Tattoo Excursion

Last Friday, I did something that is usually out of character for me.  It was all my friends' faults really, because I wouldn't have done it if they had stopped nagging me about it.  After they told me they'd pay for it, I was totally willing.  So I went ahead and I did it.  I got a tattoo.

Now there are those people out there who are really against tattoos.  When I was looking for an idea, I remembered seeing a comment by someone saying that "all tattoos on women are trashy," which is completely ridiculous in my opinion.  It's a simple way of expressing oneself.  My sister has a bunch of tattoos, as well as one of my best friends, and neither of them appear trashy at all.  

For one brief moment of my life, I didn't care what anyone else thought.  I, with the help of my sister mostly, picked out something that would be cool.  I wanted words, even though  I wasn't sure what they were.  I found so many, but then I was reminded that it had to be short in order to be less money.  After much brain raking, I finally settled on three little words, Burn to Shine, a song by Ben Lee (and Ben Harper, too, but I didn't refer to that one).  

Everyone always asks me what they mean, and I always have to tell them.  It's kind of annoying because I didn't think they were that hard to understand.   I wanted to have some kind of inspiration on me, sort of like a reference point to when I'm feeling down.  I figure that you need to be burned in order to shine, so even on my worst days, I will know that everything will turn out fine.  

So that's my explanation, to all those that care.  Now, if anyone asks, I will just tell them to go online.