My dad's birthday is September 4th, which means that he was here on Crete for it. My dad is the kind of guy who is hard to buy for, he has everything he needs, and I am completely unqualified to pick out something he wants. (his main hobby is WW2 radios) So what do you get a guy? A commemerative Tattoo, that's what! Read on for the whole scoop...

The idea came to me while Janel was contemplating getting a mermaid tattooed on her leg. I thought, 'it would really freak the crap out of my dad if I got a tattoo, proclaming to one and all, my love for him'. So we went to the shop and I got this done View image

Okay, it's so obviously henna in this picture, but this was taken a week later. If you can't see it, it's a set of wings and underneath it says 'daddy's girl'. When I first showed everybody, Janel and I put some rouge around it so the skin would look irritated and put a big bandage over it. He was totally fooled for about 5 minutes, and the embarrased, 'I can't believe you actually did this' look on his face made it completely worth it.