44 year old guy here, living just outside Washington DC in Virginia. It all started about 15 years ago when I convinced myself that "doing an Ironman triathlon is a good enough 'meaning' to commemorate forever" and the first tiny tattoo was born.
That progressed a few years ago to a polynesian half sleeve to commemorate where I was born, and that's moved on to a full colour sleeve and a decent sized calf piece (which I did 10 days ago and am having a ridiculously hard time healing - actually found this site searching for hints on healing calves and found lots of great advice).
I do tons of international travel as well as play hockey for fun. Looking forward to hearing from others.