Four from Christine

I met Christine at the <a href="http://www.yelp.com/topic/new-york-trader-joes-uws">Trader Joe's</a> on the Upper West Side yesterday evening and she shared these four tattoos:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGI55aLDTS8NBes2fCSU1Pv1XidIB1fHWfrs9iewZHwL0CHC1I3gqIqefX4pUxxCKghLcOsjj9FMjOr5LSldXOx3AGVOBYQpQW1gOhyphenhyphen5jwihGbn2rzT2ntx083x0WNq1ElkQIu8ORRTQ/s1600/Christine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGI55aLDTS8NBes2fCSU1Pv1XidIB1fHWfrs9iewZHwL0CHC1I3gqIqefX4pUxxCKghLcOsjj9FMjOr5LSldXOx3AGVOBYQpQW1gOhyphenhyphen5jwihGbn2rzT2ntx083x0WNq1ElkQIu8ORRTQ/s400/Christine.jpg" width="335" /></a></div><br />Moving clockwise from the upper left in the photo above, we start with an outline of <a href="http://brooklyn.com/">Brooklyn</a>, in honor of the borough in which Christine was born and raised.<br /><br />At the top of the other forearm is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om">om</a> symbol, which captures her focus and has occasionally "helped with panic attacks."<br /><br />The two butterflies on opposite arms were inked in honor of her nieces, who both love these colorful insects. The shade of each represents their favorite colors.<br /><br />The Brooklyn piece was inked at <a href="http://asylumtattoostudios.com/">Asylum Studios</a> in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. The om and the butterflies were done by artists at <a href="http://www.threekingstattoo.com/site/">Three Kings Tattoo</a>. Both shops are in Brooklyn and have had work appear on Tattoosday previously <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Asylum%20Studios">here</a> (Asylum) and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Three%20Kings%20Tattoo">here</a> (Three Kings).<br /><br />Thanks to Christine for sharing these four of her eleven (!) tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}</style> <![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday.<br /><br />If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit </span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Four from Christine

I met Christine at the Trader Joe's on the Upper West Side yesterday evening and she shared these four tattoos: Moving clockwise from t...

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Ride the Cyclone!

In <a href="http://www.oxy.edu/">college</a> we had a game room at the Student Union.<br /><br />I claimed to be a master at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkanoid">Arkanoid</a>, but would occasionally play pinball. <a href="http://www.pinballrebel.com/game/pins/es/earthshaker_pinball.htm">Earthshaker</a> was fun, but there was another, carnival-themed game that would often beckon, "Ride the Cyclone!" It was, naturally, called <a href="http://www.pinballrebel.com/game/pins/cyclone/cyclone_pinball.htm">The Cyclone</a>.<br /><br />Fast forward ten years and I would be residing in Brooklyn, home to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island">Coney Island</a> and the original <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island_Cyclone">Cyclone</a>.<br /><br />Despite having been in close proximity a number of times, I've never gone for a ride.<br /><br />I was reminded of this back in September when I met Matt at the top of the escalator at the Penn Plaza Borders store.<br /><br />He shared this amazing tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOaA5Lli7AvIevFvT0mwMSKzFXkVTD4w2FZJZaYuLASf_a4P_h6w0TH0uagfsMIpqPC8nDMVJVHkyaAZARypG_mo4cPa1kmktYa6vUQsbjeA47NpnLzoVYdiz6RJTHNoFBxoNKd6QTTdA/s1600/Cyclone+wm2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOaA5Lli7AvIevFvT0mwMSKzFXkVTD4w2FZJZaYuLASf_a4P_h6w0TH0uagfsMIpqPC8nDMVJVHkyaAZARypG_mo4cPa1kmktYa6vUQsbjeA47NpnLzoVYdiz6RJTHNoFBxoNKd6QTTdA/s640/Cyclone+wm2.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><br />This is, of course, the Cyclone.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPr29jIVH0AKQ2Agb37C4wzxv6RSC34JfBCXq8SQ4g4hAQZiiBkefqSr3iccq9f-FAIxgxY6GN0tkg1V_ljuretA3mo89t4o4jtqAlNQBac2wQdLov1GQJu6fdAG7N1mLZmD_pZxBjz2M/s1600/con-cyclone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPr29jIVH0AKQ2Agb37C4wzxv6RSC34JfBCXq8SQ4g4hAQZiiBkefqSr3iccq9f-FAIxgxY6GN0tkg1V_ljuretA3mo89t4o4jtqAlNQBac2wQdLov1GQJu6fdAG7N1mLZmD_pZxBjz2M/s320/con-cyclone.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Matt is working on a Coney Island/"Carnie" theme, having lived in Brooklyn most of his adult life. Thus, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroland">Astroland</a> tower behind the Cyclone in the tattoo. Next up: the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Wheel">Wonder Wheel</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute_Jump">Parachute Jump</a>, other Coney Island attractions.<br /><br />He sent along a photo of the tattoo when it was initially finished:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpqMgctecGRPsuW1cfxHIAI41gdWHJS81k-0KHX0YAs9wRGT_T25bgZdV-psKN7MMuxsU83-NdCF0lnHBbdCYeSfJZDmb94liodvDJl36oILVhBRklMEiUu6y5GBiOGtZuECaB2jcJ9s/s1600/Cyclone+fresh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpqMgctecGRPsuW1cfxHIAI41gdWHJS81k-0KHX0YAs9wRGT_T25bgZdV-psKN7MMuxsU83-NdCF0lnHBbdCYeSfJZDmb94liodvDJl36oILVhBRklMEiUu6y5GBiOGtZuECaB2jcJ9s/s640/Cyclone+fresh.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><br />Matt credits this tattoo to Ping at <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/village-rock-tattoo-new-york">Village Rock Tattoo</a> in Manhattan.<br /><br />Thanks to Matt for sharing this great tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Ride the Cyclone!

In college we had a game room at the Student Union. I claimed to be a master at Arkanoid , but would occasionally play pinball. Earthshake...

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