#dal's face

[dalniente]

First pic still fresh, second one fully healed! I have been trying to think of a Lord of the Rings tattoo for years, with no success until I saw this piece and said "Oh!!!" out loud. I am delighted with how it turned out!! @chechula, thank you so much for letting me do this 💙 your art is so lovely!

Sarah Zeller at Leaf and Arrow Tattoo in York, PA USA did the whole thing in only four hours. She made a few small changes to "translate" it from paper to skin, but I think it works just as well this way :D An excellent experience and I hope to see her again in the future!

[dalniente]

Dal, are you able to lick your elbow with your incredible long tongue?

most unfortunately not :( the angle i have to hold my head at in relation to my shoulder to get my shoulder near my face creates a lot of tension, and it doesn't permit me to stick my tongue out far enough.

interestingly, i can't touch my tongue to my nose, either-- really all i can do is stick it out real far, and even that's not a given, since i can't do that if my shoulder/neck is weird! what i suspect is happening is that my tongue is actually a fairly normal length, i just seem to be able to push it way farther out of my mouth than most folks 🤷 as soon as i try to move it a direction other than "down," i start struggling.

i am very good at "down," though!

[dalniente]

friends! look i got a new toy! :D

i love it i love it i love it aaaaaaaa

[dalniente]

i have a different chronotype than what is typically compatible with the corporate USAmerican 9 to 6 job, so unless i force myself to go to bed at what is (to me) an unconscionably early hour, i frequently have trouble waking up in the morning.

the past few mornings, Soup Cat has begun his day by walking all over my upper body DEMANDING to be petted and cuddled with both hands, and complaining loudly when i doze off. sometimes he lies down as if he's going to snooze for a bit, but he's usually up again in a couple minutes.

i really hope this trend continues, because what it pretty much means is i get to be annoyed awake in the most adorable way i can imagine. i struggle into consciousness cuddling a purring and extremely vocal kitten. it's great.

behold the best alarm clock ever, shown in snooze mode because it's the only time he ever stops fucking moving.

[dalniente]

somewhat blurry dal and snek! a clown noodle, a good banana child. his speckles are starting to come in and he was much less shy this handling session.

[dalniente]

NEW HAIRS

[dalniente]

today i gave myself Blood Thing teeth :D

maybe not the best thing to do at the office but it's me and like 4 other people here so i don't caaaaare

[dalniente]

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you? 21. obsession from childhood? 31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

4: A pleasure to have in class, because I was quiet and terrified of conflict. “A pleasure to have in class,” almost universally. The exception was my second-grade teacher, who was convinced I was cheating at math because I couldn’t show my work. Look, Mrs. Kambic, I do not know how to explain to you why 9 x 3 is 27. It. just. is. That is just what the answer is.

(NOW, of course, I would say two nines is 18, and then you pull 2 off the third 9 and add that to the 18 and you’re left with 20 and 7 and that’s 27 and I don’t know how else to explain this to you, you asshole.)

21: The Lord of the Rings. Holy shit. You would not believe.

31: Ooooo, I will edit this post to add a picture!