I tend to get a new tattoo with every major event in my life. Each tatttoo I have designed myself and has a significance to me. Getting a tattoo has always a great effect to me. I was raised by a very strict and conservative father. Each tattoo is like a kick in the shins to him, and yes, I have always been the rebelious one in the family. First to be of mixed race, first to talk back (so they say), first to defy my grandmother, first to get anything pierced other than my ears, and first to…