that's that

i've decided not to get a tattoo at this time.

i dont think i trust anyone to do justice to my design (least of all me) and i dont feel like shelling out fifty bucks to find out if they can.

of course, that's only half of it. it simply wouldn't be me. i dont think my motivations for wanting a tattoo align with the design i want, or even with my persona. i look at the spot and don't particularly want anything there. i tend to think that if it (the design) is important enough to me to want it inked on my arm, then it should be important enough for me to create my own art with it as a theme. imho, a tattoo is a piece of creation, but it wouldn't be my creation and thus would lack much of what i hoped it would symbolize to me.

in other words: i'd rather paint it on canvas than have someone paint it on me. not least of all because in order to paint it on canvas, i'd have to learn how to paint on canvas.

also, i really dont feel it's worth giving up two weeks of sweating. screw that.

also also, dean karnazes hasn't got one (at least not any that i could see).