Blather, rinse, repeat

I have a tattoo on my wrist. It hurt like hell, and then they itch for forever afterwards. And it's a place on your body you wake up scratching in the middle of the night...and that's bad.

Oo, ow...I'm hurting myself remembering...I was quiet through the whole ordeal, til my mom asked me how it was going, and I said through gritted teeth, "hurts like hell". I guess the artist was suprised because he said it'd get better as he moved up, but it didn't. I wanted the tattoo badly, and went voluntarily which is why I didn't smack him upside the head while he was bent over, but envisioning it as he worked helped...

But whatever you decide, good luck! Your ideas sound great!