tattoos

tattoos, yay or neigh. i've thought about this for a very long time and hey tattoos look cool,

you get this great piece of art work that makes you totally unique ( easy for the coroner to identify you)
and its a symbol about how dedicated you are to your chosen whatever
and how you have a high pain threshold
and just damn, they look all sexy, cause ur a young sexy thing and hey your a rebel!
and your flaunting the system aren't you, by doing soemthing craaaaazzzzzy, you little rascal.

ok maybe i'm exagerating a little bit. and yes tattoos are cool and i think they do look good. till they start to fade.
and also while your young.

i have seen very few older gen who have tattoos which look good. Now don't get me wrong i am a fan but i think some people do it for the shock value and because its cool, some times thats just not enough.

i don't want to be at my daughters wedding ( with a big hat) and have everyone checking out my ink instead of looking at the bride. my point is that sometimes its not appropriate to have tattoos and to be honest they can look tacky.(winnie the pooh anyone)

if your going to have a tattoo surely it should be something you design. something that you feel you have a connection with rather than disposeable art, which you like at the time but in 20 years ( yes its still there) it isn't so cool to have S club 7 tattooed over your chest (true story man). so you need to find something that will wear well.

and if your a super huge death metal goth, and get a tattoo of cradle of filth's "jesus is a cunt" tattooed on your neck, then in 15 years time ( or hell less!) you mellow out a bit, your not 'with the kids' any more and hey maybe you've even 'found' god ( yes he was behind the sofa all along) then your sweet little slogan aint gonna wash with ur bible club. whoops. ( not a true story... i don't think)

if ur gonna get inked
1. make it personal ( ideally design it yourself)
2. have it somewhere inconspicuous so you can show it if you want but hide it too. ( wrists are not a good place, poeople have lost out on jobs for less)
3.BE SURE!!! don't go on a whim, you will regret it. something your think looks cool now may just look sad later in life
4. check out that the parlour has all its health and safety regs up 2 date etc.
5. don't get boyfriend/ girlfriends/ bestist best friends in the whole worlds name, life is too flexible and if it doesn't work out then your a tad fucked aren't so when u finaly meet your new sweetie who makes you feel all gooey and they find that you have BIG DAVE tattooed over your breasts, its goona put a dampener on things. if you must then go for your kids names, even parents you can fall out with. they world may change but you can always could on yourself as being a constant.