new ink + sam + bo

my birthday was last saturday (the 15th). my brother took the day off and stayed with me for it and my friend kate surprised me and came in from LA for it. my brother and i decided to get tattoos, so I took my birthday money, plus money from my account to pay for my brother's since his birthday is january 30th and he told me that that's what i could get him. alex said that it was more appropriate that i buy my brother his first tattoo instead of him because "dustin loves you more than me" hahaha. he was just kidding. anyway, we both decided that we sort of wanted "matching" tattoos, so we both got clovers with orange in it because my brother's favorite color is orange. seriously, everything the boy owns is orange. he always says "like flies are to electricity, i am to orange" and it's the truth, haha.

this was his first tattoo and my fourth, so i was used to it but my brother almost passed out. i was sitting there with him and he got SO WHITE that i really thought he was going to faceplant on the floor. he had to make the artist take a break so that he could run to the bathroom and lay on the floor so that he could chill out for a minute. at one point he was shivering so bad, too. alex and i kept saying "dude, you have to calm down - breathe through your nose" but he was trying to play it off like he was all macho, and alex and i and kate (and some of dustin's friends) all kept looking at each other haha. truth is, he started freaking out when i was getting mine done. I went first to show him that it was no big deal and when they were getting the needles ready, my brother's face went from normal to O.O HOLY SHIT and i could see it as plain as day haha. part of the problem though, i think was that he hadn't eaten much before he got it done. it's not his fault at all but of course, i haven't let him live it down. i've been re-telling the story and calling him a pussy. XD he's always like "STFU, JAMIE! I WAS FINE. I'LL TIP YOU OVER AND LEAVE YOU THERE! -.-" hahaha. alex has been like "aw. your little 80 pound sister has bigger balls than you. Sad." and dustin gets all huffy. XD

condensed version of my birthday: i drank so much whiskey and smoked so much weed after everything though that we had to make a 3am denny's run. my brother said i was drinking a fifth of whiskey like it was soda and i was still sitting up. i don't remember much, i just remember kate and dustin sticking food in front of me and saying "eat." i never passed out or anything, i was just really mellow like i was totally on acid and after i ate i was fine. of course for like the next two days i felt like utter shit, but hey. i do remember shotgunning a beer and one of my brother's friend's going "your sister likes girls, she can put away the alcohol, and she's into recreational drug use? SHE'S SO AWESOME" and he asked me where i learned to shotgun a beer and i was like "man, i am a professional. STEP OFF." and there was some strippers at my brother's friend's apartment at one point, i am pretty sure. *cough*

It was an awesome birthday even though my aunt, tori, and the boys thought that the boys' soccer games were more important than my birthday and didn't even take me out to eat. my aunt said we'd do it another day and it's yet to be done.


my brother's tattoo, the day he got it done (it's on his arm):


mine, the day i got it done (it's on the back of my neck):


this is blurry (and before everything started) but this is me and my brother's dog, bodo. he was on my lap because he likes me and he's bigger than i am:


my tattoo the day after i got it done:


and my tattoo today, eight days old (less scabby, still FUCKING ITCHY haha):


bonus sammy: