hibernation is the way to go

[geekchick]

Today is Prickle-Prickle, day 7 in the season of The Aftermath, 3167.

Wildly appropriate, that is.

I want to put on my footie pajamas and curl up in bed with my cat and a big stack of difficult books and a mountain of stuffed animals and some lentil stew and not come out again until the spring. This is going to be a very long winter; normally I wouldn't be feeling this way until December or January. Need to devote some healing energy to myself instead of stressing about...stuff. And things. Lots of talking today. Answers not what I was hoping to hear, but better than being left wondering and imagining.

I need another tattoo. For much the same reason as I needed the original. Unfortunately the design I had in mind is similar (but at least not identical) to the design someone else just mentioned wanting as their next ink - a phoenix. Its flight has been said to represent the capacity to leave the world and its problems behind, flying towards the sun in clear pure skies. If only...

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Re: and now for something completely cheezy....

[geekchick]

Heehee. =)

Just so long as we don't go out wearing identical outfits. I suspect that I'll instead end up with something pretty and non-symbolic of anything like the one on my back, since the big problem for me with the phoenix idea is that I'm not really so into the idea of lots of red and yellow ink. ;)

Re: and now for something completely cheezy....

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Must they be red and yellow? I'm no expert, but I could swear I've seen pictures of phoenixes that were blue, orange and green.

Re: and now for something completely cheezy....

[geekchick]

I've always seen them represented in red and gold, flame colored (not that I'm any sort of expert either, of course). If I were to go with colors I'd actually really like, I'd rather have a peacock in blues and greens down my calf. But that's not the best of all possible ideas.