PART II.... holy crap I was over the character limit in the first thread





The Addition from April '05


Tattoo #4 The addition to #3


After having the Ace for 7ish months I decided that it needed more but I wasn't sure what. If you go back and look under threads by me there are a couple asking for suggestions. During this time in my life I was also pretty depressed with everything that had gone crap ass in 2004 and for some reason I couldn't focus on the good that I did have. I had a very hard time remembering that I was and am truly blessed. Even if my day is God awful terrible I am still blessed to be alive (I had 2 near fatal car accidents in a 4 month period) looking back at the pics I have no idea how I'm still alive especially after the first one. Having Blessed tattooed on my leg gave me a permenant reminder that no matter what I am blessed, I couldn't think of anything more fitting for my pessimistic self.

I got the other card face down instead of something like an Ace and a King or another Ace because you don't know what it is. Is it good? Is it bad? Reminds me that there is chance in life and nothing is for sure. At the time I was also a pretty big Texas Hold'em player so that led to the influence even though a lot of people tend to think it has to do with BlackJack.

I love the way that it all pulled together in the end especially the details of the smaller clovers on the down card.




Most Recent 4/21/06

Not the best quality picture but I was in a rush because I was trying to get to bed.

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ASNF (A Son Never Forgets)
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Yes it's a quote from Men of Honor with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Robert DeNiro

Tattoo #5 The Memorial Piece


By far this is my most meaningful tattoo and also my most recent. I got it on 4/21/06 the 2 year anniversary of the loss of my Dad. I went back and forth of what I wanted the memorial tattoo to be and settled on Sprout, the Jolly Green Giant's sidekick since it's what my Dad called me most of my life.

Joe the artist that did #3 and #4 left the shop where he was working since he had a dispute with the owner over $$$ I was sorry to see him go but I knew from other's work that Lance (the shop owner) was plenty capable of handling the piece. I stopped in 4 days early to set everything up with Joe so I could get it on the 21st, only to find out he was gone. He came up with the idea to have Sprout holding a banner or flag that said ASNF (I was just going to put it underneath) but Lance came up with a better idea, putting it on a leaf.

When Lance was tattooing away I couldn't figure out why he kept getting this giant of a grin every couple minutes and when he was finally done I understood why, it's really hard to look at Sprout and not get a big because he's just so damn happy.

The amount of compliments I get about this tattoo and ton of people it has made definitely does my Dad honor since he was such a happy guy and always tried to brighten others days even if he was having a bad day.


I have plans for #6 already but not sure where I want to put it... that is what I'm really stuck on... do I want to cover up #2 and move on or put it someplace else, I guess time will tell the tale.

Well there we have it, stories about each and every tattoo I have, I guess I could go back and link in the pics but right now I'm being a slacker, took enough time to type it all out let alone adding pics. To me every tattoo should tell a story, if it doesn't then you should really rethink getting it