I was hoping to use this for an outlet when I have something to actually talk about but it seems that it's more that I have nothing better to do but write. I hate these periods of doing nothing at work, all I want is a doc to review and I'm happy but what ends up happening is stretches of nothing and then overlapping document review. On paper it looks like it takes me longer than it should but that's because staggering reviews is so tricky.
I just want the weekend to be here already.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Starting over
Well now, here I am again. I've been meaning to start blogging again but I didn't want to do so on LiveJournal...too many bad memories associated with writing there. This time I'm making a clean start and not limiting my writing to friends as a sort of Facebook/Google+ status update sort of thing. No, this time I write for myself.
Foremost on my mind today has been the acquisition of my second tattoo last night. I was apprehensive about getting a second one done, since this one would be much more detailed than my last one. I now have both of my two longest-running geek loves (Doctor Who and Transformers) permanently marking my body. I'm really not sure if I'll ever get another one, for a lot of reasons. In any case, I was extremely pleased with the result of the line-work (coloring will be later next month). However, I've been getting little feedback from others who have seen the photo I took shortly after I removed the wrapping, and my GF admitted she doesn't like it. I suppose most people's opinions really shouldn't matter to me anyway, if I'm pleased with it that's all that should matter (at least it means something to me). Rowan hasn't seen it yet, I'm hoping it looks mostly healed by the time she does by next Wednesday. If she approves I'll be happy.
I often wonder what compels people to get tattoos. For me it was simply to represent what I feel were two things I was passionate about, but I rarely see any designs on others that represent anything that seems to be of personal importance to them...or maybe I'm just missing something. Maybe they're art lovers who just like decorating themselves, I can see that with some people. Some designs just baffle me (ones gotten for what seem the sake of just getting them). I'm glad I waited, I had ideas for tattoos as far back as college but nowadays the ideas I had would not be things I am still interested in. 20+ years of liking both Doctor Who and Transformers seemed like a safe bet to me.
Foremost on my mind today has been the acquisition of my second tattoo last night. I was apprehensive about getting a second one done, since this one would be much more detailed than my last one. I now have both of my two longest-running geek loves (Doctor Who and Transformers) permanently marking my body. I'm really not sure if I'll ever get another one, for a lot of reasons. In any case, I was extremely pleased with the result of the line-work (coloring will be later next month). However, I've been getting little feedback from others who have seen the photo I took shortly after I removed the wrapping, and my GF admitted she doesn't like it. I suppose most people's opinions really shouldn't matter to me anyway, if I'm pleased with it that's all that should matter (at least it means something to me). Rowan hasn't seen it yet, I'm hoping it looks mostly healed by the time she does by next Wednesday. If she approves I'll be happy.
I often wonder what compels people to get tattoos. For me it was simply to represent what I feel were two things I was passionate about, but I rarely see any designs on others that represent anything that seems to be of personal importance to them...or maybe I'm just missing something. Maybe they're art lovers who just like decorating themselves, I can see that with some people. Some designs just baffle me (ones gotten for what seem the sake of just getting them). I'm glad I waited, I had ideas for tattoos as far back as college but nowadays the ideas I had would not be things I am still interested in. 20+ years of liking both Doctor Who and Transformers seemed like a safe bet to me.
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