Jess Roqs’ Weblog

Friday at 4:30 was the best feeling in the world. I was done with work for 3 whole days.
Friday night we went to go see Super Size Me if anyone is considering going on a diet and needs a little motivation GO SEE THIS MOVIE. It was a wonderful motivator. Ace and I had bought a large pop to enjoy during the movie and about 20 minutes into it we both didn’t want to drink it anymore. I loved the movie and I can’t wait til it comes out on DVD

Saturday was “The big day” I was getting my tattoo at 5 pm. We went shopping at Galyan’s to try and find some new shirts to show off the tattoo. I was able to find 7 shirts and a sports bra for $175.
After the shopping we went home to hang until the appt. Played a little Ratchet and Clank and then we were off to get the tat. I was soo nervous going there and then when I got there I got a little more calm but the 2nd Brian said that he was going to start and put the needle on my back a huge wave of panic came across me. Everything in my body was screaming “What are you doing! This is forever.” I looked at Ace like I was dying and then it started. I did a lot of research about what this whole process was going to be like. Most people said it hurt, some said it didn’t and others said it was the worst pain ever. Me being the worse case scenario person was expecting it to be as painful as giving blood for over an hour. Poke after poke after poke. In actuality, it’s more like a constant bee sting.
He kept having to wipe ink off to be able to see the design. The rubbing off of the ink hurts about as much as the actual needle pricks. So there really isn’t an breaks throughout the entire process.
The actual outline took about 15 minutes. Parts of the outline were more painful than others. I couldn’t really say which part was more painful but there were definite parts of my back there were more sensitive. When he was done with the outline he had to run to the basement to get the coloring. Again, with all of my reading I had the impression that the coloring was going to be worse then the outline. That is probably true but after 15 min of constant pain from the outline u don’t really notice the difference anymore. He did color it in with different degrees of shading and I could have sworn that he was digging into my skin more in parts that in others. He would press and hold the gun on one spot for a longer time than others. Those were the times that really hurt. During the whole process I never flinched and I never cried. I just made faces and squeezed Ace’s hand. When it was all done I was able to walk back to the mirror and see the final product. It looked great! I was able to look at it for 5 seconds before it was put behind a bandage not to be seen again until Sunday morning. Brian, the artist, gave me a long list of instructions on what needs to be done to take care of the tattoo for the next 2 weeks. I guess I didn’t realize that it was going to take this much work to keep it. The actual tattoo took 30 min but for the next 3 days I have to wash it every hour and then after three days I have to wash it three times a day for two weeks. Because I will be going to Monkey Bar I plan to wash it at least fours times. Morning, noon, after workout, and bed time.
Ace has been amazing helping me with all of this. Last night I started to feel the “stuff” leaking out of my bandage. If u looked at the bandage it was a light shade of pink/bed. When I was lying in bed it felt like it was leaking down my back.

After all of the excitement of the tattoo we went shopping again and tried to go out for dinner at Outback but they were booked. Played more Ratchet and had a good night in.

Sunday
Didn’t sleep too well Saturday night. I usually sleep on my left shoulder so I didn’t think it was going to be a problem, but knowing that I couldn’t sleep on my right one made it really hard.
Ace did an amazing job of washing the wound and was the best boyfriend ever. I got a little woozy after Ace showed me the washcloth with some blood and ink on it and I guess I just wasn’t ready to see that. He washed the tatoo as close to every hour as we could. Ever time we had to wash it it was like someone was pushing in a bruise or really bad sunburn. The tattoo is looking great and the risk of infection and fading is very small.
We didn’t leave the house at all today. We did beat Ratchet and Clank We are now working on getting all of the skill points to try and unlock all of the special features.

And now the moment u have all been waiting for. PICTURES
These things are HUGE so beware.
Before the tattoo
During the tattoo
After the tattoo
Close up