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Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Strike one:
Tuesday was the first day of the Transit Workers Union strike on the MTA in NYC. Since I am in NYC, but on vacation (woooot!), I had ample time to get to where I was going yesterday. That said, it was still a pain in the ass and took longer than it should have. I took the PATH train from WTC to 33rd and walked up to Bryant Park to meet a friend, who had walked from 85th and 1st. I then met up with a pretty princess, who had walked from Brooklyn to 42nd and 6th to get to work. After a drink, we headed down to NY Adorned for my tattoo appointment, all the while being raped by a livery driver who insisted that he should be charging us $20 to take us "two zoooons". I actually called him "fuckface" when I got out. Obviously, I need to move back here very soon. I'm already speaking the language.
After all that, I got tattooed by Chris O'Donnell and ohmigod it's so perfect. I explained to him what I was going for, we looked at a Japanese art book to solidify the idea, and then he sketched it on my arm freehand. It went fast, he has a fairly light hand, and the shading is fucking beautiful. It is exactly what I wanted. I cannot even begin to describe how happy I am with the tattoo and the entire experience. I will post photos as soon as I can.*
* This probably means never, since I'm a slacker about such things. Sorry.
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