intra venus de milo

i should never blog at 7am on my way home from work. that is why i waited till now to write this one, on my way back to work at 7pm.

there was a girl in the bar last night with one of the more tragic "bad idea" tattoo's i've ever seen. i'm gonna preface this by saying that i have some questionable ones, no doubt which is why i can explore the subject from a point of experience and maybe just a bit of wisdom. i love tattoos but the idea of them expressing some sort of individuality is a dead one. where i work all i see are sleeved dudes and chest pieced chicks (the hotest w'burg accessory!), vice versa and both. its a uniform designed to attract particular types of the opposite (or in many cases, same) sex. whether they know it or not, that is the inspiration, in my opinion. my issue is not the work but the age at which these folks are getting covered. in the same way that children shouldn't have children or the way we are expected to choose what we should be for the rest of our lives at 18, the permanance of a tattoo should not be the choice of a confused young adult. i'm speaking of visable tats. stuff that can be covered is fine.

which brings me back to this girl. she couldn't have been over 23. i looked at her arm at first in awe of the tribute to my favorite movie, spinal tap, then in horror that the mock cover of one of their records was permanantly on her arm. venus de milo with an intra venus (sp.?) connection, you get the visual? i got her drink and brought my co-workers over to show them. surely this is the attention she subconsciously wanted by getting this on her forearm til i ruined it by asking her why the fuck would you get that on your forearm. oh to be young. she responded with something about wanting to be a tattoo artist, which baffled me even further. she seemed nice and its no offense to her but it stuck in my mind as a perfect example of what i'm about to say.....

so here's my "grandpa" rant; i think there should be a law against tattoos below the elbow and on neck, hands etc til a person is 25.

if i ever have kids they are sure to hate me.

listening to:
capsule "blue"
tragedy "vengence"
blood ceremony

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