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Taking the Big Step
By Mandy Sharp
Tattoos are one of those things that either you like or you don't like.
I love them. Recently a good friend and I went to TLB in Cobourg and had a ball. The managers
were welcoming, if we had any questions, they were happy to answer them.
No question was a stupid question. They were the friendliest people, and
because of their personalities I got along with them very easily.
I had been debating for awhile what to get done, because I wanted something to cover my appendix scar on my abdomen and finally settled on a small but pretty butterfly with the Aquarius symbol and my planet Uranus symbol beside it. Originally I wanted to get an Ankh, the Egyptian symbol for life, or the eye of Horus, also an Egyptian symbol, but I think I'll save those for another time. When I saw the one I have now I just fell in love, and that’s how its supposed to be.
Always wait a long time before you get anything done, because you never know if that’s what you really wanted until you've thought about it long enough. It took me more than the whole summer of this year to finally decide on what I wanted to get done, and to actually get it done. So I'm happy with what I have.
For those of you out there that have never had a tattoo, but would like to know what its like, I'm your girl. When I asked them what it felt like, before I got it done, they described it as "picture having a sunburn, and scratching the sunburn, that’s what it feels like." So of course that kind of made me upset. I mean who wants something that feels like you are scratching a sunburn, it makes you start to have second thoughts. But of course, me being me, I went through with it.
Just before he started, he turned the gun on and bam! It was so loud, and the buzzing sounds were kind of annoying. To tell you the truth it was the sound of the gun that made me the most nervous,. But after awhile it got to be that you were just used to it and it seemed natural because that’s supposed to happen.
When he began drawing on my skin, it did feel kind like a bit of a burning sensation, but he told me to relax as much as possible, don’t clench any of my muscles and breathe normally. I tried to breathe as normal as possible, but for one I didn’t want him messing up cause of my breathing, and secondly I was nervous, because it did slightly hurt. After awhile it became gradually less and less painful, and ended up being a soft pricking feeling. I was so impressed with his art skills, and how smooth and fluent his hand was moving. By the time he was finished it seemed like it was done and over with so quickly!
While Terry was outside enjoying a break from artistic creation and reassuring waiting clients with some casual conversation I thanked him as I was walked past while leaving the shop at which he suggested I come back soon for him to have a look and check on the healing progress and reassured me that all would be well.
So over all, I had a great experience with my first tattoo and I know I will eventually be getting a couple more, but just little like the one I have right now. I am definitely not into the big tattoo look on myself, or girls for that matter in general. But that’s a whole different topic! I definitely recommend you take a visit to TLB Tattoos, on Division St. in Cobourg. Thanks guys, your art looks great!
Sincerely,
Mandy
"In the end we all are who we are, no matter how we have appeared
to change..."
Mandy is our welcomed youth contributor reporting an insightful view from a teen's perspective...from a youthful incentive that predicates promise for the future. Mandy can be reached at email.
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