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The last pass on my tattoo confirmed that I've developed an allergy to the adhesive for the waterproof bandages they use.
So today I got the non-adhesive treatment which is I kid you not basically the pads that they put in meat trays. And then saran wrap.

Next wave of tattooing is complete - the bronze and brown are colored. (my artist thought she would get the background done too, I knew she would not get to it based on the time it took to do the others. Next month we'll get it done) I don't have good pictures yet; the color of the bronze isn't faithful to the inspiration art (where they're a dull greenish-brown) but to the color of earth lizards called bronze, which are kind of a golden tan with orange markings.

Every pass gets me thinking about the Pern books. I got this idea that I should add commissioning music for some of the ballads and Menolly's songs to my lottery money fantasy list.* And then I thought of course this has been done by now. I found a couple of supposedly McCaffrey-approved albums, but not a single song had a memorable tune!?! WTF did they read the books at all? The whole point of the teaching ballads was that they would make memorizing important info easy. Menolly's talent is writing earworms I can't even.

So given stupid amounts of money, what living songwriter/composer/band would you hire to write catchy tunes for existing lyrics? Bonus points for acoustic arrangements (but I'm not against power or folk metal).

*other items include grants for painting houses in Seattle in bright colors, a bookstore that sells only books I like, and buying medical debt

second session on my tattoo is complete.

fire-lizard count is up to five; the gold, green, and blue have their main color pass. we've planned out the color choices for the bronze and brown. the linework on the most-sensitive part of my arm went fine. i think there *might* have been more pain than elsewhere but not in the significant way i was led to believe.* (i assume that color there will be a different experience.)

next month, the bronze, the brown, background. (she's planning to draw the background spiral waves freehand on my arm.) i suspect that it may take more than one more session to complete but i'm happy to be surprised.

( progress pictures )

there are some insane fine details that probably will blur out over time, but the general shapes should hold well, which is all i need for the long haul. like, each one has specific colors for their claws and eyes. i'm glad i decided to take a flyer on an early-career artist, she's so excited and thoughtful and pushing her edges.

*apparently that's a common spot for twitching, frequent breaks, etc. my artist said that area is particularly painful for her. i've been told that my pain tolerance is high and i heal quickly but as i only know my own experience i'll have to take that on faith. it's a weird thing to think about for me; i do wonder sometimes if, for example, my history of mild to nonexistent menstrual pain isn't that i don't have classic cramps but that i don't feel them.

Current Mood: pleased

Saturday i had the first session for my new tattoo (it will probably take around 12 hours all told). i had a grand time*, and it looks and feels good so far. this is the inspiration:

[Elizabeth Malczynski Littman cover art for Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey; Art Nouveau influenced image of a woman playing pan pipes surrounded by delicate spindly miniature dragons, with stylized spiral waves of ocean water]
it's a sleeve of fire-lizards and spirals. we talked about trying to get all nine, but i am not a giant, so there will be five, which will at least get me all the canonical colors. right now i have blacklines for four. number five and the first background and color pass comes next month.

*we had a conversation about image transfers, and i talked about the smell and the sense-memory of getting ditto handouts in elementary school. she had assumed i was about 15 years younger than i am. Bless.

In the waning of the year I let (the beneficial version of) my impulsiveness off the chain. I have a year-end roundup post in progress, but that is on my computer which is in the other room and getting up is difficult

I had to pause writing it last night to meet with a tattoo artist and then collect a few more references for her. I've been thinking about this piece since shortly after my first one (nine years ago!) and probably would have done it sooner if that wonderful artist hadn't left town. found her because I was getting maintenance on my ear piercings... I really liked the piercer and I think a "curated ear" is in my future but after I've absorbed the cost of the tattoo
today (yes today the holiday) I did a functional movement screening with a physical trainer. I start small group on Thursday. I am so out of shape. I'm not in pain tonight but very fatigued from doing a very limited number of squats, lunges, etc. there were zero judgement statements made and he has promised me that I can hit the punching bag (fun for ironymaidens) for cardio instead of the stupid treadmill. goal is build bone density and get back to a solid self-rescue for paddling. fingers crossed
I also have a pottery class starting at the end of the month; it's making tableware. I haven't found my imaginary dream dishes for sale, so I'm making my own coupes/pasta bowls with blackjack and hookers

Current Mood: determined
Current Location: vivarium
Current Music: Dracula audiobook and C playing Rogue Trader

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