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[redhairrevolt]

i'm thinking about getting an emma goldman tattoo on my upper back. its basically a black-and-white drawing of the mug shot picture that everyone knows, and would be taken from quiet rumors. my major concerns are that its basically a really anarcho tattoo, which has always seemed very strange and impersonal to me, and that, in a sense, tattooing someones face on your body seems to have the connotation of idolatry, which in our current culture and lives, is a little distressing. i don't want to appear as though i'm attempting to live vicariously through someone else, but i think that emma's significance in my life lies in the fact that her ideas, along with others, were important for a large part of my life, and still continue to be, and for the fact that i truly find her life, with its ups and downs, to be inspiring and an example that is good to live by. as i talked about with cheyenne earlier, its not really some sort of attempt to view someone else's life as your own, but instead, its to acknowledge someone's example, and also acknowledge their importance in your own life, and be able to use that as inspiration, to a degree.

an acquaintance of mine died of a heroin overdose over the weekend, and its hitting pretty close to home. i made an entry a while ago about why i'm terrified of drugs, and this is a good example of why. i knew this kid very briefly and not well, but his death still gives me chills at times.

outside of that though, i've been feeling pretty amazing for the past couple weeks, and this is definitely a good feeling.