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31st January 2011

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Tattoo ideas

I don’t know how long this will be, the read more feature isn’t working, so I hope I don’t flood your dashboards. Also, for the record, I’m not making this post to show how “hardcore” I am, or that I’m going to get a fuckload of tattoos and stuff because it’s “badass” or whatever. I truly believe in my heart that these select few symbols deserve to be permanently engraved into my skin. Things like this aren’t just a phase, something that helps you through something is going to stay with you forever. I think of them as battle scars, so wherever I go, they go, until the day I die. (Oh, man, I really hope I don’t get sentimental in the rest of this post.)

The first one I ever plan to get:

This is the “Lightning Man” logo from Green Day. They really utilized this logo around American Idiot even though it came out during the Warning era I believe. Anyway, I’ve always had a thing for this logo. It’s probably only one of the few things I’d get tattooed on myself for superficial reasons, but on a deeper level, it brings back memories of the American Idiot era, and was part of the backdrop in Bullet in a Bible, and you all KNOW what that specific performance means to me. To all Green Day fans.

I want to get this on the inside of my left forearm, I’m not too sure about the size yet, but I know that it won’t be obnoxious.

This woman right here. This fucking woman. Brody fucking Dalle. I haven’t been into The Distillers or Spinnerette as long as I’ve been into other bands, and I don’t go on Wikipedia and cram information so I can jump on the bandwagon of idolizing her. She is truly a beautiful woman and she inspires me an incredible amount. Never has anyone had that much of an impact on me in such a short time. At a certain time, I’ve doubted my own dreams. As cliché as it sounds, I kind of felt like determination would not get me anywhere and nobody would take me seriously if I ever joined a band because I’m a girl, because that’s the way it is. It sounds really shitty, but you can’t change the ignorant views that have been circulating since the beginning of time. I won’t get all pretentious-sounding and sappy, but Brody Dalle, yes, Bree Joanna Alice Robinson Leslie Pucilowski Homme, was that extra push that showed me that with determination (and a reproductive system), you can do anything you want. Plus, I really fucking love The Distillers.

“I don’t play guitar with my fucking vagina, so what’s the difference?”
-Brody Dalle 

I plan to get this on my right shoulder blade, a little bigger than my palm.

I couldn’t find the original photo of this, so I had to scan it from the copy in my room, but whatever. I don’t know who did this certain piece of artwork, but I’m absolutely in love with it. I’ve had it in my room for about a year now. It reminds me of something Banksy would do, but I can’t say it’s him because I don’t know for sure even though the style of this is really similar to his. I just really fucking love this picture, and it symbolizes… wait, I’m not even going to go there because I know I’m going to sound like an asshole. You guys catch my drift.

I want to get this maybe starting in the middle of my rib cage, but not too big, maybe the length of the bottom of my palm to the tip of my middle finger.

Danger Days. This album really grew on me, and it’s easily made it’s way into my top ten favorite albums ever. I love this band so much, and my love for them hasn’t really changed negatively, but progressed just as I have. (See next description)

I don’t know where I’m going to get this. I originally wanted to get it on my chest, but then I realized that BITCH ASS Kelli Garner had a spider like this on her chest OBNOXIOUSLY LARGE in the JOS video. So, I’ll probably end up getting this on my ankle or something.

I hope I don’t get choked up and retarded here. First of all, this is the cover for the single of I’m Not Okay (I Promise) by My Chemical Romance. I’ve made a post about this here, which doesn’t even BEGIN to sum up with this band, this album, this fucking song has brought me through. This song brought me through middle school, and as soon as I hear that intro, I can feel the memories of middle school (and this scumfuck town which I’ve detached myself from) punch me in the dick, while my heart splatters in various directions against my ribcage. This song brought me through middle school, this band saved my life, and I’d get that face up there tattooed on my forehead.

I’m not sure where I want to get this tattooed, but I know I want it. It’s super important to me, and I want a physical reminder of how this band held my hand and took me through the abyss. I know the depth of the abyss itself, and I’m still here.

This phrase has always been relevant. I won’t get into details, because I don’t feel like showing the world what makes me crumble. There aren’t many things. I didn’t have a physical way to post this, so I made one in Photoshop, and I got creative. I used TRIXIE PLAIN font, which is the font featured on the Insomniac album, and the border is made out of x’s using fonts from the American Idiot album. Why? Because it looks cool. All surface things aside though, this quote will be the one thing I’d spend my last breath on.

I want to get it on my upper arm, like where Adrienne Armstrong’s “Billie Joe” tattoo is.

OK, SHORT AND SWEET. DEFINITELY SOMETHING FROM HERE. Probably the monkey on the tricycle in the clown costume, and the 8 ball, because I fucking love this album. 
Insomniac - Green Day

I’d probably get little things from this cover in various places, I don’t know yet.

That’s pretty much it for now. There are other things that may come along, but these are the primary and most important above all things I could ever get tattooed on me. If you actually read this entire post, holy shit, congratulations.

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