{"id":647,"date":"2006-02-04T03:09:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-04T03:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davetraynor.com\/wp2\/2006\/02\/04\/painting-your-body-is-all-rage\/"},"modified":"2016-10-29T05:50:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T05:50:52","slug":"painting-your-body-is-all-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davetraynor.com\/wp2\/2006\/02\/04\/painting-your-body-is-all-rage\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting your body is all the rage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you watched <a href=\"http:\/\/tlc.discovery.com\/fansites\/miami-ink\/miami-ink.html\">Miami Ink?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a reality show on the TLC network. My cousin&#8217;s daughter, Jessica, has been living with us this year, while she finished up her Grade 12. And until she arrived, I&#8217;d never heard of this show. But Jess is really taken with it. She says she can&#8217;t turn it off when it&#8217;s on, even if she does have an early class.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1523\/378\/1600\/DSCN6387%5B1%5D.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1523\/378\/200\/DSCN6387%5B1%5D.jpg?w=629\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Over the semester break last week, she went to Montreal to visit her aunt and when she got back, she had gained a couple of new flowers, as you can see here. The tatoos are beautiful and my daughter Kelly is in awe. Kelly wants a tatoo too,  (a too too?) but her tastes run more to a discreet little Maple Leaf on her ankle. She wants to make sure people in Kentucky remember that she&#8217;s a Canadian next year.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I&#8217;ve never had the urge to paint my body that way. While I&#8217;ve got nothing against tatoos, I guess I can&#8217;t help thinking about what they&#8217;ll look like a few years down the road. (When I look like the guy in the photo below) What seems like a good idea on firm, young flesh takes on a whole new perspective in middle age.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1523\/378\/1600\/OldTattoo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1523\/378\/200\/OldTattoo.jpg?w=629\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>However, I notice at the company I&#8217;m working at how many younger folks sport tatoos. And they&#8217;re not covering them up either. There was a time when people didn&#8217;t show off body art and piercings at work, but now it&#8217;s a lot more mainstream. Times change. What about you? Any thought to getting a little something extra on that exposed skin?<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">Technorati Tag: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Popular Culture\" rel=\"tag\">Popular Culture<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you watched Miami Ink? It&#8217;s a reality show on the TLC network. My cousin&#8217;s daughter, Jessica, has been living with us this year, while she finished up her Grade 12. And until she arrived, I&#8217;d never heard of this show. But Jess is really taken with it. 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