Just like a tattoo.
So awhile ago someone asked me what tattoos I had. Then I was discussing tattoos elsewhere and I've been thinking a lot about tattoos lately and yadda yadda. I decided I wanted to write a post about my tattoos and what they mean.
Top Left: Thnks fr the Mmrs. I got this one the day I turned 18. It is in fact a Fall Out Boy song although it doesn't really have anything to do with the actual song. When I was 15 I started listening to FOB. I joined Overcast Kids (the fanclub) and became a part of the bandom. It's basically just a thank you to them for all of the memories. Some of the best days I've ever had have been at their concerts, waiting in line for 24 hours in the hot sun, bonding with my best friend, meeting new people. Them and all of the people I met because of them were there when my life was not a happy time....
Top Right: Ladybug! Ladybugs are symbols of luck, love, and good fortune. So just a positive view on life you know, luck and good fortune. It's about waiting for your true love so to speak and not settling for anything less than you deserve. There's also a myth that the number of spots it has is the number of years before you meet your true love. Mine has 5 ;]
Bottom Left: So Long and Goodnight 1934-2006. When I was 16, my grandmother died very suddenly and quickly from pancreatic cancer. We were very, very close. I was...devastated to say the least. That's really around when all of the trouble started for me. Around the same time, I lost my grandfather, a friend, a friend's mother, all of my friends were ditching me, and this stupid boy I was madly in love with started dating someone else. It was just a shit year, right? So this was me closing that chapter in my life and saying goodbye. The lyric is from the My Chemical Romance song Helena. They're one of my favorite bands always. I listened to that album (which was written for their grandmother who died) obsessively at the time as it made me feel less shitty and alone.
Bottom Right: Harry Potter scar! My best friend Allie and I both got these so that no matter what, we're always connected. We aren't that close anymore and only talk every few months but she'll always, always be a part of me. Obviously, it's also just for Harry Potter in general (although I'm getting another HP tattoo eventually). It's been a part of my life for 11 years. That's more than half my life! I could go on and on about exactly what HP means to me, all the things it taught me, and all the good times I've had because of it but we'd be here till next Tuesday.
Also Bottom Right (around the wrist): Take a Breath and Hold On Just a Little Bit Longer. Yes, they are three Jonas Brothers songs combined to make one sentence. Yes, I like the Jonas Brother. No, it is not a "Jonas Brothers Tattoo" really. It's more about what those songs mean and the time in my life when JB was most important. The summer after I graduated High School and that transition period of going to college and growing up. It's about leaving things behind, not stressing so much over things, and just to hold a little bit longer when things are shitty.
I have gotten various negativity, snickers, and laughs for most of my tattoos. I don't particularly care as I didn't get these for anyone but myself. I view tattoos as an art form and an extension of who I am as a person through art. All of these things made me what I am so I wanted to literally make them who I am. People often tell me I will regret them (which really shouldn't be much of a concern to anyone but apparently it is) to which I say that I will not regret them (and even if I do what am I going to do about it?). I chose things to express periods of my life. I may not like FOB, or MCR, or JB, or HP for my whole life. It's highly likely but that's exactly why I didn't get "JONAS BROTHERS" written across my chest now eh? I don't know, I LOVE my tattoos. As of now I wouldn't change a thing (even the little mess up the artist made on my JB lyrics). Plus, they're fucking addicting man. I avoid telling people this as the real world isn't as kinky as fandom but I enjoy the pain. HEYOH!
Plans for other ones: The flowers in the opening of Flying Circus and Always Look on the Bright Side of Life weaved into it for Monty Python (and just comedy in general really). My sci-fi tattoo will probably be the sky/stars behind the TARDIS with a banner that reads Live Long and Prosper as I wanted to combine my love of Doctor Who and Star Trek. Around my ankle I want Leave the Past in the Past Gonna Find the Future which is from the Simple Plan song When I'm Gone as they're another one of the most important bands of the last 10 years of my life. My other Harry Potter tattoo will be the header from the first chapter of Prisoner of Azkaban which is three owls together flying and it will read All was well. I decided I think I want to get it on the day the last movie comes out. For Disney I'm getting a hidden Mickey somewhere on my body. Just the Mickey silhouette. Finally I want one for my time abroad. Something that connects London and LA as my homes. Hearts on my hips or something. Idk yet...
And this has been yet another long winded journal brought to you by Lauren J!
Top Left: Thnks fr the Mmrs. I got this one the day I turned 18. It is in fact a Fall Out Boy song although it doesn't really have anything to do with the actual song. When I was 15 I started listening to FOB. I joined Overcast Kids (the fanclub) and became a part of the bandom. It's basically just a thank you to them for all of the memories. Some of the best days I've ever had have been at their concerts, waiting in line for 24 hours in the hot sun, bonding with my best friend, meeting new people. Them and all of the people I met because of them were there when my life was not a happy time....
Top Right: Ladybug! Ladybugs are symbols of luck, love, and good fortune. So just a positive view on life you know, luck and good fortune. It's about waiting for your true love so to speak and not settling for anything less than you deserve. There's also a myth that the number of spots it has is the number of years before you meet your true love. Mine has 5 ;]
Bottom Left: So Long and Goodnight 1934-2006. When I was 16, my grandmother died very suddenly and quickly from pancreatic cancer. We were very, very close. I was...devastated to say the least. That's really around when all of the trouble started for me. Around the same time, I lost my grandfather, a friend, a friend's mother, all of my friends were ditching me, and this stupid boy I was madly in love with started dating someone else. It was just a shit year, right? So this was me closing that chapter in my life and saying goodbye. The lyric is from the My Chemical Romance song Helena. They're one of my favorite bands always. I listened to that album (which was written for their grandmother who died) obsessively at the time as it made me feel less shitty and alone.
Bottom Right: Harry Potter scar! My best friend Allie and I both got these so that no matter what, we're always connected. We aren't that close anymore and only talk every few months but she'll always, always be a part of me. Obviously, it's also just for Harry Potter in general (although I'm getting another HP tattoo eventually). It's been a part of my life for 11 years. That's more than half my life! I could go on and on about exactly what HP means to me, all the things it taught me, and all the good times I've had because of it but we'd be here till next Tuesday.
Also Bottom Right (around the wrist): Take a Breath and Hold On Just a Little Bit Longer. Yes, they are three Jonas Brothers songs combined to make one sentence. Yes, I like the Jonas Brother. No, it is not a "Jonas Brothers Tattoo" really. It's more about what those songs mean and the time in my life when JB was most important. The summer after I graduated High School and that transition period of going to college and growing up. It's about leaving things behind, not stressing so much over things, and just to hold a little bit longer when things are shitty.
I have gotten various negativity, snickers, and laughs for most of my tattoos. I don't particularly care as I didn't get these for anyone but myself. I view tattoos as an art form and an extension of who I am as a person through art. All of these things made me what I am so I wanted to literally make them who I am. People often tell me I will regret them (which really shouldn't be much of a concern to anyone but apparently it is) to which I say that I will not regret them (and even if I do what am I going to do about it?). I chose things to express periods of my life. I may not like FOB, or MCR, or JB, or HP for my whole life. It's highly likely but that's exactly why I didn't get "JONAS BROTHERS" written across my chest now eh? I don't know, I LOVE my tattoos. As of now I wouldn't change a thing (even the little mess up the artist made on my JB lyrics). Plus, they're fucking addicting man. I avoid telling people this as the real world isn't as kinky as fandom but I enjoy the pain. HEYOH!
Plans for other ones: The flowers in the opening of Flying Circus and Always Look on the Bright Side of Life weaved into it for Monty Python (and just comedy in general really). My sci-fi tattoo will probably be the sky/stars behind the TARDIS with a banner that reads Live Long and Prosper as I wanted to combine my love of Doctor Who and Star Trek. Around my ankle I want Leave the Past in the Past Gonna Find the Future which is from the Simple Plan song When I'm Gone as they're another one of the most important bands of the last 10 years of my life. My other Harry Potter tattoo will be the header from the first chapter of Prisoner of Azkaban which is three owls together flying and it will read All was well. I decided I think I want to get it on the day the last movie comes out. For Disney I'm getting a hidden Mickey somewhere on my body. Just the Mickey silhouette. Finally I want one for my time abroad. Something that connects London and LA as my homes. Hearts on my hips or something. Idk yet...
And this has been yet another long winded journal brought to you by Lauren J!