Tattoos

I can't guarantee another themed series of posts right now, but geeking out over Firefly yesterday made me consider writing this post. For the past few years, I've considered getting a tattoo, or two. While money is an issue, the real thing holding me back is that I really want it/them on my wrist(s). While I feel like this *shouldn't* be a problem, the sad truth is that not all businesses are as open minded as I am. So this idea is on hold until I can guarantee that I won't be needing a conventional job.

Now, one of my first loves was the early PC game Myst. I played and beat the game in kindergarten at the wee age of five. I then went on to grab the three books that were released, the two comics, the 3D remake, RealMyst, the four direct sequels, the stand alone game, URU, the two expansion packs for URU, and all the incarnations of the MMO aspect that was supposed to be standard in URU when it was released. (Which wasn't standard.)

So, now that we've established that I'm a bit of a fanboy, let me post the design for the tattoo I want. Thanks to Ian A. A. Watson who did the legwork for the translation. I lost my research folder that I made when I first thought of getting this, but I believe he even contacted Rand Miller (the creator of Myst.) to verify the translation.

This is the quote, "Perhaps the ending has not yet been written." translated to D'ni. The quote is a well known line from the opening scene in the game, but more than that, if you take it out of context, it's basically saying, "No matter how bad shit gets, it's not over." Also, for those that don't know, D'ni is a made up language that was created for the Myst franchise.While Mr. Watson used the Falling Man found on the cover of Myst as a dividing piece to separate the beginning and end of the text, I'm wanting to use the Moity Dagger as mine.

Taking this one step further, there's UV ink that you can use that only glows under UV light. This, alone is relatively new, but even more recent is the opportunity to get clear UV ink that shines as colors other than purple. (Before, if you got colored UV ink, it looked a little pale, but was still very noticeable under normal light.) So, IF I can get clear - yellow/gold UV ink, and IF it can be applied over black ink (Obviously, after the first tattoo has healed.) then I would like to get that applied over the D'ni text.

Now, like I said previously, I keep thinking of my right wrist as being the perfect location for this. But even if I did work for myself, or found some permanent employer that didn't care, then I would need to balance this tatto with something on my left wrist. I'm not married to any ideas yet, but right now, the closest thing I've come to a decsition is getting something in viking runes, with Mjǫlnir as the dividing piece.

So, what about you? Any tattoos that you have, or want to get?