Ok. It's probably midlife. Some dudes do the girl thing....(twenty-somethingish). Some do the sports car thing. I remember a guy I started my nursing career with who came in one morning with an earring. It wouldn't be a big thing except earrings weren't his style at all. He was an older dude with a big mustache (looked like Rip Taylor), and the sudden earring (like that ruffly Jerry Seinfeld shirt) made him look like a Male-nurse/Pirate. Or at least a little desperate; like maybe he was trying too hard.
The truth is that anything midlife comes off as desperate. If you're gonna do it.... The goal I think is to be honest with it, and keep it somewhat within character. And for me... tattoos aren't that much out of character. I mean. It's not like tomorrow I'm getting hair implants or a rug......
If I were to do something really big, I think I would become Jewish. Really, I think it's a good fit. I'm already circumcised. I'm really familiar with the Old Testament. (They don't like it when you call their Holy Book the "old" Testament). And ultimately I think Jewish people understand the blues (One of their worship places is called "the wailing wall).
But as it is, I'm settling for getting a tattoo (which is the opposite of being Jewish.... Tattoos- not allowed). And that's unfortunate because Jews and Tattoo wearer's and Blues dudes all have something in common. They all take life and mark themselves with it in some way....
Blues guys have the songs....
Jews have it in their holidays and in the normal "stuff" of life... example; Weekly Sabbath. (Rest). Yom Kippur. (New Beginnings). Passover. (Deliverance).
Tattoos are kind of like that. True... Sometimes people get tattoos just cause they think it's cool. But sometimes it's deeper than that. Sometimes it's about saying something about themselves, or someone they've lost. Or who they are. What they've come through.
Thats like a jewish holiday, Right? And it's definitely like a blues song.
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