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Stripped
Tales of the naked city, from a Las Vegas dancer.
October 6, 2009 · 8:48 PM
Trying to make out “tiny” is a real stretch
By Justice
Illustration: Justice
I was up to my eyeballs in leather and ink. The weekend of bikefest and the biggest tattoo show on earth is over. The bikers had tattoos and the tattoo people dressed like bikers so the crowd was fairly homogenized.
I’m not personally a fan of motorcycles or tattoos. I lost a loved one in a little motorcycle incident, and roadkill always leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I don’t think people should not ride motorcycles. I’m just not a fan.
As for tattoos, I sometimes like tattoos on other people but I really don’t want any myself. I’ve seen so many women with tattoos that they got before gestating a baby. The tattoo doesn’t look like it should once the skin has been stretched out. It looks like it is trying to melt off.
In the locker room one day while a girl was changing I noticed a tattoo on her stomach. I turned my head to the side like a confused puppy trying to figure out what I was looking at. It kind of looked like writing. I could see the misshapen fading lines crisscrossing with the lines of white stretch marks. “What does that say?” I asked while squinting at it. “Tiny” was the word written permanently on her stomach before she gained all the weight. It was as indecipherable, as her body was no longer “tiny.”
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3 Comments So Far
Thinking on ink; was wondering how it is that although some good friends resemble American Yakuza, the only tat that has ever made-it on this body is inky fingertips. I suppose lack of passion or committment to symbology might be it, or maybe the mystery of the blank page inspires that creative spark? Maybe I just prefer old-school body paint? Whatever the reason, I still haven't ruled-out a gold pirates loop.
Perhaps @ Gasparilla this Winter
Posted by: cypher on 10/7/09 at 12:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)
When I lived in Denver, the clubs there would reject a tattooed lady, or else compel the dancer to cover up with enough body makeup to make a Gothette look like Little Mary Sunshine. What's the policy on decorations in Las Vegas clubs?
Posted by: rrbill on 10/7/09 at 3:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Few clubs have policies against tattoos. Some say no tattoos at all and some just require them to be covered. Most places allow you to be inked up like a sailor.
Posted by: Justice_4_all on 10/7/09 at 10:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)
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