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Other notes:

-- Tattoo is done. It's gorgeous. It's huge. There will be pics when I'm not puffy and sore.
-- I am getting sick. I had a tattoo-reaction fever last night, and now my body has gone and gotten a puffy throat. Am downing elderberry & emergen-C, garlic and lots of fluids. Rest is usually the best remedy, but I am sure I'll have some kind of cold before the week is out.
-- Tomorrow is DAY FOUR of me doing battle with the 300ft of tangly ultrathin chain at Terra Firma. The end is near, but good goddamn. I have been untangling that chain for over 20 hours at this point.
-- Medium is a much better show than Ghost Whisperer, but I kind of miss Jennifer Love Hewitt's boobies interesting wardrobe choices.

GOODNIGHT.

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That was five hours of work right there. Five excruciatingly painful hours of work.

Now that it's settled in, I am thinking of some small tweaks I want when I go in for a touch-up.

#1 is that the medallions are a bit too far out front. They look... not connected or something. We changed the medallion element the day of (I had not seen the artwork prior), and so I think there needs to be something else in that space around the medallions that make them look more cradled by the mehndi-styled leaves. It's not going to matter at all for the photoshoot. In pants/ costuming, only half of the top medallion will peek over my clothing. But, you know, for the future.

#2 is that we're going to go over my old tattoo, clean up the lines, add color, and overall make it look like it coordinates better with the new one. That one almost never peeks out over my costuming line (since my belt usually sits up a bit in the back), so again, a non-issue for the photoshoot. So I'll probably get tweaks done in early November.

But other than that? JESUS those Stargazers are pretty!

Olive's piddle pants arrived.

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They are super easy to get her in and out of, they wash well, and I can basically use shortened pantyliners when the special liners run out. We got her red and navy blue. They also come in hot pink and leopard print. I don't think I could subject her to either of those though. She has her dignity, man.

Also, her new favorite thing is to snore loudly with the tip of her tongue sticking out. It is adorable.