Client: Are you in a gang?
Me: EXCUSE ME?
Client: Are YOU in a gang?
Me: Do I LOOK like I am in a gang? I wear pink, and make-up. Do I look like a gang member?
Client: You have an upside down Celtic Cross tattoo on your wrist.
Me:Just because I have a tattoo of a Celtic Cross doesn't mean I'm in a gang! It does have a meaning behind it.
The nerve of some people. I always encounter this when some smart ass wants to inquire about my tattoo as if its any of their business. Um, its not. And if you ask about it, you don't start the conversation off by asking if I'm in a gang. Rude much?
The meaning of my Celtic Cross tattoo is for the Irish blood in me. I come from a very Irish family, with a very Irish last-name. My great grandparents travled here from Ireland on the boat. To me, that's pretty awesome. Not everybody can say they had family members come here to Ellis Island from another country. I was brought up eating corned beef and cabbage every St. Patrick's Day, and attending the St. Patrick's Day parade every year. To me, having a Celtic Cross on the inside of my wrist, is pretty unique and an expression of what I am and where my family originated from. The reason it is facing towards me, and not towards others is because it was my own personal decision. I want to be able to look down at my tattoo and smile because of the family I come from. Its really that simple.
Tattoo's are an art and a form of self expression. I'm a girly girl. I wear pink, and make-up and love doing my hair. I also love sweatpants and hoodies and bumming around when I want too. I also wear baseball hats and go to baseball games and watch sports. I'm just your everyday gang member! Riiiight.
My "gang" symbol.
Me: EXCUSE ME?
Client: Are YOU in a gang?
Me: Do I LOOK like I am in a gang? I wear pink, and make-up. Do I look like a gang member?
Client: You have an upside down Celtic Cross tattoo on your wrist.
Me:Just because I have a tattoo of a Celtic Cross doesn't mean I'm in a gang! It does have a meaning behind it.
The nerve of some people. I always encounter this when some smart ass wants to inquire about my tattoo as if its any of their business. Um, its not. And if you ask about it, you don't start the conversation off by asking if I'm in a gang. Rude much?
The meaning of my Celtic Cross tattoo is for the Irish blood in me. I come from a very Irish family, with a very Irish last-name. My great grandparents travled here from Ireland on the boat. To me, that's pretty awesome. Not everybody can say they had family members come here to Ellis Island from another country. I was brought up eating corned beef and cabbage every St. Patrick's Day, and attending the St. Patrick's Day parade every year. To me, having a Celtic Cross on the inside of my wrist, is pretty unique and an expression of what I am and where my family originated from. The reason it is facing towards me, and not towards others is because it was my own personal decision. I want to be able to look down at my tattoo and smile because of the family I come from. Its really that simple.
Tattoo's are an art and a form of self expression. I'm a girly girl. I wear pink, and make-up and love doing my hair. I also love sweatpants and hoodies and bumming around when I want too. I also wear baseball hats and go to baseball games and watch sports. I'm just your everyday gang member! Riiiight.
My "gang" symbol.
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