Two Glasses

Can someone please explain to me how I have a hangover just from having two glasses of wine last night?? Holy moly! I feel like absolute shit!

I went to bed after drinking what I thought was enough water, read Bowie for a little while, then went to sleep feeling nice and sober. Then at 3:00 am, I woke up and felt more tipsy than when I was awake! When I woke up at this time, I thought I had to go to work and thought to myself, "Shit! I can't go to work still drunk! I have to tattoo people! How did this happen!??" but then quickly realized that I don't work that early in the morning. Sigh of relief.

However, I did not get back to a decent sleep until about 5:30, and when I woke up (for real this time) by my alarm, I felt like this. Lethargic, woozy, and possibly about to vomit. Now, one of the reasons why I stopped drinking in the first place was because vomiting is one thing I cannot handle in any shape or form. Even when other people do it, I can't stand it. I think it's one of the worst feelings in the world, and it always seems to happen to me when I have to work! So this time, I refused for it to happen. And I'm fine, I just don't think I can really stomach any food right now except my yogurt that I am currently trying to enjoy.

So, in conclusion, I don't know if it's even possible for me to casually enjoy a glass or two of wine anymore. That was pretty much the only thing I would still drink, aside from the occasional martini. What a bummer...I guess I need to stop altogether.

The Big One

If you're wondering what I have been up to lately, don't get too excited because I have basically been doing the same thing as usual. Except right now I'm working on a very exciting art project! Shane Turgeon, author of Force in the Flesh (as I mentioned here), has asked me to partake in a skate deck art show called The Empire Skates Back where over 30 different tattoo artists from around the world (some of them are HUGE names) each pay their homage to The Empire Strikes Back (it's the 30th anniversary!). It will be held at Celebration V in Florida, a massive Star Wars convention where even the man himself will be attending this year! I can't even believe I'm being a part of this exciting event. I really wish I could actually be there to see it all.

And aside from that, I have been working on a few tattoos, one being my first sleeve. I know it's way too soon for me to even attempt to do one, but this guy is leaving in August and he really wanted me to do it for him. And so far so good! Here is a progress picture of the shading so far. It will be in full color, just with lots of dark shading. It will hopefully be finished in a couple of weeks!

So I guess I have been doing some exciting things lately...

Cheesecake...or die.

This is what I expect now every time I order a cheesecake from Boston Pizza.

"Star Wars or die." (and a Triforce)

Beyond the Permafrost

I would just like to take a moment here and share with you one of the most mind melting shows I have been to in awhile.

Tonight High on Fire played, but I really went to go see one of the opening bands; Skeletonwitch. They are by far my favorite metal band, actually probably overall my favorite band right now and will be for awhile, especially after tonight! They were fucking mind blowing! I really wish they were the headlining band, they sounded way better and they have so much more energy. It was just amazing.

The second opening band was Russian Circles, a melodic instrumental metal band, which was also incredibly epic. Like my friend said to me before they played, "If outer space had a sound, it would sound like them." And I totally agree. I wish I had more room on my camera to take a video of them! Just check them out if you get a chance, it's worth it.

Here is a video of Skeletonwitch playing Beyond the Permafrost!

Jurassic Piece

Here is the outline of my friend's new tattoo that I did a couple of weeks ago. It's my favorite tattoo that I've done to date, and it will be hard to top it for awhile. Just look at how epic it is! And it will be even more epic once it's colored in!

The things I do to myself...

I have been running behind on my posting! I've just been so busy and too tired to do anything lately, but that's what happens when you try to adjust to a new lifestyle!

My tattooing days at work have been quite busy. There have been a good amount of walk-ins and lots of friends of friends coming in. I even started my first full sleeve on Sunday. Normally, I would wait for awhile longer to even attempt one, but this guy is leaving at the end of August and he insisted that I do it. So...sure! Might as well try. I will post pictures of the lining when we finish it next week!

There was one day where I had no appointments, and I was so bored, so I just tattooed myself. That is so surprising for me! I knew that I had to do it at some point, and I had an idea of what, but I'm just such a huge wuss that I never got around to it until I was dying of boredom. And it's not just any tattoo, it's my heart locket and key for Cayley! (here I go again with the Cayley posts. That's 3 in a row!) So it means that much more to me. Check it out..