Today was an exciting day!
I just flew back from NYC, where I’ve been hanging out for a week to meet with my team mates (Team Social FTW). After some well deserved sleep, I headed out to Queen of Hearts tattoo parlor for an appointment with my favorite tattoo artist – Pedro Mascarenhas (yeah… flash website… I know…)- to get some fresh ink in me.
As most of you know, I’ve been a WordPress enthusiast for quite some time (2005-ish). WordPress, as a platform and community, has been a very important part of who I am today as a web designer and as a person. Therefore, getting a WordPress related tattoo makes perfect sense.
The decision to tattoo something WordPress related is not necessarily because of my new job at Automattic, although it kinda served as a catalyst – the icing on the cake – for me to go through with it!
So I got, not one, but two WordPress related tattoos! Check it out:
It’s funny I’m getting these in real ink. It feels like a full-circle moment here. Once, not so long ago, a dear friend got me to place a fake WordPress tattoo on my arm (the other one, where I have a Mr.WannaB name tattooed already) in WordCamp SF 2008 – I bet he’s proud of me now!!! ;)
I also did a small movie clip of the experience (too bad I only remembered my iPhone does that when we were finishing the second part). Loud tattoo machine noise ahead…
I’m really proud of these tattoos. Hope y’all like it too!
Peace and Love ;)
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Teeeeaaamm Social! This is amazing Hugo. Really awesome ink, and some serious dedication to the cause ;)
Awesome tattoos especially the WordPress logo looks really great…
Hi Hugo:
Love love love the tattoos. Is that what I have to do to get freshly pressed? :)
I might just consider it. Ha.
I see you like poetry of the code variety. If you’re in the mood for the more usual sort of poetry, please stop by my cozy little corner sometime and let me know what you think.
Oh, and we have one more thing in common: I like WordPress too.
Congratulations on all of it, the job and the ink!
“Code is Poetry” looks great!
Nice, I want one :D WordPress for life!
Nice work. The tattoos look good and are original – not something you see often.
As an accountant, I’m now wondering if I should get an excel spreadsheet tattooed on my shoulder, with ‘Numbers are boring’ written on my forearm…possibly not!
That would be a really cool tattoo!! ;)
I am never getting a tattoo!
Wow, beautiful tattoos! Looks amazing! Thanks for sharing your story!
Are you crazy?
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hahahha! well… sometimes! Aren’t we all? ;)
Man, you really love WordPress! That tattoo artist is good.
that’s great Hugo! I like logo tattoos as well
Now that’s dedication!