cutlerish: I have a suddenly increased desire to get a tattoo. If I ever go through with it, it’ll probably end up being a mix of nerdy and meaningful. The problem is that I’ve never thought of anything that I think would be meaningful enough long enough. Right now what I’m thinking of is a pair of brace brackets on my shoulders (like the quotes in the above photo):  {    } Maybe I imagine too much symbolism (and extremely nerdy symbolism, at that), but brace brackets are used in math and computers to define complete sets of things to describe what makes them up. They are often used in programming to contain and separate a section of code that accomplishes something into its own context. What I intend that to mean is that I know who and what I am, and I know what I am capable of doing. It would be my first tattoo, though. So, I want to sleep on it for a while.
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cutlerish:

I have a suddenly increased desire to get a tattoo. If I ever go through with it, it’ll probably end up being a mix of nerdy and meaningful.

The problem is that I’ve never thought of anything that I think would be meaningful enough long enough.

Right now what I’m thinking of is a pair of brace brackets on my shoulders (like the quotes in the above photo):  {    }

Maybe I imagine too much symbolism (and extremely nerdy symbolism, at that), but brace brackets are used in math and computers to define complete sets of things to describe what makes them up. They are often used in programming to contain and separate a section of code that accomplishes something into its own context.

What I intend that to mean is that I know who and what I am, and I know what I am capable of doing.

It would be my first tattoo, though. So, I want to sleep on it for a while.

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  1. betweenridiculousandsublime reblogged this from cutlerish
  2. aidiera reblogged this from cutlerish and added:
    I dunno about on the shoulders. Maybe on your arm…
  3. christor5 reblogged this from cutlerish
  4. nitutilacrees reblogged this from cutlerish and added:
    That is….pretty cool, I would do it but in my wrists
  5. cutlerish reblogged this from cutlerish and added:
    What I intend that to mean is that I know who and what I am, and I know what I am capable of doing. It would be my first...
  6. slobaum said: That sir, is absolutely brilliant. All of my primary languages rely on brace brackets. I calls em curly or “squirrelly” depending on my level of exhaustion. If you don’t, I call second dibs.
  7. boobill said: Isn’t that a big jewish no no though? I like the symbolism.
  8. shinyonix reblogged this from cutlerish
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  10. phoenixrisingfromtheash said: All of my tattoos are symbols, symbols that are important to me and my life. I think it sounds like an awesome idea, and completely you. As it should be :)