iām really into tarot so a few years ago i got my birth card done! i admittedly wouldāve gotten this card regardless bc itās one of my faves. nice tattoo artist lady said i took it like a champ :) hereās is a pic from when she was freshly done.
*[this is my first and only. i actually only have one. :( i am poor with no tattoo friends.]
Jul 20, 2024
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I have 6 tattoos (plus one stick and poke I let a man do on me at a party when I was 18.) And of course- I want more.
My first tattoo I got during my first month of freshman year of college freshly moved to New York- itās on my rib cage- it says āgoodnight nobodyā which is pulled from the childrenās book goodnight moon. 1. I was read that book as a kid. 2. I remember I rediscovered that book when I was high in the mall in high school and that blank page saying āgoodnight nobodyā felt poignant for all kinds of reasons. Just a call into the void in a childrenās book?
A rendition of a sculpture from Portia Munsonās installation āBound Angelā that I saw at PPOW a couple years ago- because the work just spoke to me and womanhood at large
i have a fairy (way bigger than I intended) because fairies were a huge part of my girlhood
hey arnold (helgaās locket of arnold) because my mom watched that show with me before I can even remember and 2. I like Helga was also a yearner in middle school
A bunny because bunny
And most recently two of my best friends and I got matching three-headed deer. I havenāt even known them for very long but a portrait of our love felt like a very beautiful and sentimental thing to do regardless of fate.
The only one that hurt was the poorly done stick and poke done at the party right next to my vagina- but ofc I acted like wasn't that bad (it was pretty bad).
Mar 24, 2024
My first tattoo is a really simple representation of a ghost. I was 19, and my friend in college and I had been drawing and he drew a ghost I just really liked. I had some friends who got into doing stick-and-pokes, and one night while we were drinking in our dorm rooms, I decided I wanted a tattoo of it, so my friend Michelle gave me this little tattoo on my arm. Itās stilll one of my favorites and somehow the one I get the most compliments onāitās small and simple and itās just a sweet little friend on my arm! I find that Iām most happy with the ones I donāt think too hard about. I remember my friend worrying that Iād regret it, but instead I woke up very pleased :)
Jul 20, 2024
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Iāve been absolutely loving creating flash on procreate hehe :)
this pic is the first time i successfully used my thermal printer And somewhat successfully placed on fake skinā¦ (too much transfer gel) Grateful for my friends and gf who have let me tat them hehe
Jan 3, 2025
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liking ur rec = saying hi when we go to get our morning papers from the end of our driveways (picture me doing so tony soprano style)
Aug 12, 2024
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she canāt see my bank account so itās ok.
Mar 21, 2025
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started writing this a few hours ago when i first saw this ask, then decided against posting but i've since changed my mind. there really is no justification for it outside of entitlement. even from a selfish lens, there's no long term benefit to its usage. it harms the world and culture in more ways than one.
a.) the water and energy usage that isn't a secret at this point. "no ethical consumption under capitalism" yadda yadda and yeah corporations are extremely culpable in the state of the environment but there really is no need for chatgpt and the planet is already too delicate at the moment.
b.) the exploitation of workers in the global south. this program is not just a computer figuring it all out, there are in fact humans behind it. it reminds me of the acceptance of fast fashion and how people have the tendency to divorce the idea of the garment worker from the garment they wear when all clothing is handmade in some way, shape or form. you need hands to man a sewing machine, you need human eyes to moderate content. also, content moderation can be a thankless job with psychological repercussions.
c.) the erosion of social skills, humanity and media literacy...this one is very personal. like, you have a cushy email job but can't write an email? you need a computer and a worker in kenya to get paid a dollar an hour to figure out a daily routine for you? i've seen the program churn out blatantly incorrect information. fine tuning a prompt or chat or whatever to give you the exact (possibly incorrect) answer you need isn't really that much less work than sharpening your research skills by cracking open a dictionary or using boolean search keys in google. again, the main issue with this kind of stuff is the entitlement to convenience, with no thought towards the repercussions within and outside of us. we are losing major recipes (critical thinking and media literacy) here, people!
i probably did an iffy job are coherently articulating my thoughts here but i am in fact, human. and thatās the beauty of it all.
Oct 1, 2024