My Tattoos

What's the meaning behind your tattoos? That's always the very first question I get asked when people see my tattoos! I used to have an answer to this question, but after the 4th "meaningful tattoo" that I got, I would just say/still do, "JUST BECAUSE"! My very first tattoo that I got was immediatley after my 18th birthday. I still lived at home and I always teased my folks that I would get one and they never believed me. So screw it, I said, "if I don't go now, I'll never go". I called up my cousin Carol, and we drove around Whittier Blvd., I beleive. We found this shop, I told the dude I wanted a Virgo symbol, typical tramp stamp estylo! I waited about 2 weeks until it was completley healed before I showed my mom. She said, "ay penedja, eso es de henna" and I said, "no mom, te lo juro, es un tatuaje", and she took a closer looked and slapped the shit out of my back! As she walked away she said,"Pendeja, aver como te va con tu papa". I giggled :-) I did! I knew I was in the clear with her! Now, just to keep it on the DL around my dad! About 2 months later, I called up Carol again and said, "I want another tattoo, let's go back to that fool"! So we went, and this time I wanted Julius the Monkey by Paul Frank! Ever since I was a kid, I've been called "Changa" cause I'm always hyper and looney! I grew to loving monkeys, still do! So, why not get a monkey tattoo! It symbolizes me! SO I did, on my right side of my tummy! I can't even say I remember that pain for this tat, or the one before that! Maybe that's what keeps me going back to tattoos! I forget the pain! ANYWAY, this particular tattoo has gotten me in a trouble. I tried to hide it so much that his lips got all deformed and shit. So when I moved to Vegas, I had to get him re-done...then I got knocked up and was forced to have a c-section, and well, you can guess what happened to my monkey!
My other meaningful tats are all the birth flowers for my mom, dad, brother, sister and myself! If your born in February, April, November, December or September, Congratulations, your tattooed on my back! Then I got my kids birthdate in Roman Letters on my back. Yes I know I'm not Roman assholes, I just wanted something different! Then I got Bendita Tu Luz over his bday cause I am obsessed with that song! Other then that, my other tattoos don't mean a thing. Once you get one, you get addicted. I still have a level of respect for my folks and I won't get anything on my arms. I am getting close though. Just started getting ink on my ankles! Gotta cut the cord sometime right :-) My dad still hate's them by the way and he'll never accept them, but I love them, I just do!
I bid you a good day!