I don't understand the stigma that goes along with tattoos. Granted, there are some really bad ones out there, but most are quite extraordinary! The one thing I DON'T get is people who get tattoos just for the sake of having a tattoo. I personally know someone who literally walked into a tattoo parlor, looked through a book, picked one at random and had it put on. I mean, I cannot understand having something permanently embedded in your skin and not having it have some form of meaning!
For those who don't have any tattoos, I'll admit it's quite addicting. I never thought I'd be someone to ever get a tattoo, but then I kinda went through an existential crisis and was pretty depressed after my grandfather died and I realized life's too short to not take risks occasionally. Since I had ZERO interest in ever skydiving, getting a tattoo seemed like a big enough risk for me at the time. lol
My first tattoo I got was a quote from the Twilight movie, which I'll admit sucked royally (the books are so much better). The movie came out a couple months after my grandfather passed, and when I heard the quote "..death is peaceful, easy; life is harder" i kind of felt a reassurance that my grandfather's death was for the best and he was no longer in pain. Death is the easiest part of life...all you have to do is muck through all the shit until you just have to let go. What's beyond that, who knows...but it can't be harder than this, right?? That quote is a constant reminder to myself that death is hardest on the living and those we lose to it are the ones who benefit...and i find that very reassuring :)
After that, I was hooked. I literally have a list in my head of at least 4 more tattoos I want! it's so addicting! gaaaaaaaaah! I got my second one this past May after thinking it over for about 2 months. I read the book Between the Bridge and the River by my beloved Craig Ferguson and, once again, was very taken by a quote: "...when the word of God is infected by the hand of man..it is tainted". Anyone who knows me knows i am a card-carrying, Massachusetts liberal. I was raised in a Catholic family, but over the years the ideals of the church have greatly clashed with my beliefs. I felt this quote pretty much summed up my philosophy on organized religion to a T and i loved it. A few of my more-religious family members may have scoffed at it when they first saw it, but I didn't exactly get it for them, did I? I'm sure they still love me anyway...... xP
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4. My Favorite show of ALL TIME. My friend and I might get matching Buffy tattoos that look something like this.....i hope we actually follow through with this plan lol xDMan.....I'm gonna give some lucky tattoo parlor a LOT of business in the coming years. lol (P.S. if you're getting a tattoo in the Boston area, DO NOT go to Chameleon in Harvard Square. They're very good and very clean, but they are SOOOOO overpriced. I recommend Regeneration Tattoo in Allston. My second tattoo was like 3 times bigger than my first one, but I paid $50 less for it...and they're just as awesome and clean as Chameleon. )
