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Bottom of the neck...no problem. Upper and middle back...not bad. Lower back...yikes. Upper arms...no worries. Calves...one hour of pain, one hour...nuthin'.
Worst was a tattoo done by an old guy who does all the tattoos for one of the Yakuza clans here in Japan (it's a long but cool story). He used a small 4-5mm blade and hand poked my back for 2 hours...holy shit. But I thought if those boys can do it for up to 7 years to get some of that awesome art...I could handle 2 hours. Barely.
Basically, the pain will come in waves but keep chatting, bring some tunes and tell the artist to play it for you, and you will be fine. Oh yeah, I don't know how I can emphasize this more but get something that means something to you and either design it yourself or find a piece of flash that you like and get the artist to change a few things to make it unique to you. I don't know how many dolphins, suns, roses, mickey mouses, superman logos and celtic bands that look almost the same. Nothing worse than going to the beach and someone has the same tat as you. I even saw one guy with the "Late Night (swoosh) with David Letterman" (inside)" logo on his back. Jeez. I like "Star Wars" but I'm not putting that permanently on my body.
Have fun. Post a pic when you get it done.
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Life's jounney is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn-out shouting, "Holy sh*t! What a ride!" - unknown 
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