The other arm

Sorry I have been away awhile.  Just getting a few things straight before the holidays.

We have come to our second installment of Tattoo You.  I am looking for concepts for the other arm.  I have spoken with my brother and we agree it may be time to modify or cover-up the bar-code which I have had on my other arm for over 13 years.  Some early thoughts I have are; a tribal rat from the Chinese zodiac, the other is Lono (the Hawaiian Tiki).  The best rat I can find on line does not look like it would cover the bar-code.  If we find the right Lono it could easily cover this.  I should probably employ my brother to come up with creative design in either case.  The jury is out on the design in general so feel free to comment.  My preliminary ideas are here.

The winner

Congrats Jen!  Your entry won out for implementation; I just couldn't say no to this in the end.  A combination of tribal art mixed with ancient eastern concepts was the right mixture for me.  I have always liked dragons but never had a fascination or obsession with them so it does not speak to one era or time in my life thus making it something that will last and I will never get tired of.

The winner for concept goes to Surf for her entry.  Not only is this as bad-ass as it gets but the story that goes along with this is a winner in its self.  A long story short; an honorable soldier stands up for what is right after doing the honorable thing, then proceeds to get shit on by less honorable people.  Very definately the hero.  His tattoo is below.  I may end up doing a variation on this in the future but not to this size.  Good work on finding this one Surf!!!

Tattoos

Well, I was on line looking for some interesting tattoo designs and came across this; too interesting not to post.  Now this is a guy with a sense of humor.

I thought we could have some fun coming up with my next tattoo.  Send entries to my e-mail.  I will be happy to post the winner.  Just poking around I have found some radical examples (see below).

Now, this is not what I am looking to do, all the same, too strange not to post.   I am probably going to go for something on the shoulder again.  Something has to compliment the bar code.

The number that keeps popping up.

New adventures on 2 wheels.

The weekend after I returned from the trip west I took a motorcycle training course which lasted two and a half days.  This was a beginner course and taught me all the basics of riding.  I did say basics.  The one thing I walked away with from the course is that you have to be hyper aware at all times.  In fact it left me wondering how anyone could enjoy the ride if they had to concentrate on all these riding factors perpetually.

Not being swayed I calculate that although you do have to be much more aware than when in a car, many of these factors must become second nature over time.  Practice along with a positive, safe attitude will go a long way to making the ride an enjoyable event.

I have been looking for a bike since I got my motorcycle license (automatic endorsement from the DMV upon completing the state approved course).  As big as I am it was not easy finding a bike I was comfortable on that allowed for comfortable use of the foot controls.  In the end I did find one and the price is amazing.  The picture above is the bike I plan to get next week.  It is a 2009 Yamaha V-Star 1300 in pearl white.  here is still a lot of practice to be done but I think I will have fun doing it.

AAnother little tid-bit.

Just before the parents picked me up they reported that western Texas had a new speed limit.  Thoughts?

Back home - I had to do it.

Well, this was just too cool not to do.  I am coming to you live from the C&J Trailways bus.  This is the bus that I take when I need to go from Dover/Portsmouth to Boston Logan airport.  Taking the bus savews an enormous amount of money in parking.  A round-trip on the bus costs about $42 as opposed to the $24 per DAY you would spend parking at Logan.

I had seen that the bus offers free wi-fi but I had never tried it until now.  As this blog is partially about blogging from strange and interesting locations, what better way to begin a blogging tour than to do so from the bus its self.  Very cool!