i (don’t) want my ink tv!

ever since i started working in a tattoo shop i get two questions a LOT…

1. do you even HAVE any tattoos?

and…

2. do you ever watch LA (or miami or new york) ink?

the answers, in order of appearance are “yes, they just are placed to where a t-shirt covers them) and “no”…until last week. i had seen a commercial or two for new york ink, so i watched it. somewhat accurate, with a SHIT-TON more drama thrown in ’cause…well…it IS a tv show and all.

most people were surprised i had never watched any of the shows. lemme ask you something – if there was a “reality” series about your job, would you watch it?

that’s what i thought…

…and it kind of ruins the gig – because there’s typically a story behind every tattoo; but now people feel compelled to tell it. you want a heart. with wings. on your shoulder. okay, cool.

but no, it doesn’t stop there…

so we were trying to get pregnant for seven years and nothing would take and we did fertility and pills and creams and invitro and there were twenty-seven miscarriages and a gypsy curse that a troll had to remove and then we finally get pregnant and my little angel was still-born and now i’ve been told i can’t have kids and…

we’ll stop there. you get the idea. absolutely heart-wrenching shit sometimes. that sucks. i WAS in a good mood and now i want to cry. i know misery loves company and shit, but before every [fill in city name here] ink show people didn’t feel compelled to SHARE their grief. or they’d tell an abbreviated version. now it seems everybody rambles on like they’re being filmed…

…and if MY ass thinks you ramble, that’s really saying something!

so i watched a little of LA ink, too…only ’cause there was a rumor that kat was gonna move to austin since she’s marrying jesse and he lives here. i like him being here – not so sure about her. she kind of annoys me…at least on screen. would really need to hang with her to make a real call; nice car, though.

but i think i’m done with the “ink” shows…i kinda live it and work it. i don’t need to watch it.