I just got a new tattoo gun in the mail this morning. It's a really nice one, and it came with a bunch of colored ink and shite. And am thinking I am gonna have to drink a beer and test it out. I already tatted a sleave on my left arm, but it was just done with a homemade gun and Higgins Black Magic. So I am looking forward to trying my hand at using a real gun.... 
when i was 13 i tried to do a tattoo of an abstract angel holding an orb. i did it with a calligraphy pen and india ink. needless to say i didnt put it down deep enuf and most of the ink oozed out along with a nice array of juices the rest of that week.
i pride myself on being disgusting, so i appologize because my sense of whats gross has completely gone away.
anyhow. im at the tattoo shop the other day.. and im talking to my friend jeff.. about the homemade machine he uses.. and i slip up and say "gun.." and he goes, "It's not a gun. It's a machine."
just so you know. it's a machine. hahahha