Tattoos, punks, and pool
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gordonzola This thread deserves a post of its own. What’s the worst tattoo you have? What’s the worst tattoo you’ve ever seen?
And what’s up with the Epicenter worst tattoo competition? I never heard about it.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
slanderous? arispurr? kittynitro? radcarrots? lapsed? Don’t hold out on me. I don’t remember that. Was it after my time there?
I remember holding an informal poll about my tattoo idea there. Young Emma or old Emma? I never got that tattoo because I decided I didn’t really want it, but I was thinking of it because I have never seen a man get a tattoo of a woman who was a public figure. I mean, you see guys sometimes with their heroes or whatever, but the only women you ever see on men are either relatives or some kind of stupid sexist shit. Then I decided that I didn’t really want a picture of another person on my body.
Cheese on the other hand…
Speaking of Epicenter, you know what one of my favorite moments was? The pool tournament. It was near the beginning back before anyone was hating on each other. We were playing on the totally warped and fucked-up table salvaged from the Verbal Abuse house. All the factions of punk were represented and had dressed up a little. Mohawks were gelled, gutter punks had a fresh drunk on, straight-edgers were tidy and boring-looking, crusties were extra shiny. Every time someone sank a shot people would applaud quietly and politely like it was a golf tournament. This drove Tim Yo crazy, which encouraged us to keep at it.
And to bring this full circle, that was the day after I got my first tattoo. Btw, I should have won the tournament but I eight-ball scratched.
And what’s up with the Epicenter worst tattoo competition? I never heard about it.
slanderous? arispurr? kittynitro? radcarrots? lapsed? Don’t hold out on me. I don’t remember that. Was it after my time there?I remember holding an informal poll about my tattoo idea there. Young Emma or old Emma? I never got that tattoo because I decided I didn’t really want it, but I was thinking of it because I have never seen a man get a tattoo of a woman who was a public figure. I mean, you see guys sometimes with their heroes or whatever, but the only women you ever see on men are either relatives or some kind of stupid sexist shit. Then I decided that I didn’t really want a picture of another person on my body.
Cheese on the other hand…
Speaking of Epicenter, you know what one of my favorite moments was? The pool tournament. It was near the beginning back before anyone was hating on each other. We were playing on the totally warped and fucked-up table salvaged from the Verbal Abuse house. All the factions of punk were represented and had dressed up a little. Mohawks were gelled, gutter punks had a fresh drunk on, straight-edgers were tidy and boring-looking, crusties were extra shiny. Every time someone sank a shot people would applaud quietly and politely like it was a golf tournament. This drove Tim Yo crazy, which encouraged us to keep at it.
And to bring this full circle, that was the day after I got my first tattoo. Btw, I should have won the tournament but I eight-ball scratched.
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Face tattoos are usually the worst.
Date: 2005-03-13 03:55 am (UTC)I have seen some terrible tattoos:
- Plenty of the Tasmanian Devil, including one with him glaring from someone's bicep, with a word bubble that says "FAH-Q!!". Another one had Taz with "dizzy lines" around his head, and a word bubble (again) saying "Me Party Too Much!" Oh lord, these are such pathetic duds.
- A stick-n-poke forehead tatoo that says RENEGADE in shaky lettering, one inch above the eyebrows, but only about a quarter-inch high text.
- Another face tattoo of single-line outline of a pegasus all across a guy's face, done in single blue/green home job ink. It covers his forehead, both cheeks, down to his chin.
- But the worst I've seen, by far, is the guy in New Orleans who has clown makeup tattooed to his whole fucking face. Sad clown, too. Big white outlines around his eyes, sad downturned mouth, cheeks, the whole shebang. He's part of that crew of crusties who turned into clowns. Woah.
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Date: 2005-03-13 04:22 am (UTC)Re: Face tattoos are usually the worst.
Date: 2005-03-13 04:25 am (UTC)Re: Face tattoos are usually the worst.
Date: 2005-03-13 04:35 am (UTC)Re: Face tattoos are usually the worst.
Date: 2005-03-13 06:26 pm (UTC)The punk women had their issue. The punk queers had theirs. I think the punk POC had an issue. It's time for the clown punk issue to make up for years of neglect. I mean, do any clown punks actually even work on MRR? That kind of exclusion is fucked up.
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Date: 2005-03-13 04:39 am (UTC)Re: Face tattoos are usually the worst.
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Date: 2005-03-14 12:36 am (UTC)Re: What's a crusty?
Date: 2005-03-14 01:53 am (UTC)What's a crusty?
You know one when you smell one... through a closed door. And down the hallway.