Thursday, November 3, 2011

Nearing Adulthood, Please Unbuckle and Grow Up

Today is November third, which means that my 18th birthday is very, very close. As the first act of my adulthood, I plan on acquiring a tattoo. I've been thinking about this for the past year, and I've narrowed it down to two images that I really like and I believe will be somewhat timeless. I mean, getting it on such a landmark birthday will give it meaning forever, but I want something that I won't mind being there when I'm in my mid-40s.

I like the dandelions just because dandelions are one of the prettiest weeds I've seen. They reproduce by letting the seedlings go. Not to sound like a poetic hipster, but I like the idea of that. Me, being the seedling, and my parents, being the dandelion. Because I'm not a rock star or tattooed model, I'll probably end up getting the more inconspicuous lower hip one.

The second image was actually inspired by a henna tattoo that I decided on out of the blue. I have been a life-long attendee of Wheatland Music Festival, where they have many activities for every age group. At Middlegrounds, a place for older teens to mid-20-year-olds, they always have henna available. When it was my turn, I just decided on an adorable ribbon bow on my back, which is actually my profile picture for Blogger. I don't think these pictures do my idea much justice, but I think you get the gist. I definitely won't get it in the tramp stamp area. I'm actually not that sure where I would get the bow if I ended up getting it..

As of right now, I'm really leaning towards the dandelion, although I do have another week before I really have to decide.

I guess I was always that kid who did "Eeny Meeny Miney Moe" but was secretly changing the way it would go to favor the thing I actually wanted.

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