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Tuesday Sep 19, 2006
Every BODY Has a Story: The Great Lakes
"This tattoo is of the five Great Lakes of the United States. I got it in February of 05’ in San Francisco.
A woman named Annie Danger gave me the tattoo as part of a sort of benefit. She and her roommates were being kicked out of their apartment because the landlord was selling it to developers.
It’s pretty hard to find a place in San Francisco and they were in somewhat of a jam. Annie was a tattoo artist, and was raising money that way.
I had wanted a tattoo since college, and I knew I wanted the Great Lakes. When Annie offered her services, it just seemed like the right time. I’m originally from Detroit, Michigan.
Detroit is an interesting city in that there is only a river separating us from Canada, and it’s the only US city North of Canada. I like the topography of the lakes as well. Michigan forms a big peninsula. This is pretty unusual for a state too, I think. A friend of mine in college from Kansas had a tattoo that was a red and orange heart with stalks of wheat sprouting from it. She told me the tattoo expressed Kansas for her. I really liked that idea. This is different, but exactly what I wanted."
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