Adventures in Hedonism

I know that I want more tattoos.  They are inevitably addictive!  I do have a few ideas, but none of them as clever as this young lady. (for a better look at this image, right click and hit view image) I stumbled across this photo on the internet and have no idea who she is, but this is one of the most unusual and fantastic tattoo designs I have ever seen.

As of right now, I have three tattoos and I want more.  I am fortunate to be in a profession that I can be a professional and still have visable tattoos.  The only really visible one that I have right now is on my right forearm…it’s a red insert disc to a 45 record and I love it.  I got it as a memorial when my friend shut down his indie punk rock record store in this dismal conservative town where we both live.  It was sad, but it was time to move on.  Any votes on what the next tattoo should be?  My awesome financee has a fantastic idea of getting an extremely old death tarot card tattoo on his back.  It’s gonna be beautiful!

Better than a mosh pit, I spent the morning power shopping at my favorite boutique’s once a year sale.  Mojo’s was started here in West Monroe, Louisiana, but has stores in cities all over the U.S.  They make amazing t-shirt designs that appeal to my hippie sensibilities.

I lined up with my 17 year old son (also a fan) at 7:30 Saturday morning.  Dreading going into work right after the sale, I stood my ground.  There was already a line outside the store and we began seeing friends.  There was a buzz in the air as everyone stood around with sweatpants and pajamas on holding their coffee and looking forward to getting some beautiful clothes.  Cheap.

When the doors finally opened, the crowed rushed in and the small space filled up almost instantly.  People were jammed into the store toe to toe, bending over boxes and tossing t-shirts, hats, scarves to the side as they tried to find ones that fit.  I looked up in awe for a few minutes just to observe. Then my son gave me his camera so that I could shoot a short video.

I held the camera over my head and captured exactly what I wanted.  Crowds of people, smiling and shopping with glee.  Holding up clothes for their friends to see…deciding whether or not to buy….and when the answer was no, other around them shouting over to find out the size and having them toss the shirts over the crowd to someone who wanted that particular item.

Beautiful.

We came home with a bag full of t-shirts for my son, my finance and myself, a hat, two messenger bags and a dress that I couldn’t resist buying for my cute little 19 year old co-worker who couldn’t make it to the sale. ($93, on sale for $14)

My amazing 17 year old son has decided that he wants to be Frank n Furter for Halloween.  As a hedonist mother, I am delighted.  However, finding a costume has proven to be exhausting.  Where DO you find a garter belt which will fit a 6 foot 1 boy that weighs about 130 and has no ass?  Amazon has a pretty good Frank n Furter costume. I’m pretty sure we can do better, though.  And  cheaper.

Does Goodwill carry corsets?  I’m not certain, but I can tell you from personal experience that they normally are pretty damn expensive.

Oh well.

It must be done.

If he has the confidence to pull it off, I can make it happen!

Sidenote: My son is much more attractive than Tim Curry.