More Tattoos
No, not more new ones. 
There was some interest in seeing the first three, so I got some pictures of them.
#1 – Got this the summer of 1994, shortly before I turned 21. It’s on my right leg, a little above my knee. Marvin has always been my favorite.
Funny story – my brother drew this for me. So, of course, he knew I was getting the tattoo. He (being a typical little brother) tormented me for about a week, threatening to tell my mother. Yes, I know I was an adult, but I knew she was going to hate it, and I didn’t much want to deal with it. So, finally, I went in to her room one day and said “OK, look, I need to tell you something. You aren’t going to be happy about it, but it’s too late to do anything about it now. I got a tattoo.” She just stood there for a moment and said “A tattoo.” I said “Yes. I wasn’t going to tell you, but Tom was threatening to.” “Tom knew?” “Tom drew it for me.” She kind of dropped it. However, a little while later, Tom came into my room and said “I just got yelled at for YOUR tattoo!” Taught him not to run and tattle anymore!
#2 – This was January of 1995. It’s on my lower left back, just above the waistline. (Ignore the muffintop action – I was leaning forward so Kris could take the picture of #3, and didn’t realize he was taking this one.)
I got this one to celebrate re-declaring my theatre major after having shifted to strictly a math major for a while. My friends Nikki and Ann and I drove from school down to the tattoo studio, where they both got their navels pierced while I had the masks done.
#3 – August of 2000. I designed this one myself after finding a website that showed how to draw Celtic knots.
Kris and I had been married for just over 2 years, and he decided to get a tattoo. So, I was inspired to get this one. Seeing as it is RIGHT on my spine, it was a bit on the painful side. And obviously, the “K” in the middle stands for Kris. Just in case there was any question. 
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Hehe. I got to see your bra!
Neener!
June 3rd, 2009 at 7:40 pm
So pretty! I love the Celtic knot! I had wanted to do something like that, but have so far stuck with Art Noveau roses. I love the brother story too. When I got my first tattoo in 1991 my sister was “disgusted” by it. Now I’d be very curious to know if she has one herself
June 3rd, 2009 at 8:13 pm
lol I didn’t even “see” the K until you mentioned it. Hee! Too cool.
June 4th, 2009 at 5:05 am
I especially like the K on your back and how intricate it is.
June 4th, 2009 at 6:59 am
Apologies to Aerosmith…
Ink – it’s my new obsession
Ink – it’s not even a question
Ink on the lips of your lover, ’cause
Ink is the love you discover
Ink as the bing on your cherry
Ink – ’cause you are so very
Ink – with the color of passion
`Cause today it just goes with the fashion
June 4th, 2009 at 11:29 am
I didn’t see the K til you mentioned it either! very cool!
June 5th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Thanks for sharing! I really like the Celtic piece. Hmm, maybe I should show off mine on my blog….I have a few more than you, though, I wonder if anyone would care.
June 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
the celtic knot K is gorgeous, and so symbolic too. Love the design. I’ve been wanting a tat for a while, you are inspiring me!
June 5th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Yeah, I’m with the Celtic Knot Admiration Society! Very cool.
I designed my (first so far) tattoo. It’s a heart (valentine’s kind, not bloody gore kind) wrapped in chains with a padlock in the center. Surrounding the heart are vining violets (forget-me-nots, maybe). Off to one side is the key that goes to the padlock, with a treble clef handle on it.
It means, “Music is the key to unlock my heart”.
I got it after ten years of serious debate, when I was about 28 years old. It’s on my bicep, just like a sailor. My mother, she was THRILLED to see that, I tell ya. Thrilled.