an appointment once. I spent days psyching myself up for it only to be cancelled by the tattoo parlour on the day. I never made another appointment.
The reason I keep on putting it off is that I keep on seeing REALLY BAD tattoos out there.
I know people have different tastes, and 'each to their own', but when you see a +30cm paw print like this
on a man's shoulder... it is NEVER a good look.
And then there are times when you see a tattoo that obviously means something to that person, and it looks beautiful. A colleague of mine has 'Love Life' on her wrist and it really sums her up.
I have been thinking about what I would get tattooed for years and I keep on coming back to the same thing - this Leo symbol.
As I have mentioned before, my star sign is Leo, and it sums me up.
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| The Leo sign |
Strengths:
Ambitious, courageous, creative, faithful, generous, honorable, humorous, open-minded, organized, powerful, self-aware, resolute
Weakness:
Arrogant, authoritarian, egocentric, exaggerating, intolerant, jealous -narcissistic, proud, hypersensitive, vain
OK, so I do not embody ALL the strengths/weakness of a Leo... but it does describe me very closely.
I have been working on Zahara Dessert and my 'Life List' since January and I am loving every minute of it. Putting the list together and writing about it here on my blog makes me SO happy and fulfilled. I don't care if people don't actually read the blog. I just love and get a kick out of writing it and ticking things off my Life List.
I am now thinking that maybe I should get a tattoo that relates or represents my Life List?
I had some interim business cards created recently for the Blogopolis conference I am attending and I wanted to put a picture that represents the blog on the cards. For some reason the post I wrote on LL #33: 'Buy an original Eames' is the most viewed post on my blog by A LOT. There must be a reason for this? So I used the Eames bird silhouette on my cards to somehow represent my blog and that post.
Maybe I should get this Eames bird as a tattoo as well? Maybe not?
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| Zahara Dessert Business Cards. I admit they are not the best designed cards in the world, but I was in a rush and this is what I came up with. They are very much interim cards. |
A big decision to make.
I need to bite the bullet and just get it done.
It is on the List!
I will keep you posted on how I go with #67.
i love tattoos on other people, but could never get one personally. i heard once, as a way to see if you'd get sick of the tattoo or not, frame a picture of the piece you're thinking about and leave it by your bed...after a month, see if you're bored with it or not. hope that helps!
ReplyDeleteThat is a great idea, thanks for the tip. I have been carrying a picture of the symbol in my wallet for years and I am still not sick of it, so maybe it is the one? I will keep you posted.
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