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February 27, 2007
Pain vacation
I just got back from a four-day weekend back in Austin, having Chris Trevino put the first eight hours worth of ink on my other sleeve. This one is cardinals, and will work around the existing celtic cross that Freddy Corbin did for me many years ago. I'll have pictures up by Thursday, hopefully.
I didn't really do much in Austin, other than loiter around the tattoo shop during the day, and lay in my room twitching at night. And eat lots and lots and lots of Mexican food. I told the guys in the tattoo shop that Mexican restaurants in New Orleans charge for chips and salsa, and they all agreed that that there is some fucked up shit. Hiromi showed up to watch on one day so we got to chat for a bit. It's fun watching her and Chris interact; they're both used to being the only person in the room who knows a lot about Japan, and neither has a very high bullshit tolerance, so they circle each other warily in conversation for a while before they figure out the other one is legit and then the conversation starts going way over my head.
I also managed to miss the social event of the season: they finally blew up the Intel building downtown. Intel started construction on their new trendy downtown Austin headquarters during the Internet bubble, and then when the Clinton boom turned into the Bush bust and the Austin economy tanked, Intel just walked away and left a big stinking hunk of blight on the city skyline. Because, you know, they're Intel and they really just don't give a fuck. Somebody took a time lapse of the implosion and has it up in a flickr set here, if you want to make a flip book out of it.
And thus died my dream of turning it into a four-story-tall Liberty Lunch. Sigh.
More work on the tattoo in September. Hopefully I won't have to do that drive again any time soon; anything grueling enough to make the twinkling lights of Kenner actually look good to me can't be emotionally healthy in the long run.
[Peeps me, baby: 25Peeps]
Posted by ray at February 27, 2007 11:05 AM | Permalink
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Hard to believe it's already been an year since meeting up at SXSW.
The Austin Metblog had a couple of posts on the Intel building with some decent comments and photos.
Posted by: ttrentham at February 27, 2007 12:11 PM
I've been clicking along the whole time. IMHO, it's a miracle you made it through Mardi Gras (at 25 Peeps), seein' as all your buds were otherwise engaged. Congrats on the new ink. Can't wait to see the pics. Hmmmm... our company rocked totally through the Clinton years and tanked after Bush became pres (mostly after 9/11). They don't make you pay for chips and salsa in the A-T-L. That sucks. Welcome home. The Mermaid has been fighting the good fight to keep you on 25 Peeps. *sophmom scampers off to see the implosion*
Posted by: Sophmom at February 27, 2007 12:28 PM
Soph,
Did you not get my warning?????
Legendary temper, remember!!!
I'll have to give you some of what I gave my boss yesterday.....
Besides, I needed the traffic.
Posted by: TravelingMermaid at February 27, 2007 2:58 PM
O-M-G!!! Was I not supposed to tell??? Yikes! Me and my big mouth! There I go, getting in trouble AGAIN! ER... Uh... Well... I meant the OTHER Mermaid. *sophmom scampers off in fear* ;)
Posted by: Sophmom at February 27, 2007 3:01 PM
A tattoo in my old stomping ground. How I love that city... I have a surprise up my sleeve coming in time. You'll like it. Can't wait to see the pictures.
Posted by: DevilBluedress at February 27, 2007 3:53 PM
Chris is interesting -- he's a denizen of a Japan I don't have access to. And he seemed to be enthusiastic about your choice of tattoo subject. I am too -- the taste level is a lot higher than the usual demons 'n wenches themes.
Hurry up and post photos, preeze. I want to see how it turned out.
Posted by: Hiromi at February 27, 2007 4:28 PM
Wha's wrong with wenches?
I mean, I wouldn't want a tattoo of one, but the wenches themselves...
Posted by: Ray at February 27, 2007 5:16 PM
oh, ray. as if you don't always have wenches to hug with your arms! it sounds nice to give your arms something else to wear (like cardinals).
Posted by: sarah at February 27, 2007 10:41 PM
No pictures yet... And all you're talking about is traffic and local stuff. *Sigh*
Posted by: DevilBluedress at March 5, 2007 2:43 PM
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