Putting Out the Fire With Gasoline

This picture puts me in a such a good mood. I thought I would share it, and hopefully make someone's day as great as mine after seeing it.

My idol + kitties = fabulous.

The Future Has It's Price

Things seem to be jammed together lately. It is almost Christmas, I just started my apprenticeship, and I am running out of money; fast.

It just hit me the other day when my bank account held just under $100, an amount that I haven't been used to in 3 years. I am fairly good at spending, maybe treating myself to more than I should, as well as being too generous. This habit needs to end. Now. Lately, I have even been too lazy to make myself a meal to bring to work, forcing myself to go out and buy fast food. That, too, has been backfiring, resulting in minor food poisoning. What to do...

For this Christmas, I have decided to go about the cheap but meaningful route. Making things for people is my specialty, and so that is what I shall do. I figured that people would appreciate that more than just buying them something that someone else can give them. And it's something that I can afford.

All in all, the whole money issue is starting to wear me thin, almost literally. I need to get used to living the life of an apprentice and living cheap. And the more art I produce, hopefully the more I will sell, making a small income. It will be a tough road for sure, but in the end it will have all been worth while.

Fruit and Ink

After three years of waiting, and of course working hard, I have finally reached my dream destination in life; tattooing! As of recently, I have landed the opportunity to work as an apprentice at my current job, so I'm not quite at the prime state for actually tattooing yet, but that will come soon enough.

So far I have let grapefruits be my victims, although they do smell nice and citrusy when you do tattoo them, but I need to move onto other surfaces eventually. I must say I am quite proud of what I have done so far, considering I just started practicing and have only tattooed two grapefruits (and counting). Dana (my mentor) says that I should be moving onto people in no time at all. Well, I think for now, I'll stick to the fruit.

Check it out! Grapefruit numero uno..