Tattoos on a chilly day
Today I went out to the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona for the winter edition of the Body Art Expo. I go to all the local tattoo conventions. I have a whole circle of friends there that I see nowhere else.
Today was a beautiful day, but chilly by SoCal standards. For a tattoo convention, this is a Bad Thing. The whole idea is to be warm and comfy so that everyone can show off their decorated skins. And that all breaks down when it’s cold.
Nevertheless, I soldiered on. I saw a bunch of my tattoo friends there, which was fun. I also met a woman with a trained rat on her shoulder. She said that it was a ’service rat’ that would alert her to impending seizures. The rat had a little leash with a tag that identifed him as a service animal. That was the first time I’ve ever seen a non-dog service animal.
God’s Girls had a booth there. My friend Erica models for them. She wasn’t there, but I stopped in and talked to them a bit, so I thought I’d put in a plug for them here.
It was a fun day. I took some pictures. I visited with friends. Pictures are in my tattoo conventions gallery.
January 14th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
Hopefully the convention was indoors!
Yep, there are service monkeys, pigs, and apparently rats! Cool!
January 15th, 2007 at 7:49 am
I love the rat service animal! How cool!
I hope the tattoos weren’t put too off-kilter by all of the goosebumps.
April 19th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
“I’m a cynical optimist. Christian agnostic. Sarcastic by default.” (quote: Erica)
Your friend is a new member to the cult of sarcasm. I think she should develop a little more before attempting to WOW us with her wordage. (B-O-R-E).
I really don’t mean to be an a**. Your family website is so nice and sincere, it’s a letdown to follow a link found within your ’sites to a boring end, or some pay-per-use porn chat.
Hope you don’t take that the wrong way,
jenny