This is the one with my tatoo.

Posted June 7th, 2009 by Mike Lawson

I’ve blogged it before, but I’ll repeat myself.

Before getting a tattoo I have to complete the following process:

1. Come up with a design. Nothing iffy. It has to be on paper (or in a photoshop file). The thought, “I want a Chinese character” or “I’d like something that reminds me of my kids,” isn’t specific enough.
2. You have two weeks to improve it. This design is going to be on you forever. In the next two weeks make changes to it. Re-design it. Use a different font. Perfect it.
3. Hibernate it. Put it away, but don’t forget about it. You need to sit on the design for one year. If you still want to put this design on your body 365 days after you originally came up with it, do it.

Well today I finished step one.  Here’s my solid design.  Nothing iffy:

Imagine I just had a really bad low, and ended up face-down in the middle of a parking lot.  When the EMTs roll up, do you think this tattoo would be catchy enough?

Let’s see if I still want this one year from today.