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Originally Posted by Iridal
I used to be really picky as well, you just have to find a couple of shops were you know you'll find nice things. Also, real jewelery shops have lots of books from wich you can choose a pendant. That's how I found my clover-necklace. (1)
Thank you, I like them too. So you're not a shoe-person? Then you must be a bag-person instead  (2)
Water in my cup. Getting ready for my dad's birthday party. I'm also going to surprise my mother with flowers, since it's mother's day today! (3) |
1. Yeah I'll remember that the next time I feel like a new pendant, maybe going with my sister would be helpful... And oh, I always wanted to get a huge ring too! Always the big things attract me
But for a pendant, right now I'm happy with a plain silver ring.
2. Of course I'm a shoe-person, but I'm interested in other aspect. I like sneakers only
but hey, I'm not 20 yet and time can make big changes
And bags? Let's assume for the moment that I can do without them. But then again, time is all I have
3. Tell him we readers wish him a wonderful birthday, will you?
And what flowers are they? (pictures please)
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I had a design that I wanted to get tattooed on my shoulder blade. I had no tattoos and really wasn't all that thrilled about getting one, but I REALLY wanted this special design (my own design/logo/totem) attached to me. Small size, just about 1 inch in all directions, it was important to me.
I was walking down the street in Bangkok in 1991, looking for a tattoo shop when I passed a large jewelry store that had a sign in the window that said "Custom Made to Order." I walked in, talked with the shop owner, and two days later I had my totem crafted in silver as a pendant. The only times it has been off my neck in the past 20 years has been for Chest X-rays. I had it re-made in white gold three years ago. Here is the silver version, looking a little worse for wear...
... and no pain from a tattoo!
Stitchawl |
Really, I've never seen any picture you've ever attached in your posts. Can someone do a capture and repost it please? I'd love to see a symbol that one wants to stick with forever.
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
This figure saved my metaphysical life... I had no idea why. A year later a medicine Man from the Abenaki tribe in Vermont, without knowing that it had, told me that the Thunderbird was my personal totem. A year after that a Lakota Sioux medicine man in South Dakota told me the same thing. It was my 'protector.' That same summer, I visited a Pima reservation in Oklahoma and a Pima medicine man repeated the same. None knew that I had dreamed about it. None know that it 'rescued me' in my dreams. They ALL said that it was most unusual, for the Thunderbird was usually the protector of a group, not an individual, but... So after hearing three different medicine men tell me the same thing, I figured "why fight it? If it's going to protect me, I'll be happy to have it!" Hey, with my lifestyle, I can use all the help I can get!
But tattoos are painful, and you KNOW I don't do pain...
I was reluctantly willing for something this important, but fortunately, the Gods saved me from having to endure it! Yaay God! |
You're so lucky to have a *protector* and to have a few people point that out for you to know
And I agree with that "tattoos are painful"
but a friend of mine has recently told me that getting a tattoo isn't too painful any more
the feeling is just like... get bit by some ants
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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I think the pendant was a much better way to go. It's a bit difficult to upgrade a tattoo - they're remarkably permanent.
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I may be a yes-man to agree with 90% of the things people say, but while I want some tattoos, I still don't like the idea of something staying with me permanently.
Of course in our old friend's case, his protector should be with him to the end.