Body Decor Tattoo & Piercing (Heeren)

One thing GC’s gotta say about the Tattoo scene in $ingapurr, there sure is an inordinate amount of bitching & backstabbing going on.

Hisk says it’s all due to the lads of Miami Ink, but frankly, all that the series proved is that it’s a worldwide phenomena.

I can’t be arsed to go into all the details, but suffice to say that due to the machinations of a certain arsehole, Richard pulled out of the studio that was named for his granpaw, & moved his base of operations o’er to Body Decor @ The Heeren.

I felt pretty pissed off about the whole thing, but Richard was rather philosophical about it, & I guess he’s much happier now. After all, he no longer has to put up with the proverbial **** that an aforementioned bugger’s been heaping on his platter.

At any rate, after a 4 year hiatus, GC’s finally gotten inked again!

What with the Tattoo Showcase @ Sentosa last year, Richard’s been solidly booked for months ahead at a time, but lucky for old GC, we’s a wee bit tighter than that, so he managed to squeeze me in yesterday.

There was a fair bit of panic initially, what with the shop’s computer refusing to install the fonts I wanted (I should’ve brought my laptop along), but through some quirk of fate, HP (the resident Piercer) managed to pull off a miracle.

The font I (i.e. the Missus) ultimately chose (way ahead, of course) was a combination of Blackletter Medici Text & Victorian Text, which is available for free @ Dieter Steffmann @ typOasis. Hisk commented that it was kinda clichéd, but GC maintains that there ain’t no school like the Old School.

The Missus was kinda jealous that I wasn’t getting her name inked as well.

But for you guys out there with kids & a penchant for getting inked, maybe you’d understand where I’m coming from.

Blood of my blood.

Well, I’m busy healing right now, & I swear that the new set of tatts are fockin’ sweet. No doubt I was charged pretty steep (as a matter of fact, I estimated the cost to the dollar), but a good tatt is priceless.

I only hope that it ain’t gonna be another 4 years to my next one.