Tattoo frenzy!

My phone rang at 11 am while I was laying in bed, still waking up, with my friend asking me f I wanted to tattoo her today. It seemed pretty urgent. I thought suuuure, why not? Later I discovered that it was urgent because it was already drawn on her. It was a signature from a voice actor named Scott McNeil, who has done a few voices for characters from the old Beastiesseries, Wolverine from X-Men: Evolution, and Piccolo from Dragon Ball Z. He had signed his name with a heart on her hip, and she just wanted the heart tattooed in grey (the signature was in silver Sharpie). She even got him to make a voice mail recording of him doing most of the character's voices on her phone! It's pretty amazing when you listen to it!

So I thought, since she is getting something done, might as well bring Troy in to color his leg. And to my surprise, our friend Schnell wanted one as well! Not only that, but it was a finger tattoo. I was extremely reluctant just because I have never done a finger tattoo before, and I was doing these without my mentor there. So I told her that I would think about it, but sure enough, they convinced me to do it in the end. And I'm sure glad they did! It turned out awesome!

Here are some pictures, but the ones I have of Troy's leg are sort of bloody, so I will post better ones later once it's all healed. Tomorrow I get to work on the candy piece! For real this time!

Oh the nerdery..

So as promised, here are pictures from the Comic Expo this weekend! And all the wonderful treasures that I found while I was there..

"No roses grow on a Trooper's grave"

New addition to my robot army.

The set of Star Wars flash that I got for FREE!

Something to read..

Signed by the author!

Billy Dee Williams aka Landoooooo!

Malcolm McDowell

Brent Spiner aka Data

It's crazy how this comic went from 15 cents, to $4500 in 69 years.

Tony Todd aka Candyman

Chewbacca and I are friends.

May the force be with you!

The Comic Expo Strikes Back

If there is one thing, one event, that could perfectly describe me, it would be the Comic Expo. Why? Well, for one, I love comics. Namely Batman, because I have loved it since I was a little kid. Fun fact: Batman was my first word! Secondly, I love video games, and there is a lot of Zelda and Halo paraphernalia just waiting for a crazed fan like me. Thirdly, Star Wars. Enough said.

Today I spent the day at the annual Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo with my mom (and fellow nerd), and my mind was blown. Walking into giant room full of pretty much everything I love is extremely overwhelming. I can't just go up to a booth, spot the first thing I like, and buy it. Oh no. I would be very poor if I did that. I'm very strategic about it. First, I have to look around and get a general idea of what all the vendors have, look for the best deals, decide if I can get this certain item at a local store anytime or if it's a one time thing. THEN I go crazy. There have been certain things that I have found that, at that particular time, I've felt I couldn't live without. Any die hard fan of anything would know what that's like.

For example; at last years convention, my friend and I casually grazed by a vendor selling replicas of swords and other sharp objects. She then just had to point out to me that they were selling the Master Sword. Now, at this point I have already spent about $150. This pushed that to $300. Because I don't buy things off the Internet, I knew this was a chance I had to take. And I'm glad I did it.

This year was not as spontaneous. However, my favorite purchase was a fantastic one. There is a book that I have had my eye on for a couple of years now, and whenever I would find it I either didn't have enough money or decided I could wait. It's called Force in the Flesh by Shane Turgeon, creator of www.tattoosandtoys.com. In this case, I met the author and he offered to sign the book for me AND throw in the set of Star Wars tattoo flash he was selling for free if I bought the book! WHAT!? But he also was selling an amazing t-shirt with a storm trooper helmet done in traditional tattoo style. I had to have it all. He was a very nice guy and certainly made my day.

Another amazing spectacle about the Comic Expo is all the guests. This year had a crazy line-up: Leonard Nimoy, Brent Spiner, Billy Dee Williams, Malcolm McDowell, Tony Todd, and more. Although I would have loved to meet any of these guests, I ran out of money, but I did get pictures from afar! One cool thing that happened was when my mom and I were just walking along, when I noticed a short guy holding a microphone with the Space channel logo on it. It was Teddy from Innerspace, a sort of after-show debate program where two guys talk about shows they air on on the network channel. I pointed at him, trying to silently exclaim his presence to my mom, when he saw me and said, "Hey!", and casually walked over to talk to us. He just asked us how the show was going, what we were doing there, and we talked about how my mom and I were wondering why he wasn't on Innerspace last night. It was pretty cool.

Then we left, because we figured that since I spent all my money, and we saw all the guests, and met a television show host; we have had a nerd overload. It gets better every year, and I am already in high anticipation for the next annual Comic Expo. Pictures to come tomorrow! Live long and prosper.

New Tights from the Pornshack

Today was a huge dissapointment, due to the fact that I was supposed to tattoo my boyfriend, but my mentor took most of the stuff I needed home with her for the weekend, so I couldn't do anything! So lame, I wanted to cry. Going more than a week without the slightest amount of practice really does, well, put me out of practice. Oh well. There are more weeks ahead.

In other news, I have decided that in spite of all the dissapointment of today I could at least treat myself to new tights. No, I didn't just want them, I actually needed them. Yes, God forbid if I actually need something. My existing tights (from the Pornshack I like to call American Apparel) have lasted me a good year and some (Amazing! I know), but have suddenly decided to make extra ventilation for my knees. In other words, they have finally ripped to the point where my mother started making 'street walking' jokes. Thanks mom. Personally, I don't mind ripped up tights, or ripped up anything for that matter. At least I don't do it on purpose, most of the time.

So on my journey towards unholiness (tights, in context), I wandered over to the said Pornshack (a.k.a American Apparel, in case you don't notice the ads) and picked myself up some of the same black stirrup tights that I have grown to love over the past year. And just because I like to stay away from this place as much as possible, I picked up another pair; but in gray! Sweet baby Jesus! But can someone explain something to me? Why would a pair of a more simple styled stirrup tights be twice as expensive? Less fabric, same material, $38 as opposed to $17!? What?? My guess is that they weren't made by children. Buuut I hope I'm wrong.

Well, I will leave you with a nice photo of my hoe-bag tights. Hey! I should be in an American Apparel ad! Enjoy!

Rosie Pit

Well, not quite in the pit, but close! One of my best friends got her black and grey rose today. It's not an easy spot to sit for a while, but she did really well and it turned out great! Next week; the candy piece gets more color! Stay tuned!

I need my fix!

I'm going through tattooing withdrawals! The past couple of weeks have been busy, or I have been pretty sick so there hasn't been time to tattoo anyone and it sucks! The next week looks promising though. I will probably be tattooing one of my best friends from high school, which is exciting as well as nerve wracking. We shall see!

I just felt like ranting since there is nothing else to update on. Until next time!