February 2, 2007
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I've had a rather inconstant stance on tattoos during my life. I was vehemently opposed to my little brother getting his first one (he did it anyway), and I have never considered them to be attractive on others. And yet, I've always thought that if I found the right idea, the right design, I might be willing to go under the gun. I am not interested in searching for those perfect tattoo ideas, either. I don't want a tattoo like I don't want a ham sandwich. I'd rather have something else for lunch, but if a ham sandwich falls in my lap, I'll eat it.
Because of my hypothetical willingness permanently to alter my skin, I've been keenly aware of which tattoos are pointless, which are ugly, which body locations are best, etc. But I've also always been on the casual lookout for those perfect tattoos. And I've come across a few things in my life that I'd be willing to tattoo on my body. The reason I'm writing this is because I just found another. So here's the list:
- I "Heart" Mom - Biker style heart with "Mom" on it, or something like that. I think these are so cool because they consciously undermine the impenetrable badass air of the usual subjects. Also, I love my Mom.
- The Slant logo. This was the satirical newspaper that I ran for a couple years in college. I put tons of time and sweat into it, and I'm very proud of many of our accomplishments. Eventually it got me on CNN, many local news stations, the NYT, and the Tennessean, as well as in Wikipedia, though I don't have my own article. At one point, a bunch of us Slant staffers were talking about it, and we all thought Slant tattoos would be awesome. Just the meatball (our name for our logo) on some body part. We never followed up on it, but I think everyone would have seen it through. Or at least Meredith, Andrew Banecker and I.
- McGill. My college dorm for three years. Probably the most formative and memorable aspect of my life since puberty. I love McGill so much, and I wouldn't mind a McGill tattoo. It would obviously have to be a tattoo of a polar bear [that link will only make any sense at all to McGillites]. Maybe a flaming picnic table. Or maybe just Fahad's testicles.
- And now, the new one. It shouldn't be much of a surprise, given my current passions. I'd love to have something culinary. Something like this pig. Which would pretty much be the worst violation of Jewish law ever. Or like the ones from this NYT culinary tattoo slideshow.
Also, ten points if you recognize the reference in the title of this post.
Posted at February 2, 2007 11:58 PM | Comments (6)
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Posted by: Cara at February 3, 2007 4:03 AM
cara beat me to it, but, duh. any early 90s kid who doesn't know that is put to shame.
Posted by: jeanette at February 3, 2007 1:30 PM
Someone googled my name and told me about this. I almost forgot that, but yes, I agree--we totally would have gone through with it at the time. Thankfully we didn't. We'd have the stigma of every time we went to Nashville, some jackass would see it and think of Joe Hills. The Slant is terrible nowadays... just saying.
Posted by: Andrew Banecker at February 4, 2007 5:18 PM
That's true. But I'm still proud of what it was during my first three years. And I'm pretty sure mine would have been somewhere that some random jackass in a bar wouldn't see.
It would be pretty funny if we had gotten them and now regretted it and wanted to get them changed, as if we'd broken up. I can't think of anything to turn "The Slant" into.
Posted by: Barzelay at February 4, 2007 5:40 PM
i would have turned mine into mickey mouse, but as geordi from star trek: tng.
Posted by: meredith at February 5, 2007 12:50 PM
Say, what do you mean the paper that you ran for a "couple of years"? You were EIC for one(1)(I) year. The Slant was damn good that year, but it was one year.
Is it just me, or are there a whole heck of a lot fewer issues this year?
Posted by: Ben at February 5, 2007 9:30 PM
