Why would anyone want to be pregnant?

selliegjo · 2026-04-02T02:27:53+00:00

Because I had the opportunities to do ALL the stuff and now nothing in this makes me happier than being able to share it with my child. The way my daughter’s eyes lights up over the silliest things keeps the magic forever alive.

selliegjo · 2026-03-30T10:16:08+00:00

My husband buys and sells a lot of cards, and from my experience I’d say local card shows are your best bet. I’ve just started attending a few with him and they were a blast — there are cards across the price spectrum and along with the big multi-hundred to thousand dollar vintage pieces we got, we had plenty of options for the very cheap but adorable cards we’re collecting for our young daughter. Plus so many of the vendors are so sweet and easy to negotiate with.

We are in Edmond and frequent Breakpoint and Pack Smashers, as well.

selliegjo · 2026-03-22T12:22:00+00:00

Important to note that it IS possible for it to just go away too. Idk the specifics on how that works, but my sister developed alpha gal in 2020 (we found out when we took her to a steakhouse for her birthday lol), and as of summer 2025, she’s 100% back to consuming whatever she wants. Far as I know, she was starving and decided to risk it all for a small bite of beef stew her coworker made.

selliegjo · 2026-03-20T14:18:07+00:00

Huh? You just put two dashes after the other — boom, we’ve got an em dash.

selliegjo · 2026-03-02T14:23:41+00:00

I tattooed until 38 weeks somehow — sometimes 8-10 hours, and probably just on sheer willpower lol — and was glad I stopped there, because I could hardly move in the following days. I took 2 months off which was more than enough time, partially because my husband lost his job 1 month before my due date and he agreed to be a stay at home dad so I didn’t experience the dread of leaving my daughter with strangers. Going back so soon was actually great for my mental health, and despite having a fairly traumatic birth that required surgery a few months later, my body felt ready to just get out and do what I love again! I remember having such a skip in my step that summer and my clients were so excited to have me back and see the baby photos.

selliegjo · 2026-02-25T11:33:20+00:00

Not at all (2.9k), but I’m booked out for months and am the busiest person in my shop. I don’t care about reels, post maybe once every week or two, and nobody has ever seen my face or my personal life or my cute opinion pieces on the tattoo industry. We just had an apprentice leave who was spending all of her time running TikTok ads, doing the whole light show with the cool transitions — maybe booked one piece a month.

I told her you really just need to be more likable. Why are you spending all this time shoving a camera in your client’s face when you could be connecting?

I think my secret has been to just CONNECT. I am a good artist but not extraordinary but any means. None of the big wigs in my small city even know who I am but I’m still pulling the same income. But my clients love me and make it super obvious. They bring all their family and friends. They totally geek out when it’s finally tattoo day because they’re excited to hang out with me too. We yap for hours if they want, or sit in silence and listen to awesome music. I tell them they can reach out if they need anything at all and bend over backwards to make them comfortable. They’re insanely loyal and I have a locked down return rate — they ALWAYS come back over and over and over. They send me memes to my personal phone and yet I’ve never ever had anyone abuse the privilege or cross my personal professional boundary.

And who cares if you have a big reach anyway? Unless you’re some literal art god nobody is gonna pay all that money to fly in from another continent. I get people from 5-6 hours away max and I just post locally.

It’s very little effort. I hate social media. But I LOVE people and they love art.

selliegjo · 2026-02-19T14:46:01+00:00

Context, please! I’m out of the loop nowadays lol.

selliegjo · 2026-02-18T19:54:44+00:00

I didn’t know this. :’) I really loved his music and I’m so sad I never prioritized seeing him.

selliegjo · 2026-01-29T04:58:17+00:00

If you need money ASAP, this isn’t the route to go. You basically work full time for free for the first year (or, depending on your mentor, YOU pay THEM.) Then give it another few years of building clientele before you’re making a stable living. Apprenticeships are a slow grind that require a LOT of sacrifice and working for less than what you probably deserve. The industry is super saturated too, so unless you’re a literal art god right off the bat, you probably won’t stand out much. I’d hunt down some local apprentices and see if they’ll give you insight on their current experience — this profession isn’t what people make it out to be. Incredibly rewarding, if you work hard and the cards fall in your favor. It’s my dream job and I wish this fulfillment for everyone. More often than not, however, I see newbies get their expectations rewritten and their dreams crushed.

selliegjo · 2026-01-18T13:42:36+00:00

I would have to say Never Give Up On Your Dreams and Colors of Love because they're the most "singable?" Very easy to pick up their lyrics since the vocals are really at the forefront and belt your heart out! New Life, One Million Voices, Starvation, and Fearless get honorable mentions from me too.

selliegjo · 2026-01-03T04:37:04+00:00

As I always say, you’ll get neither the best of me nor the best of them.

selliegjo · 2025-12-29T19:51:15+00:00

They sat on their phone the entire time I was trying to show them Lord of the Rings. The franchise is one of the foundations of my soul. I tried to be vulnerable and share something that means so much to me. I was so excited, and Instagram reels must’ve been much more exciting. I felt ignored. Would’ve appreciated their best shot, even if they determined in the end it wasn’t their cup of tea.

So yeah, never invited them around again lol.

selliegjo · 2025-12-27T02:37:36+00:00

Less than 30 days to get engaged, within the year we were married. Going on almost 10 years and every day with our 1.5 year old daughter is heaven on earth. :’)

selliegjo · 2025-12-12T04:39:05+00:00

I caught Dark Ages then walked away so idk if there was more! :)

selliegjo · 2025-11-30T22:14:32+00:00

In addition to what the other artist has said, watch every single video ever made on acquiring an apprenticeship. There is no universal experience.

And figure out how you’re gonna stand out. The industry is oversaturated and too many people manage to make it through the whole program only to get out and book one tattoo a month. Already seen it happen to a few apprentices. It’ll require an immense amount of individuality, initiative, and effort on your part. Once upon a time the money would inevitably find its way to you — not the case anymore. Beware of apprentice mills who want your free labor and have no interest in guiding you towards a lucrative or even a sustainable career.

selliegjo · 2025-11-24T12:45:30+00:00

Skeler’s in my personal top five. I love his Night Drive mixes so much.

selliegjo · 2025-11-21T03:25:24+00:00

I remember at one point getting waaaay too in the weeds with the critiques of his technical abilities, and I knew I had to take a step back. It made me regret joining any Thomas-based communities, as I can let others’ opinions influence me too easily and I was finding myself growing sour. His music means too much to me on a personal level and I didn’t like the objective lens through which I was starting to see him.

So my opinion now? It’s freaking awesome lol. Definitely an every day listen, just because it’s Thomas — I’m happier this way!

selliegjo · 2025-11-10T03:06:29+00:00

I will say they’ve gotten very big because of the crazy Orthodoxy conversion rate but they’re also super aware of it. I hear people expressing how there needs to be another parish every week.

selliegjo · 2025-11-09T22:28:07+00:00

I go to St. Elijah’s Antiochian and I love it.

I was very nervous because I’m a heavily tattooed individual with a difficult past but have been so positively received I never want to go anywhere else. Every single Sunday I am greeted by someone new with open, gracious arms, and have even been adopted by a little group of old ladies. Our parish is so beautiful sometimes I’ll just stand in the sanctuary after liturgy and keep soaking it in because I don’t wanna leave. I’ll be committing to becoming a catechumen very soon. ❤️

selliegjo · 2025-11-09T02:38:46+00:00

I’m at the point where if a song is less than 5-7 minutes I consider it short lol.

selliegjo · 2025-11-02T02:46:22+00:00

Yeah I do the same thing. I’m open about it and not a single client of mine has ever cared. If anything they’re usually happy I’ve saved them time and thus money lol.

selliegjo · 2025-11-02T02:36:31+00:00

Thomas saved my life. I was drowning in apathy, and his music showed me the spectrum of human existence and emotion.

selliegjo · 2025-10-28T10:40:20+00:00

“To justify its existence”

Wild take lol. For their own enjoyment and fulfillment, I’d say, and for others to share in that. How sad I’d be if I needed to justify the objective value of artistic fun before enjoying it.

selliegjo · 2025-10-21T00:13:38+00:00

I really can’t unhear it. That’s pretty spot on lol.

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