30-Day Writing Challenge (Days 6-8)

6. Someone who fascinates you and why

My Grandma - her strength.

My Uncle John - his beliefs in loyalty and family

7. What tattoos you have and if they have meaning

I currently have five tattoos, and I would like more. I got my first tattoo when I was eighteen - it was actually my eighteenth birthday present from my parents; they helped pay half for my tattoo. My first tattoo is a Beatles lyric, "All You Need Is Love" except the "Love" is a heart. It's on my left hip bone. I've always liked the song and agreed with the lyric. This tattoo is probably the only one that doesn't have any type of significant meaning to it.

My second tattoo is my last name in Hiragana (Japanese) on my left shoulder. I choose to use Hiragana instead of Kanji because I felt that if I got Kanji people would just presume that it said something like "Love" or "Luck" or something like that but if I did Hiragana, something not highly recognized, they might think it meant something more. My sister also has this tattoo but down the middle of her back. I think of these tattoos as "sister tattoos."

My third tattoo is the tattoo that has the most meaning for me. Before my Uncle John passed away, he wrote many of us letters saying goodbye. Growing up, he used to tell me, "When the going get tough, the tough get going" and I lived by that motto. In his letter, he wrote to me, "When the going get tough, so do we. Don't even compromise your values and principles of life." The tattoo I got is in his handwriting on my left side. It's a constant reminder to keep going and not give up, no matter how difficult life might get and never, ever to compromise my values and principles of life. I miss him tremendously and it serves as a memento.

My fourth tattoo is on my left thigh. One of my favorite authors is F. Scott Fitzgerald. In "This Side of Paradise" there is a quote, "They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered." This has meaning to me because I think you could read into the quote two ways: that you've fallen so much in love with somebody that you're in pure bliss or that you've fallen in love so much that you're wounded and cannot recover. 

My fifth tattoo is on my right side, underneath my chest. It's something I wrote myself, "Unrehearsed you're only a silhouette." To me, this means if you don't work for something, you're nothing.

8. A book you love and a book you didn't

I honestly think most of the book that I have read I've liked!