New Ink

Alright Family members reading this - don't freak out! Whatever you do -Don't tell Mum! But Hey! You all know that I've been hiding a dark secret from her for years! Yes, I'm talking about my tattoo! Well now I have anew one and if she saw this it'd probably bring her one step closer to stepping on a rainbow and returning to her Catholic Jesus! Here's some pics:

Why a Buddha? Well, I've been trying to live my life following some sort ofBuddhist path for years even if I am a bit wishy-washy about it. The four noble truths of Buddhism are: The Noble Truth of Suffering, the Noble Truth of the Causes of Suffering, the Noble Truth of the Cessation ofSuffering and the Noble Truth of the Way that Leads to the Cessation ofSuffering. This is also known as the Eightfold Path of Buddhism, often represented by an eight-spoked wheel in which all spokes lead to the hub.The eight spokes represent: Right Understanding, Right Aspiration, RightSpeech, Right Conduct, Right Vocation, Right Effort, Right Alertness, andRight Concentration. Give me some bevvy and I know you can drop any of theabove from my personality but keep me sober and I at least try to be aware of them. This blog is not called Buddha in the beerglass for nothing you know!

Aye, well! Now I have a bloody big Buddha drawn on my right arm and everytime I feel like killing some fucking fundamentalist idiot I can look at it and try toremember that all sentinent beings should be dealt with compassion andforgiveness - and yes, that does include George W. Bush.