tats
as some of you know, i've had this thought about getting tattooed for a long time. it hasn't been an idea i'd act upon; it was just a thought. to some of you i wondered aloud if thirty would be the age at which i got a tattoo vs. lasik surgery vs. a motorcycle. i also may have described the tat i'd get. that idea had evolved, by the way, to something on the hip/waist and thigh.
but, as they say, times change, and people change.
the other night i was watching "what not to wear" (another fashion makeover show that feeds my inner cat— that meaning it makes me catty— and my need for meaningless things in my life) and the end result turned me off from tattoos for quite a while. the subject was a 34-year old woman who dressed like a teenager, in hoodies and leggings and chucks. stacy and clinton transformed her into the professional she truly ought to have been. she would have looked great— very polished and chic— BUT her tribal arm band and the tattoos on her calves really detracted from the new look. in fact, it made her look ingenuine, as though she was faking either one look or the other. it cheapened her. the tattoos weren't bad in and of themselves, and neither would have been a different look that incorporated them, but they limited her potential to change her image and to be all that she can be (join the army).
and so, i have decided, i am far too fabulous and too much of a style chameleon for a tattoo at this stage in my life.
oh, who am i kidding? i always look prim. (because i am slim and trim.) i can't help it. but even more, then, would a tattoo not work on me. and i'm good with that.
to close, here is a quote about the tramp stamp (aka lower back tattoo) that i find absolutely hilarious. crude, but hilarious.
just because your tattoo has chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. it's right above the crack of your [behind]. and it translates to "beef with broccoli." the last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. you're not spiritual. you're just high. (— bill maher)
ahhhhahahaha!
p.s. i still like that tattoo show on tv. and kat von d as a pinup girl is adorable.
but, as they say, times change, and people change.
the other night i was watching "what not to wear" (another fashion makeover show that feeds my inner cat— that meaning it makes me catty— and my need for meaningless things in my life) and the end result turned me off from tattoos for quite a while. the subject was a 34-year old woman who dressed like a teenager, in hoodies and leggings and chucks. stacy and clinton transformed her into the professional she truly ought to have been. she would have looked great— very polished and chic— BUT her tribal arm band and the tattoos on her calves really detracted from the new look. in fact, it made her look ingenuine, as though she was faking either one look or the other. it cheapened her. the tattoos weren't bad in and of themselves, and neither would have been a different look that incorporated them, but they limited her potential to change her image and to be all that she can be (join the army).
and so, i have decided, i am far too fabulous and too much of a style chameleon for a tattoo at this stage in my life.
oh, who am i kidding? i always look prim. (because i am slim and trim.) i can't help it. but even more, then, would a tattoo not work on me. and i'm good with that.
to close, here is a quote about the tramp stamp (aka lower back tattoo) that i find absolutely hilarious. crude, but hilarious.
just because your tattoo has chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. it's right above the crack of your [behind]. and it translates to "beef with broccoli." the last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. you're not spiritual. you're just high. (— bill maher)
ahhhhahahaha!
p.s. i still like that tattoo show on tv. and kat von d as a pinup girl is adorable.
posted by CamoBunny at 20:45
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Tattoos are easier for guys perhaps. There are plenty of skin areas on the male body that remain covered at formal occasions; the fashion choices available for women are less predictable.
I suppose that ease of concealing body modifications is one benefit of men's formal clothing, although perhaps that concealibility is simply a factor of being more limited in my wardrobe choices compared to what is considered acceptable for women. If it was an option for me to wear something backless outside of a setting like the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco would I perhaps have been more hesitant about the tattoo I got? Who knows?
The other thing is the kanji...I always said I didn't want to be one of those white guys who got any kind of Asian calligraphy in the tattoo, for fear that it would say something to the effect of "beef with broccoli." I tried to find a different symbol for strength but the more ethnically appropriate Germanic rune for "strength" just didn't look good enough to be a permanent fixture on my body. So I sold out and went with the kanji, which quite simply does look better than the German alternative. Fortunately it is simple and the accuracy of the glyph has been confirmed by native speakers/readers of the language.
8/03/2007 02:44:00 PM
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