During my 44th appointment, the door buzzer went off.  As Monji went to answer the door, Horizakura casually mentioned that he had a friend and Horitoshi family member from Belgium visiting.  The door opens and in walks none other than Shad “Horitsukikage”!  I have known about Shad for a long, long time through my research on the Horitoshi family and figuring out the who/what/where/when of my tattoo.  It was pretty awesome to meet and chat with him and Horizakura during my appointment.  In my early twenties I would spend hours admiring the work of tattoo artists from all over the world.  At that time in my life, I didn’t dare dream I would be where I am now. As a result, it never occurred to me that I might have the opportunity to meet some of these artists I respect so much.  I’m going to cut myself off here for fear of embarrassing myself more than I have.  Suffice it to say it was a damn good appointment with some damn good conversation and damn good tattooing.  Damn good.

I almost forgot, this will be my last update for about a month as work/travel gets in the way of tattoo appointments.  In light of that, the pictures below show my whole leg sleeve (pant?) as it currently is.  They also show a very boring, mostly untattooed leg.