Stabby, stabby!

This morning I got up at an unearthly hour, especially considering I hardly slept last night and I didn't have work today. The reason for doing so was that I had decided to get my tattoo done. I met Kim and Pam on the bus; Pam was possibly even more insane than usual; and Kim was also getting a tattoo done. Getting it done was much less painful that I had feared, and it took about 45 minutes. The worst part is the outline, done first, which feels much sharper than when the blocking in is done. I is almost like someone is drawing the picture in your arm using a very very sharp knife, feeling it being dragged through your skin. Although this sounds like a horiffic experience, it happens very smoothly and the feeling is actually a little bit relaxing in a bizarre way. The worst part was two hours after it was done, it was really burning and stinging but it went down after a little while.

Oh yeah, I babbled on about having it done and never said WHAT it is. It's the Eye of Horus, an ancient egyptian symbol of protection. It is literally the Sky God Horus' eye. Here's a picture of my tattoo, still a little swollen but it already looks pretty good in my opinion.


This evening I did very little beyond programming the Korg on my DS to play backing for Bedshaped by Keane as I'm going to learn it on piano. A pretentious effort I know. I'm knackered, so I'm going to bed at this ridiculous time of 9:45.

Lastly, song of the day. I had a major 80's twinge this afternoon, listening to various songs I haven't heard in ages. The best of these was Africa by Toto. It's definitely one of my favourite songs ever. Some may recognise the music from Jojo's godawful song "Anything". If you're looking for a laugh, investigate covers of the song by Chris De Burgh and, even worse, Karl Wolf.