TATTOOS?

The night I turned 18 I was out driving around Independence, MO with a group of friends, It was mine and my friend Angie's birthdays. None of us had tat's and that night we were on a mission to get them! It was the most random decision i've ever made in my life. I'm a pretty spontaneous person to begin with so none of my friends thought anything of it. Most of my friends were, for my taste, kind of boring, always had to plan every detail of the day, never any random excitement, maybe that's why they liked me? To make a meaningless story even more meaningless, that night we drove around the city, and could not find one tattoo shop open!!!! Okay, so we probably only drove down Noland and into Raytown, but still, our mission failed. And I, to this day, still do not have a tattoo. Sad story huh? Angie, however, called me up two weeks later to say she got a tattoo in Colorado of a lady bug on her foot...

I love love LOVE whole body tattoos on most people. I just love that style. I could never pull it off, but if you have one, more power to you! I watched a couple episodes of a show where this guy travels all over the world to get tattoos. The tattoos he gets are like hard core, hand-poking-needle, have -to- get -initiated -in order- to- get -one, kinda tattoos. This man traveled into the jungle so an original head lord (people who cut off peoples heads) would give him a tattoo which his represented Honor, i believe, because he slit the throat of a hog.

Everyone has their own "tattoo rules" so to say. The ones I've heard my whole life are #1. "make sure the tattoo has meaning!", #2 "Never, under any circumstance get the name of the person you're with tattooed to your body" Apparently doing so means that your relationship with that person is doomed from that point on. #3. "Never get a tattoo when you're drunk!" That's an obvious one. #4. "Make sure you have enough money" I've seen plenty of people sportin half done tats, or not colored in ones, I guess that's your personal opinion. I'd want it all the way done though. #5. "Never get a tattoo in a place someone of importance might see" #6. "Make sure the person that is tatting you DOES NOT make a spelling error!"

I'm still planning on getting a tattoo some day. When I can make my mind up with what I want!