First off, let me start by saying that no I don't regret getting either of my tattoos. Even though I was young when I got them, and one was put on upside down. I do not regret getting either, they are both in places on my body that you don't even know I have them unless I want you to know about them, so there are no repercussions on my personal or professional life in that regard.

I got my first tat, which is a very intricately detailed armband toward the end of my sophomore year of high school. There were various reasons for me wanting it, but I won't go into those now, they aren't important.

Near the end of my junior year, I was at an off-season wrestling tournament some where down in Ohio, Avondale or some place like that, and I saw a picture of one of their hall of fame wrestlers, and he had a cool wrestling tattoo. I decided that I liked that and wanted one of my own, but I wanted it to be unique.

Not only was I an athlete, but I was on both the yearbook and newspaper staff so I took a lot of pictures and the like. I went through my photos, found one I liked and asked the school art teacher, that happened to also be my wrestling coach to draw up a tattoo design based on that. The photo was of our 119 lb. wrestler who was also a good friend of mine, he was wrestling against a guy from Dundee in the photo.

I wasn't sure how I would afford the tattoo as I wanted it quite large, but now I had a design at least. Going forward I just happened to run into a guy that had done tattoo work for my mother and aunt more than two decades prior while he was in town visiting. Luck be me, he had his gear with him, and for the family discount rate of $50 he looked at the photo, and the design and then freehanded a very large tattoo on my left arm.

The photo's included here are a couple of years old, and so the tat itself needs to be recolored, but I'm still quite happy with it. It's very unique, and reminds me of the sport that I spent so many hours practicing in my youth.

I'm thinking about getting a couple of more, but haven't decided on the exact placement just yet.

So come on people out there in the internet world, tell (or show) me yours now that you've seen mine. Will you get another? Do you regret the any that you currently have?

I've started to contact coaches today to work on season previews. Are you as excited as I am?

Who do you think the top teams in the region will be this season? Who are the wrestlers to watch out for?

Tell me what I should look for. Wrestling is my favorite high school sport to watch, and I'm interested in knowing what the Downriver community has to say about it as well.

That's right wrestling fans, we're just a couple of weeks away from the news-herald season previews and the official start of the wrestling season. I can't wait.

As promised earlier in the week, I'll gonna now give you a complete run down of all the blogs I do, and why they are important enough to read. (Sure I'm a little smug there, but if you know me, you know I'm only kidding about the smug factor.)

First off there is Confessions of a Twentysomething Manchild, my first successful blog, where I blog about all kinds of odds and ends, anything and everything you could ever ask for. This blog is fun for people of all ages, especially people that like reading about nerdy stuff.

Next there is 4-Point Nearfall, a blog that centers around Downriver Wrestling, and also will include some anecdotes about my life as a wrestler back when I was in high school. I'd appreciate it if everyone reads it, but you may be lost unless you understand the world of folkstyle wrestling.

Following that, the next blog down the shoot is, In The Crease, a blog that is all about Downriver Hockey, my fellow sports writer Shane Preston will also be posting on Hockey, and may share this blog with me, we haven't yet discussed all the details just yet.

The last downriver oriented blog that I'm working on at current is Hoop Dreams, which is all about Downriver Girls' Basketball. Self admittedly I don't know a lot about downriver girls' hoops yet, but I swear I'll learn, this is where I'll post about what I learn.

I'm also working on another blog, The Press Box, which is also sports related, but more about what I see at the state and national level of sports.

This is being cross posted on all of the blogs I currently run. Thanks for reading. -Dave