my second bloggy thingy on the google machine from May 30th

Now with trying to keep up with this blog thingy on the Google machine, I look at it as an opportunity to try to build upon my writing skills, wait, build upon is too strong of a statement, create my writing skills would be more apt.

So what shall I blog upon today? What are my options…? I could try to describe the way the mist hung upon the river in the chill frost this morning while I was having a smoke? OR I may web log about how I LOVE Iron & Wine and Samuel Beam is a lyrical genius that evokes thoughts of small town farming communities and living off of the land with the one woman you love more than your own heart beat. Maybe beards and how they, at first are strange, itchy and foreign, but after a while grow on us?...

Today I will write about my desire and plight to become a tattoo artist.
For the past 15 years I’ve flirted with the idea of one day becoming a world renowned tattoo artist with thoughts of sharing my passion with the world one fleshy canvas at a time. A tattoo artist who does not become jaded or dis-enchanted like so many elitist artist I’ve read so much about… But I’ve yet to begin.

I’ve apprenticed for a few talented artists here and there, read a slew of information on various aspects of the craft, watch hours of video’s on technique and procedures but have yet to find the time or money to begin what I long to do. Just buying the gear is easy but learning about BBP’s (blood borne pathogens) and cross contamination as well as proper sterilization and machine tuning is something one can only learn from a seasoned professional. Time is the biggest investment, and while living 30 min from a city in a small rural community, having a full time job and family it seems like a pipe dream.

I’ll make it work, but I just have to make the time.