Zillah

Heh. The biggest issue I have with bras, tattoo thoughts aside, is that the underwires snap all the freakin' time, and I'm often impaled.

Stuart Archibald Tattoo Stuart Archibald Tattoo : Shaun Hebrank shawn hebrank : Thomas Asher https://www.facebook.com/thomas.asher :

I ain't no lady

My bunnies: Kneel Before the Might of Sutekh the Destroyer: Osiris: Bunnicula: We also have guppies. And back when I lived in China I used to have 2 pet snakes, Medusa and Picasso: Medusa: Picasso (and friend):

Thanks :) I'm getting a koi, done by Nick Agnew of Kingsland Ink on April 8th, seems too far away, can't wait! It's my graduation present to myself. My ceremony is the next day, and my mum is like, "won't people be hugging you a lot? That will be sore!"

Huh. Last time I did it it just showed up in black with no link. Test: @exume Hey it worked! Bizarre. Possibly it didn't work before because I had it in parentheses. Thank you.

How do you put an @'username' so it shows up as a link to their profile? Cheers

I'm a PC gamer- no X box or anything. I'll grab B:I on my next payweek :o I love Elder Scrolls but like solo gaming- not sure if it's worth the monthly subscription if I have to meet up with others online to play for a guild or something, shift work and time diffence would make that impossible

I hope the Sandman movie works out and is not a pile of shit. That could go so wrong, and it's such an amazing series

Love TES games, especially Skyrim. Bioshock 1 & 2 are awesome, have been meaning to buy Bioshock Infinite but need all my money for my upcoming tattoo at the moment. Loved Half-Life 2, heaps of fun, also Portal 1 & 2. Just finished Dishonored recently in the path of shadow, will run through it again taking the path of blood when I can, being employed really cuts into your gaming time.

I always get crap for one of my favourite books, Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged'. People tend to think that just because I love that book, that it means I am pro-capitalist and an objectivist. I'm reading 'Rapture', derived from the first Bioshock game at the moment.

Found in 'The Tattoo Sourcebook'. Rowrr.

Oh yeah and I forgot to say thanks!

Yay! Now we know it works! Now people also won't think I'm trying to be American Indian, as opposed to keeping anonymous on the internet.

Awesome. Let's try Zillah please.

If I change my user name, will I still be able to connect through Facebook in the same way?

Dario Argento films. Some are really good, others are so bad they're good.

Can't listen at work, but on the way there or back, it's been Led Zep lately.

Wow. When I made the original thread, I had no idea that it would turn out to be a big debate; I was thinking that it would be therapeutic for myself and for anyone else that had experienced something like that, to share the anecdote, and encourage others to share theirs. About speaking up- that would have been great, if I had felt safe to do so. I think that now that I am 12 years older, more mature, more confident, and more assertive, I would have -at the very least- told him afterwards that I didn't appreciate that bullshit thank you very much. The situation I was in though, as a young woman, alone in a tattoo shop with a guy named 'Graham' who worked at 'Graham's Tattoo Studio' (now long closed), I didn't feel okay. I felt afraid. So I didn't. Thank you to those that got that, and wrote eloquent responses. It's all very well to say that I should be tougher, or stronger, or more assertive, or be able to fly, or whatever... but I was who I was, and I think that tattoos should be for everyone. I don't think there should be certain class of people who tattooing should be limited to, e.g. those who can 'take it like a man' or whatever, although I understand that attitude, because some women have had to fight long and hard to be treated as equals in a male-dominated field. Silence never equals consent when there is a power imbalance. The person in the more powerful position is responsible to ensure that their behaviour is welcome. This guy could have made a number of jokes, even some lewd jokes, that were not about my body, which I may not have enjoyed but would not have been offended by. The 'large cohesive upper arm tattoo' (@HaydenRose ;) ) that I am getting in a week or so is being done by a professional who I have met and had a lengthy consultation with, who works with others in an open studio, and comes highly recommended. I have a bit more tattoo nous now. But for those young ladies (and men) who go into a studio and point to something and say, "I want that one", or with less sense who get upside down tattoos, or pop culture references that will disappear in 5 minutes, or whatever, I want them to have an enjoyable, safe experience that they can think of fondly and get lasered off later.

Seriously, the dude just came out with it. Maybe. But I felt pretty damn intimidated, which doesn't help with the speaking up... and seriously? Shitty joke.

I love this- all of it. But especially 3 and 6.

No I hadn't, but he is in the same city so I will look him up, thanks :) Thanks people. I was worried that I might just be being uptight, but it did make me feel really bad.

When I was younger I had a small piece done on my back below my neck and the tattoo artist said to me, "I hope you don't mind but I'm staring down your shirt at your tits while I'm tattooing you". I felt so violated, and so disempowered, because I felt I couldn't say anything back- the guy was actively tattooing me, and I was scared that if I complained or gave him shit for it that he might make a 'mistake' or write 'bitch' on my back or something. I should have laid a complaint afterwards, but I was young and naive. I also should have researched the guy first, but I didn't know much about doing that sort of thing back then. Has anyone else had an uncomfortable/bad experience while being tattooed?

Thank you for this.

Yeah I have an upside down ankh "for me"