     Let me first say that I think tattoos are stupid. I don’t think some pretty butterfly you picked out of a book and slapped on your ankle is original by any stretch of the imagination. And don’t tell me that it has “meaning,” because it’s still the same cookie cutter flower/tribal band/godforbid tweety bird that everyone else has. Kanji’s a passing fad and is a mockery of a culture. (and are you sure you know what that symbol means?) That being said, I want to get a tattoo. Not something to show off my guns (did I mention that I’m getting guns now?) or something that everyone will see at the beach. I want something inconspicuous. I really want to get one on my wrist where I can wear my watch over it. Being the big computer nerd that I am, it’s gotta relate to that part of my life. So here are my options: 1) 01101010 01101011 - my initials in binary. I’m guessing over the next sixty years they’re not going to change, so I probably won’t regret it. 2) jwk147 - my internet handle for everything. It was also my Penn State userid. This one I’m not so sure about, especially since it means I can’t change my email address for the rest of my life. 3) <html> - It’s probably the best symbol of my roots. If it weren’t for that black and lime green AOL webpage that I made ten years ago, I probably wouldn’t be where I am today. In fact, “<html>” was the first snippet of real code that I’ve ever typed (Although I used to write some stuff when I was a kid in LOGO, Applesoft BASIC, Commodore BASIC, and Turbo Pascal, but they don’t really count). And lastly there’s … 4) La Tour Eiffel - Going to Paris by myself was a huge step in my life and was probably one the the greatest and most challenging experiences I’ve ever had. Seeing the Eiffel Tower was a goal for me and I stepped outside of my boundaries to do it. It’s a time I’ll never forget. While you might say these are really geeky ideas, somewhere out there is a girl who will one day love me for that geekery. And I guess that’s all that really matters. We will live happily forever with our geeky children and I just might show my grandkids my geeky tattoo.
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