#48 pretty crazy

script & location

I bopped down 6th avenue after work last night and had this text tattoo inked by Daniel at Ink City Tattoo, Decatur AL. lol..I felt a touch disloyal not going to Blue Rose, but had decided to get a small piece from a local shop since I'm living in Decatur now.(For big creative work, Greg Ross remains my artist of choice!) btw, Ink City is where Greg used to work before he opened his own shop in Huntsville, and he still does tats for/on several of the artists there.

I had been looking at my steampunk portrait and noticed the curve of blank space next to the bee at the crook of my elbow. Bingo. :) Its similar to the lowercase h on my hand, but is an original font. I wanted the writing to fit the words, designed to look decorative as well as a little off kilter. fyi: as inked, the letter "r" is altered just a bit from the style as written here, so they won't be as easily misread as being the letter "v".

B.'s most frequent term of endearment is to call me his "pretty girl", but sometimes he also (just as affectionately) refers to me as a "pretty crazy girl"-- to which he'll futher tease about if the phrase in use contains a comma or not, as in "pretty, crazy" or just "pretty crazy". :)

I've actually thought about a "crazy" text tattoo before, but it's only B. who has gotten me to accept the "pretty". Now it is a part of me.

under consideration

Sept. 5, 2010 Norris Dam 50k, Knoxvillle TN
Oct. 2, 2010 Stumpjump 50k, Chatanooga TN
Oct. 16, 2010 Nashville Ultra 50M, Nashville TN
Nov. 20, 2010 Dizzy 50's 50M, Huntsville AL or the 50K portion done back-to-back with..
Nov. 21, 2010 Flying Monkey Marathon 26.2M, Nashville TN
Dec. 10, 2010 Rocket City Marathon 26.2M, Huntsville AL
or Dec. 18, 2010 Lookout Mountain 50M, Chattanooga TN.
Dec. 31, 2010 Recover from the Holidays 50k, Huntsville, AL
Jan. 22, 2011 Mountain Mist 50k, Hunstville AL
Feb. ? 2011 Black Warrior 50k, Moulton, AL

all as training and in preparation for:

March 4,5,6, Rouge-Orleans 125M, Baton Rouge LA
www.rougeorleans.com/Rouge-Orleans/Home_Page.html

Uhhhh..yes, that's not a typo: 125 MILES.

Why?
-point to point route (not loops)
-mostly unpaved paths (like delano park)
-FLAT
-average March temps between 50-70F
-could do solo or as part of a team relay
-just kind of like the idea of running to New Orleans for Mardi Gras :)