Two Weeks / Evening Edition

Friday, Nov. 18, 2005 - 7:09 p.m.

My two weeks of tattoo aftercare requirements are complete.

The required protocol was as follows: Gentle washing with a fragrance-free soap, and application of Cetaphil lotion as often as needed to keep the area moist while the skin develops and closed over the color.

Everything went as well as could be expected. One small fragment of one line is about a quarter-millimeter thicker than the rest, but it's not too bothersome, and will probably even out as the healing process continues.

Besides, that's sort of the most human part of the tattooing process, the minute imperfections that exist in every piece of work.

Even if I ever persuade anybody else on the planet to obtain this tattoo -- only mine will look exactly like this one.

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Here's the Friday Five for today...

What do you do for fun?

You're looking at it. Also, I've become rather fond of Keane concerts and visits to Disneyland.

Is there a person from your past you would like to talk to again, even if it would be a potentially painful conversation?

Nope. People I have deliberately placed in my past are there for a reason.

What is your favorite comfort food?

Mostly stuff I choose not to eat anymore. Currently, though, the fat-free sugar free Jello chocolate pudding is pretty good.

What is your preferred form of self-expression? (Do you dance; or express yourself through music, conversation, etc.)

See answer to first question. I also write music and sing sometimes, too.

You just received $5000; what do you spend it on?

I have no idea. However, as I look around the living room, with the ongoing acknowledgement that my totem animal is indeed the Dust Bunny, I'm thinking, maybe a weekly maid for a year would be a nice addition to the household.

Link is to the left, etc.

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I've been asking people who've seen it if they enjoyed the new Harry Potter movie.

My favorite reaction to this question was "Buckets and buckets of cum!"

Which I am presuming is good.

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Okay. Have a good weekend, kids.

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4 of my readers commented on this entry

Terry
I'm having trouble reaching you via email. I'm getting notices after one or two days saying either that the message has been delayed or that it was not delivered.
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Brin
Test email sent to you; hit reply to that email and we'll see how to figure this out. AOL bites anyway, but sometimes their spamtraps think hotmail is evil. arghghg.
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Terry
So you like the house that the mouse built, eh? I hadn't been for many decades (the Anaheim one), then went with friends about 6 years ago. It was a gas! // Want to know what tickled me the most? -- The big sphere of granite in front of the Mars rocket. That just blew my socks off! To think that they would think of something like that, and/or would consider it something that they wanted in their park.
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Terry
For those unacquinted with it, the sphere is solid black granite, about 3.5 feet in diameter, weighing probably about 4 tons, suspended on a nearly frictionless film of water. ....... Check out this URL: http://www.alshindagah.com/mayjun2003/floating.html ........ You can rotate it any direction you want, either spinning or rolling. It takes a lot of effort, but it will keep going for a minute or two by itself. It's SO outrageous that you can move something that heavy by yourself.
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