I told you this story because it seems thanks to MTV and the NBA tattoos have become main stream and it is really sickening. The more and more I look around people are getting tribal tattoos. Everyone said I need to get a tribal tattoo. I am not nor have I ever been part of any tribe, which means I really don’t need to get a tribal tattoo. I did my home work before I got a tattoo. A lot of the guys I worked with at the time of me getting it were either ex cons or bikers. I asked them all about it. They said the one main thing, make sure it is what you want because it is there for life. Now I don’t take tattoos to seriously to the extent where I say everyone of them has a meaning. I mean the big one I have does but its not a really big meaning. I got the tattoos because they were different and I liked them. I remember my friend telling me when he was in there getting work done A guy that may have weighed 90 lbs soaking wet was getting the monster logo tattooed on his leg. The guy said he was getting it beasue he is hard core , and by hardcore it means he drinks 4 cans a day of that junk. While I do have to respect what he is getting he is going to regret it when the whole monster energy thing is played out which takes me back to what the guy says are you sure you are ready. Tattoos should be timeless, not a trend setter. Heck back in the day the only people that got tattoos were degenerates and skuzzy sailors(probably one in the same) . So remember before you get a tattoo make it your own make it original. Don’t do it cause everyone is doing do it because you know it is what you want to do.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Tattoos
I remember when I turned 18 I went and bought a can of snuff, a pouch of chaw and a lottery ticket. It was great not worrying about getting caught with this stuff cause I was legal now. Then I told my mom and dad, “ I am going to get a tattoo” . Dad told me to think about it after he said hell no and mom just said hell no. Well I waited I thought and thought about it but couldn’t find anything that fits. So four years later I finally got my first tattoo. When I got my first tattoo it was not out of a book or off the wall at the tattoo parlor. It was in my head. I walked into the parlor and told the dangerous looking but friendly guy , “I am ready to get my first tattoo” . He asker me are you sure? I was kind of insulted but then I got to thinking, this guy probably gets tons of frat guys and wanna be bad ass chicks in here wanting to get tattoos that later hate them and all they can do is piss and moan trying to get thier money back. I went back outside to my truck sat on the tail gate and really thought about it. I went back in and said yes sir I am ready. He said pick one out, I said I have one in mind but you don’t have it here I need to draw it out. So he turned me towards a guy that was not doing anything and also did not seem enthusiastic about being there this worried me but I drew it out and he perfected it. Then he went to put it on my arm. Im not gonna lie as soon as he sank the needles in I knew there was no turning back. An hour later it was done. I was proud it was a tattoo that I thought no one had and as far as I know no one still does not have. I have had two more put on me after that and plan to get a few more .
I told you this story because it seems thanks to MTV and the NBA tattoos have become main stream and it is really sickening. The more and more I look around people are getting tribal tattoos. Everyone said I need to get a tribal tattoo. I am not nor have I ever been part of any tribe, which means I really don’t need to get a tribal tattoo. I did my home work before I got a tattoo. A lot of the guys I worked with at the time of me getting it were either ex cons or bikers. I asked them all about it. They said the one main thing, make sure it is what you want because it is there for life. Now I don’t take tattoos to seriously to the extent where I say everyone of them has a meaning. I mean the big one I have does but its not a really big meaning. I got the tattoos because they were different and I liked them. I remember my friend telling me when he was in there getting work done A guy that may have weighed 90 lbs soaking wet was getting the monster logo tattooed on his leg. The guy said he was getting it beasue he is hard core , and by hardcore it means he drinks 4 cans a day of that junk. While I do have to respect what he is getting he is going to regret it when the whole monster energy thing is played out which takes me back to what the guy says are you sure you are ready. Tattoos should be timeless, not a trend setter. Heck back in the day the only people that got tattoos were degenerates and skuzzy sailors(probably one in the same) . So remember before you get a tattoo make it your own make it original. Don’t do it cause everyone is doing do it because you know it is what you want to do.
I told you this story because it seems thanks to MTV and the NBA tattoos have become main stream and it is really sickening. The more and more I look around people are getting tribal tattoos. Everyone said I need to get a tribal tattoo. I am not nor have I ever been part of any tribe, which means I really don’t need to get a tribal tattoo. I did my home work before I got a tattoo. A lot of the guys I worked with at the time of me getting it were either ex cons or bikers. I asked them all about it. They said the one main thing, make sure it is what you want because it is there for life. Now I don’t take tattoos to seriously to the extent where I say everyone of them has a meaning. I mean the big one I have does but its not a really big meaning. I got the tattoos because they were different and I liked them. I remember my friend telling me when he was in there getting work done A guy that may have weighed 90 lbs soaking wet was getting the monster logo tattooed on his leg. The guy said he was getting it beasue he is hard core , and by hardcore it means he drinks 4 cans a day of that junk. While I do have to respect what he is getting he is going to regret it when the whole monster energy thing is played out which takes me back to what the guy says are you sure you are ready. Tattoos should be timeless, not a trend setter. Heck back in the day the only people that got tattoos were degenerates and skuzzy sailors(probably one in the same) . So remember before you get a tattoo make it your own make it original. Don’t do it cause everyone is doing do it because you know it is what you want to do.
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