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Show Monday • June 16, 2008 New on D V D Be Kind Rewind, June 17 So I Married an Axe Murderer, Jura 17 Photos by Amber Drake CJ Fishburn tattooing Mel Sundquist at the Eleventh Street Electric Gallery in Sugarhouse. Amazon.com Fool's Gold, June 17 The tattoo will be outlined on your skin beforehand. The finished product. your Amazon.com ":< New in Theatres Get Smart, June 20 Mel Sundquist Life editor There are certain things that college students do. They do these things not because they are expected to, but because at this time in their lives they just feel the need. We stay up too late, we make drunken fools Yahoo Movies "P-e Love Guti, Jure 20 Yahoo Movies Wanted June 27 Yahoo Movies New on C D Co'dplay Viva la' or Death AJi His Fnends Jure 17 Tne Bnggs Come a'l you Iviadmen, Jure 17 Amazon.com Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer. Find the perfect design. Whether it's something meaningful or something that's *• just nice to look at, your first tattoo should be something you're going to be happy with for more than just a few days. You should think of a tattoo as a permanent accessory: If you were going to wear one watch or bracelet every day for the rest of your life, you would want it to look nice. If you're not an artist, you'll need to outsource your design. 1 highly recommend going to doverpublications.com, buying a few clipart books, and finding your inspiration there. The designs are original and most can be easily translated to a tattoo. Find the perfect placement. No matter what, your tattoo is going to hurt. If * you're willing to make it through any amount of pain, then finding the right location for it is going to be easy. However, if you want your first to be as painless as possible, try flicking potential locations with your fingernail as hard as you can. It's a good way to see where it would hurt the least. Also, take into account any possible weight gain in the future - a stretched pinup girl tattoo just isn't pretty. Find an artist you can trust and make an appointment. Ask friends who * have had tattoos, visit local galleries, talk to artists, and find someone you're comfortable with. Call in beforehand to make an appointment because getting a tattoo doesn't mean you no longer need to be polite. /'v[ i ta Physically and men- ">' prepare. I'm sure you jj remember the instructions **"*"<s your high school teachers gave you on how to prepare for a big test. Study, get a good night's sleep, come prepared, and eat a good breakfast. The same guidelines apply here. Try to familiarize yourself physically with the tattooing process. If you will be sitting in an awkward position, stretch what muscles you need to, to make it more comfortable. It is important to eat a balanced meal before your first tattoo. Think of it like your first ride on a roller coaster - you don't want anything weird going on in your digestive system. Be sure to bring cash, as most galleries won't take credit or checks. of ourselves in parking lots and camping grounds, we pompously talk about poets and politicians, and we get tattoos. These actions stem from the same basic instincts that tell a toddler to ride their Big Wheel and a middle-aged man to buy a motorcycle ~ they are part of the human process. But for today, let's focus on the experience most relevant to this writer: getting your first tattoo. tattoo on your wrist, you want that entire arm to be very relaxed, so the artist doesn't draw outside the lines. Place all of the tension that the pain is causing into your calf or foot, so you can keep that arm free from twitches. Latch on to a distracting thought. If it weren't for alt the pain and excitement, '* tattooing would be a very boring process. There is really nothing for you to do but lie still until the process is over, so be sure to pack along something to think about. You can plan out the decor for your apartment, ponder the techniques of your favorite writer - anything to keep your mind occupied. Bring something to hold onto, Lamaze style. If you don't have a friend to hold * your hand, ball up your sweater and squeeze it as hard as possible. This will be a natural reaction to the discomfort, and it will be easier if you prepare for it. 3 Focus your energy as far from the tattoo as possible. For example, if you're getting a After Keep it clean. Tattoo parIors have differing views on post-tattoo hygiene, but aco cording to the Eleventh Street Electric Gallery in Sugarhouse, you need to keep your tattoo bandaged, free from bacteria, and covered in ointment for the first three to five days. After this, the tattoo needs to be kept out of the sun and moisturized until it is entirely healed. Prepare yourself with some ammunition against people's reactions. Try • to predict how your acquaintances will respond, and think of a reply to every possible thing they could say. If they say, "But it will be there forever," reply with, "That's the appeal." Because the bottom line is, you've already made this decision, and unless they're about to pin you down and take a laser to you, there's nothing they can, do about it. Don't let them try to make you regret it. Work with your tattoo, not against it. At first, it can be difficult to dress around your new tattoo. Now, you have to start thinking of this new aspect of your appearance, one just as important as body size or skin tone. Add this new variable into your calculations when shopping for clothes. June '•• 7 Amazon.com M O V I E R E V I E W S Luke Hickmanl Life writer V I D E O R E V I E W Zohan Kung Fu Panda Sandier's first comedy worth messing with in a long time Columbia Pictures Let the visual innuendo begin. When you saw the first trailer for You Dori 't Mess With The Zohan, you prgbably thought exactly what everyone else thought: That looks awful. Surprisingly enough, if you can handle the vulgar factor, Zohan is a lot better than it looks. Adam Sanjdler plays Zohan, G A M E f It's like Kill Bill for kids the most effective Israeli combat soldier. Tired of secret operations always ruining his personal life, he decides to change his identity, move to America, and fulfill his ambitions as a hair stylist. Though Zohan is PG-13, it is a very R-rated PG-13. It goes way beyond potty humor. There are countless references to genitals and sexual habits. You'll see many women in sexually compromising positions, lots of male and female butt, and countless visual innuendoes mimicking NC-17 behavior! Be warned. Written by Sandier, Robert Smigel (SNL) and Judd Apatow, You Don't Mess With The Zohan is random, cameo-stuffed comedy you've been waiting to see Happy Madison Productions make. ... Dreamworld Everybody IS kung fu fighting. There is a noticeable difference between Disney's and DreamWorks' animated films: Disney's are of such high quality that they do not need to rely on celebrity voiceovers, while DreamWorks sells their mediocre movies on the names involved. Usually. Even though DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda has a typical list of celebrity voices, it is far better than any of their previous animated flicks. Jack Black lends his voice to play Po, an overweight, underqualified misfit appointed by the elders to defend the nation as the next "dragon warrior." After constantly being ridiculed and tormented by the nation's top five warriors, Po is faced with giving up or overcoming the odds. While the plot is fairly typical and leaves hardly any room for surprise, the delightful entertainment along the way makes the ride well worth it. The witty script is filled with hilarious moments and great dialogue. For great, fun, family entertainment, Kung Fu Panda is it. See REVIEWS • A6 # The World Ends With You Nintendo DS releases a new JRPG Jonathan Poolejj Life writer In a lot of ways, SquareEnix's recently released anc hard-to-find Nintendo DS game, The World Ends With You, is a mixed bag. The single greatest thinj about The World Ends With You is that it tries so ver) hard and comes so close tc being something different At times it bucks conventior and delivers fresh material Most notably^, the battle system is pretty rocking. Players control two characters ai the same time, each on one of the DS' two screens. It'; pretty frantic, a little confusing, but really fun once - - - See ENDS* A6 |