hey all,

I was flirting with a girl at school the other day, and she went out of her way to show me her new tattoo...she was a little offended when I described it as a "tramp stamp", as it was a butterfly dead center in her lower back. Anyway, before seeing the tattoo, I thought she was an interesting and intelligent person...but afterward, I guess I began seeing a different side of her, and to be honest, I don't really know if I could ever have a serious relationship with a girl who has a tattoo such as this(or similar, like the back of the neck tattoo's, a bicep tattoo, or someone else's name tattooed on themselves). Am I just shallow in that regard? I do tend to not like people who wear conformist clothing, such as most recently, the "Hollister" shirts worn by people who've never been to Hollister, those people (whom I consider idiots) who put the rings in their ears to expand their earlobes, morons who wear big diamonds in their ears, etc. I do believe in originality, and I see so many people flocking to these tasteless modes of self-expression, and I am, to be perfunctorily honest, utterly turned off by it. I'm not saying I'm Mr. Originality myself, as I tend to wear rather bland clothing in relation to others, but I think it's tasteless to do something just because every one else is doing it...Any input?