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When I Finally Got a Tattoo

Maybe the King of Pop would have been better.
Show transcript
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Hey guys, my name is Laura.
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And today I'm gonna be talking about a tattoo.
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Y'all didn't know I had a tattoo.
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Did you a while ago when Michael Jackson died, I was like, I'm
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going to get a Michael Jackson tattoo to honor him and I drew
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it and everything.
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It was super cool.
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I was super proud of it.
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And I showed my mom, I'm like, look mom because she also likes
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Michael Jackson.
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I'm like, look mom.
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I'm going to get this Michael Jackson tattoo.
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What do you think?
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And she goes, Laura sit de la casa.
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I was just like, damn, like, I can't even honor Michael Jackson
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on my skin.
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Fine, whatever.
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A few years later, my friends and I are walking down South Beach
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just, you know, doing our thing and we walked by a tattoo parlor
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and we were all like, wouldn't it be funny if we all got matching
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tattoos of A dot And we were all like, ha Yeah, that would be
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so funny.
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And so we walk up to a tattoo parlor and we're like, hey, how
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much is it for a dot Tattoo?
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And they were like, 0 60 bucks.
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And I was like, that's so stupid.
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A dot Tattoo for $60.
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Hell, no.
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And they're like, ok, what about 40 bucks?
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And we're like 40 bucks for a dot Tattoo?
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You swear to pay 40 bucks for a dot Tattoo?
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We're like, what about 20?
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We're like, oh damn, that's not a bad price for a dot Tattoo
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Do you want to get a dot Tattoo?
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We're like, yeah, Mimi, you want to get a dot tattoo?
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She's like, yeah, so we walk in there and I'm first and I'm like
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OK, I'm going to get my dot tattoo.
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And so the tattoo artist who is clearly under some kind of influence
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they put a.in my skin.
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And I was like, wow, I'm really nervous because this is happening
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I'm getting a tattoo.
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I might get kicked out of my house and I'm thinking about all
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these things, I'm like, I might be homeless.
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Who knows?
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And so I'm like, you know what?
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Let's do it.
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I'm a grown ass woman.
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I want a dot Tattoo.
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So they put the dot tattoo.
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My friend Chris was next and I'm like, OK, Chris looks good
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on me.
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How about you?
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He's like, you know what, I'm gonna go with a little circle
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He goes on and he gets his little dot circle and it's really
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really cute and we're like, oh dot Tattoo buddies boom.
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And then it's mini's turn and I'm like, OK, Mimi, it's your
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turn.
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To get a tattoo and she's like, no, I'm like, oh OK.
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No, no, she's like, yeah, my body is the temple of God and blah
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blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah because at the time she
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was swearing, she was Christian and I was like, Mimi, how are
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you going to let me put this tattoo after you said that you were
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going to get a tattoo?
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It was like a friendship thing and then you're not going to
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do it.
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She's like, yeah, I'm sorry.
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So she didn't end up getting the tattoo.
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Is that ratchet of her?
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Anyway, I go back home and I'm really nervous and I'm like,
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damn, I got this stupid tattoo.
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I should have never done it like fricking Mimi didn't do it
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Like my mom's going to kill me.
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She's going to kick me out of the house.
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I'm thinking of all the different places that I could live
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in.
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And I'm like, hey, mom, there's something I have to tell you
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and she's like, and I'm like, I got a tattoo and she was like
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con Laura Jos que el No, I was like, no, will you just listen
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Look, mom, I just want you to look and I'm like trembling and
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crying and I'm just like, I'm going to show her the tattoo and
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she goes, and I'm like, it's there.
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Look, she's like, and I'm like mom, it's right there and she
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sees the little dot And she starts laughing.
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She's like I was like, what do you mean?
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Of course it's a tattoo.
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I have ink in my bloodstream.
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I have ink in my heart.
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She was like, OK, yeah, Laura gracias.
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I don't know what she was doing anyway, I got scared for no reason
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And now I have a cool tattoo.
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Do you guys have a tattoo?
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I'm sure a lot of you guys do.
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How did your mom react?
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Does your mom even care?
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Please share your stories in the comments below.
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