Things I wish someone would have told me before getting a tattoo

Kind of like with oddly coloured hair, there are things they never tell you about tattoos(just in case you’re wondering, the thing people should tell you before you dye your hair any colour not usually found in nature is that kids will point, you’ll get a lot of compliments-seriously, every time I’m out in public I get at least 2 people telling me how lovely my hair/hair colour is- and that if you see another person with the same colour hair as you, you’ll exchange a knowing smile, like you’re part of the same secret club house). My list of things I wish someone would have told me about first tattoos is:

• The second you’re down from the tattoo high, you’ll start planning the next one(if you’re lucky. If you’re not, you’ll start saving for laser removal surgery). I think it took me two hours before I started thinking about my next one.
• You’ll become best friends with your tube of antiseptic/nappy rash cream.
• There is no way you’re going to pass in front of a mirror without stopping to admire it.
• You will start noticing other people’s tattoos way more. I loved to see ink on people before but since I got mine, I see it more. It just pops out.
• You’ll have to answer the “Does it hurt?” question about a billion and one times.
• Comparing ink and stories will become a regular past time between you and your friends who are just as passionate.
• Tattoo blogs do exist and you may end up spending hours browsing them.
• Remember point one? Let me say it again. You will start planning the next one. They’re bloody damn addictive.
• Clothes will be separated in two piles: those that show the tat and does that don’t.
• They itch. When they’re healing...they itch. Possibly at the most inappropriate times, like your organic chem revision lecture. Did I mention you can’t scratch them? Argh, the itching.
• They’re amazing.
• People will ask “Why did you get that/What does it mean?” a lot.

Yes, I am still very much in love with my tattoo. I’m thinking my hip might be next. Or lower back. Or both.

Heroes finale(spoilers and many of them)

I just watched this and I am utterly confused about how I feel. On one hand, I am very happy that they weren’t extremely predictable but dude…they killed Nathan. Nathan! And it has to be the single most retarded plot line ever on Heroes.

I get that Sylar becoming Nathan is going to be this big thing next season but why? Really? Are they that out of good ideas? And am I the only one who thought it was utterly retarded that they didn’t just inject Nathan with Claire’s blood, like they did with Noah in season 2? Or Nathan in season 2 for that matter(although he wasn’t dead so I don’t think it counts). Or just leave him dead for the love of all things. I love Adrian Pasdar but deaths are waaaay more dramatic if they stick(and keep in mind that Nathan was one of my favourite characters on the show). And just how many seasons can they finish with killing or almost killing poor Nathan? I’m groaning in agony already, if season 4 ends the same way I’ll turn into the Incredible Hulk, fly over to LA and rip someone in two. Chemistry student by day, Jessica by night. Hey, at least I’m not a stripper. Did they send Peter and Claire our of the room(quickie in the bathroom?) so that Peter, who seemed not to be hugging his beloved Idiot Ball too tightly(he almost not in possession the whole episode. Please don’t pick it up again. It’s Angela’s turn apparently. And Noah’s. Although, with the amount of Idiot Balls flying on that tv show, Peter could have his back really fast. Probably will. But I will hope until next season), wouldn’t point out the sheer stupidity of the plan? God, even Idiot Ball Peter could see how this was retarded. After an impossible amount of whining and crying over Nathan’s death, obviously. It’s the only thing he’s good at.*

I think it’s a safe bet to say I’m no longer confused, just angry(and managed to break my space bar in the process. All fixed now.).

So this makes it two season in a row ending with a completely retarded solution instead of going for the obvious one(why didn’t Peter just take Adam and walk through the safe door with him? I mean other then ‘because otherwise the others couldn’t have found them and the virus would have been released’. I want a good reason that isn’t just so the writers would have an escape).

It’s weird that the whole Sylar and Claire thing didn’t even make me as angry as it could have. I get it. And Matt should stop painting the future. Unless something changes in season 4/Volume 5, Washington didn’t explode(how perfect an ending would it have been if Sylar had gone ‘splodey and Peter would have flown him out of there? I have a lot of arguments as to why this would have been a better ending. Season 1 reference, makes more sense than this piece of shit, the canon rules-which they’ve completely ignored so far-say paintings come true-although that was Isaac not Matt so I’ll give them a pass on this one. I should start writing for Heroes. I could do way better. Give me a call, guys. You need my help.), therefore making yet another Parkman original a huge waste of paint.

That being said, and believe me, I could go on, I will still watch Volume 5. Because I did like Tracy coming back, I’m hoping beyond hope that Peter found his brain, a new company will be fun, I wanna see if Danko will work on it(no spoilers as to whether or not Zeljko is coming back-I usually wait until August for my curiosity to get the better of me although I am disappointed enough not to care right now) and am really, really curious if they can salvage anything out of this stupidity. Until then, I might write my own finale fanfic, complete with exploding man.

*Note: I am just picking on Peter out of habit. He really didn’t annoy me this episode and if he thought of turning into the president by himself, then I am impressed. Step away from the ball!

Inked!

As those of you that know me in real life know(and I’m sure I’ve mentioned it here at least once), I’ve been talking about getting a tattoo pretty much forever. Ok, maybe not forever, but for at least the last couple of years. So today I did it. It wasn’t really planned. It was mostly of an ‘I woke up and decided that it was as good a day as any’. Printed off the picture because I can’t draw worth a damn(not even a straight line and my old math teacher can attest to the fact that my circles closely resemble squares or aliens-just not circles), took the bus into city center, walked in the tattoo shop and presented the guy at the front desk with the picture. Really nice guy looked at it, gave me a price(way less then I was expecting. As in almost half what I was prepared to pay) and told me the tattoo guy was free at 4PM. I said ‘Ok’ and presented myself at 4PM. The guy that did my tat was awesome, we talked about graphic novels(yes, he is obsessed too), Watchmen, just how excited we were about Wolverine coming out this week, Heroes(the second time today I had a random conversation about Heroes-the first one was with the guy at WH Smith, where I bought the Heroes magazine), Star Trek, my hatred of CSI and his of Miami Ink and pretty much geeked it out. He’s awesome. For those of you thinking of getting one, it really doesn’t hurt(and if you're in Leicester, go to Abody. Great people and incredible work-I got to see one of the guys do a sleeve on someone else while I was waiting-amazing). It’s mostly uncomfortable for the first couple of minutes, then you get used to it. It did sting a little when he was working over my shoulder blade but that’s it(it’s kind of like a cat’s scratching you-not very pleasant but I wouldn’t call it painful either).

Now for the mandatory pictures(I'll be posting more, detailing the healing process over the next few days. Oh, and sorry about the quality, it's rather hard to rake a picture of your own back):

Also note the pink highlights in this picture.

And a close-up:

Heroes, you’ve let me down-open letter to the writers of the show

Dear lovely humans,

Looking back on Volume 4, I realized something that pissed me off so much that has to be addressed. Your show is about superheroes. It has so many references to other heroes that my inner nerd is dying of joy. For Pete’s sake, it even has its own comic book.

So could you please not stereotype comic nerds again? When was the last time you walked into a comic book shop? Comics and graphic novels are cool again and they’re not just for pimply teenagers anymore. Why must you perpetuate that myth then? I am not a teenager. I am not pimply. I don’t wear glasses. I don’t masturbate to tentacle-rape porn. I am not a guy. I don’t live in my mother’s basement. And while I’ll admit to being more a graphic novels chick then comic books, you can still find me regularly in the comic books shops around my city. I’m not an expert, nor do I have an impressive collection. Trying to gather one, but times are tough and money is better spent on silly things like food and clothes. However, most of the people I see in the shops are not loser nerds either. Sure, there are some. But most of us don't climax at the thought of touching Summer Glau.

You go to comic-cons, don’t you? Does it seem to you that everyone there looks the same? Times are changing.

Another point: was it really necessary to have every boy in the comic shop drool over Claire? I can assure you most of us have seen women in real life before(I've yet to be poked with a stick by a confused guy asking 'Is she real? You mean women exist outside of the internet?'). We’re there because of a passion. We have good lives that happen to involve(and maybe sometimes revolve around) comic books and graphic novels.

What I am trying to say is that, while there are people that fit the stereotype, the majority doesn’t so please try to keep that in mind, for future reference.

Love,

A graphic novel loving girl(really, I have boobs and everything).

PS: I can prove I am not male. Fly me over and see for yourselves ;)

Unrelated PS: My copy of REST should arrive next week. Hoping it will be good.

Belgium pics.

As promised, pictures from Belgium. I'm just going to link to the Facebook album, because I am too lazy to repost them right now.(That's a preview, to make you click on the link).

Here they are.

And, as promised some time ago, you can find more pictures from Scotland here.

Heroes post

Ah, Heroes. Long time, no mention. In the spirit of boredom I am here to talk about the latest episode and spoilers for the last one. If you’re not interested in spoilers for 1961, go read a book. I’ll post another warning when I get to the last bit.

First off, I loved 1961. Yes, it was cheesy. But, dude, things make sense. And yet another throwback to season 1. Of course, it was pretty much a given that I was going to love this episode seeing as I have a rather undying passion for Angela. She rocks. I’m half tempted to try my hand at Heroes fanfic just so I could write her. Also, Nathan and Peter. Dirty. They look good in dirt. Nathan, Peter and Angela. God, if it wasn’t for the twat they’d be the perfect family in the history of television. Before I get to the more in details dissection of the episode I need to complain a bit, though. About the cheerleader, obviously. It’s been pretty much agreed all over the internet that she needs to go. She is possibly the most useless character they have on the show right now(I’d say ever but I think that honor should go to Maya. Although she kind of makes sense, if you’ve seen the alternate ending for volume 2). But I digress. Is she just there to annoy the living daylights out of everyone with her bad wigs and even worse acting skills? No, I am not saying this because I am bitter over her and Milo(and I still can’t see them together on screen without going “Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, eeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww!” in my head). Please kill the cheerleader. Pretty please. With fucking sugar on top. She hasn’t done one thing that was remotely intelligent over the series and, while the whole “I’m gonna be badass” thing was entertaining for 5 seconds, you made that stop really fast. So make her go away. Tim Kring, I beg you! Anyone!

No? Fine, then.

Unrelated, but Bug! Dude, it was Bug! Bug! For those of you that haven’t spent their lives watching TV, I’m talking about Ravi Kapoor, who played Bug in Crossing Jordan, another Tim Kring show(and a good one, might I add. Powers of the universe, if you’re not going to get rid of the cheerleader, could you at least release the other seasons of Crossing Jordan on DVD? I’ll be first in line at the store, I promise).

Now, on to 1961 talk.

Was anyone else as amused as I was by Nathan going “I’ll get him!” when Peter flew away? I was so imagining him chasing Peter in the sky, while screaming “Come back here!” “No!” “Don’t make me fly faster, Pete!”. Ah, brothers. And what was the thing with the tickets? Nathan, you’re a jerk. Yes, not news. How fucking annoying was the whole “We have to forgive each other” bit? Dude, you started this with your fucking stubbornness. At least admit it. It got out of hand my ass. Stop blaming it on Danko or whomever else. You fucking started it. How about apologizing? Selfish prick. I still love you, baby, but pick a damn side. Can you be either good or bad for more than 5 minutes? And accept that you have no bloody clue what you’re doing. Am I the only one who is convinced that when(I think it’s pretty much a given at this point) a new company is formed, Nathan’s gonna wanna be boss. And Peter, being the retard that he is, will probably let him. Have a backbone. Don’t let him in charge of anything!

Looking at the whole series, I love how 1961 ties in with everything. This is a show that started with the Company as the bad guy, only to evolve to the point where it was destroyed and having Sylar as the main evil(long before the Company was destroyed, but rather unimportant to my point) and now it got to the understanding of why the Company was necessary in the first place. Ah, nothing to love like when it takes almost 3 years for a tv show to make sense.

But…I’ll admit it. I kind of hate it that it’s no longer confusing. Part of the charm of Heroes is that we spent the week between episodes trying to figure things out. I know I used to go on a forum after every episode of volume 2 and discuss it. Now it’s getting to easy(I’m not saying it’s not entirely uncomplicated but it’s too easy for the usual Heroes episode).

Unanswered question: how did Sylar turn into Nathan? Didn’t his shapeshifting only work if he touched someone? We see him having to touch Sandra last episode, please don’t tell me the power evolved so fast(what’s the timeline…2,3 days maybe?).Also, while I'm talking about my unanswered questions, will they ever mention Caitlin again? Really for someone so sesitive and whatnot, Peter gets over women fast! Please bring her back...? I'd love to see that(if only for character development).

Now onto spoilers for the season finale. If you are not interested, go somewhere else now!

I’m not going to go over the whole Sylar wants to be president thing. It’s not that important. Because I do think I pretty much read the only thing that could make me stop watching Heroes. Ok, maybe not stop but at least…throw up.

"Sylar corners Claire and springs a proposal on her," creator and executive producer Tim Kring tells TV Guide. "He has this theory that she will come to love him because he can never die and she can never die--and thus, they're destined to be together."

I am badly hoping that by proposal they mean something else then marriage because if they do…I’m done. What the fuck is so special about that little bitch that every man on the show must fawn over her? And notice that they don’t say that he will get to love her as well. Again, I’m hoping that it’s because he can’t love, not ‘cause he’s already feeling something for her.

Because let me say it again. If that happens, I am done!

But really now? Sylar and the cheerleader? I don’t think there’s ever been a more retarded couple on this show. Where they even thinking when this lovely idea sprung into their heads? Where they high on something? Destined to be together? This is Sylar we’re talking about. He is supposed to be evil, not trying to get into some bimbo’s pants. There hasn’t been an ending this bad since the ending of Hannibal(the book, I don’t remember if the movie ends the same way). Guys, he actually liked Elle and he ended killing her. You really think pairing those two up is a good idea? The fans have taken a lot of crap from you so far, but this is beyond ridiculous.

Why do I have a feeling I’m going to have to accept 1961 as the ending and just ignore the rest of the series? I’m good at that. Isn’t it just too damn bad they never made any sequels to Matrix?

(In case you didn't get the xkcd reference, here's the comic. And start readin xkcd now!)

Things I never thought I’d say

Lindsay Lohan is funny? Dude…what the? Yes, I realize that every blogger on Earth is talking about the same thing but if you haven’t seen her spoof for Funny or Die, here it is.



She wins so many points for the last line. This doesn’t mean I will talk about or see any of her movies(“I know who killed me” was more than enough. Holy crayons, could it have been any worse?) but she gets my admiration.
*Yes, yet another pointless blog entry. It’s 5AM, I’m bored and I think I have a mouse in my room.