A George Costanza moment….

Posted in Uncategorized on March 14th, 2007

I’ve uncovered a fun little fact about where I live. At first I thought it was a load of crap and after some research (all internet sources, sans Wikipedia) I’ve concluded this story is plausible. However, after the daughter of the director of my school made an off hand comment, I have finally come to believe. Drum roll please…..da da da da da da da da da da…….The tattoo artist that gave Angelina Jolie her tiger tattoo lives down the street from me! That may have been anti-climatic for my parents who probably don’t know who Angelina Jolie is (kidding…I hope). Anyway, I kept hearing from my friend every time we walk past his house that this is THE guy. He’s very revered in the tattoo community and has several big name clients (I only know AJ). He employs the traditional method with bamboo rods and is considered to be some what of a witch doctor. He hums chants and blesses your tattoos with good fortune. Here is a website I found with pictures http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2004/07/angelina_jolie_thai_tiger_tatoo/

My George Costanza moment is quite funny now that I am about to write about it. I’m thinking of the episode where George buys Jon Voigt’s ’89 LeBaron.

Jerry: You bought a car because it belonged to Jon Voight?
George: No, no…
Jerry: I think yes, yes.

If you haven’t put two and two together I’ll spell it out for you.

Jerry: You want to get a tattoo because the guy tattooed Angelina Jolie?
Jesse: No, no….
Jerry: I think yes, yes.

George wanted a car because of the father, I want a tattoo because of the daughter. Don’t worry mom, I’m not going to get a tattoo. I don’t know what I’d tattoo on my body. It would be an awful decision to get a tattoo just for a conversation starter. I just found this to be a fun little fact; I live by a world reknowned tattoo artist that gave Angelina Jolie her tiger tattoo.

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  • Becca

    Hey, that’s where I got my traditional Thai tattto – his name’s Arjan Noo. His brother did my tattoo, and then Arjan Noo blessed it. It was pretty f’in sweet. AND I didn’t catch any diseases!

  • Jim Bouman

    This is the blog of a young man who traveled to America at the age of 28 months (watching carefully the whole trip over his sister, 13 months old) and met his mama and papa in the United Concourse of O’Hare International airport.

    In the twenty years he lived at home with ma and pa in Waukesha, he spilled ALL to his mom. Never held back a thing. Mom’s penchant was to go down to his bedroom late at night, after all had been in the sack for hours, and sit on the end of his bed.

    He always told everything –EVERYTHING–to mom in the dark. And mom, ever the genius of child-rearing, simply listened. Unlike the pa–who was way too reactive –the ma just knew that the boy’s SPILLING ALL was a sign of fundamental good sense and trust.

    So, in three of the last three blog posts, he has written a variant of the words “Don’t worry, mom,” as he has spun the tale of his adventures in his return trip to Asia.

    The mom smiles and says: “All is well”.

    Signed,
    The Dad

  • sandra

    Jesse, your writing delights me. Did you know that Jon Voight is Angelina Jolie’s father. I have heard they do not speak, hate each other. I am lucky to have a son who has always brought me happiness.

  • Jim Bouman

    The dad, ever reactive and corrective, tells the mom that she didn’t pay attention as she read the post by the son: “Of course he knows that AJ is the daughter of Jon Voigt, and that they have a famously bad “I don’t speak to him (her)” relationship.

    To which the mom responds: “He should have listened to her,late at night, when she was ready to spill all to an accepting parent who would have known that SIMPLY LISTENING was the best way to see a teen with raging hormones through the throes of adolescence”.

  • Kelly

    Get the tattoo!