Harry Potter and Yinz-ers

Just watched episode number three of the Pens/Caps HBO special. Magnificente! It's a good thing we beat them last week because those Caps fans did a lot of talking.

In other news, I got my Deathly Hallows tattoo with Tina on Wednesday. Afterward we went to the Blue Dust and got amazing food and yelled along with some drunk people as the Pens lost in the shootout against the Islanders. We went back to her house and watched Harry Potter 4 & 5. On the way to the shop we got lost in Shadyside, because any time Tina says she know how to get somewhere, it's probably best to bring along the GPS.

Here's how they turned out:



(sorry for the awful picture quality. It was taken on Tina's cell. My foot's the huge one)

Twas awesome. The pain was a lot worse on the left side (the side by my big toe), than on the right for some reason. Still nowhere as bad as my wrist tattoos. They took about 20 minutes each. Chris, the guy that did my Rosie tattoo, did both of them.


Let me tell you, it is very odd watching a cute guy shave your foot.


But anyway, any time I watch the Pen/Caps thing I realize even more that I love my city. Now, I don't live within the heart of Pittsburgh, I'm like 15 minutes away when traffic isn't atrocious. Pittsburgh has a fair share of uppity jagoffs, but Pittsburgh tends to be a city of more genuine, largely working-class, people. When talking with people who left Pittsburgh for another city then came back, they say Pittsburgh has a certain genuine-ness that a lot of other cities lack. We're a tiny city compared to a lot of others, yet we have a lot of influence. We got the G-20 and the Winter Classic.

We have the best teams in the NHL and NFL. Don't even try to argue with me. I'll let Philly handle baseball, but that's it. There's a plethora of awesome little restaurants and shops, especially in South Side and Squirrel Hill. The weather sucks, and driving sucks, but it's to be expected. There's a certain brand of badassness that comes with Pittsburgh. I love it.

So what if we butcher the English language?
I'm proud to be a yinz-er. I haven't been to many other places, but I think I'd have a hard time calling any other city home for an extended amount of time.