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Gosh, I have a lot of things I meant to post this week, mostly to do with ice cream and food and other exciting things, but I sort of got caught up in other stuff and now I have exciting things that eclipse all that stuff that is only exciting in my head.

I went to Twelve 28 Tattoo today for my appointment with Joy. As you may remember, I went in last week for my consultation and it was fun telling Joy all my bee-nerd stuff.

Today, I went back. But before I went back, I took THE LAST PHOTO OF MY UN-BEED SHOULDER. EVER.

When I got there, she had four simple line-drawings of bees for me to look at, and I picked three of them to transfer to my skin. I also got to see Joy’s awesome work room which has many excellent Star Wars things in it, including many many Star Wars Pez dispensers that I do not own, such as a glow-in-the-dark Palpatine. How awesome is that?

Anyway, if you’ve never had a tattoo, the procedure was pretty much like my first one to begin. We talked a little bit about placement, and then Joy transferred one of the line drawings to my shoulder. I lay down on the chair, and Joy pinned up the pictures of bees that I had given her (bee pinups!) and got out a whole bunch of inks, and went to work.

The rest of it was nothing like my first one. First off, the first tattoo I got was all black. So I didn’t realize quite how much blood was being wiped away with the ink. It’s not a ton, but it’s enough to make everything smudgey red.

(However, I will also tell you the same thing I said the last time– for those of you who have thought about getting a tattoo but are afraid of the pain, it does not hurt very much. If you have ever gone to the dentist and gotten your teeth cleaned, the best thing I can compare it to is that scrapey sensation,. Sometimes it will hurt a little bit for just a second or two, and then it goes back to feeling scrapey. If anything, my neck hurt more from getting stiff than my skin hurt from having a tiny needle in it).

Joy finished the first bee, and it looked awesome. So she asked if we should continue and I said yessirree, Bob. I did not actually say that, but I was pretty enthusiastic, I think.

These bees, they are tiny pieces of art. I can’t tell you how happy I am with them. They are like little watercolor paintings on my skin, the way all the colors mix together.

Mirrored from Antagonia.net.

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Date: 2011-07-08 04:24 am (UTC)
rosefox: Me giving a thumbs-up to the camera. (approval)
From: [personal profile] rosefox
Oh, those are amazing! What fabulous work!

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Date: 2011-07-08 04:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
Joy is awesome and incredible and I highly recommend her if anyone you know is looking for a tattoo artist! I gave her minimal instructions and I could not be more happy with the results.

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Date: 2011-07-08 04:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liret.livejournal.com
BEES.

That is a lot of tattooing to have gotten done in one session!

Your shoulder looks very badass now. But in a way that makes me want to be friends with the pretty shoulder-bees.

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Date: 2011-07-08 04:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
Yes, this is like the opposite of badassery. It's like pretty painty pretty thing. SO EXCITED.

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Date: 2011-07-08 04:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spiralstairs.livejournal.com
Your artist is aces! They're beautiful!

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Date: 2011-07-08 04:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
She really is! I am so happy with them.

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Date: 2011-07-08 04:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] writingmoments.livejournal.com
They look almost 3 D. Wow!

I recently finished reading: "The Honey Thief" by Elizabeth Graver and I think you might like it (or have you already read it?)

Some reviews:

"Remarkably fine-tuned, it maintains a consistent delicacy and precision.-The New York Times Book Review
"Graver provides a wealth of vividly observed detail that makes us feel completely there with the characters."-The Boston Sunday Globe
"Elizabeth Graver is rapidly proving herself one of our finest writers on the grand drama of simply growing up....A quiet gem of a book."-Chicago Tribune

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Date: 2011-07-08 04:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
I have not read it. What do you think about it? I would much rather hear your opinion than review quotes!

I suspect it is probably a book for my mom if not for me. I tend to like really fantastical stuff, but she enjoys realistic growing up stories.

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Date: 2011-07-08 05:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katisu.livejournal.com
omfg! those are 100000x awesome! they look so awesome! AWESOME IS THE ONLY WORD FOR THIS

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Date: 2011-07-08 06:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
ALSO THERE IS ANOTHER WORD FOR IT WHICH IS ALSO AWESOME.

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Date: 2011-07-08 06:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] abhor.livejournal.com
Wow, those are gorgeous!

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Date: 2011-07-08 06:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
Thank you! I am so excited for them!

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Date: 2011-07-08 07:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] per-simmon.livejournal.com
Those are absolutely beautiful!

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Date: 2011-07-08 06:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
I agree! I am so delighted with them.

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Date: 2011-07-08 08:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kita0610.livejournal.com
Lovely! Mazel Tov on the gorgeous body art.

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Date: 2011-07-08 06:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
Thank you! I am really delighted with how well they came out.
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Date: 2011-07-08 06:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
AS MUCH AS YOU HEART OUR HYPOTHETICAL TATTOO WE SHARE?

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Date: 2011-07-08 09:11 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] oseri
Yay, they look wonderful!

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Date: 2011-07-08 06:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
Thank you, I agree! Eee, bees!

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Date: 2011-07-08 09:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theafaye.livejournal.com
They are just STUNNING. True works of art.

When I had mine done, the artist said to me that it would feel like it's about to hurt really badly but it never does and that was spot on. It was most interesting. I could definitely see how they can become addictive, although I haven't had another one. Yet.

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Date: 2011-07-08 06:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
I think that fortunately the cost of really nice ones makes it prohibitive enough that I won't get addicted to it. Also, there are only a limited number of things I want to get. I definitely want a chicken, but after that, I would have to think really hard about anything else.

Oh, and thanks! I was just so pleased with them.
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Date: 2011-07-08 09:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gairid.livejournal.com
AWESOME TATTOO!!! I LOVE THOSE BEES!

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Date: 2011-07-08 06:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
I love them too1 I love your icon also!

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Date: 2011-07-08 10:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daydreamweaver.livejournal.com
Those are really very wonderful. I hope they heal up quickly and without too much itching! Can you reach all three of them to cover them in moisturizer/whatever your tattoo artist has told you to use while they are healing?

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Date: 2011-07-08 06:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
Yes, and right now they're raised just enough that I can feel them even when I'm not looking at them! So far they have not developed nearly as much scab as my last one.

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Date: 2011-07-08 10:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lifechild.livejournal.com
Wow, those look amazing! I am truly impressed :)

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Date: 2011-07-08 09:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
I am impressed, too! Joy is so amazing!

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Date: 2011-07-08 11:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alephz.livejournal.com
Oh, man. Those tats be GLORIOUS.

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Date: 2011-07-08 09:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
They are glorious and buzzing and amazing and they will make honey for you!

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Date: 2011-07-08 11:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emilytheslayer.livejournal.com
Preeeeettttyyyyyy.

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Date: 2011-07-11 12:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
I think so too! Thank you!

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Date: 2011-07-08 01:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] regyt.livejournal.com
This is fantastic and wonderful! I don't think I've ever been tempted to get tattoos until now.

(Much love from my fuzzeh ladies to yours! ^^)

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Date: 2011-07-11 12:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
Oh do you have fuzzeh ladies too? I love mine so!

And I am just thrilled with them. They are so beautiful and exciting.

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Date: 2011-07-08 03:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rattsu.livejournal.com
Oh my, they look so real! What an awesome idea!!!

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Date: 2011-07-11 12:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
I am so happy with them! I like it too because if I want to add more bees, I always can. Or I can do something else!

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Date: 2011-07-08 04:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lorryl.livejournal.com
BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ.

I'm not a super tattoo fan, but these are lovely - they really are art.

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Date: 2011-07-11 12:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
They really are; they are just exquisite. I could not be happier with how they came out.

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Date: 2011-07-09 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tigrkittn.livejournal.com
Those bees are stunning!! Awesome! I've seen good tattoo work before but I've seen a lot of bad, too - these are just amazing!

( I think what you said about the pain has a lot to do with individual perception, and also what part of the body you have the tattoo on. I'm pretty confident that for some people and some places it HURTS for realz, not like scrapey. I'm very happy it didn't hurt you though!)

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Date: 2011-07-11 12:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
Yeah, I'm sure it's a bit different for different people. And the one that is right over my spine did hurt a little more than the other two.

And yes, I have seen tons of bad tattoos. That's why I really looked around at different artists' work before picking someone who also had a good reference from a friend.

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Date: 2011-07-09 02:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mybabyangel.livejournal.com
They look amazing! I love the colour and the detail in them. :D

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Date: 2011-07-11 12:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
Thanks! I agree; I am so happy with how they came out.

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Date: 2011-07-09 03:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hug-machine.livejournal.com
Wooow.

Not even kidding, that might be the prettiest tattoo I've ever seen!

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Date: 2011-07-11 12:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
Eee, thank you! I am just so happy with them, they make me want to get a million more.

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Date: 2011-07-09 12:58 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] sunnyrea.livejournal.com
Those are amazing! I've never seen tattoos so detailed and they really are like little bits of art!

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Date: 2011-07-11 12:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
They are! And they are super detailed and pretty and sweet, and the style is a lot more like a watercolor than typical tattoo lineart, which I really like.

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Date: 2011-07-09 08:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] supremegoddess1.livejournal.com
awesome! they look fantastic!

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Date: 2011-07-11 12:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
Thanks! I think so too!

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Date: 2011-07-10 01:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] much-reality.livejournal.com
I don't actually like tattoos, usually. Those are so delicate and pretty. They're really beautiful, and what's so clever is that the colours available to tattoo with are the right colours, so you don't get that heavy metal, thechno-dystopia vibe, if that makes any sense. They look really feminine but not in a drippy way.

Also: there can be nothing more to life than owning a glow-in-the-dark Palpatine. (Except possibly a toddler Hallowe'en Palpatine costume. I was torn between that and a baby Voldemort, and then my family said it was child abuse and to turn him into a pumpkin. Boo.)

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Date: 2011-07-11 01:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teaberryblue.livejournal.com
OMG, I don't think that's abuse, I think that would be excellent. One of my cousins dressed her toddler up as the Pope one year, and that was lolarious. She took the pictures and photoshopped him into all kind of funny situations.

And yeah, it makes sense. Tattoo inks actually are available in pretty much any color you can think of-- Joy mixed some of the colors herself. But I think most places don't have that kind of availability.

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