I have 1 piercing in my left ear. LOL....yeah, typical and boring.
I have three tattoos, each one has a story.
The first tat is a pink triangle (point down) with celtic knots on either side. I have always liked the design of celtic knots, so that's why I picked them. The pink triangle dates back to World War II. When Hitler had his death camps, prisoners wore uniforms with symbols on them, the symbols represented why they were there. Gay men had a pink triangle on the uniform. Hitler killed around 100,000 gay men in his camps.
The second tat is a series of 3 Chinese kanji characters. I got them when I reached the midpoint of my diet/weight loss plan. I had managed to drop 55 pounds at that point. From top to bottom, they say "Pride", "Strength", "Endurance".
The third tat is two cowboy hats, side by side. In December of 2005 I saw the movie "Brokeback Mountain", and was so hit by it, that I joined an online forum for fans of the movie. In August of 2006, we had our first "Brokie Gathering" and 85 of us met face to face for the first time. Members came from Finland, Italy, Netherlands, UK, Australia, Canada, and all over the US, meeting for an extended weekend in Texas.
Since then, there have been multiple meets all over the US, Canada, and Europe.
I wanted a tat to represent all the great things that happened to me because of this film. I got the two hats which are the colors that the two cowboys wear in the film. They are in the positions they they appear on the movie poster.
I want to get a 4th (and final) tattoo on my shoulder blade. I'll get it when I reach my weight loss goal of dropping 110 pounds in total. It will be of a runner breaking through the finish line tape.