Why Do I Bother?

As you know, I recently celebrated my [tag]40th Birthday[/tag]. What a perfect time for a [tag]mid-life crisis[/tag]. Since I am not in a financial position to buy a new sports car, take on a mistress, or buy enough clothes to start cross-dressing, I decided to go with a [tag]tattoo[/tag].

It’s a flaming sun with two dragons chasing each other around the inside of the orb. I have been talking about getting a tattoo for some time now and for Christmas I got a gift certificate for a tattoo shop near Seattle from my family up there. You may not be able to recognize that fleshy object to the left as my right calf. The tattoo fills most of the large calf muscle and is about 5-6 inches in diameter. Click the image for a full size view.

I didn’t know exactly what to expect since this was my first tattoo. I learned from the tattoo artist, Dave at Gem Tattoos, that the calf is one of the more painful areas to get inked. Most people start with the shoulder. I wanted it in a place that I could easily show off but still be able to hide when necessary. I know the design is a bit unusual, but I was very pleased with how it turned out. If you live in the Kirkland, Washington area and are interested in a tattoo, go see Dave and tell him Jeff DeLeon-Benham sent you. It won’t give you a price break, but do it anyway.

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dreams

Any of you [tag]dream[/tag] analysts out there care to take a stab at this one?

So … Mel and I are headed out to pick up the pizzas I had ordered. Naturally we stopped at the little portable DMV shack (Department of Motor Vehicles for those of you not from around here) in the Safeway (grocery store) parking lot. We chose that location because you don’t have to take a number and wait to be called to pick up your pizzas at the DMV shack like you might have to at the other DMV.

Anyway, I tell them my name and we pick up the 2 large pizzas that I had ordered to feed the 4 of us; me, Mel (my wife), my mother in law, and my niece. Hearing that I had only ordered 2 large [tag]pizza[/tag]s, Mel becomes very upset with me and says, “You only ordered 2 large pizzas?” In a huff she says to the clerk that we need an additional large pizza with cream gravy. She then gives me the stink-eye as if I had purposely ordered only 2 large pizzas knowing that they would never feed the 4 of us.

Being angry and embarrassed I stomp out of the [tag]DMV[/tag] and wait in the parking lot. She can carry the damn pizzas herself!

I’ve had odd dreams before, but this one takes the cake … errr, pizza.

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