Life in a Tilde

I've had the idea of getting a tattoo for the past 5 1/2 years. I knew what I wanted it to be, but I also know that a tattoo is not to be taken lightly and done on whim.

So I've been wearing a hair band on my wrist for the past 5 1/2 years, to see if I can last with an "accessory" on me. So far I've lasted.

Sometimes I use a pen and "draw" the tattoo on me for reasons relating aesthetics (and vanity?).

Here's the future Tat:


It obviously represents the years I've lived here. As for the 2009, well it is the twenty year anniversary, and also the year in which some sort of resolution to this dilemma will come. I either stay or I leave.

But as I looked at my wrist today all I could think about is the notion of how much life is represented by that tilde.