Cherry Blossom Tattoo

About Cherry Blossoms

Cherry blossoms of course do not play such an important role in Western society and therefore many people do not know what the cherry blossom looks like. Nor have they ever experienced it's true beauty and the full splendor of the blossom when in full bloom in the cold of winter. That's right cherry blossoms come out very late in the winter time as it starts to become spring. This flower or blossom of course grows from a flowering cherry tree. Typically flowering cherry tress do not produce cherries and if they do they do not taste very good. Instead flower cherry trees produce a beautiful flower. These can bloom anytime from the middle of winter all the way through the late spring depending on the variety and the climate where it is being grown. They are most typically colored white with a slight tint of pink in them.

Culturally Based Symbolism

The symbolism and meaning behind the flowers can differ a little bit form one culture to the next and for some the meaning and symbolism behind the flower has been lost over time and through multiple translations. However most typically for the Chinese the cherry blossom represent women. The beauty of the blossom is thought to directly reflect the beauty of a women. So for those wishing to get a tattoo to show their feminine side or their girl power side a cherry blossom tattoo might be just the thing. For the Japanese they represent a variety of thoughts and emotions. They can represent new life since they bloom in the spring which marks the beginning of a new year. However they are also very delicate flowers and live for a very short time. The Japanese feel that their extreme beauty and short time span makes it especially important to enjoy them right away. They also feel that this is symbolic of how life should be lived, in the moment. This is similar to the Latin saying Carpe Diem or seize the day.

Possible Tattoo Designs

There are many different tattoo designs that one could get that integrate a cherry blossom design. One of the first things to consider is the placement of the tattoo. Where the tattoo is placed on the body will affect the size and amount of detail for the tattoo. After figuring out the placement of the design then you will also want to consider adding to the design and possible design colors that you would like to use.

Cute Girly Tattoos

There are so many fun things to do with a tattoo. Whether you're looking for something small that only you and other very special people will see, or something that no one can miss, tattoos are a great way to make a statement about yourself for the world to see. Now that there are so many great ideas out there for cute girl tattoos, why not go out and get one today?

When you're thinking about what to get, there's always the simple approach. What could be cuter than a few strategically-placed hearts or stars? One idea is to have a cluster of stars, maybe on your lower back or ankle. Hearts look great just about anywhere-particularly on your shoulder, ankle, hip, thigh, or upper chest.

Flowers are another great way to go when considering a tattoo. A great way to use flowers is to get a ring of flowers around your belly button or your ankle. A single long-stemmed rose on the back of one of your shoulders is another sweet way to use flowers.

Another idea for a single-flower look is just to put a daisy, iris, tulip, or lily bud pretty much anywhere. It'd be fun to have maybe a small bouquet of lilies twisting up and around your ankle.

Another fun way to go is with favorite phrases spelled out in other languages, particularly languages which don't use the Roman characters we see every day. Characters and words from Asian languages are very popular, as are Gaelic symbols. There are all kinds of symbols out there that can say exactly what you want them to, though they will have to get that cute guy to come over and talk to you to ask you what they mean if he wants to know about it!

Also, whoever said that girls can't be sports fans? Why not get the logo of your favorite sports team, or your favorite player's (or driver's) number tattooed on your upper arm, ankle, or upper back? Guys love it when girls are sports-savvy, and this would be a great way to show your support for your school or hometown team!

Source : http://ezinearticles.com/?Cute-Girly-Tattoos---An-Expression-of-Yourself!&id=2239199

Vet - Part Two

After our visit to the vet yesterday we found out that Daisy needed one of her teeth pulled so we had to drop her off and leave her there. Last time we did this it was horrible as she gives you that look like you are abandoning her and I was not looking forward to doing it again. Luckily this time Harry was here and actually did the leaving.

As soon as we get near the building she started to whimper. When we walk in she was whimpering and when they came to take her away she was not moving, she was holding her ground and wasn't going to budge. Harry had to pick her up and walk her to the back. It's tough leaving her because we know she was abused by her former owners and you don't want to cause any more trauma for your dog but we also knew that in order for her to feel better she had to get that tooth removed.

Well four hours later we go to pick her up and she can't wait to get out of there. She had shaved her right leg to start and IV so now she has a bald spot but she seems much happier now.

This visit cost $400+ along with yesterdays visit $350+ so in two days we spent $750+ on Daisy.. but what are you going to do.. she's part of the family, luckily we don't spend money like this on a regular bases.

So now she should be good until her regular check up in October.

台北市長郝龍斌的家鄉很髒

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2006年的十一月，走了一趟中國蘇州，訪察民居建築，發現空氣與水污染的情況非常嚴重，這條河就在貝聿銘的蘇州博物館旁．記得郝龍斌在競選市長時，聽從陳文茜的建議，要把台北的大稻埕建設成蘇州云云，這些人只能說，不看電視也要逛夜市，要不然就多來我這裡看一看，大稻埕和蘇州八竿子打不到，和閩南及南洋卻有著極為緊密的關係，建築的樣式亦融合了兩者的趣味，郝龍斌如今當選市長，如果真的把大稻要蓋成蘇州的嶺南建築，那咱們就得組隊去抗議了，大稻埕就是大稻程，不必和蘇州統一．
不過，所謂上有天堂，下有蘇杭，郝市長要能回到他老家去看看，除非死鴨子硬嘴巴，否則回來後一定不再敢提蘇州．蘇州的水污染，不是人民已經把蘇州運河看成臭水溝，最主要還是工業廢水，那個污染程度，您上網查就有，我這裡把證據拍回來了：



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miss lah!

rasanya.lama sgttt sgt n sagt kot aku tggai taip menaip blog ni...haha.. such have great month .. n i guess so..haha...wah! 2bulan dok bekepit dgn nassrol ku itu..haha .. ari ni ari terakhir ak dok dgn dy..hehe... hurm ...rindu pon ada..dilamun cinta or love laaa! mcm pa g... everyting gonna b fine.. hrp sgt.. dy still syg ak.. even dy dok berchatting dgn gurl yg agak lawa cute gorgeous .! yuP! memg lawa.. tp suma terletak tas tgn n pala hotak dy... hurmmm...i try my best to make him happy.. n i guess all that i give is bettr n good! haha...amin. life ak nk masuk poly plak.? adeh!.. mls nya nk masuk blajaq balik... bored gila...
time2 mcm ni teringat mmbr2 ak yg lama..loQ! haha lama xjmpa dy... terlalu lama...kesian dy...ak dok lupa dy... ahahaha..nnty jmpa lah 2 kita..kot2 celah mana2..kn2.? hehe.. skunk kene terus study.! malaih! ....gonna be miss mmbr bf family n all lah!

welcome.

bff holly welcomed baby #3 into the world yesterday.

she'll announce details soon... but let's just say, baby girl had the cutest ruby red ribbon in her hair.

Ivy：雲門行草三部曲，用可樂拖地?!

雲門舞集1988年停演，期間林懷民老師背起背包往世界出發流浪，尋找當初創辦雲門舞集的資金；1991年雲門復出，開啟了與創立初期不同的新風格，一套東方內斂潛藏的舞風。



舞者邱怡文聊起《流浪者之歌》到希臘展演的片段，《流浪者之歌》是林懷民老師流浪印度時的靈感，談的是人對真理的渴望、對慾望的反省，因此有很多手舉高向天致敬的動作；阿迪庫斯劇場位於帕德嫩神殿之下，本身就是採取宗教形式的劇場，舞者往往一舉手、一仰頭就看見帕德嫩神殿，看見東方與西方有一瞬那麼雷同、那麼具有撫慰與震撼的力量。

一系列蹲低下潛、從太極導引出發的作品，到了行草，綻放燦爛的藝術火花。一開始林懷民老師並沒有三部曲的概念，因此把對書法的全部想像都投注在行草中。行草的燈光設計張贊桃先生，用了很多方型燈光，像書法的九宮格，堆出不同的溫度、色調，配合瞿小松的音樂氣勢磅礡，相較是墨色濃烈的作品。

因為得到贊助，於是有了行草二，林懷民老師一直覺得行草太濃，到行草二便要舞者試圖打破架式，沒有形體。

行草一的時候，每個舞者進排練場就是對著一幅字去想舞步，沒有靈感時恨不得撕了字畫；行草二更苦，林懷民老師像是丟了哲學問題，要一齣沒有形體的舞蹈，舞者怡文笑說，連恨的對象都沒有了。

因此，行草二選用了John Cage的音樂，這個作曲家最有名的作品就是4分33秒，這首曲子一個音符都沒有，演出時；演奏者打開鋼琴坐定，按下馬錶等待4分33秒之後下台，一個音符也不彈。行草二的音樂沒有特定的節奏，像是在冗長的沉靜中，等待音符出現的瞬間爆發。

行草二的背景也沒有特定的形體，若要說，其實是宋瓷冰裂紋或書法的局部放大，可以看見瓷器的紋理、筆刷、紙紋等等，但不似行草一強烈、具象，而是清透。

狂草，則是書法中的ROCKER，林懷民老師特別強調草書中的屋漏痕，拋開實體的束縛，取法自然、氣場奔流；特製的墨水在紙上順流，再用止水劑阻水，讓水彎出美麗的圖像，像是渾然天成的屋漏痕，每一場狂草的背景，都是獨一無二，端看當時的溫度而定。

行草三部曲最折磨舞者的其實是舞台地板，一般黑膠地板磨擦力夠，可以做很多迴轉、跳躍的動作，可是行草三部曲的純白地板，上過特殊染料後非常滑。舞者抗議後，工作團隊開始找方法止滑，用各種洗劑、醋清洗地板都不見效，直到一次靈機一動，用可樂把地板洗過，終於把地板變得粗糙。

話雖如此，白色地板依然比黑膠地板滑溜，特別是碰到水之後，於是舞者自己想方法，拿止汗劑噴腳底、貼膠帶、登台前一週不去角質、不擦乳液，甚至命令常流汗如脫水機的舞者，登台前不准喝水，非常逗趣。

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Vet

Today we took Daisy to the Vet, she looked as if she was losing weight and very lethargic, but the real reason we were taking her is that she broke one of her tooth's in half and we wanted to see what needed to be done.

We get there and of course she is terrified of the Vets. But we manage to drag her in the front door. We weight her and find out that she actually has gained about three pounds... so much for losing weight. We are seen by the doctor and he says her weight is being re-distributed around her body. He said the reason she is always tired is because partly the heat and secondly the bad tooth is painful. He said the nerve is exposed and has to be really painful. They asked that we bring her back tomorrow and drop her off so they can extract the bad tooth. So he gave her a shot for the pain and drew some blood to make sure everything was functioning properly.

Left the Vet with a $350+ bill... Ugh!!!

i'm so cool.

i don't mean to talk about goop every week... if you wanted to get gwynnie's updates, i'm sure you'd sign up yourself, but really now - this week's newsletter was all about your favorite summer reads *cough* yesterday's who what where when why wednesday*cough*

and you'll never guess which book is mentioned {almost} very first...

loving frank... the book i {almost} mentioned... but didn't, knowing that lara would comment about it {which, she DID - thank you, lara.}

i read loving frank on my trip to europe last year. a great story about frank lloyd wright and his mistress {risque? a little. but totally biographical... and totally wild and crazy in the end. }

i've gotta get me to chicago someday to see all these flw houses.

Say chees-u!

It's been too long since anything has happened on this blog, sorry about that.
But the shop has been busy and when the shop is busy, so are we!
And we do have our own blogs to update as well... you understand, right?

Here are some pictures from last friday at the shop.
Like i said, it had been a busy week (not regular-shop busy i guess, but Conspiracy-busy, nonetheless) with a guest artist and lots of clients and visitors.
Friday we had cake and took some shop photos.
It was Eckels idea, and a good one too.
For some reason we never think of doing that ourselves.

It's important to stretch before taking a good group photo

And, if you're Allan, it's also important to make your already huge hair extra fluffy

From left to right: Allan, Eckel, Eric, Lucifer and me, and the photographer is Christel

This one is actually kind of good

Allan did this one on Eric

Eckel did this on Christel (picture is a little yellow, but i'll get a healed photo as soon as it's, uhm, healed)

And this on Marisa earlier in the day

Now, if you'll excuse me, i'm actually on vacation, so i shouldn't even be here!

Too Good To Be True

And it continues... I got an email from our home specialist informing me that they could not complete the loan because of an FHA case number issue. It seems that the house had an appraisal done back in June of 2008 and there was a case number issued thru FHA. Well that is the case number they were using for our loan (don't ask me why) but it's the wrong number and now we can not get final loan approval until this is taken care of. And of course it will take 5 to 7 business days to cancel that case number and issue a new one for our loan.

I then emailed my loan specialist and asked if this means that our loan was approved. Here is what she wrote. "Correct. This is what the underwriter said: The loan is fully approved, subject to case # issue being resolved So the good news is our loan is fully approved but we just have to wait a week for this case # issue to be resolved.

Of course I'm not going to celebrate just yet.. I won't celebrate until I sign the final papers and have the keys in my hand.. I don't want to get excited but it tough not being a little excited that this long horrible process is almost over. (Famous last words).

Sexy Ankle Tattoo for Girls

The ankle is a great place for a tattoo on girls because they are really showcased by the right pair of strappy sandals. Seeing a sexy tattoo in a suggestive place can earn you a lot of attention. Be ready for lots of compliments, from both girls and guys.

Some of the most common ankle tattoo designs are fairies, dragons, flowers, stars, crosses, Chinese characters, butterflies, or signs of the Zodiac. But that doesn't mean you can't tattoo anything you want, including words and cartoon characters. Your imagination is literally the limit when it comes to ankle tattoos.

Before you get inked, know a few basic things about tattoos. One, most places in Canada and the U.S. require you to be 18 to get a tattoo. You may be 16 if you have parental consent or a parent accompanying you to the studio.

Two, check out the studio where you plan to have your tattoo done. Laws governing tattoos are really spotty, so just about anyone can buy a machine and start inking people. Having an inexperienced or unprofessional tattoo artist can leave you with a really poor-quality tattoo that you're stuck with for life. You could also develop a nasty infection at the tattoo site, which could sometimes even be fatal! Check online and with your friends to find a good studio. Only visit one that you know has done quality work before.

Before you go get your tattoo, spend some time doing a little research. You may be excited to go out and get it done, but you'll have it with you forever so there's no need to be hasty in your decision. Browse designs and sketches to get a clear idea of exactly what it is you want. Browse online tattoo design galleries for ideas and inspiration. Getting a sexy ankle tattoo is going to be best achieved when you do your research and find the perfect design ahead of time, before you show up at the studio.

By :Phie

Girl Tattoos Places

Men and girl there is a difference in the selection places tattoo.

Usual places for a man to have a tattoo is on the chest, shoulder or upper arm. Girls fashion can be some what revealing, so having a tattoo on those parts can limit a girls wardrobe if it needs to be hidden. Girls have to consider weather the tattoo will look good when wearing a bikini or wedding dress. Which means they are generally more careful, making sure that a tattoo is easily concealed in professional clothing.

Before searching for a sexy girl tattoo, deciding where it will be on the body is the first step. Popular places for girls are on the lower back, between the shoulder blades and below the belly button. These positions seem to reflect the latest fashion as they can be easily covered up or put on show. Avoid having a tattoo on the upper chest or breast. Pregnancy or late age can cause the tattoo to stretch and become ruined.

Sexy girl tattoo designs are often butterflies, flowers, shooting stars, dolphins and cute fairies. Although it's exciting getting a tattoo, time should always be taken to pick a design. Hundreds of people have rushed in and just picked a design from the tattoo parlors books, to then find they don't really like it or their friend got the exact same design the day before.

By : Phie

Sailor Jerry and Sexy Pin Up Girl Tattoo

Born in 1911, and died in 1973, Jerry was a sailor for most of his lifetime. He resided in Hawaii, where he had access to the great mysticism of the far east... he kept in close contact with the Japanese tattoo masers, and learned much from them.

He practiced his early tattoo art during a period in tattoo history when only sailors, bikers and social deviants got tattoos. He elevated the art of tattoo to a new level of respectability, and perfected methods of sterilization. He referred to the other tattoo practitioners working in less sanitary conditions as "scab artists".

He is most famous for his girly tattoos, his demon tattoos, she-devils, etc. Jerry really perfected the concept of the pin up girl as the the supervixen that would lead a poor sailor down the path to his destruction. She, in combination with liquor, gambling and fast cars, would come to be known as "man's ruin".

Sailor Jerry mentored such modern day tattoo masters

as Ed Hardy, Cliff Raven and Mike Malone. Ed Hardy and Mike Malone inherited the rights to all of Jerry's tattoo flash art and tattoo drawings!

With the resurgence in popularity of old school tattoos, Jerry's vintage pinup girls have become iconic. There is a line of products sporting his images now.. from clothing, ashtrays and playing cards, to 92 proof rum! Talk about ubiquitous and iconic-- I even saw his rum the other day at Rite Aid drug store!

Stacy Lande is a Los Angeles based artist, and her pin up art is most often placed in the lowbrow catagory. Her book, THE RED BOX, from Last Gasp press, features introductions from Robert Williams and Frank Kozik. Stacy has had a lifelong obsession with pin up girls, and her erotic paintings explore the more allegorical side of pinups. Her subjects are femme fatales and devil girls, and her fascination with the succubus has prompted her work to be described as "predatory pinups". Stacy's paintings have been featured in magazine articles, notably Juxtapoz, Detour, and Hot Rod Deluxe; films, notably Gone in 60 Seconds starring Angelina Jolie and Nicholas cage; and art books, such as Weirdo Deluxe, from Chronicle Books, and Vicious, Delcious, and Ambitious, from Schiffer Books.

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Salwar kameez which also been called as shalwar qamwwz. This is traditional dress mostly been wear by Men in marriage function. Girls and Womens can also wear this dress. This is very common dress in Asia. Especially in India and Pakistan.

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who what where when why wednesday.

q:

what book are you reading right now? what's next? any books you absolutely loved?

a:

just finished two steve martin stories. shopgirl and the pleasure of my company.

{hated shopgirl the movie, loved the book. loved the pleasure of my company - another eerily relatable story about obsessive compulsive behavior...}

currently reading the alchemist

next - a more serious read - 1776.

And it Continues

Today there are several new developments regarding the Loan Documents. This morning we were waiting to hear from the Loan Specialist about the Gift Letter for the Down Payment on the loan. Normally that letter should be good enough, but we did send them the "wire" transfer document and was hoping this would suffice.. Well no surprise here they did not accept it and wanted a bank statement from Harry's bank. That was it.. we had hit a wall. There was no way of getting Harry's bank statement and I was hoping this wasn't going to be the thing that would make them decline the loan. After a few hours of major stress I asked Harry if he had an older bank statement and sure enough he had one that was over five years old. But it did have his name and account number on it and I was hoping this would be proof enough. So I made a PDF of it and sent it to our loan specialist.

Hours pass and I'm stressed out when I get an email informing me that the underwriter accepted the bank statement and that we have finally fulfilled all our requirements for the loan with one exception... they were having a problem verifying my employment. I immediately called my boss Darla and asked if she had been contacted, she said now. I contacted the loan specialist and she said they had been trying for two days to get a hold of her and left messages. I emailed my loan specialist and gave her Darla's cell phone and then got an email back informing me that they can't call cell phones. So I called my boss again and she said she hadn't gotten any message and gives me an alternate number. I tell her to stay at her desk and that I will let the loan specialist know and she'll call her now. So I did so and she called but said she left a message. I call Darla and she says she's calling the woman now. I finally get an email from my loan specialist informing that she had verified my employment and that everything is done and we should be hearing about our final approval either tonight or first thing tomorrow morning. Now we wait and see what happens. I don't want to get my hopes up.. I'm I can't help but get excited that we are almost done.

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