Tattoos are a way to express yourself. Whether it’s your favorite passage from “Walden Pond” or a Chinese symbol that you think means something ultra deep, a tattoo is the perfect way to wear your inner complexity on the outside. Let’s have a go at seeing what these people’s tattoos say about them.

“Sometimes I wish girls were like dudes. Not like I’m gay or anything, but I just wish sometimes that I could spend the rest of my life hanging out with my buddy Steve, playing Smash Bros. and eating nachos. The thing is, Steve doesn’t have tits, so I guess I’ll have to deal with waking up and finding a copy of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ next to the toilet in order to satisfy my natural lust for the female figure. Uh, by female figure I mean T&A. Yeah.”

This doesn’t say enough. I want to know more. Maybe we could talk, perhaps over some bubble tea?

“You’re not even looking at my plumber’s butt. I win.”

“Sometimes when I have sex, I think about Hello Kitty.”

“The best book I ever read was ‘The Alchemist’ by Paul Coelho. It was just so … deep. It was about how life is like, a journey. And also … destiny. I haven’t read that many books, but girls like it when I say that. You know what’s cool? The movie ‘Mortal Kombat.’ Most people don’t know that it’s not just a game. Yeah!”

“My body isn’t a temple. It’s a one-man art museum. Admission? Oh, maybe just buy me a beer. Ask me what I think about ‘The Doors of Perception.’ Have a pretty smile, like a girl in a toothpaste commercial. Just be warned. I’m complicated. But just go ahead and try forgetting me.”

“I am confident in saying that I preferred Tim Burton’s ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ My friends don’t usually talk critically about movies.”

“Yes I am thin, thanks for noticing. Also, I will eagerly pay buy fake acid from you and make a valiant effort to learn something about the depths of my own subconscious from its placebo effect. Also, my last girlfriend and I grew apart because I got into raving and she just wanted to play WOW all the time.”

–Becky Lang had to look at a lot of butt cracks and tramp stamps in order to write this post.