I always think I hate Hugh Jackman until I watch him on the screen...
Wolverine was great. Now I guess it's time to go back and pay attention to X-Men 2, and actually see #3. I spent many hours watching the cartoon and reading the comics with my little brother, but for some reason the movies didn't interest me very much. The same goes for Spiderman, but I don't really plan on going back to watch the ones I missed. So far I've only not been let down by the movies that I've seen BEFORE I read the books, like Hellboy and Watchmen. I read and watched tons of Batman stuff, but really, how can you be disappointed in any of those movies? I miss Batman: The Animated Series though. I'm quite sure I've seen every single episode, but Joey and I were talking about getting ahold of some DVDs the other day. Bobby has never been able to see any of that one yet.


I am so excited about getting my new flesh wound today that I woke up at 7am! I took Bob and our cousin Brian to school, made pancakes, coffee, cleaned up the kitchen, and now it's time to take a shower. I need to wash my hair (for the first time in a few days!) because it's going to be a bitch to get my arm over my head for the next week or so! It's a good thing that I have to take Jojo to the doctor, because I'd go nuts if I had to wait around and do nothing until 1pm! I would wind up smoking too many cigarettes, drinking too much coffee, not eating, and then having low blood sugar in the middle of the tattoo!

I'm thinking about doing more than just the rose and the bird today though! If Danny has enough time in his schedule, I'm going to ask him to just go ahead and re-work my purple flower today too. I've decided not to cover it up. My mom says that the flower is pretty, even though it's not a real flower. He might even be able to change the leaves a little to look more like my chest. It might be possible. He's so quiet during the session, and then busts out with these great little ideas for finishing touches. It really makes me feel like he's putting his heart into it!

I thought about trying to turn it into a purple Anemone flower, but then it might come out muddled or weird looking! It wasn't a mistake, and my mom helped me pick it out back when I was 16. She thinks it just needs to be brought into the 2000's. She's funny. She hates too many tattoos, but she's got her little black phoenix on the back of her hip, and she has plenty of ideas about what I should do. She's mostly concerned with me not getting a bunch of ugly random stuff all over my back. She said that I NEED to do something, because the style of my new work is so different, and I'm going to look "trashy" with pieces on my back that don't match. But that means more pain...oh the pain. The pain that is so worth it! I have butterflies!! At least I don't have anything to do school-wise for the next few weeks, so I won't have to wear a real shirt. My collection of sleevless shirts and dresses is so small though! I'm going to have to hit up the clearance racks at Target, Walmart, and scout out Goodwill and the Salvation Army!!

Billy's feet are all sticky because the pancake he ate had syrup on it! Mmmm, sticky bird feet!