It worked out well, since it is on the inside of my foot. It really isn't very noticeable, and if I wear shoes with ankle straps, you can't see it all. I never really advertised it, especially once I started teaching. I didn't want to be "that teacher with tattoos." It is 15 years later, and I actually still like it. Take an up close look at it so that you can see the hearts. They even have a little white shaded area to give them some dimension:
9.27.2010
all tatted up
It worked out well, since it is on the inside of my foot. It really isn't very noticeable, and if I wear shoes with ankle straps, you can't see it all. I never really advertised it, especially once I started teaching. I didn't want to be "that teacher with tattoos." It is 15 years later, and I actually still like it. Take an up close look at it so that you can see the hearts. They even have a little white shaded area to give them some dimension:
9.24.2010
handsome fellas
9.19.2010
driving miss bee
Anyway. "Fill in the Blanks" Sunday edition:
2. High school was.... a necessary evil that we all must go through. Although I guess I was one of the lucky ones, because I actually liked school and school liked me. I learned that being president of everything helps pay for college. I learned a lot about myself and who/what friends are. I also learned that I am somewhat terrified to have an adolescent child for fear that he/she will behave the way I did.
6. A time that I felt really and truly beautiful was too long ago. I need to work on that.
9.16.2010
lucky
My dad, Godfather and Professor all happened to have daughters of the same age. We became the best of friends, which was fortunate since we were pretty much forced to be together all of the time. We went to school together, church together, and saw each other socially on the weekends. (We called ourselves "The Deacon Dolls.") We thought we were SO. CUTE. since there was one blonde, one brunette and one redhead. Here is the earliest picture I could find of us:
And a few years later, with our "flour sack babies":
And right before 7th grade: (I know because I didn't have my braces yet)
Until....
I moved to Austin for work and my parents were all, "Redhead and Brunette live there too! You should call them!" And I was all, "I haven't really talked to them in like 4 years, so that would be kind of weird." However, we reconnected via email and the rest is history. I don't know how we all ended up in the same city, but I'm very thankful we did. We were young and fun for several years. We would go downtown and laugh and dance til wee hours of the morning.
(Deacon Dolls, circa 2004?)
9.14.2010
treats
That's all.
9.13.2010
treinta y tres
· The total number of vertebrae of the spinal column of the human body.
· Jesus’ age when he was crucified.
· The number of fragments in the terrestrial globe of the United Nation logo.
· The largest positive integer that cannot be expressed as a sum of different triangular numbers.
· The temperature at which water boils, according to the Newton scale.
· The number of recorded miracles that Jesus performed.
· The atomic number of arsenic.
· The number of innings played in the longest baseball game in history.
· The numerical equivalent of the word AMEN: 1+13+5+14=33.
· The code for international direct-dial phone calls to France.
· One of the symbols of Ku Klux Klan. (K is the 11. alphabet, 3 times 11 is 33, KKK)
· The jersey number of basketball players Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, & Patrick Ewing.
· The title of the first episode of the new Battlestar Galactica television series
· The number printed on all Rolling Rock beer labels.
· How old I am today.
(information courtesy of wikipedia)
9.11.2010
9.10.2010
nothing says Friday like giant sprinkles
No offense to anyone that owns one of those cupcake shaped cake pans, but this one is way better. Maw was a waitress at one of the places we frequent. In the course of conversation, we found out she makes cakes. Here are some pictures. (Dangit, it the link just takes you to the facebook login page. If you are Larry's friend on facebook, look at her cake album.) Larry told her that I love cupcakes and specifically requested that she make me a cake in the shape of a giant cupcake. It is 4 or 5 layer cakes shaped into a cupcake. Red velvet with cream cheese icing.
The only thing better than being surprised with a cake is realizing that the cupcake liner is not just paper. It is parchment paper hiding a delicious chocolate shell. She did a great job.(Ignore the edge of the cake where it looks like somebody took their finger and swiped some icing off......I swear I don't know what happened there....)
9.05.2010
musings on 6th
1. Don’t wear high heels if you will be drinking and there are grates in the sidewalk.
2. Don’t punch random boys in the face just because they won’t give you a bite of their pizza.
3. When you are standing next to Mark Cuban at a bar, flirt with him and at least get a free drink out of him since he is a zillionaire.
4. The drinks on “West 6th” are at least $2 more than the drinks on “Dirty 6th” but not being surrounded by questionable women in spandex makes it totally worth it.
5. Don’t go to “dirty 6th” past the age of 25. (and even 25 is pushing it.) Period.
6. Leslie now charges if you want to take a picture with him.
7. If your boyfriends tell you and your girlfriends to “stay together,” this does not mean that 2 of you stay together while 1 goes to get the car.
8. When you see a “celebrity,” always go talk to the people in their entourage that are standing on the outskirts. Chances are, they are much more interesting.
9. Telling 22 year old boys (when you are over the age of 22) that they are “so precious” and “just the cutest little things” tends to irritate them.
10. Pedicabs rock.