BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE!

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I'm sitting in the 'Great Room' of my parent's new house. I am full of meaty foods, and am very content!

I got a call from Canman and he informed me that one of my appointments cancelled. I was disappointed...but only for a second. He then informed me that I picked up a few other appointments in place of that one.
I wrote them all down, but my list is in my jacket pocket. My jacket pocket resides allllllll the way across the room. I am warm, comfortable, and content, so I'm not moving. Off the top of my head, I will have a Jesus portrait with some lettering, a traditional rose, a star with music notes, a fairy, a small tribal, and some tear drops. I am expecting that there will be walk-ins, so I suppose my schedule will be plenty busy.
My brother will be dropping me off at BWI tomorrow. I am really nervous about the airport. I'm looking forward to the flight, but I'm expecting difficulties checking my luggage. I have to make up a bunch of notes for the baggage inspectors. Of all things, I am concerned that they are going to fuck with my inks. Canman called me a few weeks ago, and he gave me the skinny about the whole flying thing. He had just returned from San Fran when we spoke. He said he's had inspectors open bottles of ink and dump them all over the place, right in front of him! He also said they have bitched up some power supplies from their less-than-gentle baggage handling practices, inks splattered all over the place, locks broken off, and equipment ripped apart within his bags. Apparently, they go through your bags even after they 'check' them. Since you aren't around, they pretty much have their way with your luggage. Kind of like luggage rape. I will be making a list and checking inventory prior to and after my flight.

Let's see, what else...Did some shopping today with momz. We have fun together when we are out. Most people say they can't stand their mom or that they hate their mom. I guess we have a much better level of communication and appreciation for each other. She does live a little in the past, but other than that, she doesn't hold grudges or pass judgements in lieu of a person's appearance, lifestyle, etc. She is a very generous and compassionate person, indeed.
OH YEA! I got to see a Car-B-Q last night. It was on the 695 ramp last night, and it was kind of scary and intense. It appeared the driver lost control for whatever reason, slammed into the jersey wall (over a bridge none-the-less), and the whole front end of the car went up in flames. I am unsure whether or not the driver was still inside. There were no people around except for one man waving his arms to alert other drivers to slow down/get out of the lane. I'm not sure what kind of car it was, but it looked older. I was in the left lane, and couldn't swing very far into the right lane to get around the Car-B-Q. I had to snake a few feet past the wreck. It looked bad, very very bad, and I feel for whomever the driver and/or passangers were.
I made it through 695 traffic insanity, and hung out with Joe for about an hour or so last night. It was good to see him. He needs to bring his ass up this way next! Though I enjoy driving and visiting Baltimore, it's nice to be the host from time to time. There's a lot of fun stuff going on up in H-burg, and I plan on being able to keep my guests entertained during their stay.

For some reason, I thought about B. Marcus the other day. I still think about her every so often. The thought of her death is still upsetting for me, but not in a grieving sense. Skip's death was the same way for a while...almost as if there was a force saying "This happened so that something greater may happen, but you won't know why for a while." I look back on history, and Skip's death prompted me to be a tattoo artist. Actually, it was more of that final push that set the stone in motion. I know I will have closure one day. In the meantime, it makes me grateful to have had such encouragement from so many people, and I am especially thankful for the generousity of Fate. THANK YOU, FATE!
Hee Hee! Ok that's enough gooey mushy love stuff for a bit, I think it's time for some sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEeeeeeeep. Have a great night/morning e'rybody!!