Hello again SG folks! Time for another update.
For some reason I'm not really feeling the Holiday spirit this year. I've been working way too much and not getting out at all. I feel like a hermit on my days off and I'm always tired. My friend and tattoo artist Jimmy was nice enough to call me out on this yesterday. He called and demanded that I be his "date" for his company Holiday party. He said if I didn't get out of the house he would come over and drag me out. How could I resist an offer like that, huh? Jimmy is a great guy and we have kind of a strange relationship. At least it's strange to those who only know him or only know me. I'm an ER doctor (and straight) and expected to "act and look like a doctor". What the hell does that mean anyway? Why should a doctor act or look any different from anyone else? I just don't get it. I also don't like many other doctors I know either. Most are too stuck-up and no fun anyway. Jimmy, on the other hand is covered with ink, a tattoo artist and gay. We are an odd pair to be sure. The other weird thing is that Jimmy has had a "man crush" on me for about the past 5 years since we have been friends. He gives me a hard time and tries to embarrass me by telling me I'm sexy or what he'd like to do to me and I give him a hard time by slowly taking off my shirt and rubbing my belly when he's getting ready to tattoo me. Anyway, he's a great guy and I value his friendship very much. I was actually very honored that I was the only non-employee and non-date/wife/significant other to get invited to the Bugaboo Tattoo Holiday party and I have to say I had a blast. They rented a party bus and headed into Chicago to Tommy Gun's Garage which is a 1920's style "speakeasy" with great food and a fun gangster type show. Here's a few pics of the evening.
Jimmy and I
The Bugaboo Tattoo Crew at the bean
Becky, Me, Kate, Diana
Kate giving Jimmy the stink eye
Party bus ride home. I was a lucky guy!
Jimmy had a cancellation tonight and so I went in for a short session on my back piece. It's coming together nicely. We still have to outline the knight at the bottom and fill in all the sides and blacken the crest, but it looks pretty good so far. We have around 65 hours in so far and still a long way to go.
In other great news, my girl Amber arrives in Chicago in 1 week! I can't wait to see her, show her the city and introduce her to all the new friends I made last night. Jimmy is going to start a peace tree tattoo on her back while she's here too. My kids are doing well. My son enrolled to go back to college in January and wants to be a math teacher and football coach. My daughter is clean and sober for the last 6 months and got a new job working retail in Missouri. The rest of the family is healthy for a change as well. I guess I have many things to be thankful for this Holiday season. I've also met some pretty cool people here in SG land.
I wish all of you good health and happiness during this holiday season and always.
Peace
For some reason I'm not really feeling the Holiday spirit this year. I've been working way too much and not getting out at all. I feel like a hermit on my days off and I'm always tired. My friend and tattoo artist Jimmy was nice enough to call me out on this yesterday. He called and demanded that I be his "date" for his company Holiday party. He said if I didn't get out of the house he would come over and drag me out. How could I resist an offer like that, huh? Jimmy is a great guy and we have kind of a strange relationship. At least it's strange to those who only know him or only know me. I'm an ER doctor (and straight) and expected to "act and look like a doctor". What the hell does that mean anyway? Why should a doctor act or look any different from anyone else? I just don't get it. I also don't like many other doctors I know either. Most are too stuck-up and no fun anyway. Jimmy, on the other hand is covered with ink, a tattoo artist and gay. We are an odd pair to be sure. The other weird thing is that Jimmy has had a "man crush" on me for about the past 5 years since we have been friends. He gives me a hard time and tries to embarrass me by telling me I'm sexy or what he'd like to do to me and I give him a hard time by slowly taking off my shirt and rubbing my belly when he's getting ready to tattoo me. Anyway, he's a great guy and I value his friendship very much. I was actually very honored that I was the only non-employee and non-date/wife/significant other to get invited to the Bugaboo Tattoo Holiday party and I have to say I had a blast. They rented a party bus and headed into Chicago to Tommy Gun's Garage which is a 1920's style "speakeasy" with great food and a fun gangster type show. Here's a few pics of the evening.
Jimmy and I
The Bugaboo Tattoo Crew at the bean
Becky, Me, Kate, Diana
Kate giving Jimmy the stink eye
Party bus ride home. I was a lucky guy!
Jimmy had a cancellation tonight and so I went in for a short session on my back piece. It's coming together nicely. We still have to outline the knight at the bottom and fill in all the sides and blacken the crest, but it looks pretty good so far. We have around 65 hours in so far and still a long way to go.
In other great news, my girl Amber arrives in Chicago in 1 week! I can't wait to see her, show her the city and introduce her to all the new friends I made last night. Jimmy is going to start a peace tree tattoo on her back while she's here too. My kids are doing well. My son enrolled to go back to college in January and wants to be a math teacher and football coach. My daughter is clean and sober for the last 6 months and got a new job working retail in Missouri. The rest of the family is healthy for a change as well. I guess I have many things to be thankful for this Holiday season. I've also met some pretty cool people here in SG land.
I wish all of you good health and happiness during this holiday season and always.
Peace
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I know exactly what you mean about "looking like" or "acting like" a doctor and I TOTALLY agree that most docs are a bunch of boring stiffs. My best pal, chirpy33 is a doc too and we often say how much we hate our own kind.
Have a most excellent New Year and all the best to you in 2012!