Eat Cake for Breakfast (then work it out): New Tattoo

Lately I have been narrowing down my ideas for a new tattoo. I really, really want Ryan and I to get tattoos together. His cons are a) he'll either regret it later, or b) he will become obsessed and end up with a whole sleeve. (The latter would be fine with me. I think sleeves are pretty hot on men.)

Originally I wanted to get a quote somewhere. I only have the one tattoo on my foot and I love it. I wish I would have had it placed more along the outside than the top, but it was my first one and honestly I was intimidated to tell the guy to change it. Fast forward three years and I ain't scared of shit. :o)-

So when I thought of all the quotes I love, it turns out that they are mostly about love. That's fine but I feel like my foot tattoo was already devoted to my marriage and I really don't want another about that. The quotes I like also would make sense when we have kids so I think I'll hold off until then and then get one. These are some that I liked though.

First up- Galileo. This quote is absolutely beautiful to me and it also makes sense to go along with one of my favorite books, "The Passage" by Justin Cronin. In "The Passage", citizens 100 years later after a vampire outbreak live in fear of the dark because that is when the virals attack. When the group finds a safe place they are able to see the stars and are amazed at all they have lived without seeing. However, if I'm completely honest- I'm scared to death of the dark. Freakin' terrified. I won't go down to the basement at night because I'm scared of the power going out while I'm gone; I broke my toe the first time by ramming into the bed leg running into bed in the dark (I ~~was~~ am scared of what's beneath the bed); I hate, hate, HATE taking the dogs out in the dark, etc, etc. So this tattoo is probably out.

Second contender- e.e. cummings' i carry your heart. I have always found this poem breathtakingly beautiful. My favorite lines are:
here is the deepest secret that nobody knows
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
Once again, there is a reference to the stars. Maybe I'm onto something here.

Now THIS is one of my absolute favorites. "You have been in every line I have ever read". It's from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. This is the paragraph in its entirety.
"You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read...to the last hour of my life, you cannot choose but remain part of my character, part of the little good in me, part of the evil.” - Charles Dickens (Great Expectations)
This would be perfect anytime as well. I enjoy spending hours of my life reading.

Alice in Wonderland lines. Definitely not my style and I'm not a huge AIW fan, but the quote is fantastic.

One of my other absolute favorite ideas for a new tattoo involves watercolor. I would love to have some color in my next tattoo. I probably would end up choosing my favorite flowers to be included. A lot of these remind me of Monet and he was my favorite artist to study during my World Art electives I took in college.

In no particular order: