WHOO TATTOO

i love margaret cho. it just makes sense that she's getting tattooed a bunch because i think she understands the way that tattoos make a lady feel about her body. i'm going on pure assumption here, but going on her past body issues and her comments on burlesque that i've read recently as well as her show "beautiful" which is totally centered around body acceptance i can really relate to her getting tattooed a lot. she has always been a big hero of mine. when i was younger and trying to make sense of how i felt about feminism, she really made a lot of sense to me. she was one of the first feminists that made me feel really empowered, and it makes me really happy that she's in the spotlight now, and also that her tattoos are getting a lot of attention with her new show and all.

i talk to a lot of people about tattoos. when you've got a lot people want to talk to you and it can't really be avoided. one of the compliments that i'm lucky enough to get about my tattoos are that they suit me very well. i think that this is a matter of just having the privledge of getting tattooed by awesome artists who know that a tattoo should look like it's always been there. i think that this is possible for every person who wants a tattoo, not just me. personally i think tattoos "suit" everyone who wants them and i want people who have them to get the best work possible. having a tattoo that moves with your body and that is a compliment to it's shape is one of the biggest reasons i get tattooed. it's amazing to be able to look at a part of yourself accented by lines and beautiful color. i feel that it really reinvented the way that i feel about my body specifically my legs which i was always a little self conscious of before. some may think that it's hiding behind something, but if i feel better about my body when i look in the mirror because it's got beautiful tattoos on it, then whatever. i'd like to think that ms.cho thinks similarly. the more well done tattoos are in the spotlight, the better i feel and hopefully it will get people to search a little harder for a better tattoo artist.

speaking of tattoos, i've got my next couple planned out and it's really cool stuff. my friend chris is getting a posada day of the dead type thing and i'm so so excited to do it.

we watched gus van sant's new movie paranoid park last night. i kind of hated it. the music and filming were very geared toward inducing a feeling which is guess some people would call pretty genius, i mean i got it and there were definitely parts that i thought were really beautiful, but overall i felt that it didn't have a lot to go on besides that feeling of teenage hopelessness and confusion. i guess it just isn't my artsy bag. oh well. we also watched chinatown which i really liked. now there's a movie with substance!

i finished the third book in stephenie meyer's emotionally drawn out teen vampire saga last night also. boy did that book piss me off! i read the first two with such fervor that i could hardly wait to start the third. wow was it disappointing. and HELLO! BELLA SWAN can you get your head out of your ass and maybe think for yourself for once! sheesh. what kind of message are we sending to teenagers here stephenie meyer?! given i haven't read the final book yet, so maybe she'll come to her senses and stop depending on those dudes for her identity, but c'mon! not to mention that it was entirely too long. 600 plus pages of trite-ass filler. of course i'm going to read the last book, just because i've gotta know what happens, but i'm not falling for this teenage love story bullshit. i'm hoping bella tells them both to hit the road. i'll let you guys know when i'm finished.