Monday, February 06, 2006

I rock so hard I almost can't stand myself...
My new Sailor Jerry t-shirt arrived via UPS last week and I wore it on Friday with my vintage Levis and studded leather belt. No one in this city looked as cool as I did. No one had to say it. I could tell by the way they averted their eyes from my cool-ness.

Vintage tattoo art is one of my favorite things. I can't wait to get some new ink on my wrist (and all the way up my arm, if I have my way). I'm even considering studying to be a tattoo artist (part-time, of course, as a second career). I could spend the next 20 years as an apprentice and when I'm too addled to string two sentences together anymore, I can spend my days permanently marking the bodies of others. I must clarify by saying I would specialize in classic tattoo design and never would I ever (EVER!) put one of the following on someone's body: (a) Tweety Bird, (b) a dolphin, (c) a man's name (or a woman's...it goes both ways), or (d) any beer company logo. But if you want a pinup girl, skull and crossbones, hearts, flames, snakes, eagles, Harley-Davidson, or "death before dishonor," I'm all over it. Just give me some time to practice on citrus fruit, cadavers, and gullible friends (in that order).

7 comments:

  1. Girl, you will change your tune once I reveal the Miller High Life girl on the small of my back (drunken Mardi Gras souvenir... being 19 sure is sweet... YEEEEAAAHHH!). I can't believe I've never shown off my ink before. Dang!

    No offense, but I would NEVER trust you with an instrument-o-permanent-ink-torture. You're liable to pen "Stank Ass Ho" when the request is for a yin and yang. Wait, wait! What a great TLC show concept: KLo takes on the world with her freebasing tattoo pen.

    Must. Stop. Sniffing. Glue.

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  2. Uhm, didn't you have a painful tattoo removal incident? What the hell is going on with you? Do I need to come to Charleston and preppy-tize your ass?

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  3. You rock indeed. I followed the link and attempted to order the men's nurse-tatt classic, but the following message came up:
    "Order declined as you insufficiently rock. Regrets, mate!"

    My browser was then re-directed to an Eeyore hoodie at The Disney Store.

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  4. Charlie, you definitely need to come here for a little intervention. Just a tiny one. Maybe I can drag my Lacoste shirts out of the back of the closet...if I haven't already used them to wash the car.
    Jason, I can't wait to see your new Eeyore hoodie. I'm sure it rocks just as hard as Sailor Jerry.

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  5. I <3 Sailor Jerry and Pinup girls...

    and tattoos are my only safe addiction, it's a good thing my bf finds them attractive!

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  6. Melina, you might have to be my new BFF. Loved your post about co-workers stopping by to gawk at your tattoo. I get that a lot with my nose ring, except I forget that I have it in and think they're staring at a dingly-dangly in my nose.

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  7. I'm with Charlie. That was my first thought "Didn't she spend like half her life getting a tattoo removed?"
    Anyway, I may be in the minority but I would totally trust you to put a tattoo on me.

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