{"id":425,"date":"2023-07-17T18:51:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T22:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/?p=425"},"modified":"2023-07-18T08:31:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T12:31:33","slug":"tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/2023\/07\/17\/tattoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tattoo!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I got my tattoo today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I ended up going with a design my artist mother-in-law<\/a> sketched. Despite my misgivings about the pink ribbon, it really says it all. People see it and immediately know what it represents. But my version is a little different, with a classic Ellen flower touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I opted for my outer forearm, because I didn\u2019t want the tattoo in a super obvious place, nor did I want it to be too obscured. Just like my deafness, breast cancer is one part of my identity, not all of it. Plus, this location is already scarred from a 2000 accident (and maybe it wouldn\u2019t hurt as much).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were in and out in under half an hour. The actual tattooing only took 5-10 minutes. Aaron commented afterwards that he could tell the artist, Lauren, was experienced. She had a super steady hand and gave the design some dimension. Yes, it hurt, but it was fast!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Lisa,<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Pink<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As I told Lauren, I wanted something external to commemorate the shitty year I\u2019ve had and how it\u2019s changed me. In its own way, it also advocates for breast cancer awareness. I mean, getting \u201cCheck your tatas\u201d would have been more direct, but not as aesthetically pleasing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got my tattoo today! I ended up going with a design my artist mother-in-law sketched. Despite my misgivings about the pink ribbon, it really says it all. People see it and immediately know what it represents. But my version is a little different, with a classic Ellen flower touch. I opted for my outer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions\/430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inmyhead.com\/wordpress\/fcancer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}