get a RHCP themed tattoo

Check out my friend Brandon’s…

Here’s a better pic than the one I originally uploaded… kinda.

I recently got the black asterix on my left leg, as a symbol of my passion for the band and their music. It’s awesome, I’m so happy with it. Totally worth it.

So that was the most excruciating thing I have ever felt. Ever. And I get to look forward to it once a year probably to keep it looking fresh. But it was totally worth it.

This tattoo came at a time in my life when I really needed it. I knew I wanted it before my birthday. But after all of my “friends” (except dear stephanie) abandoned me, and my parents split up after 25 years, and everything else going on I really needed it. I needed to know that there was always going to be someone that I loved and that loved me no matter what.

Stupid huh?

No, I know that I will never stop loving RHCP or their music. And I know that they will leave me. Even if they were to split up today and never make music again they will have left behind 20+ years of genius that will never be erased.

Something about them is just phenomenal to me. The fact that after everything they have been through they have managed to keep the same members for a substantial amount of time. It isn’t just Anthony with some random new lineup like so many other bands.

Everyone should be more like them. People need to learn how to care about each other and how to help each other out. People need to learn how to forgive.

Watch the Tell Me Baby video and try not to smile. Listen to
Anthony’s intro to Pretty Little Ditty and try not to laugh. Look at John’s smile and try not to love him. Read about their various hardships and past addictions and try to not sympathize.

Since I discovered RHCP when I was 12 I haven’t looked back. I tried to pretend that I liked boy bands to fit in. It didn’t work. There is an old video tape somewhere that has the first 3 seconds of Give It Away recorded and then some other crap taped over it.

My little secret.

They are my heroes. If there was someone in this world who I would aspire to be like I wouldn’t be able to choose one. I would have to choose four. And I do. I want to be just like them.

I don’t have a mohawk for nothing you know.

Well I finally got it done….yay!!...i just got back and it stings like hell so i will post a better entry and pictures later…i love it so much!!...im so happy!!...<3

I had wanted to do this for sooooo long (years), but kept putting it off for one reason or another…

but I finally just went out and got it done… I’d known what and where I wanted it all along, it was just a matter of getting my ass to the tattoo parlor! (no, it’s not on my ass! haha… that’s the inside of my right wrist.)

15 minutes of “tasting the pain” and I was done! Now I look back and all I can say is “What the @#!% was I waiting for?!”

I know it’s a terrible picture, but one of my 43 things is to learn how to use my digital camera! A friend took this picture before it was healed… it looks ALOT better now. =)

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