Day Ninety Seven

Guess who got their first full length article posted!

http://lanetoday.com/2013/04/24/adrenaline-film-project-36-film-makers-12-films-72-hours/

Okay, now onto what this article's really about: tattoos. There's been talk of tattoos before (my roommate guest wrote a post about her tattoos on Day Forty Three) but I've never talked about them from my own perspective.

I have a love/hate relationship with tattoos.

Love:

Hate:

I think there are some questions to consider before you get a tattoo:

1. Will it make you unemployable?
2. Have you thought about it for more than 5 seconds?
3. Will it make you look like a douchebag/douchebagette?
4. Do you think getting it will make you cool?
5. Are you getting it because you lost a bet?
6. Are you sober?
7. If you're getting a tattoo with your boyfriend/girlfriend, have you been together more than 2 months?
8. Will it prevent you from getting laid if a member of your preferred sex sees it?
9. Did you spell/grammar check?
10. Would you be embarrassed showing it to your grandma?


In all serious though, I think that if you're going to get a tattoo, it should have some sort of personal significance. A tattoo is going to be a part of your body forever, so really think about it before you get one. If you have an idea in mind, wait a year and if you still want it just as much, go for it.

Currently, this is the tattoo I have in mind

Ignore the watermarks. I couldn't find a sketched one without it.

 I'm only going to get this tattoo if I get this tattoo if I get the opportunity to travel internationally for my career (or even for leisure). It would be a pretty small tattoo on my shoulder blade. I was also thinking about getting a sketched outline and filing in an "X" over a country after I go there. I just can't imagine myself going under the needle more than once because I absolutely hate needles.