thanks to sites like the inked blog and the cobrasnake as well as shows like Inked on A&E and Miami Ink on discovery i've realized tattoos are trendy trendy shit. it's funny how whats punk one day is normal/trendy the next. so now i'm thinking to myself; why spend hundreds of dollars on something that, while original to your body, is just like so many others? it's more counter culture, more punk, to keep the skin free of ink. of course i'm not claiming to be punk.
"punk" is actually a word that's been very abused in recent years. it used to refer to counter culture behavior, anti -mainstream. but the bands, styles, and attitudes that are called punk now, while mimicing some of the old guard, are the mainstream. punk was innovative and on the edge. making it's own rules. DIY. now you get Tim Armstrong envoking shouts of "i will not conform" from 5,000 dyed/spiked/shaggy haired, skateboard toting, tattooed kids, fists in the air (in the land of hipocracy.. RATM reference.. sorry.) "punk" has become pop culture. i'm gonna be sick.
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I think the only way to counter pop culture is to (yes this is cheesy) be yourself. Everyone wants to be accepted. Blah. Who cares what people think... wear pink and orange if you want!
it's frustrating working in an office environment with that frame of mind... you have to dress 'appropriately'... as long as my skin is covered, who cares what I'm wearing? and if I had cancer and my hair fell out, no one would question my baldness... but if I just shaved it, it would be totally unacceptable. Why is that? It's the same with, say, blue hair. Blue is just another color, people! Just like brown or black!
people can be annoying. we should all be naked and bald, then no one can complain.
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September 20, 2005 4:38 PM