It Ain't A New Tattoo, But It'll Do

So, yesterday when I was over at Helen's, I decided to start gadging my ears. . . sorry, "stretching" my ears as those hip kids at Hot Topic say. Anyway, Helen has been doing it for a while, and since she's not going to use her smaller sets for . . . like . . . ever, I figured I might as well bite the bullet and start the process. I've wanted to do it for a while now, but never got around to it, kind of like that nose piercing I've never gotten around to (I tried to pierce it myself when I was fifteen, but didn't get very far.) I never really wear earrings, but I love the way gadged ears look. Not crazy huge, but just a little ring is nice. It'll be a long while before I'm anywhere close to that, but it'll be worth it.

I haven't really gotten into piercings that much. Tattoos, well, yes. I actually love tattoos, and have six:Tattoo number one! Got it when I was 18. It was really warm out that day, even though it was January.

This was my second one. It's from Jack Kerouac's book On The Road. Kerouac is my favorite writer. It took all of thirty seconds and didn't hurt at all.

Bright Eyes is my favorite band, and this is the comet off their album Cassadaga. No, it is not a flaming ping pong ball.

This was my fourth tattoo. I don't have any really great stories for this one; it just reminded me of a tree from a Tim Burton movie, and I love how it looks. It took about forty five minutes to finish, and my mom held my hand while I got it.


This is from Jean-Luc Godard's film Une Femme est Une Femme. It translates to, "I don't know if this is a comedy or a tragedy, but it's a masterpiece."

This is the last one I got, and it's from a T.S. Eliot poem. It hurt horribly, and took about an hour to finish, but I'm still glad I did it. I've always been a real nut for "exploring" and I believe very strongly that the only way you can understand your world is by seeing how it fits into the bigger picture.

Aside from those, I also have my Monroe done. There are a few more tattoos I want to get, but it's such a slippery slope. As soon as you have that first one done, you start coming up with ideas for the next one. It will be a while before I get another one, though.