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Not a fan of Heineken? ;)

Gorgeous!! I'd love to have an elbow like that!!! :D

I LOVE that!! It fits so nicely in the space. Really lovely :)

I've had some mad cankle action too ;) a few times there was no visible evidence of bones in there at all!!

Congratulations @lving4today !!! That tiger is so cool!!

yep - that's it in a nutshell!! I found that walking, after the first 50 yards or so, actually feels pretty good on the lower leg tattoos... Minimizing the rubbing of clothes is super important, I had to buy some pants two sizes too big to accomodate the swelling, and I've also sometimes worn leggings underneath for a little bit of compression and to eliminate friction as well. It'll be ok Delicious!! It'll all be worth it!! :D

:) My legs might not *do* what I want them to do, but at least they can *look* the way I want them to look!!! - - - Updated - - - That's why I never tell!! My family would be horrified if they knew how much money I've spent on tattoos... not just the tattoos themselves, but I've missed work for them, stayed in hotels, etc. I think, in this case, lying is completely acceptable!!

She wants an octopus on her leg. She's been pretty set on the idea since she was just a little girl. (long-ish story behind that, but I'll spare you!!) I only hope she does it "right"... She's seen all of my tattoos, so at least she knows how good tattoos *can* be.

our very own @LosingShape does a fair few Morrissey tattoos too I believe...

You would *have to* mention something like that ahead of time!! I'm not sure how that conversation would go though... him: I have a dragon in my pants her(?): That's what they all say!!

My daughter is turning 18 in June and she's talking about getting tattooed. I'm sure she wouldn't want me to come with her though! I think she's super into being "independent" right now ;) She's in Denver, so I mentioned Marie Sena's name sort of casually, I was afraid if I was too emphatic that she should see Marie that she'd dig her heels in and see anyone but Marie!!! Oh, teenage daughters!! I can't wait til she's a tiny bit older/wiser...

Mine too! I was just thinking the other day "I don't have enough flowers!!" I was considering getting nothing BUT flowers for the space left on my left calf, and I've got an appointment in June for a big ol' flower or two on my right shin...

amnesia???? I don't remember that... Oh well! I think Pharaoh's horses on the back of the thigh would be great! I don't have an opinion on the tattooability of the Morrissey flash... that's outside my scope of practice ;)

Hooray!! Sounds to me like the most fun EVER!!! Hurry back and tell us what you got!!

I've talked about this some before... A few years ago I found out that I have a neurodegenerative disease that will eventually land me in a wheelchair. I really don't know how fast or slow it will go. There's not any treatment for it, nothing to do for it but treat symptoms and wait for the inevitable. I got super depressed about it for a long time. I absolutely HATED my legs. Despised them for having this disease, for failing me, for "dooming" me to be disabled someday. Sometime last summer I started to have persistent dreams that I was getting my legs tattooed. I ignored them as well as I could for awhile, and then started putting some serious thought into going for it. I started looking around the interwebs to see what was out there... And then I came here :) Since I started getting my legs tattooed my feelings about them have changed completely. I don't hate them at all anymore. In fact, I might even love them!!! I definitely love the tattoos, and to a great degree all those positive feelings have bled over onto the legs themselves. And... I'm finding that my perspective about the disease as a whole is beginning to shift some too... I'm coming around to the idea that I need to view it less as a curse, not "being doomed", and more of just "a change"... I'm definitely not all the way there yet, but it's something that never would have been possible in the state of mind I was in when I hated my legs guts for having this thing in the first place. - - - Updated - - - And I have to add... I want to thank all y'all here at LST for being here, for giving such great input and advice, for showing off such great work all the time!! God forbid, what if I'd gotten crappy leg tattoos?!?! I doubt it would have had the same positive impact that it's had...

Do it!!! That would be FABULOUS!!

I don't know anything about "lucozade" and the rest, but +1 for the black pudding roll. :)

A local funeral home recently ran a discount on cremations. For real. I wish I'd taken a picture of the banner before they took it down.

Oh! Saw that on IG and thought it was AWESOME!!! So glad somebody I "know" got it!!!

I think it kinda goes back to the whole "old people with tattoos" thing. Eventually everything is going to get wrinkled or saggy or misshapen somehow. Nothing stays in exactly the spot it started out in. I figure I might as well have a bunch of pretty stuff to cover up the parts that I don't love. Value added. That way, instead of looking at my thigh and saying "ewww, look at that lumpy thigh", I'll look at my thigh and think "awww! look at that kick ass tattoo!!!"

Exactly!!

I've had A LOT of acupuncture but I'd never heard that from anyone... It would suck if it was true now that I've gotten so much done on my legs - and especially the knees - I always end up with a couple-few knee needles.

I can only imagine how "hit by a bus" you must feel!

I wish I was going just to meet up with you two!! Not this year unfortunately. Still in Texas!