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So, I finally got it done. No, not the assassination of Steve Jobs – my new tattoo!

Yes, after much debating, studying pictures, and drawing on my limbs with various types of pen, I decided on a tattoo I liked, and wanted to get done. I knew after much consideration, that I didn’t want something ‘geeky’ done this time. I already had my Warhammer 40,000 Aquila tattoo, and felt that my second foray into the world of body art should be something a little more universal. Or at least should show some other side of my personality (for all those fans of my other tattoo ideas, fear not, they will be done, just at a later date). Getting a picture of Noel Fielding inked on me was out of the question, since I have enough people questioning my sexuality as it is, without adding fuel to the flames.

So, I looked to my more literary side, thinking that maybe some clecer quote would be good. And my choice was prompted by an argument with my graceless neanderthal sister, in which I quoted at her the excellent Oscar Wilde “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars”, in response to her claims that even though I behave as if I’m better than her, we were born in the same place, and live in the same place.

This quote, to me, sums up the drive within people to be better than they are. The urge to reach further, achieve more, and generally be better than you were to begin with. Whether or not this is what the esteemed Mr Wilde intended or not, that’s what it says to me, and so, since I often believe myself to be trying to better myself, I feel it’s perfect. It also serves as a reminder to me whan I’m about to do something base or low, that I’m supposed to be above such acts. Don’t know if it’ll work, but it looks good anyway!

TTFN

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