"How much did that cost?" Early 20's African-American male, passing on sidewalk, referring to sleeve.
"Not that much...a friend did it."
"Looks good, baby."
"Thanks man."
"Look! That girl's all tatted up!" Young female voice, Red Line 'El'
No response from me.
"Beautiful...but you must get that a lot." Caucasian male video store clerk, early 20's, referring to sleeve.
"I get a lot of questions...not as many compliments."
"Oh my God...let me see your arm." Caucasian female Starbucks barrista, early 20's. Proceeded to ask how long it took, what the design was, who did it, etc.
"Nice work." Caucasian male, mid 40's early 50's, also tattooed. Red Line 'El' platform. Showed me his tattoos (done with guitar string) and how he wanted them touched up. Asked who did my work, and then what I was doing downtown and where I was going. Got on seperate car when train arrived.
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Looks like, so far, the unifying trend is that people commenting on your mods are younger. I'd be interested to see if this trend persists...
ReplyDeleteYeah, me too. I've started noticing that older people tend to stare more (over the years I've cultivated a purposeful obliviousness to stares), but they very rarely say anything.
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