My first tattoo was a tiger on my left ankle. I sat outside the tattoo shop everyday for almost a year looking at the flash through the windows. For my 18th birthday everyone asked what I wanted so I asked for money. I went down to the shop and the owner said "finally 18" I told him what I wanted and ended up not only with a tattoo but with a receptionist job. I was told I showed such dedication being out there everyday looking in and waiting that he would love to have that kind of dedication in a person working in his shop.

My next tattoo will be of my dad's dog tags, the years he was in Vietnam, and Semper Fi.