it's almost done! so for my 28th birthday, i decided i'm getting the tattoo i've wanted for the past 4 years. vice the decemberists album title, the banner will present a yeats quote from my favorite poem.got one more session to go to finish this baby, but it's pretty neat! this is special because it is the last expensive thing i'm giving myself before i start writing full time and sending applications and workshopping hardcore, wherein i will cease to have an expendable budget. yay academic life.