Free Magazines and More!

Do you read magazines? If so, you will love Valuemags. If you sign up, you will get free magazines sent to your house. You do not pay anything, and it’s not automatically renewed.

Once you sign up, you get to choose from their basic magazines. Valuemags will send you regular emails. The good thing about this is — for every email you open you get 5 MagPoints. With these points you can trade them in for rewards. In the past they had Starbucks gift cards, however they have not had anything great for a while. They will randomly email you allowing you to sign up for more premium magazines.

If you read magazines, you might as well sign up and get them for free. Perhaps you can get something good with the MagPoints, eventually.

A Sleeve of Books

I did not do a good job taking the pictures of this sleeve. It’s amazing. It would have taken over an hour to do it justice.

   

Books Sleeve tattoo: The sleeve is a combination of their favorite books: Dark Tower, Christopher The Dirty Job, Fahrenheit 451, Marquez, A Handmaids Tail, Niel Gaimen’s American Gods, The Velveteen Rabbit, and Cthulhu.

The Tokidoki represents “The Charley Savidson Series,” and all the yellow butterflies represent “100 Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garci. The possum is for Molly Harper.

Bat and Two Woman Tattoo Bat and Two Woman Tattoo

Bat and two woman tattoo: This is to represent them and their best friend.

Carnival Barker Tattoo

Carnival Barker tattoo: Got him because they liked him.

Strawberries and Blueberries Tattoo

Strawberries and Blueberries tattoo: They like strawberries. Many people get cherries, but they wanted strawberries and blueberries.

Norse Father Tattoo

Norse Father tattoo: Under father (written in Norse runic symbols) is their dad’s ashes. At the bottom is the first art done by Norse people strictly for art’s sake.

Eihwaz: The Norse Rune of Determination

Eihwaz Pendant

Eihwaz is the 13th rune in the Elder Futhark. It is phonetically, “ie.” It is the 5th rune in Heimdall’s Aett.

Eihwaz is the yew tree. The Norse made bows from this tree which may aid in the connection to Ullr.

Eihwaz is very connected to Algiz. My Eihwaz pendent has Wolfsangle type on one side and a Algiz on the other. Eihwaz is also sometimes drawn as an upside down Algiz. I will learn more as the month continues.

Anglo-Saxon Poem:
The yew is a tree with rough bark,
hard and fast in the earth, supported by its roots,
a guardian of flame and a joy upon an estate.

Norwegian Rune Poem:
Yew is the greenest wood in the winter
there is usually when it burns, it sings

Icelandic Rune Poem:
Yew is a strung bow
and brittle iron
and Farbouti (giant) of the arrow

Eihwaz face up in a read:
spine
back bone
self determination
what you need to do
boundaries
your(or my) space

 

Joejoe’s Notes: This is a rune of understanding yourself, who you are. The sense of who I am/was changed for me during this month.

Family Love

Orchid Tattoo Orchid Tattoo

Orchid tattoo: The orchid is to represent family. Two of them are for their grandparents that passed away; the other two are for their grandparents that are still alive.

Mahal Kita Tattoo

Mahal Kita tattoo: It means “I love you” in Tagalog, the Filipino language. They are from the Philippines.

A Poet Sees Ice Cream on the Floor

Eye Tattoo Eye Tattoo Eye Tattoo

Eye tattoos: The eyes are one the most important part of the body of a human. Ohuaya’s only aunt always said, “every time you shake hands you should look people in the eyes. This is so you know if they are lying or have any hidden motives.” Ohuaya’s aunt went blind. She doesn’t see anymore. Ohuaya still shakes hands with eyes on their hands.

Joker and Harley Quinn Tattoo

Joker and Harley Quinn tattoo: Ohuaya is crazy and likes to mess with people. More then just their friends and normal people. Ohuaya used to have a girlfriend just like this. Everyone called them Joker and Harley Quinn.

Pen Is Mightier Then The Sword Tattoo Pen Is Mightier Then The Sword Tattoo

Pen Is Mightier than the Sword tattoo: When Ohuaya was a kid they went to therapy. The therapist told Ohuaya to be careful with their words, because words can do more damage then a weapon. Ohuaya needed to put a part of that on their body.

Inner Me tattoo Inner Me tattoo Me tattoo

Inner and Outer Me tattoos: “Me” is Ohuaya needs to go to work and look cool. Ohuaya needs to appear respectable. Once they am done doing that they can go out and get drunk and be the “Inner Me.”

Lady in the Fountain Tattoo

Lady in the Fountain tattoo: Ohuaya used to be with a lady. They were a great team. She was about money all the time. The last time Ohuaya talked with her Ohuaya told her, “I can do everything for you. Just stay a little more so you can see that money is not us and nothing stays for ever.” She said, “nothing stays for ever so I am leaving you.”

All Is One Ros-Mel Tattoo

All Is One Ros-Mel tattoo: This is from Ohuaya’s first job on Cozumel. Ohuaya comes from Rosalita and lives in Cozumel which makes: Ros-Mel. “All Is One” is for all the people Ohuaya has worked with, and those people becoming Ohuaya’s family.

Pretty Death Tattoo

Pretty Death tattoo: For some people death is more beautiful then life, but not for Ohuaya. Ohuaya stated “I would rather be the hospital for one month in coma. It may may look nice but really its ugly.”

Medusa Tattoo

Medusa tattoo: Ohuaya has lots of energy. Ohuaya likes to talk to the people, and that is why they are a waiter. Ohuaya states “I am the best.” The only time Ohuaya feels like stone is with their girlfriend. She has red hair. She makes Ohuaya feel like stone, not like stoner. Ohuaya’s legs don’t shake, their heart doesn’t bump wrong. Ohuaya just stays there and sees this pretty lady come to them. She is the most important person.

Clock Tattoo

Clock tattoo: When Ohuaya was born, the doctors said this person is not going to be on this planet for a long time. Ohuaya had a problem in their heart. When Ohuaya started growing up Ohuaya thinks what happened with the doctor did he lie to Ohuaya. Ohuaya put the clock, because sometimes when you get a clock, it keeps going and going then your time stops. You can’t always trust the doctors.

Humming Bird Tattoo

Hummingbird tattoo: Ohuaya like to do poetry and poems. Ohuaya did a little book for a friend. She has passed away.  In the hummingbird’s belly, he has a cage with fireflies. The Spanish word for hummingbird is colibri.

Love Letter Tattoo

Love Letter tattoo: They put wax on the old-time letters. When Ohuaya was little, their father passed away.  Ohuaya wrote a lot of letters. When Ohuaya turned 15, they had to burn the letters. This was Ohuaya’s way of getting rid of their letters.

Crown Tattoo

Crown tattoo: This is for Ohuaya’s girlfriend. She has a small queen crown, because someone left her. Ohuaya stated “When you are with someone, You don’t look to someone for love. You mom, dad, brother, sister all love you. You need to find someone who wants to be your partner. Wants to be part of you. For good and bad decisions.” Ohuaya did this to demonstrate they can be her partner in almost everything.

Stay Weird Crazy Poet Tattoo Stay Weird Crazy Poet Tattoo

Stay Weird Crazy Poet tattoos: These tattoos are all connected on Ohuaya’s wrists. Ohuaya is a little weird, and a little crazy too. Ohuaya can also be a balanced when they need to be. Ohuaya likes words and poetry.  Ohuaya likes the way words can be put together and tell someone your story. When Ohuaya was young they were told you can make poetry about anything. If you see bees fly if you describe correctly you are making a poem. This tattoo is kind of a game you can “stay crazy and be weird, poet,” or you can “stay weird, and be a crazy, poet.”

Sprouting Tree and Flower Tattoo

Sprouting Tree and Flower tattoo: Everything in the universe has a beginning and an end, no matter if it ends quickly. That end can start a new beginning. This is the tree and the plant growing. The flower is the sun behind the tree (this so so they can keep all their weird stuff). Ohuaya likes clouds and the ocean. Ohuaya used to surf. Ohuaya put a little bit of everything in this tattoo.

Ice Cream Cone TattooIce Cream Cone Tattoo

Ice Cream Cone tattoo: Ohuaya used to do LSD. One of their trips taught them that life is not short, but if you don’t enjoy your life, it’s like buying an ice cream cone and just sitting outside in the sun. The ants on the floor will enjoy your ice cream cone more then you. Just do thing in your time, not quick or slow unless you enjoy it.

Quetzalcoatl Daughter Tattoo

Quetzalcoatl Daughter tattoo: This is for the weirdest god around this world, which is the the Mayan Aztec god, Quetzalcoatl. Ohuaya added more arms and added luck. This is their lucky tattoo.

 

Drum for Change

djembe drum tattoo

A hand drum with an expanding swirl tattoo: More specifically, a Djembe drum.

Back in 2001, Djembefola stumbled (literally) into drumming as a hobby. Djembefola came across a parade of 300 kids led by a guy playing one of these African drums. Djembefola was mesmerized and jumped right in to march along. Djembefola took a couple of lessons and were totally hooked. Djembefola learned to teach so that they could grow playmates. Before long Djembefola had started a community interest group that is still meeting to this day.

In 2009 Djembefola left a full-time job to embrace this hobby-turned-sidehustle as a full time gig: a professional facilitator of interactive rhythm experiences. Djembefola now leads drumming programs in corporations, congregations, communities, and classrooms. Programs focused on connection, culture, wellness. Programs based in indigenous wisdom traditions and ancient practices about how we as a modern society can better live, work and play well together. Programs designed to connect people to one another and to the world around them.

Djembefola‘s tattoo is a promise in being: a promise to themselves and to all that they will show up sending out this positive vibration, a promise to foster rhythm and harmony, a promise that no matter what, wherever they are, in their presence life will show as an invitation to connect to the One. For drummers, the one is the start of the pattern, the beginning of the cycle, the place where we lock in as an ensemble. For spirit-seekers, the One is the universal oneness, the divine in and round us all, the idea of unity and togetherness. Djembefola‘s tattoo is a reminder that this is how they are supposed to be showing up in the world for the sake of us all.

If you are interested in this person’s group, they can be contacted here.

Join the gas club. You’re buying it, anyway!

This post is about gas rewards clubs. Signing up for these gas clubs only takes a couple of minutes. You will save on every gas purchase.

Sheetz Rewards: You save 3¢ per gallon of gas purchased. You get an extra gas discount on your birthday, and free food points. You also get extra points when every time you buy Sheetz brand stuff inside the store.

Exxon Mobil: You get an instant discount for joining. You will then earn 3 points per gallon on fuel and 2 points for every $1 you spend in the convenience store and on car washes. 100 points is $1 off from gas. While this is not a great deal, it stacks with everything else I have blogged on. You are going to buy the gas anyway, so you might as well save money.

BP: BP has the weirdest program. Your first option is easy. You choose fuel rewards, you’ll get 10¢ off per gallon for every $100 spent on gas. The second option is United Miles. If you choose miles, you’ll earn up to 3 MileagePlus miles with every gallon of BP fuel purchased. The amount of miles is dependent on your linking a credit card. I chose miles as BP is normally the most expensive, and its an easy way to make sure my United Miles don’t expire.

These are some club options. If you have any additional clubs that sound good please let me know. Really, they should give us cheaper gas, so we don’t have to jump through all these hoops. I do not have a solution for that.

Italian Christian Jew

Cross Bearer Tattoo

Cross Bearer tattoo: This tattoo is for their heritage. They have been a Christian. Their parents are pastors. This is something that represents their family. The bible verse is 1st Samuel 14:13.

Hebrew Child of God Tattoo

Hebrew tattoo: Their grandparents on their mom’s side are Jewish. In the Jewish linage it come from the Mothers side. They stated “I am Jewish.” The Hebrew says. “Child Of God.”  This tattoo is below the cross and leads up to the cross.

Italian Tribal Tattoo Italian Tribal Tattoo Italian Tribal Tattoo Italian Tribal Tattoo Italian Tribal Tattoo

Italian Tribal tattoo: They are Italian. The tattoo started at the top of their shoulder and worked its way down.

Jera the Norse Wheel of Time Rune

Jera Rune

Jera is the 12th rune in the Elder Futhark. It is phonetically a “j” or “y.” It is the 4th rune in Heimdal’s Aett.

Jera is looked at as the cycle of the year. Jera may be connected to Freyr. I see this as connected to the harvest. It should also be noted that Jera is the halfway point of the runic circle.

I see Jera as the circle rune. You reap what you sow. The end of one thing the beginning of another. This is also a balancing rune.

Old Icelandic Poem:
Harvest is the blessing to men
and good summer
and fully ripe crops

Face up in a reading:
Time
Coming completion of a cycle
Bearing Fruit
Beginning of an end
Life death rebirth
Yes this will come in the time
Spirit conversations with dity
Time to do a thing
Full cycle

Upside down in a read:
Not in time given
Ok to start but you may not complete

Notes: I started wearing this one a week ago. In that time I have had harvest from our pear and peach trees. I also had the company I worked for almost 15 years merge with another company.

A Swimmer Adds More

Dolphin Tattoo Dolphin Tattoo Dolphin Tattoo

Dolphin tattoo: this was their first tattoo. They got this on Hatteras Island when they were on vacation.

Triathlon Tattoo

Triathlon tattoo: The picture is of a swimmer, a biker, and a runner. They got this tattoo because they do triathlons. Triathlons is something they have always enjoyed doing.