I avoided posting any of this as it is a lot of personal info. But I have made a lot of friends here and there seems to be a lot of interest in it so I feel confident that my story should go over well with the people here. I originally only answered questions about it to my friends that PM'd me.Anyways, here we go: My head tattoo took 3 sittings. First sitting was the outline (which I can't find any pictures of for some reason) and took a couple hours. The second sitting (Dec 13, 2008) was all the heavy black, black shading, thickening the out line etc. and took 3 hours. The last sitting (May 2, 2009) was the color. That took a little over three hours. I had it done in three sittings because I couldn't sit there and have it all done in 8-9 hrs in one shot. I have a very high pain tolerance but not that high. On top of that I do not drink (going on two years sober) or smoke or do any type of drugs. The only pain releif I got was advil-which didn't help. And please ignore my ears as they are a little cauliflowered.
The reason I got it is kind of a long story so I will shorten it the best I can. About 4 years ago my house caught on fire. I tried to get all my animals out while the house was burning (I just couldn't leave them in there). Luckily I was the only one home. My wife who was pregnent at the time was at work (another blessing). At one point when I was in front of the closet something exploded and blew the fire on me. They flew me in a helicopter to the hospital (Crozer burn center, Philly) and I almost died. I was burned on over 52% of my body. Anyone who has been badly burned knows that the percentage of your burns is the percentage of if you live (I had a 48% chance). I had to learn to walk and eat again. They bannana bagged me when I got there because they knew I had a drinking problem (as my wife told them) and gave me meds and fluids and such to help me with the withdrawel. I came out of the hospital and had a few relapses where I would drink like at special occasions and such but now I don't ever drink (SUPER condensed version of this story).
I prayed and prayed to be able to stop drinking on my own to no avail (I tried just about everything). I honnestly beleive God gave me a TON of time to stop on my own. He IMHO answered my prayers with the house fire and gave me the help I needed to stop (as I could not stop on my own). Reason 1 for the angel and demon. I am a christian (although not always a very good one but I try) is reason for wanting the angel/demon (something religious). I incorporated mma in it as that is what I am into. I had the angel winning in the sense that the good is winning in me now (at least fighting for me). I got into a TON of trouble, mainly from the drinking. I am doing much better now. The angel demon fight also represents my good evil struggle that I have on a daily basis (as i am sure we all have, some like me have it more then others). Anyways, the tattoo is very meaningful to me and makes sense why I got it when I break it down.
On to the photo's:
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