I am, after a conversation I had this morning, completely and utterly obsessed with a tattoo idea. A riff on the classic man’s ruin design, altered for my own ruin. It’d be like a hot cowboy, a bottle of whiskey, books (of lurid poetry, though I suppose no one would know what the books were unless I told them), cash, a guitar (with some musical notes or something) and, um, what else? Suggestions? It’s be in very classic 40s tattoo flash style and cover my whole forearm. Clearly I’d need to win the lottery before I did this, so future employment wouldn’t be a problem. And obviously many other people thought of this before me. Amusing geek version. And woman’s ruin, though not my ruin specifically. I seriously want this so badly I can practically taste it. Also I want a pirate tattoo. And the HCT logo. And some other stuff. I guess I’ll buy a lottery ticket on my way home.
AJAX BELL 
May 2, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Oh, I LOVE the tattoo idea. Hmm, what would go into mine… chocolate, dancing, and tv don’t sound like very exciting artwork, do they?
And I must point you to Man’s Ruin Tattoos,, with an all-female staff. One of my friends got work done there and came back with a bumper sticker saying “I cried like a little girl at Man’s Ruin Tattoo.”
May 2, 2007 at 4:17 pm
That geek version is very amusing. My guy has no ink yet (which is odd, considering all that he does, what with his bass playing and rockabilly/psychobilly ways) and he’s also a gamer geek galore. That would be hilarious as his first tat. Heh.
May 2, 2007 at 4:49 pm
I can’t believe shoes didn’t make the list.
May 2, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Ha! It crossed my mind but then I sort of stonewalled myself when I started thinking about how many shoes it would be, in which case I might as well just get my lower arm sleeved in lots and lots of shoes…which actually, isn’t a bad idea.
May 2, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Oh! Now I want to get my tattoo there! Definitely winning the lottery, and then I’ll visit y’all and get inked!
May 2, 2007 at 4:59 pm
He should get a science version! With school supplies!!
May 2, 2007 at 7:14 pm
I let mine expire, too. Or, maybe it hasn’t yet. I just need the money for too many important things.
Like food. *sigh*
May 3, 2007 at 3:23 am
Hehe, I was going to ask how you could leave shoes out, too. š