What the Notre Dame game cost me
Many of you saw my post prior to the Notre Dame game regarding the bet I made that Michigan would win the game. For those that didn't: I'm in a band and we were on tour and playing in the Chicagoland area the week before the game. My friend and I, who is also in a band and is a Notre Dame fan, agreed that the loser of the bet would get the winner's band's logo tattooed on him.
To be honest, I was so incredibly bummed after the game, but it really didn't have anything to do with the tattoo. I don't think I've ever seen a more glaring example of the phrase "snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" than this particular game. I know, I know, Big 10 goals all still in-tact, etc. etc. etc., but that one seriously stung.
Anyway, true to my word, I went to get the tatt this week. His band's logo is a roughed-up looking circle around a fairly generic capital W, and I found a way to work it into my sleeve (an full arm of tattoos, for those who aren't familiar). It's only about an inch and a half tall, so it isn't like I'm rocking a cow brand or anything. Many on the original thread seemed to think this was one of those things that would "SOOO not ever happen", so here is the evidence, albeit a bit bloody as I took this immediately after it was finished:
I really needed something to ease the sting of the lost game and, to a lesser extent, the lost bet. So while I was at it, I treated myself to this gem of a tattoo, which now resides on the back side of my upper arm and leaves my sleeve nearly completed except for background/filler material:
Anyway, there is the conclusion of my "cool story". The logo tatt will serve as a lifelong reminder of the ever-present war between head ("this bet is a bad idea!") and heart ("my team will come through for me!"). The mario tatt will serve as a lifelong reminder that anyone who grabs a floating red leaf before it hits the ground can immediately sprout furry ears and a tail. Go Blue, beat the Boilers.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:14 PM ^
Bro, Story, Cool.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:15 PM ^
Raccoon suit Mario tat is awesome.
October 2nd, 2012 at 5:05 PM ^
October 2nd, 2012 at 5:56 PM ^
but that's not the Tanooki suit. The Tanooki suit would be the full raccoon suit that allows you to turn into a statue. Now excuse me, I have to go back into my parents' basement.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:18 PM ^
Bets over tattoos sounds like some real hillbilly shit.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:20 PM ^
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:25 PM ^
How did you know that?
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:12 PM ^
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:26 PM ^
Hmm... I'm guessing you are a member of the societal majority who truly believe that there is a direct correlation between tattoos and IQ. Lets please do all that we can to avoid perpetuating the "all Michigan fans belong to a country club and drape cardigan sweaters around their shoulders" stereotype, k?
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:31 PM ^
I'm 53 and got my first one about three weeks ago. It's a heart on my right arm with my wife's name throught the middle of it. Pretty old school in it's design (hey...what do you expect? I'm old) but for years I said i would never, ever get one.
Never say never I guess. And I defintely do not fit the hillbilly stereotype so good for you GoodLuckVarisity.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:38 PM ^
Nice, I love traditional stuff! Congrats!
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:17 PM ^
LOOK WHO'S FULFILLING THE MICHIGAN STEREOTYPE NOW
October 2nd, 2012 at 3:18 PM ^
haha, touche. I should have said "i love traditional tattoos"
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:50 PM ^
But I like the country club stereotype! I hope to be that stereotype some day and look down my nose at the hoi polloi that attend lesser schools like Iowa or Nebraska.
/s... kind of.
Nice job following through on your commitment, though.
October 2nd, 2012 at 7:34 PM ^
I already look down my nose at the many. And I don't need a country club - just the other day I looked down my nose at some brah (or tried to anyway; he called bullshit, noticing that I, too, am a brah - so it didn't really work out, and I was deprived of the sweet, sweet heebeejeebees of contempt that stem from the vines that otherwise would have grown up my ivory tower. [Shit] Sweet Jesus, all the saints, peter paul and mary and their dog Fido! - all I wanted was to have contempt for someone).
God gave us noses so we could look down them at others while lying to ourselves. Goddammit, why did it have to turn out this way for me?! I wanted to lie to myself! But I cheated me! Do I know what it's like to not be able to use my contempt?! I was supposed to lie in the fields . . . with honor! And I've cheated me out of it! Now look at me. I'm gunna need a bigger shrimp boat.
October 2nd, 2012 at 3:23 PM ^
That's what's so cool about this blog and the Michigan fan base in general. You get folks from all walks of life . . . country clubbers, hillbillies, and everyone in between. No one particular group "owns" Michigan.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:25 PM ^
I misread your previous post and thought you had to get a Notre Dame tattoo if Michigan lost. Easy for me to say, but at least you just have a big W.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:38 PM ^
Great letter to have on you at all times. to the OP, i respect your following through and sharing the evidence.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:56 PM ^
[ED:BISB - Yeah, uh... no.]
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:12 PM ^
What bisb said.
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:11 PM ^
Homophobic slurs will cost you all of your points.
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:18 PM ^
I'm sorry, that was definitely in poor taste. My apologies, OP and community.
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:46 PM ^
Didn't see what you posted, but I can figure it out pretty well. My picture is about as far into the realm of 4chan as is appropriate for this blog, which is a good thing.
Good on you for apologizing.
October 2nd, 2012 at 3:46 PM ^
Haha yup I've learned that now... doesn't matter I shouldn't have posted it anyway, even just for the lulz. I am bummed about my points though since I just hit 100 last week. Oh well, I guess now is as good of a time as any to start over!
October 2nd, 2012 at 9:56 PM ^
What if you follow it up with, "not that there is anything wrong with that"?
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:35 AM ^
It was "today OP was not....."
October 2nd, 2012 at 3:31 PM ^
Dang, I wish I could have seen what he said before it was blown away. I always miss the good ones. Guess that just means the mods are quick.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:40 PM ^
When I first saw the W, I thought it was the band Weezer. Then I realized it wasn't exactly the same style of W.
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:02 PM ^
just curious
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:11 PM ^
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:27 PM ^
I like Weezer.
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:45 PM ^
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:46 PM ^
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:56 PM ^
Cue the celebration!!
You might even deserve muppets for this, but that's up to Brian. Props for not backing out, and that Mario tattoo is totally awesome!
EDIT - to the OP you mentioned in the bet that it was 3 of your bandmembers vs 3 of theirs for the bet, did the other 2 go through with it as well?
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:57 PM ^
Wow. That was ridiculous bet 9and not just because you lost).
October 2nd, 2012 at 1:59 PM ^
Let's see the full sleeve.
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:01 PM ^
at all.
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:05 PM ^
That's all we want to know.
October 2nd, 2012 at 3:21 PM ^
The artist did the pair for $100 total, which is pretty good considering Mario is a bit bigger and needed 7-8 colors.
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:09 PM ^
Even though Michigan got the L, you got the W, right? Right.
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:09 PM ^
Super mario was some real trippy shit, dude.
October 2nd, 2012 at 5:03 PM ^
Especially when you consider that the power-ups were all mushrooms, flowers, and other types of drug-related paraphernalia.
Check it: http://www.gamesradar.com/gamesradar-guide-unlikeliest-drugs-videogames/
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:20 PM ^
That logo isn't bad at all. The bet makes more sense to me now.
October 2nd, 2012 at 2:37 PM ^
October 2nd, 2012 at 9:53 PM ^
Or the Wisconsin retro logo?
October 2nd, 2012 at 3:46 PM ^
Wait- what? There isn't?