{"id":5199,"date":"2009-03-31T09:01:47","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T13:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=5199"},"modified":"2009-03-31T09:01:47","modified_gmt":"2009-03-31T13:01:47","slug":"archy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=5199","title":{"rendered":"Archy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is probably the most-famous of all the archeopteryx fossils:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/archy_0.jpg\"><br \/>\nAnd it's probably the most recognizable fossil ever. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucy_(Australopithecus)\">\"Lucy\"<\/a> might be the most famous, mostly because of what she represents; but Lucy ain't much to look at.<\/p>\n<p>So, <a href=\"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=4978\">three weeks ago<\/a>, I got a tattoo of that archeopteryx. Here it is, in-progress:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/archy_1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=pinfo>Canon SD630<\/div>\n<p>Mmmm... juicy.<\/p>\n<p>And here it is, (nearly) all peeled and scab-free:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/archy_2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=pinfo>Nikon D90, 18-105mm<\/div>\n<p>For a week or so, the colors were completely wrong; it was red and green instead of tan and black like it was supposed to be. I was convinced the guy who did it was colorblind and accidentally used the wrong inks. Seriously. I was completely bummed-out. Total regret. But that was just the redness of my irritated skin showing through, and after a week or so, the redness started to fade a bit, the dead skin began to peel off, and the actual colors appeared. Underneath the gore and debris, it looked much much much better. Now, three weeks after I got it, I like it. What a relief!<\/p>\n<p>Now I'm thinking I should fill the rest of that calf with other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.henskensfossils.nl\/solnhofen.htm\">Solnhofen<\/a> fossils: a fish, some insects, shells, maybe a fern or something - all surrounded by that same light tan sandstone color. Am I up for more of that kind of pain, though ? That's the big question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is probably the most-famous of all the archeopteryx fossils: And it's probably the most recognizable fossil ever. \"Lucy\" might be the most famous, mostly because of what she represents; but Lucy ain't much to look at. So, three weeks ago, I got a tattoo of that archeopteryx. Here it is, in-progress: Canon SD630 Mmmm... [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}