Think happy thoughts

[exsequar]

Okay girlies, I need some feedback!

I've been considering getting a tattoo for a long long time. I've just never known what I wanted. However, I think I finally came up with an idea I love! I want to get "Think happy thoughts" on the inside of my right wrist, in some kind of pretty script, though the font isn't decided yet. This phrase has twofold meaning for me. 1) I played Wendy in my high school's production of Peter Pan, and one of the key ideas of the story is that you have to think happy thoughts in order to fly. And I really got to fly! With a harness and everything! It's one of my favorite memories of my adolescence (the whole show, not just the flying *g*). and 2) It's a line in My Chemical Romance's song "Headfirst for Halos," which is absolutely one of my top three favorite MCR songs, and also they played it as a special treat at the show I went to in London, which was one of the best nights of my life.

So! Thoughts? Opinions? Advice? I'm really excited about this, but I want to know if it's glaringly stupid or cheesy for any reason, hee. Thanks darlings! ♥

Comments

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Oh hey, that is absolutely one of the MCR lines I was considerign! I've been listening to all their stuff for weeks with a tattoo in mind, but everything's so violent and negative without the context of the band's intentions, you know? I wouldn't exactly want "lately i've been sprawled on these cathedral steps while spitting out the blood and screaming SOMEONE SAVE US" (one of my favorite Gee lyrics) tattooed on my body, yaknow? Haha. But the lifetime line is definitely a beautiful one, and I think it's a great idea :) And aww, Panic! <3

Yeah, that's why I was hesitant on the just-lyrics thing. But when it suddenly clicked in my head that Gerard was referencing Peter Pan with that line, and that Peter Pan has a lot of personal meaning to me, well. It just makes a lot of sense :)

Thank you! I will absolutely be posting pictures, don't you worry *g*

[floridapeaches.livejournal.com]

This might be a strange thing to suggest, I don't know, but this has helped me make up my mind on whether I wanted a tattoo or not.

I hadn't really considered a tattoo until the "you get a lifetime" line got stuck in my head, and I still couldn't really imagine myself with ink on my skin. (I'm comfortable admitting to myself and anyone else that I am incredibly fickle.) My best friend, the one with the tattoo around his wrist, had written on his arms a few times with sharpie, and one day I was just really frustrated, and I wrote "I'm the kind of human wreckage that you love" on myself. And it was like, once I saw the ink on my skin, I just. I wanted a tattoo *so much*. I love the way my skin looks with ink on it. I've since written "you get" and "you could 'cause you can" and a few other things on me, and I definitely want to get something done eventually.

That was a really long and roundabout way of saying, you might consider getting a sharpie and writing your potential tattoo on your wrist. That way, you could play with placement, see how easy or hard it is to cover, etc. Just a thought. Also, it's really fun. :)

And I do think the wrist it a good place. According to my friend, the wrist kind of hurts like a bitch, but it is an easy place to cover.

Wow, that god wordy. Sorry. XD But, yeah, I'm really excited about tattoos lately. :D