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I had always had the viewpoint that Tattoos were unsightly and ghastly to look at. A Tattoo conveyed that a person was either a "biker", "satanist" or just plain wrong. It wasn't till recently that I started noticing the beauty of some of the artwork inked on people's flesh. I then noticed that there was going to be a huge Tattoo show within the Star Wars Celebration V convention in Orlando that I was to attend in August 2010. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough money to spend on such a venture.
I returned home with a desire to look into the possibility of getting one locally. After watching 2 seasons of Inked on Netflix and talking with friends at work about their Tats- I went for it. My wife supported my decision and even my Mom did as well. My son just thinks I'm weird!!
I went to the local Tattoo salon to talk with them about me getting my first Ink. I met Sam, who I learned was a huge Star Wars nut like myself. It was going to be appropriate that he would be the one to apply the Tat.
Why did I choose the Mandalorian Mythosaur? It's representative of my love for Star Wars, love of Boba Fett and in honor of the Mandalorian Mercs costuming group of which I am about to join.
The pain of getting my first Tat was about an eight on a scale of 10. Of course, the pain was not constant. It even felt like a massage after awhile. I cocked back in the chair and relaxed, almost falling asleep. It took almost 2 hours to complete. After a week, the Tat started scabbing over which really grossed my wife out. Constant cleaning with an Anti-bacterial soap and application of moisturizing Lubriderm lotion has really helped.
I am very proud to have my Tattoo and have already begun plans for my second and third ones.
I am defiantly Inked till the end!!
I had known about the Republic Commando video games for some time and it really never appealed to me. I have enjoyed shoot em up games in the past, but have always strayed away from this particular title.
Several months ago, I had read just about every Star Wars title I own twice and borrowed the ones that I had not from friends- and was growing bored of the current selections. I have always chosen Jedi themed stories and novels because of my affinity for Jedi and their Order. It also has always lent a support to Jedi costuming that I so used to love and enjoy. But eventually boredom sent me looking in a new direction. I came across Hard Contact at the local library and was extremely intrigued. A shoot em up adventure story? Just what I needed!!
I want to include a short paragraph or two from the Wookipedia review, then give my own thoughts at the end.
Republic Commando: Hard Contact is a 293-page tie-in novel to the video game Star Wars: Republic Commando written by Karen Traviss. It tells the story of a squad of clone commandos on a mission to destroy a Separatist bioweapons lab. The commandos (Niner, Fi, Atin, and Darman) are aided by the Gurlanins Jinart and Valaqil, along with an inexperienced Padawan named Etain Tur-Mukan.
Four clone commandos; Niner, Darman, Fi and Atin; are united for the first time to form Omega Squad after the rest of their old squads were killed early in the Clone Wars. Meanwhile on Qiilura, JediPadawan Etain Tur-Mukan hides from the local warlord Ghez Hokan's militia after her master Kast Fulier was killed.
And that where it really gets interesting!! Karen Traviss really has a knack for writing believable characters who are showing emotions and thoughts that are totally what you would expect to see in that type of situation. I mean, here is the first time that Clones are written with deep emotional feelings. The kindred spirits that Omega squad becomes just sets up a thirst for what is to be shown in the next series of RC books.
I was instantly hooked when I finished this first in a series of 4 books and I went in search for the next in the series- Republic Commando:Triple Zero. Little did I know that it would attach me emotionally to a bunch of fictional Commandos and change the way that I wanted to costume forever...
I just love this picture taken on Pam's old cellphone. It just shows how awesome my son is!!
And as of April 22nd, he is now a yellow belt!!
I am so proud of Daniel!!
