Yuiko's Cherry Blossoms Ring in a New Year

As an old year ends, and a new year begins, let's celebrate with this photo of Yuiko's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_blossom">cherry blossoms:</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPgwUnfMnDkuHeERsdIqkXQqbUjjpfe3ttVezW-w7X7Vs7EOPiS6xdRbeAy7lRypSxROM6dN_l_cxBbTHOQOZXUOOr4c8VCjH46kOEAztbHOvv1gbIH5g7WwszeEIdvNPDmU1MYaS68s/s614/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPgwUnfMnDkuHeERsdIqkXQqbUjjpfe3ttVezW-w7X7Vs7EOPiS6xdRbeAy7lRypSxROM6dN_l_cxBbTHOQOZXUOOr4c8VCjH46kOEAztbHOvv1gbIH5g7WwszeEIdvNPDmU1MYaS68s/s640/photo.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />I met Yuiko at the <a href="http://brooklynlyceum.com/">Brooklyn Lyceum</a> over the summer.<br /><br />She was sitting a couple rows ahead of me during a performance of <a href="http://pipertheatre.org/">Piper Theater's</a> <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof">Fiddler on the Roof</a>.</i><br /><i><br /></i>After the show, we chatted about her work and she later e-mailed me more information about the work, also sending me a clearer, "fresher" photo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOj8hSnW_1C5zb_lfM1C_U0JeebgKls4g5lpWWyLHdC1emITutkjssNWpQd5bqFIXNfeFmbmrGDHXz-zZGvVF1YZ3XBMJIJOzv0nao698DX0Imtm04v8zX0zaurvtwQgp8R8ypV8JmGs/s373/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOj8hSnW_1C5zb_lfM1C_U0JeebgKls4g5lpWWyLHdC1emITutkjssNWpQd5bqFIXNfeFmbmrGDHXz-zZGvVF1YZ3XBMJIJOzv0nao698DX0Imtm04v8zX0zaurvtwQgp8R8ypV8JmGs/s400/photo.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br />Yuiko credited this work to <a href="http://www.mytats.com/kohei.htm">Kohei Toyama</a>, an L.A.-based artist she met at the NYC Tattoo Convention a few years back.<br /><br />I also snapped this shot of the lotus tattoo on the back of her neck:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWKmOAGtC5NXqLNJqCJJYtqUwWqLjmxvMoCrgA-sTKLb14QvMfyLaj4ru5Yni1ZIR5XeaxtuEOfMAZuvvD72kHlwYZ0EbyGmMKVt59p8TRjleVPcLpMq2YP6WRGCOk6FHn7_5bfHKeMo/s615/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWKmOAGtC5NXqLNJqCJJYtqUwWqLjmxvMoCrgA-sTKLb14QvMfyLaj4ru5Yni1ZIR5XeaxtuEOfMAZuvvD72kHlwYZ0EbyGmMKVt59p8TRjleVPcLpMq2YP6WRGCOk6FHn7_5bfHKeMo/s320/photo.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br />As we move from one year to the next, let's pause and remember to cherish every moment, because life's beauty, like the cherry blossom, is fleeting.<br /><br />Thanks to Yuiko for sharing her beautiful tattoos with us here on Tattoosday, and a happy new year to all of our contributors and readers!<br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><b id="internal-source-marker_0.8359710872173309" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are seeing this on another website other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span></b>

Yuiko's Cherry Blossoms Ring in a New Year

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Yukio's Cherry Blossoms Ring in a New Year

As an old year ends, and a new year begins, let's celebrate with this photo of Yukio's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_blossom">cherry blossoms:</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPgwUnfMnDkuHeERsdIqkXQqbUjjpfe3ttVezW-w7X7Vs7EOPiS6xdRbeAy7lRypSxROM6dN_l_cxBbTHOQOZXUOOr4c8VCjH46kOEAztbHOvv1gbIH5g7WwszeEIdvNPDmU1MYaS68s/s614/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPgwUnfMnDkuHeERsdIqkXQqbUjjpfe3ttVezW-w7X7Vs7EOPiS6xdRbeAy7lRypSxROM6dN_l_cxBbTHOQOZXUOOr4c8VCjH46kOEAztbHOvv1gbIH5g7WwszeEIdvNPDmU1MYaS68s/s640/photo.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />I met Yukio at the <a href="http://brooklynlyceum.com/">Brooklyn Lyceum</a> over the summer.<br /><br />She was sitting a couple rows ahead of me during a performance of <a href="http://pipertheatre.org/">Piper Theater's</a> <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof">Fiddler on the Roof</a>.</i><br /><i><br /></i>After the show, we chatted about her work and she later e-mailed me more information about the work, also sending me a clearer, "fresher" photo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOj8hSnW_1C5zb_lfM1C_U0JeebgKls4g5lpWWyLHdC1emITutkjssNWpQd5bqFIXNfeFmbmrGDHXz-zZGvVF1YZ3XBMJIJOzv0nao698DX0Imtm04v8zX0zaurvtwQgp8R8ypV8JmGs/s373/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOj8hSnW_1C5zb_lfM1C_U0JeebgKls4g5lpWWyLHdC1emITutkjssNWpQd5bqFIXNfeFmbmrGDHXz-zZGvVF1YZ3XBMJIJOzv0nao698DX0Imtm04v8zX0zaurvtwQgp8R8ypV8JmGs/s400/photo.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br />Yukio credited this work to <a href="http://www.mytats.com/kohei.htm">Kohei Toyama</a>, an L.A.-based artist she met at the NYC Tattoo Convention a few years back.<br /><br />I also snapped this shot of the lotus tattoo on the back of her neck:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWKmOAGtC5NXqLNJqCJJYtqUwWqLjmxvMoCrgA-sTKLb14QvMfyLaj4ru5Yni1ZIR5XeaxtuEOfMAZuvvD72kHlwYZ0EbyGmMKVt59p8TRjleVPcLpMq2YP6WRGCOk6FHn7_5bfHKeMo/s615/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGWKmOAGtC5NXqLNJqCJJYtqUwWqLjmxvMoCrgA-sTKLb14QvMfyLaj4ru5Yni1ZIR5XeaxtuEOfMAZuvvD72kHlwYZ0EbyGmMKVt59p8TRjleVPcLpMq2YP6WRGCOk6FHn7_5bfHKeMo/s320/photo.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br />As we move from one year to the next, let's pause and remember to cherish every moment, because life's beauty, like the cherry blossom, is fleeting.<br /><br />Thanks to Yukio for sharing her beautiful tattoos with us here on Tattoosday, and a happy new year to all of our contributors and readers!<br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><b id="internal-source-marker_0.8359710872173309" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are seeing this on another website other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span></b>

Yukio's Cherry Blossoms Ring in a New Year

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Matty's Christmas Eve Owl

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMQHDI4ISLTegids9xQJNnwfISJozpPf0ezAPR3Qbq_joq9V_IvgbD8r9Gmn15orxidTZQRGjCzE2pRNYPmpSVaIFsoilXpH01vYLZ3oELCoNywyhNsZFWNR9yIvIyWYOVfmxPASM_TM/s615/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMQHDI4ISLTegids9xQJNnwfISJozpPf0ezAPR3Qbq_joq9V_IvgbD8r9Gmn15orxidTZQRGjCzE2pRNYPmpSVaIFsoilXpH01vYLZ3oELCoNywyhNsZFWNR9yIvIyWYOVfmxPASM_TM/s1600/photo.jpg" /></a></div><br />This is an awesome owl that I spotted back in October.<br /><br />I met Matty outside of Penn Station and he explained that he was travelling through Flagstaff, Arizona a while back and stopped in on Christmas Eve at <a href="http://www.burlyfishtattoo.com/">Burly Fish Tattoo and Body Piercing</a>. <strike>He couldn't recall the name of the artist and never e-mailed me the information.</strike> Update: <a href="http://www.burlyfishtattoo.com/Pat_Tattoos/tattoo_artists_patrick_sans_tattoogallery_1.html">Patrick Sans</a> was the artist who tattooed Matty.<br /><br />Matty wanted a piece that represented "learning over time." He had the idea, told the artist he wanted a traditional owl, and the photo above represents the end result.<br /><br />Happy Holidays from Tattoosday!<br /><br /><b id="internal-source-marker_0.3363327574916184" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are seeing this on another website other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span></b>

Matty's Christmas Eve Owl

This is an awesome owl that I spotted back in October. I met Matty outside of Penn Station and he explained that he was travelling through F...

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Repost: Richard's Mayan Calendar Honors His Heritage

<i>Seeing today was predicted to be the end of the world, it seemed appropriate to repost this entry from last February:</i><br /><br /> Just two weeks ago, back in the first month of the current year, 2012, which as many may have heard, is the last year in the Mayan calendar, I met Richard in Penn Station. He has this amazing tattoo on his upper right arm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPl5ZOrreO06Z-o6b8WzDNK_HC8Qu8ZnHBf2e4FHDJnQepgcTBaQJDPEsF_0k0dMaLUoAStxgdNMLrBqe08D5plcwLPpc4Q0rW4bvchIMs3QnSk4jhLs_QjSkAvvoAAajrniWvqqyaRzE/s1600/mayan+calendar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPl5ZOrreO06Z-o6b8WzDNK_HC8Qu8ZnHBf2e4FHDJnQepgcTBaQJDPEsF_0k0dMaLUoAStxgdNMLrBqe08D5plcwLPpc4Q0rW4bvchIMs3QnSk4jhLs_QjSkAvvoAAajrniWvqqyaRzE/s640/mayan+calendar.jpg" width="339" /></a></div><br />He had just finished the last section of the tattoo a couple weeks earlier. The piece is a cultural tribute to his and his family's Mexican heritage.<br /><br />This was done by Chuck Bondo at <a href="http://www.stationonetattoo.com/">Station 1 Tattoo</a> in Huntington, New York.<br /><br />Thanks to Richard for sharing this great tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Repost: Richard's Mayan Calendar Honors His Heritage

Seeing today was predicted to be the end of the world, it seemed appropriate to repost this entry from last February:  Just two weeks ago, b...

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Moki's Pink Elephant

Yesterday we posted a tattoo belonging to my wife's cousin Erica, who had come over to our home last month for a family gathering. Accompanying her was her girlfriend Moki, who has a multitude of tattoos. Among her work is this whimsical elephant tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6G6HWoIBmk5WVFlHlevfGBzZSs9RohuVaHyaglfycuZivQMUaEIjDkU-KrN4XE2UJFi4ixxO7hFxP4k6dPxl9XCC4y3z_9FaTV_c12WSZe4iJzNoCijmo56sIqJb0oTg_IHD3ZXL_0w/s775/2012-12-05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6G6HWoIBmk5WVFlHlevfGBzZSs9RohuVaHyaglfycuZivQMUaEIjDkU-KrN4XE2UJFi4ixxO7hFxP4k6dPxl9XCC4y3z_9FaTV_c12WSZe4iJzNoCijmo56sIqJb0oTg_IHD3ZXL_0w/s640/2012-12-05.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Moki explains:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">The elephant was drawn by a friend. He likes to label everything, like how it says saddle and elephant on the tattoo. I just think it's cute."</span></blockquote>She had this inked by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tattoos-By-Nick-Caruso/148771691835556">Nick Caruso</a> when he was at <a href="http://flyritetattoo.net/">Flyrite Tattoo</a> in Brooklyn. Nick has since moved on to <a href="http://boundforglorytattoo.com/">Bound for Glory Tattoo</a> on Staten Island.<br /><br />Thanks to Moki for sharing this fun tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><b id="internal-source-marker_0.3146959589794278" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are seeing this on another website other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span></b>

Moki's Pink Elephant

Yesterday we posted a tattoo belonging to my wife's cousin Erica, who had come over to our home last month for a family gathering. Accom...

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Ink on 45, Courtesy of Erica (Musician Monday!)

It has been a while since we celebrated "Musician Mondays" here on Tattoosday so, it is with pleasure that we return with a musical tattoo.<br /><br />Last month I had the pleasure of meeting my wife's cousin Erica for the first time.<br /><br />She and her girlfriend Moki came over to visit for a small gathering at our home set up to memorialize another cousin who had recently passed away overseas.<br /><br />And, whereas Moki had significantly more tattoos (we'll see one tomorrow), Erica has only one, and she was kind enough to share it here:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAhkSePYbxcZqkixmsq8ByDRqQXUm-T70tWx7dxnQcsPuTZ2cFqGiDkjkVzUtvu-DRfmxlXreQ3VrAv2OaI3e8j-YfWNaxn6cSFSv_ZoNDQy1u3kfqix9yXrjRFYGdUtsx7eltBWOzFM/s615/IMG_0795.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiAhkSePYbxcZqkixmsq8ByDRqQXUm-T70tWx7dxnQcsPuTZ2cFqGiDkjkVzUtvu-DRfmxlXreQ3VrAv2OaI3e8j-YfWNaxn6cSFSv_ZoNDQy1u3kfqix9yXrjRFYGdUtsx7eltBWOzFM/s400/IMG_0795.JPG" width="280" /></a></div><br />People born in the CD age might not recognize this as a "spider," which was a piece of plastic inserted into the center of small 45-rpm records that allowed them to be played on the small spindles on record players. Records were those things that we, back in the Dark Ages, listened to music on.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/45rpmadapter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/45rpmadapter.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Erica currently is the bass player for a band called <a href="http://poofpony.bandcamp.com/">Poof Pony</a>. She has played in other acts as well, including <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Turbonegra/10070982615">Turbonegra</a> (a San Francisco-based all-girl tribute band to Norwegian punk band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbonegro">Turbonegro</a>) and punk stalwarts <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDC_(band)">MDC</a> (in the 1990's).</div><br />Erica explains how she came by this tattoo:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">"I got it done at </span></span><a href="http://templeoakland.com/" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Temple Tattoo</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"> in Oakland - it may have been by </span></span><a href="http://templeoakland.com/artists/jonah-levin" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Jonah Levin</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"> but I wouldn't swear by it ... My friend Kristen had twin hellions that must have been two or three at the time - she had an appointment at Temple and let me know in no uncertain terms that I had a choice - I could either babysit the monsters or go with her to get my own. That meant no choice to me! Since I was turning 45 and love records, the tattoo was a no-brainer. Perhaps I should have thought about it though because quite soon after the ink had settled it was pointed out to me that I had actually put the Spin Magazine logo on my arm and that was just about as cool as getting the Rolling Stones tongue logo (not). I have since seen another bass player with it in exactly the same spot, and it's been confused with being both a swastika and a hazardous waste symbol, which just proves that I don't always run with the brightest crowd."</span></span></span></blockquote>Thanks to Erica for sharing this iconic tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><b id="internal-source-marker_0.3413603787776083" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are seeing this on another website other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span></b><br /><br />

Ink on 45, Courtesy of Erica (Musician Monday!)

It has been a while since we celebrated "Musician Mondays" here on Tattoosday so, it is with pleasure that we return with a musica...

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A Moment to Pause and Appreciate Our Children

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.winnipegfreepress.com/images/648*429/CPT106002074_high.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://media.winnipegfreepress.com/images/648*429/CPT106002074_high.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e9e9e9; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><i>Camille Boivin, right, Philippe Aumond, left, show their tattoos with their son Jacob, in this undated photo. Click to enlarge. </i></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />There's been a lot of negativity in the news, what with the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut dominating our collective consciousness.<br /><br />A good friend on Facebook posted Buzzfeed's "<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/moments-that-restored-our-faith-in-humanity-this-y">26 Moments That Restored Our Faith in Humanity This Year</a>" and #8 caught my attention.<br /><br />It features two parents who got insulin pumps tattooed on their bellies so that their diabetic child would feel better about his real pump.<br /><br />Read the whole, heart-warming story <a href="http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/fpnewsfeatures/parents-get-belly-tattoos-to-support-son-on-insulin-pump-for-type-1-diabetes-135657313.html">here</a>. It's actually dated back in December 2011, but I think it is still important to read life-affirming things when so many of us are focused on tragedy.<br /><br />Our thoughts and prayers go out, this holiday season, to the families of Newtown, Connecticut.<br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><b id="internal-source-marker_0.9735006466507912" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are seeing this on another website other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span></b><br /><br /><br />

A Moment to Pause and Appreciate Our Children

Camille Boivin, right, Philippe Aumond, left, show their tattoos with their son Jacob, in this undated photo. Click to enlarge.  There's...

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