The notion that every single tattoo you get should hold deep sentimental meaning is exhausting and doesn’t take into consideration that getting tattooed is fun. When I got the tattoo, I’d been mostly broke and on the verge of getting evicted for a few months. It didn’t turn out the way I’d expected, but then again, there’s still a story. So rather than the distinct scarlet “Aladdin Sane” lightning bolt, I now had a tattoo of ... a red-orange lightning bolt with a little streak of blue on the side. When I look at this lousy lightning bolt, I don’t think of all the nights I belted “Modern Love” at karaoke.

Source: Huffington Post September 15, 2018 12:22 UTC