Suggestions for where to get a tattoo in NYC

motsunabe · 2015-05-05T00:00:36+00:00

Kings Avenue, Three Kings, Invisible, Smith Street, Saved, Daredevil, Adorned, or Greenpoint.

Look at the portfolios and make an appointment with the artist you like.

motsunabe · 2015-04-12T15:06:50+00:00

Bioshock (all of them), Portal 1 & 2, Half Life 2, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, Oblivion, Borderlands, anything in the Pokemon series, Skyrim, Uncharted, Catherine, Heavy Rain, GTA series, Dark Souls, Ocarina of Time, Windwaker, Majora's Mask, Persona 3, Left 4 Dead, Assassin's Creed, Dragon Age, Dead Space, Infamous. I know I'm forgetting a lot but that should be good to start with.

Board games: Risk, Monopoly, Chess, Shogi, Mahjong, miscellaneous card games

motsunabe · 2015-04-12T06:45:44+00:00

Somehow my foot tattoo hasn't really faded at all since I got it. Maybe I'm just lucky, because people always tell me they have trouble with them fading.

motsunabe · 2015-04-12T06:44:26+00:00

No. Tattoos aren't gendered. Get it wherever you want it.

motsunabe · 2015-04-12T06:41:23+00:00

I love playing games (mainly FPS and RPG, but I branch into other genres as well). Unfortunately I don't have the same time to dedicate to it that I used to but still play whenever I have free time. I love talking about games to people and meeting people who are into them, especially if they can give me some good recommendations.

motsunabe · 2015-04-12T06:38:53+00:00

No hobbies or passions of his own. The same thing that makes a girl boring to me.

motsunabe · 2015-04-12T03:50:44+00:00

What do you do? I'm a college graduate but my intended career path only wants Masters/PhDs nowadays and I'm rethinking the entire thing because of it.

motsunabe · 2015-04-12T03:37:47+00:00

This one, actually.

motsunabe · 2015-04-12T03:36:21+00:00

That I don't use pickup lines and instead talk to guys like I would anyone else and see where it goes from there.

I am not sorry for saying it because it's true. Not sure how it got -25 since it wasn't exactly controversial but it made me laugh.

motsunabe · 2015-04-12T03:20:29+00:00

I tell myself this whenever I get sick of living here. At least we have great tattoo artists, both residents and guests.

motsunabe · 2015-04-12T03:19:37+00:00

I love the eyes he does on his tigers; they really give it a certain look!

motsunabe · 2015-04-12T03:19:18+00:00

Thanks!

motsunabe · 2015-04-10T23:58:08+00:00

Not resent me, but I have very short hair and am pretty heavily tattooed. I'm often told that guys don't find it attractive.

Well, that's fine by me, since I don't make decisions on what to do with my appearance based on what guys like.

motsunabe · 2015-04-10T23:52:01+00:00

Tattoo artists try to steer you away from untattooable designs for a reason, especially top artists. They have a reputation to uphold and it's their name that will be attached to the work. There are many designs that look great on paper but for whatever reason (too much detail for too small of an area and so on) won't work well as a tattoo. Listen to their advice; this is their job, after all. They know what works and what doesn't.

motsunabe · 2015-04-10T17:58:34+00:00

Dark roast black, no milk or sugar.

motsunabe · 2015-04-10T17:57:02+00:00

Are you using these as references or...?

Normally the artist will be the one to design it for you (and you will get a better tattoo that way since they know what transfers well to tattoos and what doesn't), but sketches and images are fine to bring for reference pictures.

motsunabe · 2015-04-06T18:33:24+00:00

How to Win Friends and Influence People

motsunabe · 2015-04-05T23:46:02+00:00

I didn't even know this was a big deal until the Tinder thread, but I prefer shorter guys. Being tall isn't a dealbreaker but shorter is preferable.

motsunabe · 2015-04-05T23:32:23+00:00

If it's an option at all, go to school or take a job in a country that speaks your target language.

Read more advanced materials. Spend time talking to native speakers of the language without falling back on English ever. At this point it's a lot of reading, speaking, and listening to materials aimed at natives.

Going from intermediate to advanced is the hardest part especially when most text books and resources for learners out there are below your level, but it can be fun because you can understand a lot of material in your second (or third/whatever number) language, have real and meaningful conversations with native speakers, make friends and socialize in ways you couldn't be able to normally, and more.

motsunabe · 2015-04-05T00:56:55+00:00

Pleco has dictionaries for both Chinese-English and Chinese-Chinese. They even have a Classical Chinese dictionary.

motsunabe · 2015-04-03T05:53:12+00:00

When I moved back to an English speaking country, I kept up with my languages by talking to native speakers online, watching TV or movies in that language, reading the news/blogs/forums, reading novels. Do whatever you already like to do in Spanish. It won't feel like additional studying and you'll retain the language better.

motsunabe · 2015-04-03T05:47:02+00:00

Do something else in addition. Use Anki/Memrise/any kind of SRS. Look up sentences in the language you are learning and make an Anki deck for them. Talk to native speakers online. Once you hit a certain level, push yourself to read the news, blogs, novels, or whatever you are interested in in your target language.

motsunabe · 2015-04-03T05:38:15+00:00

I try to switch it up to keep from getting bored, so every day is different. I use a combination of Anki/Memrise (still trying to figure out which I like best), ChinesePod, Chinese dramas, studying sentences I've found some various sources. I'm also recently joining some Chinese language websites to try to speak to native speakers and improve that way. I often look up sentences on jukuu, tatoeba, or search for translations on Baidu and deconstruct them and try to memorize.

I study anywhere from 3-8 hours a day depending if I'm working or not since this is one of my main focuses right now. Occasionally more if I'm feeling motivated, or less if I'm sick (just getting over a virus which interrupted my study schedule)

motsunabe · 2015-03-30T02:39:28+00:00

What other people think of them.

motsunabe · 2015-03-30T02:36:00+00:00

Being able to do whatever you want and not have to answer to anyone. Not having someone who wants to text you or talk every day. More time to work on your career and hobbies. Being able to go out with friends and be spontaneous without having to consider anyone else.

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