i have a tumblr.

not sure why. i just made one on an impulse. seems to be a lot of people on tumblr nowadays and not so much on blogspot, but i'll never really advertise my stuff or anything. i'll never go out of my way to say "hey, read my stuff" cause i just feel like a douche bag. i guess im new to this writing thing and actually considering myself a writer. its weird to even say, it feels foreign, like a new hair cut. i'll grow into it i guess. here it is.....http://jamesrbailey.tumblr.com/

*crickets*

traditional bullshit tattoo culture for fools

i don't understand the whole hype on traditional flash sailor jerry tattoo's. in my eyes it looks like juvenile. it looks like something my 12 year old niece drew when she was 9 but with straighter lines. its a celebration in mediocrity. its not really all that good. the lines are straight, the colors are…..colors, theres little to no shadow, and if there is it's laughable at best. 

  to me, its not different than people who still wear the mullet and talk about how great van halen was back in the day. the era is over and its stupid looking now, let it go, evolve. i don't see it as a valid art form in the same way i don't look at stills of old cartoons as a valid art form. its a relic, a film still of a time past. its nostalgic and antiquated. it looks so goddamn stupid to me. theres a reason there is only one mona lisa, there's a reason they save relics, because when you carbon copy it over and over again it looses its value. the same applies to this tattoo hype. its not special anymore, its been done and over bloated to a point where it is worthy of no more than an eye roll and a pat on the head. 

  i got out of the tattoo game years ago because i saw it heading in this direction and i wanted no part in it. i was tattooing out of my house since the age of 15. i was tattooing when you were riding the school bus, so don't brush me off as someone who just "doesn't get it". there's nothing to get, its stupid, and you have bad taste, thats all this is. you are a pawn, a sheep, and you wouldn't know good taste if it was in your mouth. 

  these people that cover their bodies with this shit just look like assholes. its not different, to me, than the football jock who wears jerseys like he's part of the teem and has a mouth guard for no reason. you're a dick head, accept it, move on. you're a clown. 

  what impresses me is tattoo's that are so in depth in color and texture and depth that it actually looks like a painting and you can't believe its actually on someones skin and was only done with a tattoo machine and a needle. thats impressive, thats art. that is worthy of praise. 

stop. celebrating. mediocrity. 

you morons. 

mothers

all your daughters are in pain

fathers

all your daughters are destroyed by you

brothers

all your daughters are unwatched, unsafe

sisters

all your daughters are detached from the earth

her face hides in the rain

listen to her gentle heart

she lulls me to sleep

i come undone when were apart

im alive when were alone

i'll do anything for you

let me lay in your grace for a day

let me see this through

all i have inside

she makes it all ok

just to speak her name

and im blown away

i can feel you in my bones

i can hear you in my head

i can shed my skin for you

i will come apart for you

i will ruin my whole life

just to have a smile from you

i am down on my knees

with all i am for you

dream

away with me

i'll cherish her for all my days

i'll rest so peaceful in her name

i'll lay my burdens down for good

i'll go beyond what no man should

i'll best the devil, keep you safe

i'll beat the demons in your name

i'll keep a light always with me

so i can watch you fall asleep

i rest my head, im by your side

forever into your desire

and all i'll ever ask of you

is to be aware of what you do

the power you have over me

can easily be ill conceived

we must be good to our dream

to keep this safe for you and me

i just wanna get a taste of you

let me in closer

we'll discover ourselves in motion

we'll walk the water

and we'll glide in tune

you 

have my heart

you 

have my soul

you 

have my heart

you

have me

for everything a reason

and so they say, lord, for everything a reason

for every ending, a new beginning

oh so they say, baby, for everything a reason

and so they say, baby, for everything a reason

and those who loved before will be brought back together

yea those who loved before will be brought back together

and so they say, baby, for everything a reason

and so they say, baby, you will brought

brought back to me

i saw you leaving

i saw the light go out

i saw you leaving

i saw you leaving

and so they say, lord, for everything a reason

my house is haunted by wrong desire

and on my skin left the sent of indignation

and so they say, baby, for everything a reason

don't call me back i have everything i needed

for every lie, honey, the truth lay underneath it

oh so they say, baby, for everything a reason

and so they say, baby, you will be brought

brought back to me

i saw you leaving

i saw the light go out

i saw you leaving

i saw you

come back to me

come back to me

- carina round