Blog post 9

This week I want you to take a step back from your research and do a reflection on the research process thus far. What has been the hardest thing? What has been the easiest? If you could start over again, what would you do differently? How has keeping a blog helped you track your research process? How do you think it will help you in preparing your mini-ethnography?

The hardest part of this process was finding information especially on-line. If I could do this again, I would have gotten my interviews earlier. Although I have been to tattoo parlors multiple time I have never really sat down and talked to an artist about what tattooing was about, about the stereotypes, getting a job with tattoos. I wish that when I have gone to get my tattoos I would have talked with them about that more.  Everyday I write differently so if I am in need of new wording in a paper I can look back to how i described something or the way I worded it I has helped me keep almost a personal journal of my "mini-ethnography journey".