The fox and the ratter

Today we got word that construction is gonna start on the kitchen in about 8 days.
I however, am not gonna get excited because, as regular readers may have already noticed, not a damn thing happened the last time someone told us "within a week".
Whatever, it has to happen some time, right?

Anyway, tattoos!

Here's what Eckel did on Zule today.
Oh, and Lucifer is back home after an extended weekend in the country with his human grandparents, and he was so excited to be back that he snuck into the forbidden zone, and managed to get in the picture too.

A fox and a Prague Ratter (who appears to be very interested in whatever Eckel is telling him)
Here's a majestic piece of embroidery that Allan bought for my office while i was sick
And, uhm, i actually bought this guy for the apartment (don't judge me) but i haven't figured out a safe way to bring him home on my bike yet
My parents brought us apples and pears
And Allans client Morten brought cake!

Allan posted the tattoos he did in London, so go check those out!
And also, go check out some pictures a friend took at the shop not too long ago.
Her blog is awesome, by the way, so stay and check out her work while you're there.

Back at work, and happy about it too

Oh hi, how are y'all doing?
Us? Well, we're back from London and we couldn't be happier.
The convention was a bit weird this year, and none of us had a truly great time, but i plan to rant about that on my personal blog tomorrow, so i'll spare you for now.
But Allan is gonna post the three tattoos* he did while there very soon.

In the meantime, i had a rare opportunity to get a sneaky shot of a tattoo he hasn't gotten any decent pictures of yet.
See, Nicolai came in to get some robot-spacechick-madness done by Nick last night, and while he was just sitting there, i got a few classy iPhone pictures of his penguin!

Penguin awesomeness, real pictures will pop up on the blog of Uncle eventually


More news, dates, updates, and that sort of stuff coming soon.
Right now i think i'm gonna try to convince Allan to watch some more Bored to Death with me!


*Poor guy had a terrible cold and couldn't work at all Friday.

Tattoo Quotes, Celebrity Tattoo Quotes

Tatoo Quotes

There is no perfect beauty that hath not strangeness in the proportion.
~Sir Francis Bacon - London, 1639


Tattoos aren't meant for everybody and they're too goddamn good for some people.
~Lyle Tuttle, tattoo artist, author, and lecturer.


Tattoo the pristine flesh
What is permanent anyway?
This ink only lasts 'til the grave,
Skin and ideas decompose
That which we did compose.
~Corri Alius


Your body is a temple, but how long can you live in the same house before you redecorate?
~Author Unknown


Tattoos tell stories of crime and passion, punishment and regret. They express an outlaw, antiauthoritarian point of view and communicate a romantic solidarity among society's outcasts.
~DOUGLAS KENT HALL, Prison Tattoos


The perfect tattoo... the one I believe we are all struggling toward... is the one that turned the jackass into a zebra.
~Raven, Cliff


My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist.
~Johnny Depp


Tattooing is often a magical rite in the more traditional cultures, and the tattooist is respected as a priest or shaman."
~Michelle Delio, Tattoo: The Exotic Art of Skin Decoration, p. 73


Tattoos are like stories - they're symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful.
~Pamela Anderson


Love the life you live, don't live the life you love. -"Chicago"


The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation.
~James Cook, 1779


May I be forever grateful that at times, I did not receive that which I truly deserved.


It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.
~Herman Melville - Moby-Dick


Tattoos can denote the transition from childhood to young adulthood. It can denote the transition to reproductive availability or the transition from adolescent to warrior.
~ANTHONY NAPOLEON


To many people dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles.
~John Mason Brown

What's funny is my husband doesn't have any tattoos at all, so he must be the very conservative one.
~Ashley Scott

Reason #7 For Not Getting a Tattoo: People will know you are running your own life, instead of listening to them!
~Sailor Jerry Collins, tattoo artist
{ http://tatoodesignart.blogspot.com/ }

Whenever missionaries encountered tattooing they eradicated it.
~Gilbert, Steve

Everybody wants to see the pictures, and yet nobody wants to see them.
~Ray Bradbury - The Illustrated Man


I have this huge lion tattoo embossed on my arm. I was a little worried as to how we would cover it up. But my makeup man covered the tattoo with makeup. It took close to two hours.
~Sanjay Dutt


Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves. ~Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, 1871


I think I have enough tattoos for now. If I get any others, I'll probably do my kids initials.
~Niki Taylor


You think it, I ink it.
~Saying of tattooists


Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past.
~Jack London


Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.


Usually all my tattoos came at good times. A tattoo is something permanent when you've made a self-discovery, or something you've come to a conclusion about.
~Angelina Jolie – 2003


Quirky is sexy, like scars or chipped teeth. I also like tattoos - they're rebellious.
~Jennifer Aniston


Tattoo. What a loaded word it is, rife with associations to goons, goofs, bikers, tribal warriors, carnival artists, drunken sailors and floozies.
~Jon Anderson, "Epidermal Dalis," Chicago Tribune, 6 October 1994


Tattooing is about personalizing the body, making it a true home and fit temple for the spirit that dwells inside it.
~MICHELLE DELIO, Tattoo: The Exotic Art of Skin Decoration


Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good.
~Unknown, Author


The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have tattoos, and those who are afraid of people with tattoos.
~Author Unknown


Your necklace may break, the fau tree may burst, but my tattooing is indestructible. It is an everlasting gem that you will take into your grave. ~Verse from a traditional tattoo artist's song, as quoted on pbs.org, "Skin Stories: The Art and Culture of Polynesian Tattoo," 2003


Tattoos aren't meant for everybody and they're too goddamn good for some people.
~Lyle Tuttle, tattoo artist, author, and lecturer.


I dropped my pants in a tattoo parlor in Amsterdam. I woke up in a waterbed with this funky-looking dragon with a blue tongue on my hip. I realized I made a mistake, so a few months later I got a cross to cover it. When my pants hang low, it looks like I'm wearing a dagger!
~Angelina Jolie


For westerners, the tattoo has always been a metaphor of difference.
~DeMello, Margo


Women, don't get a tattoo. That butterfly looks great on your breast when you're twenty or thirty, but when you get to seventy, it stretches into a condor.
~Billy Elmer

The tattoo attracts and also repels precisely because it is different.
~Margo DeMello


I always look for a woman who has a tattoo. I see a woman with a tattoo, and I'm thinking, okay, here's a gal who's capable of making a decision she'll regret in the future.
~Richard Jeni


Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish
~John Maxwell


Today, people with tattoos, body piercings, and brands are everywhere. They are shown in advertisements, on television shows, and in magazine and newspaper photographs. Even a glamorous toy icon, Barbie, comes with temporary tattoos.
~KATHLYN GAY, Body Marks


Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos.
~Chuck Zito


Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage.
~Drew Barrymore


A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition.
~V. Vale and Andrea Juno, Modern Primitives


Tattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bullseye.
~Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn)


It will be an honour to represent my country and get all the kit, stay in the Olympic village, and, when I'm old enough, get a tattoo with the Olympic rings. ~Tom Daley


My tattoo is a phoenix. I got the first when I was 16. I hid it for years.
~Ashley Scott


Giving birth was easier than having a tattoo.
~Nicole Appleton


A tattoo is an affirmation: that this body is yours to have and to enjoy while you're here. Nobody else can control what you do with it.
~Don Ed Hardy


With the Haidas, however, every mark has its meaning...
~James Swan, Tattoo Marks of the Haida, 1878.


The one in the movie is not real, but my Casper tattoo is real, and it is my only one.
~Casper Van Dien


A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods.
~Iban Proverb

I want to get a tattoo of myself on my entire body, only 2" taller.
~Stephen Wright

A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always
more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition.
~V. Vale and Andrea Juno, Modern Primitives

A tattoo isn't something you put on or take off just like sunglasses. It's a very important decision.
~Karl Kinsky

Check out these beautiful Celebrity Tattoo:

Celebrity Tattoo - Shooter Jennings
Celebrity Tattoo - Joan Jett
Kerry Katona Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo
Rob Kardashian Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo
Norah Jones Lower Back Tattoo, Celebrity Tattoo
Kim Kardashian Temporary Tattoo
Janis Joplin Wrist Tattoo, Celebrity Tattoo
Bianca Kajlich Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo
Joe Jurevicius Bicep Tattoo, Celebrity Tattoo
Khloe Kardashian Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo
Patsy Kensit Tattoo - Celebrity Tattoo
Maynard James Keenan Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo
Josh Hartnett Neck Tattoo
Kelis Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo
Alicia Keys Back Tattoo Design
Megan Fox Sexy Tattoo Design
Colin Farrell Celebrity Tattoo
Celebrity Lil Wayne Tattoo Design
Victoria Beckham Neck Tattoo Design
Cheryl Tweedy Cole Sexy Tattoo
Celebrity Tommy Lee Tattoo

Arm Sleeves Tattoo for Girls - Ice Cream Tattoo Design

Arm Sleeves Tattoo for Girls - Ice Cream Tattoo Design
Arm Sleeves Tattoo for Girls - Ice Cream Tattoo Design
Arm Sleeves Tattoo Design Ice Cream Tattoo
Arm Sleeves Tattoo for Girls - Ice Cream Tattoo Design

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good. (A sign seen in many tattoo shops)


"Stewed, Screwed and Tattooed", a colourful synopsis of shore leave for many sailors after having spent many months at sea! A good port of call for men who worked at sea often earned it's reputation by the qualities - or lack thereof - of it's drinking establishments, women and tattoo artists.

Celebrity Tattoo Eminem Tattoo

Celebrity Rihanna Tattoos

Tila Nguyen arm Tattoo

Mandy Moore Tattoo - Celebrity Tattoo

Audrina Patridge Tattoo

Kristen Stewart Tattoo

Asia Argento Tattoo

A quote is just a tattoo on the tongue.
William F. DeVault


Former Chicago Bull Jud Buechler said Michael Jordan wanted "me and [teammate] Steve Kerr to get tattoos" after the Bulls won their first championship. "I thought about it but didn't do it because I knew my mom, wife, and mother-in-law would kill me."

INTERESTING TATTOO IDEAS:
Realistic 3D Black Widow Spider Tattoo
Dog Tattoo With Crown - Loyalty Comes Free
Carpe Diem Ambigram Tattoo Design
Biomechanical Alien Tattoo Design on Hand
Anchor Birds and Waves Tattoo Design on Sidebody
Black ink Tattoo of Angel with Cross
Animated Tasmanian Devil Taz Tattoo on Arms
Jungle Animals back Tattoo Designs
Armband tattoo of Musical Notes and Guitar
Asian Style Koi Fish Tattoo Design on back
Aztec Style Sun Symbol Tattoo Design
Barbed Wire Legband Tattoo Design
Evil Teddy Bear Tattoo
Motorcycle racing Biker Tattoo Design on back
Biomechanical Armsleeves Tattoo Design
Black and Grey Flower Tattoo Design for Girls Sidebody tattoo
Bull Rider Tattoo Design on Leg
Ladybug Flowers and Leaf Tattoo on Foot
Car Tattoo Design - Hot Wheels
Cute Black Ink Cat Tattoo
Grim Reaper Death Tattoo on Back - The weak shall inherit nothing
 Monster Demon Head Tattoo with Flames
Full Color Dragonfly and Flower Tattoo Design
Tattoo of Dagger Stabbing a Heart
Heart and Crown Tattoo Design on Wrist
Crazy Clown Tattoo Design with Money Tattoo
Chinese Character for Love - Neck Tattoo Design
Four Leaf Clover Tattoo with Celtic Design
Black and Grey Cherub Angel Tattoo on Arms
Bow and Cherry Tattoo on back of Neck
Beautiful Celtic Deer Tattoo Design

Ice Cream Tattoo Design on Girls Breast

Ice Cream Tattoo Design on Girls Breast
Ice Cream Tattoo Design on Girls Breast
Girl Chest Tattoo Design - Ice Cream Tattoo
Ice Cream Tattoo Design on Girls Breast

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"White folks are not going to come to see a bunch of guys with tattoos, with cornrows. I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks different, they're stupid."
CHARLES BARKLEY


Love lasts forever, but a tattoo lasts six months longer. (Anon)


Marco Materazzi Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo

Hayden Panettiere Tattoo - Celebrity tattoo

Celebrity Tattoo - David Beckham

Jim Carrey Tattoo - Celebrity Tattoo

Fernando Torres Tattoo - Celebrity Tattoo

Tila Tequila Celebrity Tattoo

Wayne Rooney Tattoo

 In 19th Century England, tattooing flourished as nowhere else in Europe, largely thanks to traveling seamen who would come back with permanent souvenirs of their travels on their arms. In 1862, it gained Royal sanction and members of the Royal family, from the Prince of Wales to King Edward VII, acquired tattoos. By 1890 the fad had spread to the US and tattoos were seen on members of the exclusive New York Racquet Club. - It is certainly the most vulgar and barbarous habit the eccentric mind of fashion ever invented. It may do for an illiterate seaman, but hardly for an aristocrat. Society men in England were the victims of circumstance when the Prince of Wales had his body tattooed. Like a flock of sheep driven by their master they had to follow suit. (Socialite of the day Ward McAllister who complained to the press about the fad) - Strange how this attitude has endured to the 21st century...


Think before you Ink! (Sign often seen in tattoo shops)

Dragon Tattoo Design on Hot Girls Back Body

Dragon Tattoo Design on Hot Girls Back Body
Dragon Tattoo Design on Hot Girls Back Body
Dragon Tattoo Design on Hot Girls Back Body
Dragon Tattoo Design on Hot Girls Back Body
Dragon Tattoo Design on Hot Girls Back Body
Dragon Tattoo Design on Hot Girls Back Body

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"The human body is always treated as an image of society." ANTHROPOLOGIST MARY DOUGLAS


"A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods." - Iban Proverb - Mingatt Anak Casa (Akai Basai), Iban Headman on the Sekerang River, Sarawak, Borneo - from The Vanishing Tattoo Documentary

 "The woman must bear children and the man must be tattooed."
Polynesian Proverb


You may lose your most valuable property through misfortune in various ways. You may lose your house, your wife and other treasures. But of your moko, you cannot be deprived except by death. It will be your ornament and companion until your last day. -- Netana Whakaari of Te Waimana-Kaku, Tuhoe, 1921

Check out more back tattoos:

Full back Body Sexy Girl Tattoo

Stars Birds and Cherry Tattoo on Back

Full Back Japanese Koi Fish Tattoo

Large Angel Back Tattoo For Girls

Angel Wings tattoo for Female Back

Illusion Tattoo - Dragon Tattoo Design on Girl Back Body

Illusion Tattoo - Dragon Tattoo Design on Girl Back Body
Illusion Tattoo - Dragon Tattoo Design on Girl Back Body
Illusion Tattoo - Dragon Tattoo Design on Girl Back Body
Check out this beautiful Dragon Tattoo Design on Girls back. Its a illusion tattoo, done with great creativity, the two dragon tattoo forms the face of a Girl.

Also check these Celebrity Tattoo Designs:

Fabio Cannavaro Tattoos - Celebrity Tattoo

Jon Bon Jovi Superman Tattoo

Alyssa Milano Right Shoulder Blade Tattoo Design

Pamela Anderson Barbed-wire Arm Tattoo band

Celebrity Alyssa Milano Foot Tattoo Design

Mike Tyson Tribal Tattoo

Pamela Anderson Sexy Back Tattoo

Celebrity Johnny Depp Arm Sleeves Tattoo

Alyssa Milano Lower Abdomen Tattoo Design

Tommy Lee OM Tattoo and Mayhem Tattoo

Angel Tattoo on David Beckham's Back

Alyssa Milano Celebrity Wrist Tattoo

Celebrity Anthony Kiedis - Portrait Tattoo

Angelina Jolie Tattoo

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

"An everlasting gem that you will take into your grave."
Line from a traditional Polynesian song about tattooing


Richard Leakey - A quote from "Origins Reconsidered - In Search of What Makes Us Human".
"Each society weaves its own culture, a complex fabric of many elements, each element giving special meaning to the others. It is often difficult for someone from outside a particular culture to understand the fabric as an entity. Differences in language, in values, and in mythology create barriers to understanding. Pluck a single thread from the fabric, and the foreigner is even less likely to comprehend its significance. The painted, engraved, and carved images of prehistory are threads from past cultures, and we are the foreigners trying to interpret their meaning. Perhaps more than anything else, art can be fully understood only in the context of the culture that produced it."

Butterfly and Flower Tattoo Design - Feminine Tattoos

Butterfly and Flower Tattoo Design - Feminine Tattoos
Butterfly and Flower Tattoo Design - Feminine Tattoos
Butterfly and Flower Tattoo Design - Feminine Tattoos
Butterfly and Flower Tattoo Design(side tattoo) - Feminine Tattoos


Flower Tattoo Design on Arm

Big Rose Flower Tattoo design on ribs

Elegant flower tattoo

Beautiful Flower Tattoo Designs for Girls

Beautiful Flower Tattoo on Sexy Girl Back

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

In Galatians 6:17, Saint Paul says, "From this time onward let no one trouble me; for, as for me, I bear, branded on my body, the scars of Jesus as my Master."


"Tattoos aren't meant for everybody and they're too goddamn good for some people." Lyle Tuttle, tattoo artist, author, and lecturer.

 "I'm the man who ruined everything." (Lyle Tuttle on the popularity of modern tattooing)


Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to a local tattoo shop in Oakland and were the first to get the famous One Percent tattoos.
Chuck Zito - a member of the New York chapter of the Hells Angels, amateur boxer, martial artist, celebrity bodyguard, stuntman and actor.

Religious Tattoo Design - Buddha Tattoo on Arms

Religious Tattoo Design - Buddha Tattoo on Arms
Religious Tattoo Design - Buddha Tattoo on Arms
Religious Tattoo Design - Buddha Tattoo on Arms
Religious Tattoo Design - Buddha Tattoo on Arms

Superhero tattoos - Superman Tattoo Design

Superhero Tattoo - Batman Tattoo Design

Superhero Tattoos - Hulk Tattoo Design

Dragon Full Back Tattoo Design

Buddha Tattoo Design on Back Body

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage. Drew Barrymore


People have asked me, what about your tattoos when you're ninety? Why would it bother me then? I would still want to get tattooed even when I'm a grandmother. Nicole Miller, noted fashion designer

 Everybody gets the tattoo they deserve. (actor David Duchovny, who has a tattoo of a compass on his ankle, [with N, S, E, West, his daughter's name] as Fox Mulder on the X-Files, a show Thomas Lockhart worked on in the famous Tattoo episode)


In the 19th century, Field Marshal Earl Roberts said that "every officer in the British army should be tattooed with his regimental crest. Not only does this encourage esprit de corps but also assists in the identification of casualties."

Popular Tattoo Designs

Popular Tattoo Designs
Dagger Skull Tattoo Design
Dagger Skull Tattoo Design
Dagger Skull Tattoo Design
Cross Angel Wings Tattoo Design
Cross Angel Wings Tattoo Design
Cross Angel Wings Tattoo Design
Dragon Tattoo Design
Fiery Dragon Tattoo Design
Dragon Tattoo Design
Chinese Dragon Tattoo Design
Chinese Dragon Tattoo Design
Chinese Dragon Tattoo Design
Chinese Dragon Tattoo Design
Chinese Dragon Tattoo Design
Chinese Dragon Tattoo Design
Gemini Tattoo Design
Gemini Tattoo Design
Gemini Tattoo Design
Tribal Butterfly Tattoo Design
Tribal Butterfly Tattoo Design
Tribal Butterfly Tattoo Design
Gemini Tattoo Design
Gemini Tattoo Design
Gemini Tattoo Design
OM Tattoo Design
OM Tattoo Design
OM Tattoo Design
Scorpion Tattoo Design
Scorpion Tattoo Design
Scorpion Tattoo Design
Tribal Sun Tattoo Design
Tribal Sun Tattoo Design
Tribal Sun Tattoo Design
Sun Tattoo Design
Sun Tattoo Design
Sun Tattoo Design
Tribal Tattoo Design
Tribal Tattoo Design
Tribal Tattoo Design
Wings Tattoo Design
Wings Tattoo Design
Wings Tattoo Design
Unicorn Tattoo Design
Unicorn Tattoo Design
Unicorn Tattoo Design
Popular Tattoo Designs,

Cool Tribal Tattoos on Back and Arms For Men

Tribal Arm Sleeves and Back Tattoo For Men

Indian God Lord Ganesha Tattoo Design

Colourfull Phoenix Tattoo Design on Back

Lower Back Butterfly Tattoo on Sexy Girl

Stars Tattoo on lower back

 AMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

The only difference between a tattooed person and a person who isn't tattooed is that a tattooed person doesn't care if you're tattooed or not. ~(Sign often seen in tattoo shops)


Love lasts forever, but a tattoo lasts six months longer.
~(Anon)

 The human body is always treated as an image of society.
~ANTHROPOLOGIST MARY DOUGLAS


The woman must bear children and the man must be tattooed.
~Polynesian Proverb

Teen Girl Sporting a Ice Cream Tattoo Design on Arms

Teen Girl Sporting a Ice Cream Tattoo Design on Arms
Teen Girl Sporting a Ice Cream Tattoo Design on Arms
Teen Girl Sporting a Ice Cream Tattoo Design on Arms

 FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:

In Galatians 6:17, Saint Paul says, "From this time onward let no one trouble me; for, as for me, I bear, branded on my body, the scars of Jesus as my Master."


The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have tattoos, and those who are afraid of people with tattoos.
~Author Unknown

 The tattoo attracts and also repels precisely because it is different.
~Margo DeMello, Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community, 2000


A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition.
~V. Vale and Andrea Juno, Modern Primitives

Sake maki

It's always difficult for me to get Allan (or any of the other guys for that matter) to give me pictures for this blog.
Understandably, they'd rather post them on their own blogs, and i can't exactly blame them, but in order for this blog to have the occasional tattoo photo, so it's not all about me whining about broken kitchens, i have to demand tattoo pictures.
As i did with this one when i said, "i'm taking the sushi and that's it!"
Or something along those lines...

Anyway, here's Kim's flying maki

And here are all those battles i did not win.
Until next time, Allan...

Vampires and water leaks

Ok, since Allan already posted a sneak peek of this one on his blog, i better hurry up and post the whole thing.
Keep in mind that it's one of those half healed/half fresh situations that are so damn hard to photograph without glare.
But not to worry, we'll get a healed shot when Stefan comes back to get his backpiece started!

Grrr, argh

In shop news, it seems like we may get our kitchen back in the not so distant future.
After much delay, shit is finally starting to happen, and the water damage that broke out in May, and has left us without a kitchen and therefore with a very messy shop, for over a month, could be fixed within the next week or so.
I'm hopeful, but not optimistic; shit has a way of going wrong for us just when we're about to reach our goal.
The goal, in case you all forgot, is of course not only to have a completely finished shop, but a shop that is so finished that we can finally have that opening party we've been talking about since March.
Personally i think we might as well wait until our one year anniversary is coming up.
I know that sounds a little crazy, but we've waited so long already and now that fall is rapidly approaching with its rainy and windy weather, none of our foreign friends will want to come visit anyway, and who can blame them.
So yeah, maybe it won't happen until March, but it will eventually happen and when it does, there will be an abundance of 80's hors d'oeuvres for everyone!

Supplemental

Here's another view of the horse tattoo Eckel posted on his blog a few days ago.
Yes, on his blog.
A picture.
Of a tattoo.
I know, right?

Side
Front
Aaaand a whole different view, that you maybe didn't wanna see

Sorry for traumatizing y'all, i'll make up for it with more pretty tattoo pictures in the near future, and maybe even a finished shot of this!