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shannon and i went to the casino tonight to celebrate the two year anniversary of my tattoo. it was on november 6, 2008 that little shanno and i went into the tattoo parlor where my black start got licked on by kittens. i like that we have this gambling tradition. i hope we go on or around it's anniversary every year for the rest of our lives.

tonight shanno made a killing. she won 57 dollars! the most i won was 74¢ and i quickly lost it again. thankfully i only spent 10 dollars. we enjoyed the free beverages and the bizarre atmosphere that makes up that crazy social experiment. for some reason my was directionally challenged on the way there and i kept taking wrong turns. i was afraid we'd run out of gas before we got there :S

the funny thing to me was that both shannon and i entered using our former identities. our IDs showed our maiden names, so we both were admitted under false pretenses. it was kind of amusing. how often do you get that opportunity :p

so my little black star is now 2 years old. over the years i've seen one person in real life with the EXACT same tattoo as me (but i didn't approach her about it because it was in cuba and she didn't appear to speak english), and was sent a photo by jill of another person who has the same tattoo as me. bizarre. when i got my black star on my inner wrist it never occurred to me that anyone would come up with the same idea as me. weird. regardless, i still like it. it's part of me. i'm glad it's here to stay.

i don't care how fast you run
just tell me baby that when you're done with your little marathon
that you still have cab fare home.