Stephen King loves to drive I-80 across Nebraska. I can understand why, it is kinda creepy. Everyone complains that the drive through Nebraska is boring. It’s only boring west of Kearney. Yes, I know it is brown 9 months out of the year, it is flat, and it sucks to drive at night. I don’t personally find it beautiful but I have to admit there is some beauty in the emptiness.
It’s not that empty there are plenty of things to look at, but you won’t see it if you are zoning out on the road. You have to look into the great expanse to see what is there.
I have spent 10 years driving between Kearney and Lincoln. I know the road, the signs, the fields and the trees. Yes, there are trees that I have watched grow over the past 10 years. It is mind blowing to notice how much a tree can grow.
I don’t like Nebraska and I’m so glad that I have been accepted into an art school in San Francisco. I will be working on my MFA in Advertising. I was born and raised here in Nebraska but it has never been my home. I am a fish out of water, literally, I need the ocean. But today I realized that while I don’t like Nebraska, I have spent so many years getting to know the Interstate that I will miss it, just a little bit, when I’m gone. I’ll miss the familiarity.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Volunteering
I believe that anyone who has the opportunity to volunteer should. If you have something to give other do it. Something as simple as time could mean the world to someone you may never meet. There is always someplace you can help out no matter where you live.
I would love to say more on this topic but then I would have to talk about what I am doing in the aspect of volunteering and I think it is inappropriate to do a good deed then brag about it. Negates the point in doing something good for others.
I would love to say more on this topic but then I would have to talk about what I am doing in the aspect of volunteering and I think it is inappropriate to do a good deed then brag about it. Negates the point in doing something good for others.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Tattoos
Whenever I go to the massage school in Omaha the girls spend the whole time talking to me because of my tattoos and I don't receive a proper massage because they are talking to me the whole time. I thought a massage was suppose to be a relaxing thing. They always have to ask "What does it mean?" There are symbols running down my back and they all mean something different. To explain the whole I have to explain the individual and that is an hour conversation. My other problem with the question is that the tattoos are on my back, I can not see they so I don't remember what I even have tattooed on my.
So for anyone thinking, "What's the point if you don't know what you have?" Every symbol means something, one is for protection from evil, there is the infinity sign, the turtle who holds the world on his shell, and others. Every tattoo has a meaning that I personal believe in, they therefore belong to me alone because only I know what it means to me.
Not only is they symbolic meaning important to me but I view tattoos as art. I don't mind when someone says it is a nice looking tattoo. My back is my design but the good work of the tattoo artist helps. The phoenix on my leg is completely a work of art. I wanted the phoenix but it turned out nothing like I had envisioned it. It is far more impressive and it is a beautiful work of art done by an artist named Chad.
The problem that I find with tattoos comes when some one tells me they like my tattoo and then follow it up with "look at mine." Playing "show and tell" with your tattoos does not earn my respect. It irritates me and causes me to loose respect for the person doing it. This is because my tattoos belong to me, I had them done for me. They are beautiful works of art that I get to take with me everywhere I go.
I did not have them done so that others would think they are "cool." I honestly do not care what people think about my tattoos, good, bad, or otherwise. In turn I do not care about other people's tattoos. I don't give two hoots about someone else's tattoo. Tattoos are art and I do like to look at art but I do not like to talk about art. Art is food for the eyes not the mouth.
If someone asks about your tattoos then I find no shame in answering a question. But it shows a complete lack of discretion, sophistication and class to start talking about your own tattoos with someone when they didn't ask. Especially if the tattoo is someplace where you have to remove some article of clothing so that other people can even see it. If you didn't put it someplace where people could easily see it then maybe you should not go showing it off to people who are not close friends.
So for anyone thinking, "What's the point if you don't know what you have?" Every symbol means something, one is for protection from evil, there is the infinity sign, the turtle who holds the world on his shell, and others. Every tattoo has a meaning that I personal believe in, they therefore belong to me alone because only I know what it means to me.
Not only is they symbolic meaning important to me but I view tattoos as art. I don't mind when someone says it is a nice looking tattoo. My back is my design but the good work of the tattoo artist helps. The phoenix on my leg is completely a work of art. I wanted the phoenix but it turned out nothing like I had envisioned it. It is far more impressive and it is a beautiful work of art done by an artist named Chad.
The problem that I find with tattoos comes when some one tells me they like my tattoo and then follow it up with "look at mine." Playing "show and tell" with your tattoos does not earn my respect. It irritates me and causes me to loose respect for the person doing it. This is because my tattoos belong to me, I had them done for me. They are beautiful works of art that I get to take with me everywhere I go.
I did not have them done so that others would think they are "cool." I honestly do not care what people think about my tattoos, good, bad, or otherwise. In turn I do not care about other people's tattoos. I don't give two hoots about someone else's tattoo. Tattoos are art and I do like to look at art but I do not like to talk about art. Art is food for the eyes not the mouth.
If someone asks about your tattoos then I find no shame in answering a question. But it shows a complete lack of discretion, sophistication and class to start talking about your own tattoos with someone when they didn't ask. Especially if the tattoo is someplace where you have to remove some article of clothing so that other people can even see it. If you didn't put it someplace where people could easily see it then maybe you should not go showing it off to people who are not close friends.
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