Everyone Has Opinions About Tattoos, Here Are Mine

countcenci:

You think they should be meaningful, you think they should be pretty, you think it’d be wise to invest your money in tattoo removal technology because in twenty years all these hipster idiots are going to come to their senses and realize that a shark wearing Ray-Bans and surfing the waves of your calf muscle is not conducive to, say, convincing your bank to let you take out a second mortgage on your nice three-bedroom in suburban Massachusetts.

There are better examples for ill-placed tattoo mistakes because when you’re trying to convince your bank to let you take out a second mortgage, you WON’T BE WEARING SHORTS, which is the only way a calf tattoo would show.

I mention this not to pick apart Liana, who is a wonderful blogger, but because I have a tattoo on my right calf that is ridiculous.

I have three other tattoos I love, but the calf tattoo I got after a few lot of bourbon in Washington DC’s DuPont Circle (and no I didn’t go to fvckin’ Jinx Proof you teenager). It was a weird spot on 17th St. I can’t remember the name of, but I can remember there was all sorts of torture equipment on the wall, so I was glad when when my test for Hep a few months later came back negative.

The tattoo is a picture of a ninja star with a red/yellow eye in the middle. One of my geeky LOTR friend’s says it’s the Eye of Sauran. It has no theme or story behind it. It’s just a dumb tattoo I got when I was drunk and young.

I don’t mind it though because you make mistakes in life, and best own up to them or you’ll never understand why people think you’re a dick.

Self-deprecation indeed.

I like that tattoo.

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