I’m going in for my first appointment for my full left Sleeve on the 12th of May. I know this is not the proper forum to talk about tattoos but this post is not about the tattoo itself but the fear and anticipation leading up to the tattoo.
I know once I sit down and get started I will be fine. I’m just scared shitless to get to that chair. I’ve been waiting months to get the attention of this artist and since we met he has become really stoked on do this work. I’m just looking down a very long time (25-35 hours minimum) and it seems just a tad overwhelming at this point.
I know I wil be ok but I thought I would share. I can’t be the only one that that gets a case of the shaky knees before a tattoo….
Hi Gsouder
Just wanted to stay stop been a pussy and get your arse in that chair – it only hurts ’till you pass out from the creaming. :p
Seriously though.
I have in excess of 50 hrs in chair time and before every appt I get that nervous knee shaking dread. That first buzz of the needle gets my heart beat racing.
Once needle touches skin I am fine. The key is to make sure you hav it done in manageble chunks so you o not feel like you have been through the butchers and then think same again in 2 weeks.
Post up when done.
Take Care
Matthew
I actually feel sick when I can hear the machine start up, it’s worse because most of my work has been on my back so my tattooist is behind me and i can’t see what he is doing! He always says “Are you ready?” Of course I’m ready, I’m there aren’t I??? When I first started having my ink done he was quite reserved around me but since I have had loads of appointments, and so has my daughter, everything is more relaxed and the humour between him and his apprentice is quite something to listen to! Now that I’m done (for the minute) it seems strange not making my next appointment…………..oh well, once my car insurance and MOT are sorted……………….who knows?
It’s not yet 7 in the morning, I’m up, showered, dressed,meds taken, dogs fed, checked my online banking, got Nickelback playing (neighbours must love it as they never say anything), just waiting now for my daughter to bring her dog for dog sitting duties whilst we are at work, take kids to child care, then it’s hi ho hi ho off to work we go! Another day another dollar, or pound!
So, then I think, F**k it, it’s cost me a fortune, might as well show it off!
I know I’m late on this but I hope you showed it off! As long as my body looks halfway decent I’m showing mine, lol.
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Awesome!
Unrelated:
My wife and I were on a tour of our own apartment complex with this clearly nervous woman today. Don’t ask why were touring our own apartments, it’s a long story… actually, it’s not, we are moving in the same complex and looking for a cheaper place to live… but I digress. So we are driving around in this golf cart with this indian woman. She forced us to sit in the back, facing backwards, which of course makes me go into my world war II I’m-in-the-back-of-the-plane-manning-the-gun game embarrassing the shit out of my wife with the machine gun and the bombs and what not.
Over the electric sound of the golf cart and my vocal explorations into 75 year old warfare I hear the woman muttering to herself. She’s clearly lost, and apparently my fending off any rear attacks was not helping her feel any more secure about it. through the imaginary gun smoke and the bullets of the dirty looks my wife was giving me whizzing past my ear I hear these words fall out of the indian ladies mouth:
“I think…. No… It’s not her… no… theres 8543… that’s not…. yes yes, it’s right around this corner here, according to me.”
It took me about ten minutes to realize what she said. It’s not THAT funny but I got a severe case of the fuck no giggles- You know, you can’t giggle, fuck no, but you might explode if you don’t. By the time we got out of the apartment we were looking at I’m sure she thought I was a nut job and I wonder whether they made a note in my file.
Got a bun in the oven – that got your attention – actually it’s more a cake than a bun – double drizzled lemon cake. Just got the urge to do some baking, forgot how long this b****y cake takes to bake but never mind it is worth it, best eaten warm with the lemon syrup still dripping down the sides mmmmmmmmmmm – Banoffee pie tomorrow I think!
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