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sabineEvery time I go to a belly dance event, I start wanting tattoos. Lots of them. The problem has always been that I'm so indecisive that I couldn't think of something that I really want on my body forever.
I finally figured it out, though. Unfortunately, the realities of biochemistry make it impossible.
My idea was to get a double helix of DNA and set up the color coded base pairs to spell out my kids' names in amino acid abbreviation. Totally me, right? The problem is that there are no amino acids with single letter abbreviations for J, O, or X. Damn and blast!
So then I was thinking maybe just initials, since E, W, and A are all valid choices. And then I was thinking that D, A, N, C, and E all exist. Not sure where I'd put this - maybe twining around my calf or across a shoulder. Not sure at all.
But just getting serotonin or caffeine etched somewhere on my skin would also be pretty boss. I mean, I love the lotuses, other flowers, tribaly bold designs, and such, but way deep down, I'm SUCH a nerd that plain old pretty doesn't seem to work with my personality.
A line drawing of a phoenix with purple wings and crimson flames would also be awesome. Just saying.
I finally figured it out, though. Unfortunately, the realities of biochemistry make it impossible.
My idea was to get a double helix of DNA and set up the color coded base pairs to spell out my kids' names in amino acid abbreviation. Totally me, right? The problem is that there are no amino acids with single letter abbreviations for J, O, or X. Damn and blast!
So then I was thinking maybe just initials, since E, W, and A are all valid choices. And then I was thinking that D, A, N, C, and E all exist. Not sure where I'd put this - maybe twining around my calf or across a shoulder. Not sure at all.
But just getting serotonin or caffeine etched somewhere on my skin would also be pretty boss. I mean, I love the lotuses, other flowers, tribaly bold designs, and such, but way deep down, I'm SUCH a nerd that plain old pretty doesn't seem to work with my personality.
A line drawing of a phoenix with purple wings and crimson flames would also be awesome. Just saying.
