birthday planning

[mhalachai]

I'll be turning 30-something in January, and I'm at that point where every additional year feels like one year closer to oblivion etc. So I've been thinking about doing something to celebrate/memorialize the occasion and it came to me -  a tattoo.

Now all I need to figure it out a) where and b) what.

i had the idea that maybe i could start with a hydrogen atom model (below, minus all the words and shading), an idea because hydrogen is the most common element in the universe, we're all made up from hydrogen and other various star stuff, and we're all entirely, imperfectly, unique. 

or, you know, something else.

Comments

[havocthecat]

I'm trying to look at it as gaining a level, not getting older. It kind of helps?

[mhalachai]

i'm usually okay with levelling up but i am finally past the age when my father got a job and had a kid (me) so it's like okay wait what am I doing with my life. (Intellectually I know that I am building a strong career and financial stability. But, you know?)

And this year of levelling up isn't too bad - I'm back to an odd number in age, which is growing increasingly rare as I age :D