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Who's fingerwaves are those @bongsau?

Hey, Courtney. Welcome! Enjoy your journey. Oh, and about the eating thing that @Kurgana mentioned. That's huge. Eat before you go and bring sweets with you.

Pagoda Trifecta: Scott, Grez, Dan Smith. Boom.

Mark, thanks for sharing. Losing parents and aging parents are so hard. Thinking positive thoughts for you and your mom. I'm dealing with similar issues on my side. It's all consuming... This is the first time that I haven't been able to solve for a problem. It's out of my control at this point. Sending you hugs. @Mark Bee

@bongsau That's really interesting about your sensitivity. Isn't it fascinating how differently we all react and heal? I discovered that I get can contact dermatitis from hours of the gloves on my skin. I don't have a latex allergy, either. I was horrified once when the artist took a photo of my new tattoo. It looked awful due to all the red bumps. @lildropofsunshine Glad that you found some relief!

Be careful not to "over goop". You don't want to keep your skin from breathing, healing and clog yer pores.

You may want to consider a lotion like Lubriderm that is fragrance free and great for sensitive skin. Is there any signs of "extra" redness or bumps? Does it feel extra warm? If not, you're just most likely experience a different heal than the other times.

Ah, yes. Nothing like hot and humid. #boobsweat @oboogie

Where are you located? @oboogie

Orchard Street and the LES offers a plethora of goodness. For food, Russ and Daughters is almost right across the street from Invisible. Doughnut Plant is a quick walk on Grand. Megan Massacre's place is on Orchard as well as is the Great Frog. Chinatown is a trip to walk around in...especially where it meets Little Italy. King Avenue is on Bowery...as is the Bowery Ballroom. You may want to check to see who's playing during your stay! If you've never been to Times Square, do it. Swirling mass of humanity but it's good to see! @Hands On

I have one as well but it's rather abstract (and awful) based on Frank Turner's Poetry of the Deed album artwork. I'm looking forward to a pair of proper swallows. @oboogie

My best dagger story... We were at semi-swanky bar last year. The bartender was, um, hipster'ish. He had a dagger on his forearm so I was like "hey, nice dagger." He gave me a shitty, smirky smile and barely acknowledged me. I was wearing a shirt that was open in the back so I gave him the "that's not a dagger, THIS is a dagger" in my best Crocodile Dundee impression. He didn't see that coming.

Taking a guess..are you a chef? @HettyKet

If you are looking to lose major productivity, check out the live streaming of the brown bears in Alaska setup by the National Park Service. http://explore.org/live-cams/player/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls You're welcome.

Very cool. I do love a good dagger! I dig your swallow...I'm doing two on the upper, inside corners of my dagger. Hopefully at Pagoda!

Thanks @catalinahi and @Devious6. @catalinahi Have you made any decisions?

I'm pretty much in the large dagger category. :)

I dig the love birds. I kinda want Grez to do a parrot for me... @Synesthesia

How big are you planning? Do you have any other tattoos?

Your goal is to get home... make it work (and make a new friend)! Looking forward to seeing photos.

Congrats on your appointment with Chris! You win for the longest flight for a tattoo. Why don't you like Tegaderm/Saniderm? As long as you healed well when you used it before, this is the perfect use case scenario.

Well, bummer that she felt compelled to take it down. I hope she comes back for additional support and discussion. As long as she likes it, that's what matters but there's always something to learn.

BTW, Fred Perry has some of the Amy Winehouse Foundation shirts on sale. @oboogie I'm an enabler. :)

That's horrible. Do they know what happened? @El Dolmago

I am very interested in your overall progress @pidjones Keep us posted.