Monday, 7 January 2008

I'm thinking of getting a tattoo...

Tattooing myself is something I've meant to do for a while, but I've never really had much of an idea of what I wouldn't actually mind having permenantly scared onto my flesh...

Until now, I thought a while ago, (like, a couple of weeks ago), that the Talking Wheelchair from the 'Sweet Cuppin' Cakes' cartoon-within-a-cartoon from Homestarrunner.com would be quite cool. And now, a couple of weeks later... I still think it would be quite cool, and less regretable than anything else I've yet considered.

I respect people with tattoos, or at least, tattoo-possession is one factor in the formula of whether or not I respect someone. I think its all well and good to claim to 'has a stylez', but its another thing entirely to subject yourself to hours of significant pain within an uncomfortable environment to make a tangible committment to the image of yourself you want to project. Like, a while ago, I heard something saying that the future of tattooing will be very different; that cloned skin grafts could be produced relatively cheaply, and that that graft could be tattooed before-hand and then simply laid onto your arm or wherever and just left to grow onto your body - and I thought, go on then, I'll wait until that becomes the norm and get myself as tattooed as I bloomin' 'ell want! But that would take away the self-sacrificial aspect of putting yourself through all the pain...

So yeah, thoughts? (I noticed the last two entries didn't get any comments, I don't write this jargle for my health, y'all know!)

5 comments:

Roo said...

My face.

On your face.

Maybe you could pull the look off, I know I can't.

Roo said...

I should clarify I don't want to walk up to your cheek and think "hey, I didnt notice Tom had a mirrot in his face" I want my face superimposed on yours.

Anonymous said...

you want that wheelchair on ur skin..? i dont understand...

Anonymous said...

i'm not sure about your choice, but it is something which can't really be anyone else's, so hey, i'm not gonna stop you.
i was thinking about what i want tattoo'd last night.
i haven't decided on anything yet and i don't want to force myself into anything so hopefully i shall have some sort of enlightenment when i go to asia.
i want it on my shoulderblade (probably left) and spreading onto my arm, and eventually i'd like a sleeve. plus i want piercings.

Roo said...

*goes to the charity shop, buys a cheap 2nd hand shirt, cuts off one of the sleeves and sends it to sarah*


oh, oh, im funny...