For Christmas I decided that I would give my girlfriend the tattoo session that I had booked for last Saturday. She had been wanting to get some work done for a long time and I really wanted to give her something that was meaningful and that she would have forever (and beats the shit out of jewelery... plus she won't be able to pawn it)
When we got to the shop and explained that I was not intending to be under the gun today my artist got a little upset... it turns out that he had drawn up a new piece for me and was really excited about it.
So he suggested doing us both!
Behold the new tall ship on my left inner fore arm!
(Banner to be filled in at a later date...Once I come up with something...)
We also had some discussions about future pieces to go on the other side of the arm and some filler up into the armpit... but I'll post those pics once I am wearing them...
In Other Happenings:
I just saw Tron: Legacy starring Jeff Bridges on the weekend. It was my first foray into the world of 3D film, and I did not hate it as much as I anticipated that I would.
The movie itself was pretty enjoyable. I enjoyed the story and the visual effects were very good. Even though it was my first 3D movie it seemed like they could have done more with it. This makes me happy because the movie will be as enjoyable to watch on a television as it was in the theater. Hollywood is doing a lot right now that I do not approve of as a fan of film in general. This new fangled 3D is merely at the tip of the iceberg since it has not yet permeated into every single motion picture that is being made right now... hopefully it will disappear into the ether before this trend reaches any further. The other major issue I have with the current generation of Hollywood films is the digitization of movies and the recolouring of every frame in the movie. The abomination that is known as Orange and Teal (link for further explanation).
But getting back to the movie:
Tron Legacy brought us back to the 'Grid' and explored what has been happening over the last 30ish years since we left it back in 1982 (at which point most of the cast was not yet born...) Flynn (Bridges) has managed to get himself stuck inside his tabletop PC for the last 27 years, and his son is lured inside by an evil, younger, and leaner Bridges. To accomplish this the producers digitally scanned Jeff Bridges' likeness into a PC and used reverse aging software to turn the clock backwards. This combined with a much more fit body double equals a younger version of the man himself, which brings me to my next point: Lets start scanning the heads of actors living and dead! We could exhume Bogey, reverse age him... or better yet skip the reverse aging, and make an all zombie remake of Casablanca! We could reverse age Clint Eastwood and everybody would get a lot more bang for their buck in Cowboys and Aliens...
Aside form Daft Punk's soundtrack my favorite part of the movie was Jeff Bridges channeling 'The Big Lebowski' virtually all movie long.Quote: "You're messing with my Zen thing, Man."
What better line for The Dude?
I half expected him to say "Hey you mind if I do a J?" during the dinner scene... In fact, I'm pretty sure thats where he disappeared to at the end of that scene.
Also, who could not like a brunette Olivia Wilde?
