John, I'm only dancing...

I want a tattoo...

Like REALLY want a tattoo... But there are four reasons why I haven't followed through with it:

1. PAIN!!!!

2. Cost

3. Design

4. Did I mention pain?

Plus I can't decide where I want one. I mean you're stuck with this for life. I don't want to be 70 and my grandchildren going "Why did you get that stupid design?". Plus I change my mind about the design like every other week. I want it to mean something, but then I'm only 19, so I'm scared that something that has relevence now will just come off as foolish later on.

When it really comes down to it, I think the only reason why I want one is because they're a bit of a fashion statement at the moment. I mean, think about it. How people do you know that have a tattoo? How many people do you see down the street with tattoos? Remember when only punks, rebels and bikers got tatts? Those were the days... Mind you, when I was a kid it was like the grungers, goths and bogans that got tattoos.

I wish I was around for Punk... Mind you I think I would've chickened out. I couldn't put all those safety pins in my face. God know what disease's you'd catch from that.

I'd be a Glam girl. Ziggy Stardust, he's the man for me. Sigh. You know Ziggy first hit the scene in 1968. That makes him 51 years old. That is just unbelievable. He is eternally youthful. I think it shows how ingenius David Bowie is. He basically created his own style of music, fashion and still inspires musicians today. That to me is the measure of a true talent.

I was always a Bowie fan. I think because Mum is such a big fan. I became completely obsessed when I was about nine and my parents hired Labyrinth for me from "Civic Video" as it was known then (are there Civic Videos any more?). All I wanted to do is have David Bowie show up at my school. Ofcourse at the time I don't think I realised just how famous David was. My obsession flared back up a couple of years ago. I spent all of my first term of Yr 11 Art doing portraits of him...

That sounds majorly creepy now that I've written that down.

Maybe I should get a tattoo of Ziggy?

I dunno.

Till Next Time...

xxx