Nov 11
Tattoo #28
So, it’s the afternoon before my last trache change. My friend, Kim, and I are just sort of lazed out and listening to music. I’m trying to decide on my pre-trache change tattoo. I always get at least one in between traches, it’s been my routine for awhile. I have a bunch of ideas, different lyrics from different songs. They’re all good, but they don’t fit my current melancholy. Then Elliott Smith starts singing A Distorted Reality is Now a Necessity to Be Free. He sings, “I’m floating in a black balloon…” I say to Kim, “Oh, idea! Draw me a black balloon…” She grabs a notebook, and a cheap black pen, and she draws something perfect.
Tattoo by Colt, hardcore fuckin' badass at Doc Dog's Las Vegas Tattoo, Ybor City
It’s a perfect visual metaphor for how I feel much of the time, just floating around all lonely, all dark.
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My last tattoo was by Fish at Las Vegas! 🙂
You available to attend TweetsGiving on Nov 24th?
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would be great to hang!
JOSH
hey man really like this tattoo.
Just out of curiosity which lyrics were you considering?
Thought about the red balloon? I’m a big fan of 99 red balloons…I think it’s a good song.
I like it. 🙂