strongmad

Here's why I'm not sure I could ever get tattooed. Because if I'd gotten one at age 16, I'd probably have wound up with this on my bicep forever:



Like remember the first time you saw a barbed wire armband tattoo? It seemed kinda cool. But when I see someone with one now, I snicker.

When you look back 5 or 10 years, weren't you an idiot? Following that logic, I'm an idiot now, and I just won't realize it for a while! So if I permanently inscribed myself with something I really think is cool now, there's a fair chance I'd want to kick my own ass later.

*We flash forward to 2019, when StrongMad is attending a barbecue*

COLLEAGUE OF FUTURE WIFE: "Say, what's that tattoo on your leg?"

STRONGMAD: "It's Homestar Runner."

COFW: "Uh, never heard of it."

STRONGMAD: "It was an internet cartoon a long time ago. They stopped making it suddenly in 2005. It was cool, though."

COFW: "Um, OK. ... I think my bratwursts are done. Excuse me."

*back to the present*

I'm sure I could find something timeless and artsy, but my tastes change and evolve. I simply can't be trusted with permanent ink.

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Back to work tomorrow, under bad circumstances, fuckity fuckity fuckity fuck. Seems an appropriate date for suffering.

OK, I'm going to go shave off my goatee. Most people like it, but it's itchy and someone whom it, uh, affects directly isn't crazy about it. So off it goes.

DON'T LOOK! IT'S TOO HORRIBLE! NO! DON'T CLICK THE SPOILER! I'M HIDEOUS!