Hold on a second!

Now, for those of you who don't know, or are not kinfolk to me, I will be 30 this year. To celebrate three decades of me, I want to have a party. More than that, I think I may want to get a tattoo. Could I combine the two and have a tattoo fundraiser? Hmmmmm.

I've thought a lot about tattoos over the years. Yeah, I know, I'm probably too old. That being said, I've narrowed it down to a few things. Even if you don't know much about Japanese culture, you've probably seen this:
 

Kabuki theatre is boring, BUT the masks are awesome. This particular one is from a play called "Shibaraku" which means "hold on a second." Catchy!

While researching kabuki masks, I found this tattoo artist. http://horitoyotattoo.com/

He's Japanese and awesome. I also noticed that he comes to Georgia sometimes, what are the odds?! So, in my horrible, halting Japanese I sent him an email. It probably sounded like this:

Most honorable Horitoyo:

I am Kate. I used to live in Japan. You are so super cool. Will you have the kind pleasure of coming to Atlanta, GA sometime soon? I want to have meet you. I want to have tattoo and maybe you could make it for me?

Most humble,

Kate

Let's see what he says!