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Check out this wicked tattoo that Bryan did… pass the mustard! :)

Gerry


New work by Gerry. Beauty.  :)

Gerrry = Handsome Tattoo


Gosh Gerry makes a handsome tattoo …

Let’s talk about music.

Wow, I can’t believe we left that post about me getting my period up for an entire week. Sorry to all the men out there. Yikes.

Today I wanted to talk to you guys about something important: music.

Listening to music is what we do best…er…well I mean after the whole tattooing thing. You know what I mean.

Here at the shop we listen to pretty much everything. Except Pink Floyd. Oh, and nobody except Chris and I likes Tom Waits either for some reason, so he’s out. As well as pretty much anything else that can be found on my iPod…

Okay what I’m trying to say is that contrary to the tattoo shop stereotype, we don’t only listen to metal, punk, or more metal day in and day out. Sure, that’s a pretty huge portion of what we listen to, but on a good day you can also hear rap songs, blues, oldies, pop … of course there’s always one person in the shop who hates whatever song is playing, but usually they’re outnumbered and the track plays on. Let’s call it a general agreement to disagree. We all just kind of put our favorite music onto the playlist and everything works out just fine.

That is, until a song by Mr.T started playing the other day.

What. The. Hell?

Seriously? Mr. T?

Seriously? I didn’t even know he made music. Where did this even come from? (Gerry, I’m looking at you.) Yeah. So between this and MC Hammer, we’re all set for terrible throwback bands.

But here’s the thing, guys. I found myself excited that there was finally something new on the playlist, even if it was Mr.T. I may have even caught myself dancing to it a little bit.

We are in dire need of some new tunes. I am sick of everything!

Does anybody have any suggestions for any fantastic music that you think should be on our playlist at the shop? Leave a comment and let us know what we should be listening to!

To all the ladies out there…

I have always heard that it is tougher for women to get a tattoo during … uhm … their time of the month. It makes sense, right? You’re grouchy, everything aches, you’re all whiny and just straight up uncomfortable … now add that scratchy-hot tattoo feeling into the mix. Not fun.

Well, unfortunately, the other day I found out that yeah, it’s true. At least in my case it is.

I was getting my upper leg tattoo finished, and let’s just say that even after a snack break, two water breaks and a midol break (over a four hour span), I still wasn’t handling the pain very well. And I’m no tough guy to begin with, so yeah. It wasn’t pretty.

So ladies, do yourself a favor and schedule your tattoo appointment around your … schedule. Trust me.

- Nova the receptionist.

I can’t decide …

If this is funny or sad…

Bryan

Lately Bryan has been doing these crazy water colour pen portraits and this new one he did of his friend Chaz is freaking me out it’s so amazing.

You can see more of Bryan’s paintings, tattoos and other work HERE. If you’d like to book an appointment for a tattoo w/Bryan give the shop a call at 250-361-1952

Colin

Colin just put up some new photos on his flickr page, you can check more of them out HERE.

Colin is amazing!! To book an appointment with Colin call 250-361-1952

Every great love leaves its mark …

Remind me never to have Bruce Dern do a guest spot here… yikes!

poor Jeremy

Wow, okay, so this is my first post on the Tattoo Zoo blog. Hello everybody!

I’m still trying to work out posting on this platform. It’s all new to me, sorry if the layout is a little strange.

Today we have a little contest up on Twitter (see sidebar for link)… the first person to bring Jeremy a coffee from Paradisio (the cute coffee shop in Bastion Square) wins a free Sarah Kramer ‘Go Vegan’ calendar.

I think Jeremy deserves it after some of the mean things I’ve done to him in the past few months.

I make fun of him on facebook…

Bryan and I wrapped his entire station up in festive paper this December while he was away…

Basically, we’re total jerks.

So be a sport and bring the guy a coffee. He takes it black.

If you’re not following us on Twitter, you’re missing out!!

Later!

-Nova the receptionist







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