I reached a very odd conclusion last night (or early this morning - around 1:30 AM). I'd been trying to get to sleep since 12:25, but my roommate had left her blinds up, meaning the room was -much- lighter than it usually is. Therefore, I was finding it hard to sleep.

I began thinking about Okami (-love love LOVE- that game, but still haven't finished it), remembering how I spent -at least- 5 hours (I'm completely serious) just running around Shinshu Field (I can still remember where everything is, and I haven't touched the game in almost two months). All of a sudden, I thought, "I want a tattoo of Ammy."

I hate needles.
I hate pain.
I normally think tattoos are silly if they're not of something meaningful to the person bearing it.
I admit to wrinkling my nose in distaste when I saw a man with a huge mess of tattoos all over his back and arms.

I've never thought, seriously thought, about getting a tattoo. Yes, I went through a stage where I was interested in them, researched them, even saved a few pictures of symbolic, tribal ones. But the idea of the needles poking in and out of my skin -really- creeped me out. And what if I didn't like the tattoo once it was done? I was stuck with it forever.

But now? I've scoured DA and Google in search of just the right image of Ammy. I'm constantly asking myself, "If I find the right image of Ammy, where would it go? Do I really want a tattoo? Of Ammy?"

I've decided to wait a few months and revisit the idea of a tattoo, just to see if I really do want one or if it's just because I'm currently overly-obsessed with Okami (I've saved almost every picture from DA and many other websites).

Also, I have no idea where the nearest tattoo place is. It's gotta be nearby, though - I -am- in an uber-urban college campus.