Academy Ink (original) (raw)
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
9:32 pm
[tokbakali]
Name: Tokbakali
Field: Linguistic Anthropology
Institution: University of Colorado (on fellowship at Yale)
Number of tattoos: about 24 hours total or 5ish
Number of piercings: 3 (not counting the lobes), my left conch is stretched to a double 0, my upper right ear, and my nose
Picture(s) of your tattoo(s):
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
10:57 pm
[melebeth]
Intro Post Name: Elizabeth
Field: Public Health/Women's Health
Institution: SUNY Downstate Medical Center (faculty)
Number of tattoos: 1 (with one planned)
Number of piercings: 1
Number of scarifications: 1
Tattoo: Trinity knot of branches wrapped with vines on my right bicep. 6 layers of symbolism all of which only mean things to me :). The branches wrapped with vines will also be a principle component of my new tattoo which is still in the planning stage.
Scarification: Vine on my left bicep. It's what I used to sign my name with growing up, because my initials are ERB and I'm fascinated by herbalism
Piercing : navel ring. My first and only metal. nothing I've gotten since has been willing to heal.
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
9:39 pm
[goth_o_bot]
Hi My name is Carrie and I work for Western Kentucky University as a part time English instructor and I am the Assistant Director of ESLI (English as a Second Language International) here at WKU. I have a masters degree in English/TESOL. I only have 2 tattoos right now, but I've picked out my next one that I will most likely get this Fall sometime.
on my lower back
on my left hip
Friday, January 13th, 2006
9:21 am
[thaliestra]
introduction thank you, dahlings, for letting me join!
Name: alix
Field: Comparative Medieval Literature
Institution: UMass
Number of tattoos: 4 rather large ones
Number of piercings: used to have 23, down to 7 now. would have kept the lip piercings, but the jewelry kep falling out, dammit!
Picture(s) of your tattoo(s):
Monday, May 9th, 2005
5:25 pm
[sarahmonroe]
intro Name: Sarah Oliveri
School: Cuyahoga Community College-west until May of 2006 where I serve as President to our international honors society, Phi Theta Kappa
-I will attend Kent University in the fall of 2006
-and then hope to go to Chicago University
Major:History (Egyptology/ancient civilizations)
Tattoos: Two beautiful tats on my back; a women on the moon in the middle, and ..basicly a women trapped ( in a groovy snow globe), the social distortion skeleton loge on my lower-lower back, a sun around my belly button, and a sleeve on my left arm; with flowers and some words, one side depressing, one side inspirational...
-Piercings: Lip, labret,left nostril, belly button, left nipple, lady area...:)x's 2..I think thats it
Plan on getting midnight in the garden of good and evil on the right arm as soon as I find that long sought after money tree.
Saturday, May 7th, 2005
2:38 am
[heart7]
intro Name: Nancy
Field: Acupuncture/Oriental Medicine
Institution: Tri-State College of Acupuncture, NYC
Tat: Ganesh in Syzygy inked by Ugly in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Considering getting another...
A little advice, if you're debating whether or not to tattoo on a yin surface or a yang surface, go yang.
Not so web-savvy yet but will someday figure out how to post pics.
For now, I uploaded one of my tat to my profile page.
Howdy.
Friday, April 15th, 2005
6:15 pm
[dts_leggs2]
I'm sorry if this is in the memories, I have very limited internet time and need some quick anwers.
I am interested in getting a tattoo behind my ear (mostly hidden by my hairline). How painful is this as in there is very little there beside skin and bones how bad does it vibrate and hurt on your skull?
THanks all.
Xposted
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005
10:07 am
[dts_leggs2]
Howdy Hey everyone, thanks for the approval to join the community!
Name: Jenna
Field: Mechanical Engineering
Institution: Lawrence Technological University (Southfield, MI)
Number of tattoos: 2
Number of piercings: 9
Picture(s) of your tattoo(s): I'm gonna have to get back to you on this one, my digi camera is on the fritz, sorry!
Current Mood: 
happy
Friday, March 11th, 2005
10:32 pm
[skirmishgirl]
Monday, March 7th, 2005
1:12 pm
[greeps]
Ink in the "real" world I currently have two small, inconspicuous tattoos (foot & lower back). I really want to get a third, preferrably on the back of my neck. Only problem is, I wonder how this will affect future jobs. I've recently been accepted to NYU Wagner for Nonprofit Management and hope to be moving out into the professional world in two to three years time. Up until now I have spent my tattoo-ed time as an undergrad, a social service employee (group home setting), and a Peace Corps Volunteer - none of them serious (ie. conservative) professional endeavors.
My question is - how much have you/do you worry about such things and have visible tattoos ever affected your job?
If I got a small tattoo on the back of my neck as I'd like, I could always cover it with longer hair while at work which would work for now. But for the past five years I've had boy-length hair and am considering chopping it back to that length this summer (it's only been long enough to cover my neck for the past 6 months now).
Advice?
Saturday, March 5th, 2005
12:03 am
[cognative]
Hello there... Name: Richard
Field: Cognitive Science
Insitutiion: U. Wisconsin
Number of Tattoos: 1 (soon to be 2)
Piercings: 0
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2005
8:51 pm
[intercat]
as i just got my second bit of ink today - and am agonizing over midterms - this seemed appropriate to join.
so i'm cat; getting my MA in linguistics at boston college. seven piercings (tongue, lip, belly, rest in ears); new tattoo on my ankle (galileo's sketch of the pleiades) and one of the leo constellation on my back. yep, i'm a nerd.
so hi. :)
2:31 pm
[skirmishgirl]
The Excitement that is Me Name: Tassie Zahner-Palyka (real name...Anastasia Adair Z-P)
Field: American History, 19th Century
Institution: Wayne State U in Motown
Number of tattoos: 4
Number of piercings: 2 in each ear
Funny, I'm more nervous about piercings than tattoos...
Picture(s) of your tattoo(s):
Coming soon...
One is my icon, on my right upper arm. As a MA gift to myself
One on my back, two on right ankle.
Current Mood: indifferent
Monday, February 21st, 2005
7:54 pm
[d_e_m]
introduction Name: Joe
Field: Architectural Engineering (MS student)
Institution: Pennsylvania State University
Number of Tattoos: 2
Number of Piercings: 5
Friday, February 18th, 2005
9:02 am
[justinsomnia]
Thursday, February 17th, 2005
12:28 pm
[uberconfused]
your students Do you think students take you less seriously is they know you have (or can see your) tattoos? I keep debating whether or not I should remain covered up in section, or if I should relax about it.
Current Mood: industrious
Monday, February 7th, 2005
3:16 pm
[santaprudencia]
Hello from Berkeley Name: K.
Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Field: English/Composition/Creative Writing
Tattoos: Seven going on eight. One is the first line of the Odyssey, in greek; the rest are various snakes, fish, flowers and leaves, all on the front of my body. I'm getting my first back piece (upper back) as soon as I find out where my tattoo guy moved to.
Piercings: Just two in my ears. I formerly had my nose and eyebrow pierced. I also took out the ten other ear piercings years ago.
Pictures: I wish. I've never gotten around to buying a digital camera.
I'm glad to find all of you. Berkeley has become kind of conservative since I joined the faculty in 1999 (yep, I'm the tattooed professor. If there are any other tattooed professors out there, let me know.).
12:36 pm
[eclectichick]
Name: Molly
Field: English
Institution: Baylor
Tattoos: 2
Piercings: navel, 8 in ears (3 retired)
I don't have any pics at the moment, but the one on my shoulder blade is vaguely like my icon. (it was definitely "I just got accepted into a lit PhD program" ink.) As far as I know, I'm the only person in my conservative program with any tattoos...
Current Mood: 
groggy
1:08 pm
[neatgrlie]
Name: Anna
Field: PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Institution: Michigan State University
Number of tattoos: 2 on my shoulder blades (the Pogue Mahone symbol, a cartoon of a girl holding a dagger taken from the cover art of a Mr. T Experience album) and a trail of butterflies that extends from my neck down most of my back.
Number of piercings: Nope!
I am excited about this group because I feel that my individuality really gets stifled in my current environment. My program is sooooo conservative. I'm over half-way finished my second year and most of the faculty and students don't know that I have tattoos. It can be really frustrating trying to balance who I am in terms of my profession and my personal life. I find myself regretting that I have my tattoos, when really I should be regretting choosing such a stuffy profession!!
1:50 pm
[greeps]
Intro Name: Jo
Field: Currently in Peace Corps Romania in NGO Development
Institution: Applying to NYU & New School for Masters in Nonprofit Management, anxiously awaiting acceptance/rejection
Number of tattoos: 2
Number of piercings: 4 in ears, 1 in nose, had one in belly button but took it out due to infection - ew!