View Full Version : Thinking about a tattoo...
CliffnMesquite
08-14-2010, 02:39 AM
I have been kicking around thi idea of getting a tattoo for a while now. I want to get one to celebrate the victory when I finally loose my weight. But I'm thinking of One sooner. I have a idea for a full moon with whispy clouds going past it with the Latin phrase "NOX NOCTIS EST MIA" under it.
This would symbolize to me my many many years of being a night owl. I have worked and mostly lived at night now for Thirty years. Plus it would look spooky and cool.
Wadda you think?
:)
Heisenberg
08-14-2010, 02:49 AM
That sounds pretty cool. You could also get an actual owl tatooed on you. Owls are nifty.
CliffnMesquite
08-14-2010, 03:13 AM
That sounds pretty cool. You could also get an actual owl tatooed on you. Owls are nifty.
I'm drawing it up. Incorporating an Owl on a branch. Thanks for the idea. :)
SaltwaterServr
08-14-2010, 03:40 AM
I like that phrase, a lot. Count me in with the group who's circadian rhythms are in the wrong polar hemisphere.
BraveHeartFan
08-14-2010, 04:59 AM
Hope it turns out really cool. Sounds like it will be.
Joe Rod
08-14-2010, 08:32 AM
There are a lot of pro and anti tattoo folks on this forum. Neither side is wrong because it is their body, their outlook. My outlook is that it is your body, do what makes you happy and many congrats on winning your fight with the weight.
justbob
08-14-2010, 09:01 AM
Why ----have you received head trauma recently;)
Joe Realist
08-14-2010, 09:08 AM
Check with Hostile. He was looking into getting a tattoo of the Cowboys 50th anniversary logo on a soccer ball.
rynochop
08-14-2010, 09:26 AM
'Planning' on a tattoo?? I thought that was something you did at 3 am, train wrecked drunk.
Bob Sacamano
08-14-2010, 09:30 AM
Check with Hostile. He was looking into getting a tattoo of the Cowboys 50th anniversary logo on a soccer ball.
he was gonna have buehler do it.
Hostile
08-14-2010, 10:06 AM
Check with Hostile. He was looking into getting a tattoo of the Cowboys 50th anniversary logo on a soccer ball.
he was gonna have buehler do it.Ya'll suck.
Cliff, our bodies are our temple. Graffiti on a temple just doesn't sound good to me. Why can't you have an artist draw you the picture and put it in your house in a prominent place? As others have said, it's your body, do as you wish. You don't need a tat to look tough or to appreciate the hard work you've done to lose the weight.
JMO, and I know some will hate that I shared again my distaste for tats.
CATCH17
08-14-2010, 11:18 AM
I've always wanted a tat but have yet to find anything I wanted on my body for the rest of my life so I'll probably never get one.
rynochop
08-14-2010, 12:24 PM
I've always wanted a tat but have yet to find anything I wanted on my body for the rest of my life so I'll probably never get one.
Same here...How many women wish they didnt go through with that lower back tatoo?
TheCount
08-14-2010, 12:25 PM
For those of us that don't speak latin, what does the phrase mean?
I'm open to the idea of a tat but like Catch, haven't found anything I'd want etched on my body forever.
CowboyFan74
08-14-2010, 12:26 PM
Just get a dog man, you can always kill it if it pisses you off..:p:
ZeroClub
08-14-2010, 12:28 PM
Ya'll suck.
Cliff, our bodies are our temple. Graffiti on a temple just doesn't sound good to me. Why can't you have an artist draw you the picture and put it in your house in a prominent place? As others have said, it's your body, do as you wish. You don't need a tat to look tough or to appreciate the hard work you've done to lose the weight.
JMO, and I know some will hate that I shared again my distaste for tats.
That's a great suggestion. Not for Cliff, necessarily, but in general. I haven't thought of it in that way before.
Hoofbite
08-14-2010, 12:48 PM
I found a tattoo I want to get.
It's an ambigram of a friends name who passed away years ago..
Right side up the tattoo says his first name, upside down the tattoo says his last name.
Here's the site where I got the idea.
http://www.wowtattoos.com/
Well, I got the idea when I saw a tattoo that Method Man has on his forearm.
Right side up it says "Life" and upside down it says "Death".
Thought it was pretty cool and wanted to see if it could be done with anything. Used the generator on that site to see if it was possible and in a lot of cases it can be done.
I studied latin for a few years... "Mia" is not a latin word, I'm pretty sure. Unless it's some ecclesiastical Latin (I studied classical).
If you're trying to say "the night is mine", it's "Nox noctis est mei"
If you really want to get creative, you could work in the word "abnocto", which is a verb that literraly means "to stay out all night". Make sure you get the right conjugation though. Talk to a Latin professor or something; trust me, they've got nothing better to do.
Hostile
08-14-2010, 02:28 PM
That's a great suggestion. Not for Cliff, necessarily, but in general. I haven't thought of it in that way before.If it means something to someone, why cover it up? That's exactly what clothes normally do. So you make a statement (a purpose of tats I am told) when naked? Big damned deal.
I have a friend who is a Broncos fan. He has their logo on his arm. I told him, it's a shame to put it on such a scrawny arm.
If it was on his wall, I doubt I'd be dissing his pipes.
Bob Sacamano
08-14-2010, 03:37 PM
If it means something to someone, why cover it up? That's exactly what clothes normally do. So you make a statement (a purpose of tats I am told) when naked? Big damned deal.
I have a friend who is a Broncos fan. He has their logo on his arm. I told him, it's a shame to put it on such a scrawny arm.
If it was on his wall, I doubt I'd be dissing his pipes.
:laugh2:
DallasCowpoke
08-14-2010, 04:08 PM
"NOX NOCTIS EST MIA"
Wadda you think?
I think you're gonna feel really foolish, when someone points out that that phrase doesn't make any sense.
UnoDallas
08-14-2010, 10:47 PM
Ya'll suck.
Cliff, our bodies are our temple. Graffiti on a temple just doesn't sound good to me. Why can't you have an artist draw you the picture and put it in your house in a prominent place? As others have said, it's your body, do as you wish. You don't need a tat to look tough or to appreciate the hard work you've done to lose the weight.
JMO, and I know some will hate that I shared again my distaste for tats.
agreed Hos
I have never given it a 2nd thought to get one
UnoDallas
08-14-2010, 10:48 PM
Same here...How many women wish they didnt go through with that lower back tatoo?
what the TRAMP STAMP
how else would we know they are easy
:laugh1:
CliffnMesquite
08-14-2010, 11:33 PM
Interesting reactions from the board. Lot's of pondering ahead.
Temo, thanks for the correction. I had the spelling right but misspelled it here. (It's correct on the slip in my wallet) And the war with my weight is far from over. But as someone once said "It's not the beginning of the end. But perhaps it's the end of the beginning"...
;)
MarionBarberThe4th
08-14-2010, 11:47 PM
I think thats cool and I dont get the objection.
Its like a reward for yourself and also can be motivation to keep going. B/C you dont want to be rocking the "yay you did it" tat and still be huge
MarionBarberThe4th
08-15-2010, 12:02 AM
I found a tattoo I want to get.
It's an ambigram of a friends name who passed away years ago..
Right side up the tattoo says his first name, upside down the tattoo says his last name.
Here's the site where I got the idea.
http://www.wowtattoos.com/
Well, I got the idea when I saw a tattoo that Method Man has on his forearm.
Right side up it says "Life" and upside down it says "Death".
Thought it was pretty cool and wanted to see if it could be done with anything. Used the generator on that site to see if it was possible and in a lot of cases it can be done.
Cool site
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/4979/rgiroigjreigjneir.png
Payton34Smith22
08-15-2010, 08:56 AM
I found a tattoo I want to get.
It's an ambigram of a friends name who passed away years ago..
Right side up the tattoo says his first name, upside down the tattoo says his last name.
Here's the site where I got the idea.
http://www.wowtattoos.com/
Well, I got the idea when I saw a tattoo that Method Man has on his forearm.
Right side up it says "Life" and upside down it says "Death".
Thought it was pretty cool and wanted to see if it could be done with anything. Used the generator on that site to see if it was possible and in a lot of cases it can be done.
That's a great site!
:cool:
SA_Gunslinger
08-15-2010, 08:39 PM
I'm definitely working on my next tattoo idea. It's going to be day of the dead related.
SaltwaterServr
08-16-2010, 02:36 AM
For those of us that don't speak latin, what does the phrase mean?
I'm open to the idea of a tat but like Catch, haven't found anything I'd want etched on my body forever.
Bad translation but I think it means "the night belongs to us"
ologan
08-16-2010, 06:28 AM
Bad translation but I think it means "the night belongs to us"
Salty, if you are from SA,you must have gone to parochial schools at one time?
Sam I Am
08-16-2010, 02:30 PM
That sounds pretty cool. You could also get an actual owl tatooed on you. Owls are nifty.
I'm drawing it up. Incorporating an Owl on a branch. Thanks for the idea. :)
Here ya go. All drawn up for you. :laugh2:
http://www.thedailygreen.com/cm/thedailygreen/images/owl-tattoo-lg.jpg
Sam I Am
08-16-2010, 02:31 PM
Same here...How many women wish they didnt go through with that lower back tatoo?
You mean the Tramp Stamp. :laugh2: (thats what my wife calls them)
heres one that was at a recent oxnard practice. its not me.
http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af59/photosforCZ/tattoo.jpg (http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af59/photosforCZ/tattoo.jpg)
TheCount
08-16-2010, 05:55 PM
heres one that was at a recent oxnard practice. its not me.
[/URL][URL="http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af59/photosforCZ/tattoo.jpg"]http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af59/photosforCZ/tattoo.jpg (http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af59/photosforCZ/tattoo.jpg)
I don't even like wearing player jerseys, you'd have to pay me a whole lot of money to get a corporate logo tattooed on my body.
What's he gonna do when the Cowboys win another Super Bowl?
What's he gonna do when the Cowboys win another Super Bowl?
i am guessing thats why he had his head shaved in anticipation of that happening THIS YEAR !
BIGDen
08-17-2010, 07:19 PM
How about MarionBarberThe4th's avatar? It could serve as a reminder of what you have sacrificed. Of course, if you have a weak moment, you might bite it...
I'm sorry. I'm an insensitive jerk :o: . Good luck with your weight loss!
SA_Gunslinger
08-17-2010, 10:44 PM
heres one that was at a recent oxnard practice. its not me.
http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af59/photosforCZ/tattoo.jpg (http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/af59/photosforCZ/tattoo.jpg)
wow, that is truly incredible. absolutely awesome. the only thing that sucks about that tattoo is......where is he gonna put the 6th championship?
:starspin
Hoofbite
08-17-2010, 10:46 PM
wow, that is truly incredible. absolutely awesome. the only thing that sucks about that tattoo is......where is he gonna put the 6th championship?
:starspin
Probably on top of that bald melon.
CliffnMesquite
08-17-2010, 11:34 PM
Here ya go. All drawn up for you. :laugh2:
http://www.thedailygreen.com/cm/thedailygreen/images/owl-tattoo-lg.jpg
That's a bit much...
:eek:
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