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Ink - in this context, I am talking about tattoos.
So I suppose what I'm trying to describe is the balance I try to strike between my professional and personal life, between my profession and my person if we are going to break it right down. I have been thinking about this since I went for drinks with my staff on Friday afternoon and they were just blown away by my tattoos, most of them didn't know I even had one let alone seven. I dunno if they were weirded out or not, or just surprised. As long as they still do what I tell them to do, it doesn't matter. Oh wait - they don't do what I tell them to do already. HA.
So here are some pictures I guess.
This is my newest one. I got it on Thursday the 5th of June 2008. I love it so much. It's the Coheed & Cambria dragonfly with a heart superimposed over the top containing the Co&Ca keywork. I really wanted something representing love (which is the all-encompassing most important thing in my life and something which, I believe, had been a strong feature in the 2 previous weeks), something representing "freedom" or "escape" - the dragonfly/wings - and something representing Coheed and Cambria who are a completely life-changing band in my opinion. My tattoo artist is the best.
This is one I got about a year ago, it is lyrics from my other favourite band - Tool. The lyrics are "Embrace this moment, remember, we are eternal, all this pain is an illusion". The pain was not an illusion - it hurt like a motherfucker right there! But I still love it.
This is a completely amazing tattoo I got done by a guy named Brad from All Star Tattoo in Brisbane. The word is "afireinside" which is representative of another favourite band of mine - AFI - and also I believe that everyone has "a fire inside" if you know what I mean.
I have four others - one at the base of my back which is the logo from the Nine Inch Nails EP 5in, one in the middle of my back which is the logo from Les Miserables which is my favourite musical, it really means a lot to me -reminds me of sweet family times not to mention my intense love of the musical itself. It's the logo of the girl with the flag. Also up the top of my back is the Elvish word "anna thannath" which means "the gift of words". On my left hip is a small scene from The Nightmare Before Christmas with Jack lying across the arms of a stone angel in a cemetery. That one represents my friend who fell from the reservoir here in Rockhampton. He was very dear to me and his death fairly well tore me up. Five of us got that same tattoo. Underneath it are his initials 'NKFY' and his DOB - DOD. That one needs re-doing, I think it was probably a bit small for what it is. Too much detail or something. I'll have to get photos up of those ones.
Now for the latent part, I guess. I am the Supervisor of Administration in Rockhampton Hospital Specialist Outpatients. I guess it's a fairly corporate thing, monthly meetings in Brisbane, no-uniform-but-corporate-wear sort of deal. I have about 8 staff under me, but my job is a lot more than supervising them. I do a lot of data collection and organisation, filling in tables and graphs with Occasions of Service details plus collating Fail to Attend appointment rates and organising clinic templates and schedules for doctors. A lot of doctor liaison, patient liaison and all that fun stuff. It is a fairly stressful job, everyone wants a piece of you and sometimes when I go home I feel like I only have a tiny tiny piece left to give which almost always goes to my partner Reece. I live with him and our dog Atlas here in Rockhampton.
Atlas 1 hour ago:
He is pretty great. He was born on the 29th of December 2007 which makes him 5 and a half months old. Cutest but naughtiest.
Reece is fairly amazing most of the time. We have our moments like everyone I guess. He and I have some fairly different opinions on some pretty important stuff but oh well.. Also I am a gigantic sook and drama queen when I'm drunk, and when he's drunk he can be very harsh, short tempered and unreasonable which really does not make a good combination. I am making him sound like a cunt but he's not - mostly he's lovely and we get along really well. He makes me laugh a lot and we really enjoy being together. Our fights are as intense as our lovemaking. Ha.
Might sign off here, nearly bed time. I'll try to be better with regular updates on this than I have been with blogs in the past.
'Night.
| 1. | present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential: latent ability. |
Ink - in this context, I am talking about tattoos.
So I suppose what I'm trying to describe is the balance I try to strike between my professional and personal life, between my profession and my person if we are going to break it right down. I have been thinking about this since I went for drinks with my staff on Friday afternoon and they were just blown away by my tattoos, most of them didn't know I even had one let alone seven. I dunno if they were weirded out or not, or just surprised. As long as they still do what I tell them to do, it doesn't matter. Oh wait - they don't do what I tell them to do already. HA.
So here are some pictures I guess.
This is my newest one. I got it on Thursday the 5th of June 2008. I love it so much. It's the Coheed & Cambria dragonfly with a heart superimposed over the top containing the Co&Ca keywork. I really wanted something representing love (which is the all-encompassing most important thing in my life and something which, I believe, had been a strong feature in the 2 previous weeks), something representing "freedom" or "escape" - the dragonfly/wings - and something representing Coheed and Cambria who are a completely life-changing band in my opinion. My tattoo artist is the best.
This is one I got about a year ago, it is lyrics from my other favourite band - Tool. The lyrics are "Embrace this moment, remember, we are eternal, all this pain is an illusion". The pain was not an illusion - it hurt like a motherfucker right there! But I still love it.
This is a completely amazing tattoo I got done by a guy named Brad from All Star Tattoo in Brisbane. The word is "afireinside" which is representative of another favourite band of mine - AFI - and also I believe that everyone has "a fire inside" if you know what I mean.
I have four others - one at the base of my back which is the logo from the Nine Inch Nails EP 5in, one in the middle of my back which is the logo from Les Miserables which is my favourite musical, it really means a lot to me -reminds me of sweet family times not to mention my intense love of the musical itself. It's the logo of the girl with the flag. Also up the top of my back is the Elvish word "anna thannath" which means "the gift of words". On my left hip is a small scene from The Nightmare Before Christmas with Jack lying across the arms of a stone angel in a cemetery. That one represents my friend who fell from the reservoir here in Rockhampton. He was very dear to me and his death fairly well tore me up. Five of us got that same tattoo. Underneath it are his initials 'NKFY' and his DOB - DOD. That one needs re-doing, I think it was probably a bit small for what it is. Too much detail or something. I'll have to get photos up of those ones.
Now for the latent part, I guess. I am the Supervisor of Administration in Rockhampton Hospital Specialist Outpatients. I guess it's a fairly corporate thing, monthly meetings in Brisbane, no-uniform-but-corporate-wear sort of deal. I have about 8 staff under me, but my job is a lot more than supervising them. I do a lot of data collection and organisation, filling in tables and graphs with Occasions of Service details plus collating Fail to Attend appointment rates and organising clinic templates and schedules for doctors. A lot of doctor liaison, patient liaison and all that fun stuff. It is a fairly stressful job, everyone wants a piece of you and sometimes when I go home I feel like I only have a tiny tiny piece left to give which almost always goes to my partner Reece. I live with him and our dog Atlas here in Rockhampton.
Atlas 1 hour ago:
He is pretty great. He was born on the 29th of December 2007 which makes him 5 and a half months old. Cutest but naughtiest.
Reece is fairly amazing most of the time. We have our moments like everyone I guess. He and I have some fairly different opinions on some pretty important stuff but oh well.. Also I am a gigantic sook and drama queen when I'm drunk, and when he's drunk he can be very harsh, short tempered and unreasonable which really does not make a good combination. I am making him sound like a cunt but he's not - mostly he's lovely and we get along really well. He makes me laugh a lot and we really enjoy being together. Our fights are as intense as our lovemaking. Ha.
Might sign off here, nearly bed time. I'll try to be better with regular updates on this than I have been with blogs in the past.
'Night.
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