Maiden, Mother, Crone

Who goes to Salt Lake City and gets a tattoo on a whim?  That would be something I did a few years ago. I wanted the tattoo to have meaning and be original.  This is on my rib cage.  I was a 23 year old single mother at the time when I got this done.  It was drawn up by a tattoo artist after I told him what I wanted. 

The symbol inside the butterfly represents the symbol of the Triple Goddess. 

Maiden, Mother and Crone

The symbol itself is representative of the different phases of the moon. 

The phases of the moon are also representative of the different stages of womanhood.  I also had the artist draw a butterfly as butterfly's can represent the next stage in life.  At the time, I was going through changes that I felt like changed my life forever. So it meant a lot to be able to represnt that in a tattoo. 

I am still very happy with it. 



We All Have Ears, Say Cheers

I remember Saturday morning cartoons.  They were filled with Roadrunner stifling Wylie Coyote and Tom trying to catch Jerry and ACME sized anvils dropping on a number of different cartoon characters.  Cartoons were made strictly for entertainment.  We were an audience being subjected to shallow and entertaining cartoon images with limited story lines and catchy tunes. 

This is not the case now.  Kids have gone frome audience, to user.  Turn on the cartoons on a Saturday and you will not find the same hysterics.  Instead, Mickey Mouse will be asking YOU questions and then pausing to hear your answer as if he can actually hear you.  Cartoons now are educational and interactive.  I can't help but wonder what this will change for the intellectual development of the youth now.  Maybe this is an early example of what we are to expect as far as interactive tv. 

Here's to the future of possibly getting to participate in our tv shows.

The Monster Ball

In a normal cicrumstance walking around asking people to stop and pose so you can take their picture would not be taken well.  But when you are part of something like a Lady Gaga concert it brings together the types of people that want to be seen and to be photographed.  They want to be recognized for the way they are dressed and not dressed.  Lady Gaga lovingly refers to her crowd as 'little monsters' and the description is not that far off.  But what I saw at the concert was more than just people who wanted to be noticed.  There were girls dressed the way we dressed when we were four years old.  Decked out to a point of bedazzling and tu-tus.