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| Tuesday, July 15 2008 11:41 AM |
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I booked an appointment with my doctor for the end of the week. There's nothing wrong with me, I just need some extra-strong pain killers, because I'm back under the needle next week. I have to lie to him (my doctor). I'm a very bad liar but I can't bring myself to tell him why I need them. They're so bloody moralistic, doctors. "I need some really really strong pills as I'm going to have a tattoo next week and it hurts when I get my stomach and ribcage done. You understand, don't you?" I think the answer would involve him saying he'd got 30 patients outside with genuine need and I should fuck off right now before he sticks something very sharp in me. So I'm going to tell him I hurt my shoulder and can't sleep because the pain is so bad and the pills they sell over the counter just aren't strong enough. That should do it. Fingers crossed.
This tattoo is taking months. My artist Jo Harrison is midway through a world tour and pops back for the odd appointment, so you have to get them while you can. It's easily been four months since my last instalment and I'm hoping another three hours will get it finished. I want to see some progress and move onto the next thing. I'm getting bored of looking in the mirror and seeing the inked outline of a bird flying across my stomach. I know it's going to look great - her work is fantastic, but the unfinished bit is not too impressive looking right now.
Since I've had this half finished tattoo for a few months I've had time to reflect on it a little. Firstly it's amazing to see so much tattoo coverage on me, it still makes me smile in disbelief. It's looking more traditionally Japanese than I anticipated and I wondered if she'd tailored her style a little towards the sleeve and chest piece I've already got. She also joined up the two tattoos, which I didn't really anticipate - I thought they'd sort of sit next to each other, looking similar but different but now it looks like the same tattoo all the way down. Maybe it's time for a bit of tattoo coherence on my body, it is all a bit of a mix-up so it's probably just as well. Things never turn out as planned but that's fine, my front is almost done and it's looking great to me.
Since I've nearly finished my chest and stomach I've started to think about where next. I've been looking down a lot recently, wondering how far below my belt I want to go. It seems to me that the lower the needle goes the more it hurts, but I do want to carry on down until somewhere around the (bottom) line of my shorts. My legs can wait. The combination of pain and embarrassment is a thought that fills me with dread. It won't stop me.
I was thinking my next step should be to get a back piece done, right down to the tops of my legs and then work it around towards my frontal area. That's my plan but I think I'm going to have to find another tattooist who can give me a set price and who isn't on a world tour, but it still has to be excellent, that's my bottom line.
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