Daily affirmations of a word mercenary
Hipster Bingo makes me laugh because it pegs me (”blogger with digital camera”) and three of my friends (”tattoo of a star”). That said, I’m not much of a hipster, but I am “blogger with digital camera” so at least I can help someone win their special game of Bingo.
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Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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simone
July 21st, 2003 at 10:09 pm
I’m curious. What does the star tattoo signify? I only started noticing it after I saw it on the hipster bingo card and now I see it everywhere. Do you know?
Ariel
July 21st, 2003 at 10:57 pm
Probably means something different for each person. I guess I can answer for myself (since my unfinished back work has three wee stars as part of it) and say that mine is a commentary on my obsession with participatory entertainment, i.e., each one of us is a star.
Also: that is a total lie. I have no idea why I picked three stars, and I have no idea why anyone else does, either. But I do know that my stars are upside down.
All that said, you’re opening a can of worms (with me, at least) by asking what a tattoo signifies. Like all art, tattoos are open to interpretation. What does a tweety bird on some girl’s ass signify? Maybe that she likes tweety, but maybe just that she wanted to get marked up. What does a bit of tribal work on some frat boy’s arm signify? Maybe that he’s a maorian warrior, but maybe just that he thought it looked cool. What does a star signify? Depends on the person. It’s simply and symmetrical, that’s why I like ‘em.
(Don’t mean to get all ranty, but I have strong tattoo theories built up over 18 months of dating a tat artist.)
Maggie
July 22nd, 2003 at 8:22 am
Did we all start using the adjective “wee” AFTER getting to know Creeeeeeg, or is it a happy coincidence? I think it’s so cute.
Ariel
July 22nd, 2003 at 8:38 am
Happy coincidence in my case. I developed a fondness for “wee” in high school when my best friend and I added it to our vast vocabulary of subtle ways to belittle things. It was usually paired with a hyper-ironic li’l.
leblanc
July 22nd, 2003 at 11:17 am
what’s with the hipsters’ crappy taste in beer? i definitely have the chunky black frame plastic glasses and (at the moment) almost have the mick jagger hairdo, and i wear small sweaters and converse, and i *used* to smoke Parliaments. i could win that game by myself!
Wilson Vanessa
September 30th, 2004 at 1:07 pm
I can’t understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.