so the tattoo bug bit again, and i finally got my rib tat that i've been working up to for years. she's a lot bigger than i at first anticipated, but it was love at first sight, and as soon as i saw her i knew... she's the one for me! that's right, i'm in love with a mermaid. she's my first multiple sitting tattoo, i feel like i'm losing my virginity all over again.

 

for me, there really is no significance behind a mermaid, except that my sister drew the original and i thought she looked awesome enough to make into a tattoo. so i let my artist loose on her, and couldn't be happier with the result. so thanks to eryn for the original, and thanks to leroy for marking me for life!

 

now, my mermaid's no sissy ariel figure like the little mermaid (ok, i might be little, but my tattoo's huge!). mermaid legends have been around since the assyrians, and that's a damn long time for them to have been wandering the oceans and singing sailors to their death. during shipwrecks, mermaids would pretend to rescue sailors but actually squeeze them to death and steal their souls. so i gues ariel got that part right when she tried to rescue prince whatever... only, she's not supposed to fall in love with him. eh well. that's disney for you.