Tattoodles

I need help figuring out where I'm going to get my tattoo.

First it was a matter of what I wanted to get. The choices came down to either a turtle or a film reel. In the end I decided that a film reel would be the best at this point in my life. Now I just need to figure out where I'm getting this body art done. Here are a few criteria for where I want it to end up (maybe someone out there can give me their opinion about this):

- this is a personal decision to get a tattoo. I'm not getting one 'because everyone else is doing it' or whatever. I want to get this done because it's personal to me and because of this, I don't want it to be something people notice about me right away.
- With regards to the first criteria, I want to get it some place that is not going to be noticeable all the time, so the arm is definitely out of the question. I would like it to be someplace that will be noticeable when I wear a bathing suit.
- I want to get it someplace that is not going to change drastically over the years. I considered getting it on my hip, but if I ever get pregnant (or get fat) than it will stretch and be all funny/creepy looking.

Right now I'm considering getting it on my ankle or on my lower back. Now I know that lots of girls get tattoos on their lower backs, but I want mine to be more unique, so I would get a film reel on one side of the spine and have the film strip stretch over the spine to the other. Now that I think about it, it would be cool to get it going down the spine (to my nursing friends, I don't care whether or not I can have an epidural later.) If it were on the ankle I would get it wrapping around like an anklet.

Well, if anyone has an opinion that fits my criteria that I haven't thought of yet, let me know.

And yes I know I posted one of these earlier, but it's not specifically the download of the day, but the download of each post (once again, the alliteration got to me.)

Kyla's Download of the Day

"I'm Still Standing"

(By Elton John)

Why Chosen: This song represents independence and getting over all the bad stuff that has happened and moving on with your life in a strong and beautiful way. I feel that this has been my life in the past little while, in more ways than one.

Here is the part that stuck out to me the most:

And did you think this fool could never win

Well look at me, I'm coming back again

I got a taste of love in a simple way

And if you need to know while I'm still standing you just fade away

Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did

Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid

I'm still standing after all this time

Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind