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No matter what you do, there is absolutely no way you are ever going back again. The earth only spins in one direction. But this shouldn’t make you unhappy! In your thirties you can still look as good as you did in your twenties, if you exercise and eat right. But you are now better at relationships, friendships, household chores, not overdrawing your checking account and dressing yourself! And triple bonus! You make more money!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OnnDqH6Wj8&w=480&h=270]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Flo Rida — “Good Feeling”\u003c/b>\u003cbr>It’s time to celebrate. You won’t be 40 for 10 whole years, so you’re still young enough to appreciate a little dub step every once in awhile. The end of your Saturn Return should feel like someone lifting a piano off your back, one that has been strapped there for years that you have forgotten about. Dance, friend. You are practically weightless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UePtoxDhJSw&w=480&h=270]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cb>Wiz Khalifa — “Black and Yellow”\u003c/b>\u003cbr>Look, haters are gonna hate and ballers are gonna ball. You are definitely a baller now. Kids in their twenties look at you in awe and ask you for advice. Older relatives give you alcohol without cutely asking to see ID. And unless something really terrible happens with the economy, maybe you can even cut back to one roommate! Hey 30-year-old, you are living the dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NFV8dHrZYM&w=480&h=270]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Elbow — “One Day Like This”\u003c/b>\u003cbr>Once you give up fighting against yourself, you start having beautiful days all the time. Your angst will melt away and in its place will be epiphany after epiphany. Or at the very least you will be able to appreciate the beauty that is in front of you and stop wanting and wishing for something you are never going to get.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PorW3y5n1w&w=480&h=270]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Two Door Cinema — “Something Good Can Work”\u003c/b>\u003cbr>Girl, let’s show the world something good can happen! Bonus, now that you are closer to dying, it is becoming less and less likely you will live to see the end of the polar bears and the rise of the robots! Live in the moment. This is your life, you can’t keep pretending you are gearing up for something bigger. Let’s finally get it started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScC_pi3PJ9k&w=480&h=270]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Passion Pit — “Little Secrets”\u003c/b>\u003cbr>Seriously 30-year-olds: You are getting better and better. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It’s hard to be in your twenties. You graduate from college, or you don’t, but either way you don’t feel good about it. You date alcoholics or you become an alcoholic or you get married or all of the above. You work for minimum wage. You probably at some point move back in with your parents. And then, when you turn 27 or 28, you get hit with what astrologers call your \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_return\">“Saturn Return”\u003c/a> or other, non-astrologers call “being 27 or 28 and thinking you know everything and then suddenly realizing you know absolutely nothing.” According to people who know about such things, these returns coincide with the time it takes Saturn to orbit the sun (29.4 years) and the first marks the transition between youth and adulthood (28-30). Everyone agrees that it’s pretty much the worst. But all you people who are struggling through your horrible, magical, angst-ridden twenties, I have news for you: if you can kick that drug habit now, and stop texting while crossing the street, you might make it to your thirties. Now, I’ve only been 30 for 2 weeks myself, but already things are looking great. First of all, I had at least 3 birthday parties. And all the choices I am making are very grown-up. And then I got \u003ca href=\"http://www.astrologyzone.com/forecasts/monthly/libra_full.php\"> this epic horoscope\u003c/a>, in which Susan Miller says: “For nearly 3 years, since \u003ca href=\"http://lizzyacker.com/2009/10/fear-bubble/\">October 30, 2009\u003c/a>, Saturn, the great teacher-taskmaster planet, has been poking and prodding you to meet tough challenges in an effort to evolve you into an even better version of yourself… As you see, you had layer upon layer of stress over recent years. That’s NOT the case anymore. If I were you, I would celebrate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might not buy into star charts. I don’t really myself, except in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/207207-in-astrology-the-rules-happen-to-be-about-stars-and?auto_login_attempted=true\">Douglas Adams-y way\u003c/a>. But whatever your feelings on your moons and rising signs, turning 30 is definitely something to celebrate. Here are some songs to help you get the party started (secret: this party lasts the rest of your life):\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/KK8LFq4vMKQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/KK8LFq4vMKQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>The Avett Brothers — “I and Love and You”\u003c/b>\u003cbr>First, yes, this will be a bitter sweet time. You are saying goodbye to your youth! And probably also getting divorced! But you are getting back to your truer self, that self that you haven’t seen since you were 10 years old, the one who knew who they were, what they wanted and how they planned on getting it. You are turning into a Zen master. Still, let yourself mourn a little. Also, maybe start thinking about moving to Brooklyn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/r5Or6-HOveg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/r5Or6-HOveg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Stars — “Your Ex-Lover Is Dead”\u003c/b>\u003cbr>You know what though? Even if it is sad, you’re going to get over it, I promise. You aren’t going to have regrets. Your scars are going to remind you of the good parts. You chose to feel it and now it’s time to set yourself on fire. Listen to this song. Listen to it a million times if you have to. Congratulations. Now it’s over (sign the divorce papers, start a book club). Don’t be sorry. You did the best you could.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/qxfxcEH8_Co'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/qxfxcEH8_Co'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Fleetwood Mac — “Never Going Back Again”\u003c/b>\u003cbr>This one speaks for itself. No matter what you do, there is absolutely no way you are ever going back again. The earth only spins in one direction. But this shouldn’t make you unhappy! In your thirties you can still look as good as you did in your twenties, if you exercise and eat right. But you are now better at relationships, friendships, household chores, not overdrawing your checking account and dressing yourself! And triple bonus! You make more money!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3OnnDqH6Wj8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3OnnDqH6Wj8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Flo Rida — “Good Feeling”\u003c/b>\u003cbr>It’s time to celebrate. You won’t be 40 for 10 whole years, so you’re still young enough to appreciate a little dub step every once in awhile. The end of your Saturn Return should feel like someone lifting a piano off your back, one that has been strapped there for years that you have forgotten about. Dance, friend. You are practically weightless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/UePtoxDhJSw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/UePtoxDhJSw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cb>Wiz Khalifa — “Black and Yellow”\u003c/b>\u003cbr>Look, haters are gonna hate and ballers are gonna ball. You are definitely a baller now. Kids in their twenties look at you in awe and ask you for advice. Older relatives give you alcohol without cutely asking to see ID. And unless something really terrible happens with the economy, maybe you can even cut back to one roommate! Hey 30-year-old, you are living the dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/0NFV8dHrZYM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/0NFV8dHrZYM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Elbow — “One Day Like This”\u003c/b>\u003cbr>Once you give up fighting against yourself, you start having beautiful days all the time. Your angst will melt away and in its place will be epiphany after epiphany. Or at the very least you will be able to appreciate the beauty that is in front of you and stop wanting and wishing for something you are never going to get.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/1PorW3y5n1w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/1PorW3y5n1w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Two Door Cinema — “Something Good Can Work”\u003c/b>\u003cbr>Girl, let’s show the world something good can happen! Bonus, now that you are closer to dying, it is becoming less and less likely you will live to see the end of the polar bears and the rise of the robots! Live in the moment. This is your life, you can’t keep pretending you are gearing up for something bigger. Let’s finally get it started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ScC_pi3PJ9k'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ScC_pi3PJ9k'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Passion Pit — “Little Secrets”\u003c/b>\u003cbr>Seriously 30-year-olds: You are getting better and better. This song is here to remind you to a) keep working out FOR REAL and b) never give up!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/moL0JgNek5A'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/moL0JgNek5A'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>NewVillager — “Lighthouse”\u003c/b>\u003cbr>Friends, I cannot emphasize this enough. Your thirties are a time to let go of all the things and people and relationships that are holding you back, not in a selfish way but in a way that means you can go on to the better things, the better people and the better relationships THAT YOU DESERVE. Go on! 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You can always come back when you retire in 35 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>If I am honest about my main motivations for doing pretty much anything, I would have to say they are: boys and having a good story to tell. While some people might think these motivations are a little shallow, they have always kept my life interesting and always made me more fun at parties than people motivated by more standard stuff like money, fame, fear and just plain sex. Last year, for example, my friend Pete Hickok (a boy) went to Burning Man without me and I turned my jealousy and sadness into \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/arts/popculture/article.jsp?essid=67177\">a story about making the most of the “Burning Man Rapture.”\u003c/a> That was a good adventure, and a funny story to tell people who like funny stories, but the truth is, I still wanted to be able to tell the REAL story — the Burning Man story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when the chance came up, a week before the actual event, to buy a ticket and head out to Black Rock Desert, I did it without thinking too hard about what that would mean. I told Pete I was going and that I was going with him, even though he could only go for the first couple days and I couldn’t go for the whole time either because I have a job I like and you can’t just leave those things behind forever. Everyone, including him, told me I should go for the last few days and see the Man burn but the truth is, Pete is the only person I wanted to go with. \u003ca href=\"http://petehickok.com/home.html\">He’s an artist, an awesome artist\u003c/a>, and a really good camper and he’s sort of been my muse for the last 10 years. I didn’t know what this experience was going to be, but I knew I wanted to go with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So he assented and early Monday morning we headed out to the desert. I didn’t get too many pictures, because I was too busy experiencing the experience, but here are some impressions, from a short-time visitor and a virgin, of Burning Man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128747 alignleft\" alt=\"burningman2\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman2.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman2-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>1. The Desert\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Black Rock Desert just appears out of nowhere. You drive through an Indian reservation and progressively smaller towns until there is a haze of dust in the distance. Then boom, you turn off the highway onto a dusty road and zigzag around until you are inside that haze yourself, a city in a semi-circle, radiating out from the open desert, the “Playa” in the middle. Everyone talks about the heat and the dust but I didn’t understand until I was there what a crucial element this landscape plays in the experience. It forces you to constantly be evaluating how you feel and how the people around you feel. It pushes you to a physical limit, which sort of breaks down all your usual emotional and mental walls. It also means you have no cell phone service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman3.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128749 alignleft\" alt=\"burningman3\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman3.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman3.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>2. The Art\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black Rock City is a temporary, controlled-chaos, art installation in which every single thing, every camp, every bike, every bar, every outfit, every meal is a form of expression. And this is before you even get to the sculptures and temples rising from the desert. It’s 60,000 people doing exactly whatever they want, when they want to, which means some of it is epic and some of it didn’t really do it for me, but all of it was art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman11.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128752 alignleft\" alt=\"burningman1\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman11.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman11.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman11-400x337.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman11-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>My favorite “sculpture” sculpture was \u003ca href=\"http://jeffpelline.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/photo-127.jpg\">a half sunken pirate ship attached to a long dock\u003c/a>. The ship is placed in the sand in such a way that when you climb through its hold, you feel almost seasick and water sounds play in the background. Under the dock are hammocks and swings. At night, flames shoot out of its masts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman7.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128751 alignleft\" alt=\"burningman7\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman7.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman7.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman7-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman7-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/burning090312/b08_RTR378X8.jpg\">The Temple of Juno\u003c/a>, built by David Best, was also a pretty great piece of recognizable art. It is the size of an actual small church, constructed completely out of intricately laser cut pieces of wood. It was one of the only quiet places at Burning Man, even though it was filled with people when we went on Tuesday night. The fact that such a painstakingly created structure is made to be burned adds something indefinable to the experience of walking through it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These things are beautiful, sure, but the real art is the intention everyone puts into everything, which is partially necessitated by the environment. The real art is in how incredibly aware you are forced to become of what’s happening around you. You keep every single piece of trash and you can’t even pour out water onto the dust. If you don’t drink enough water, you’ll probably die and if you aren’t carrying goggles, you will go blind in the dust storms. Your awareness goes from completely internal to 90% external really quickly, which means suddenly you are able to actually experience the world around you. In this way, the whole event becomes special and different from regular life, an evanescent transcendent experience, sort of like a week-long Baptist revival, a walkabout or an ayahuasca journey must be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman4.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128753 alignleft\" alt=\"burningman4\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman4.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman4.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman4-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>3. The Music\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes. There is ALWAYS house music playing. And actually, I didn’t mind it all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>4. The Magical Element of Nothing For Sale\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everywhere you go in Black Rock City, you bring with you a cup. Bars are scattered everywhere and everything is free. We drank at bars in tents, bars on platforms, in hammocks, on cars with swivel seats driving through the open desert at night. Everyone is just overjoyed to serve you (even the sadist who poured me a tequila and sweet tea) and we made millions of friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of our most fantastic “gifting” (they call it gifting and I am trying to stop associating that word with the nausea of Christmas season McDonald’s commercials) experiences was late on Tuesday night, when we came out of a pillow-strewn bar, incredibly hungry, and ran straight into a crawdad feast, which also included corn and onions. It was about 1:15am and we ate like maniacs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the thing is that when nothing is commodified, everything becomes whatever it is, for the sake of that thing alone. Art, food, alcohol, bikes. You take what you need and you really start to enjoy things for their thingy-ness, experiencing them instead of consuming them, always anxious to get on to the next thing. This, I think, will be the hardest thing to bring back into default reality, since most of what we do is based on advertisers trying to get us to buy more things at a faster rate, and a lot of our worth is judged, by ourselves and by other people, on the things we own. I know it’s not possible to always have everything be free, but thinking about it now reminds me of the day in eighth grade when it suddenly occurred to me that money causes all the problems. Without it, we really are freed up to be nice to everyone and take things that people give us, but only the things we actually need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>5. Speaking of Problems\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burning Man is not 100% perfect. It’s mainly white people as far as the eye can see, for one thing. And some people are definitely just there to party their heads off (though with such a high bar for entry in terms of fees and getting there, you kind of have to respect that level of commitment to the party). And all this does happen on the beautiful Black Rock Desert, which would probably be better off if no humans ever stepped on it all. Or drove on it (something that happens there all year). But so would the whole San Francisco Bay Area be. In fact, this place would be pretty awesome without people. \u003ca href=\"http://www.burningman.com/environment/resources/tread_lightly.html\">And Burning Man has a much better leave-no-trace policy than the City of San Francisco.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman5.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128754 alignleft\" alt=\"burningman5\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman5.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman5.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman5-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>6. The Unmediated Human Interaction\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think Burning Man has got to be a completely different experience for every person. I was there for approximately 42 hours and so for me it was condensed into a tornado of bike adventures, sandstorms, dance parties, chapped lips and Pete. The most important element turned out to be that last one. I was there, living fully in the moment, and I was doing it with another person, another person I know really well. In our real lives, we always have plans and places to go and text messages to send and the next thing we are trying to figure out in our heads, even when we are talking about something that seems important. But out on the desert, our only jobs were to stay alive, help each other stay alive and talk to each other about everything we were seeing. This meant constant feedback, team stream of consciousness, which made something very strange happen: I drove in with a person I knew as well as I know anyone, anywhere, and by the time we drove out, he was not that person anymore. Somehow, being so close, closer even than when we slept in the same place every night (we lived together for 2 years), Pete transformed from the Pete who existed mainly in my imagination into a real living, breathing human being.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think this is how Black Rock City goes from being an art festival or a tourist destination to being a place that viscerally connects with so many people, year after year. There is so little these days that has the capacity to change us. We are bombarded by images and songs and stories all day, but we don’t spend enough time on any of them to really take in their meaning and allow them to bring us to a completely new place. But being out in the desert, with thousands of people trying to stay hydrated, with electronic music thumping in your chest, riding your bike through a dust storm to what seems like the end of the world, you don’t have a choice. There isn’t a tomorrow or a yesterday. You become a conduit to all the things happening around you.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman6.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128755 alignleft\" alt=\"burningman6\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman6.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman6.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman6-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003c/a>Here’s a thing people say: “We won’t have a revolution in this country until enough of us are truly uncomfortable.” What that really means is nothing changes among pillow-top beds and TVs and hot showers and delivery BBQ. Why would it? Inertia is our preferred state. Out on the desert, though, I was truly uncomfortable for the first time in a long time, in the best possible way. And maybe I got more than a good story to tell at parties. Maybe I actually changed a little.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If I am honest about my main motivations for doing pretty much anything, I would have to say they are: boys and having a good story to tell. While some people might think these motivations are a little shallow, they have always kept my life interesting and always made me more fun at parties than people motivated by more standard stuff like money, fame, fear and just plain sex. Last year, for example, my friend Pete Hickok (a boy) went to Burning Man without me and I turned my jealousy and sadness into \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/arts/popculture/article.jsp?essid=67177\">a story about making the most of the “Burning Man Rapture.”\u003c/a> That was a good adventure, and a funny story to tell people who like funny stories, but the truth is, I still wanted to be able to tell the REAL story — the Burning Man story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when the chance came up, a week before the actual event, to buy a ticket and head out to Black Rock Desert, I did it without thinking too hard about what that would mean. I told Pete I was going and that I was going with him, even though he could only go for the first couple days and I couldn’t go for the whole time either because I have a job I like and you can’t just leave those things behind forever. Everyone, including him, told me I should go for the last few days and see the Man burn but the truth is, Pete is the only person I wanted to go with. \u003ca href=\"http://petehickok.com/home.html\">He’s an artist, an awesome artist\u003c/a>, and a really good camper and he’s sort of been my muse for the last 10 years. I didn’t know what this experience was going to be, but I knew I wanted to go with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So he assented and early Monday morning we headed out to the desert. I didn’t get too many pictures, because I was too busy experiencing the experience, but here are some impressions, from a short-time visitor and a virgin, of Burning Man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128747 alignleft\" alt=\"burningman2\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman2.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman2-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>1. The Desert\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Black Rock Desert just appears out of nowhere. You drive through an Indian reservation and progressively smaller towns until there is a haze of dust in the distance. Then boom, you turn off the highway onto a dusty road and zigzag around until you are inside that haze yourself, a city in a semi-circle, radiating out from the open desert, the “Playa” in the middle. Everyone talks about the heat and the dust but I didn’t understand until I was there what a crucial element this landscape plays in the experience. It forces you to constantly be evaluating how you feel and how the people around you feel. It pushes you to a physical limit, which sort of breaks down all your usual emotional and mental walls. It also means you have no cell phone service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman3.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128749 alignleft\" alt=\"burningman3\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman3.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman3.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>2. The Art\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black Rock City is a temporary, controlled-chaos, art installation in which every single thing, every camp, every bike, every bar, every outfit, every meal is a form of expression. And this is before you even get to the sculptures and temples rising from the desert. It’s 60,000 people doing exactly whatever they want, when they want to, which means some of it is epic and some of it didn’t really do it for me, but all of it was art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman11.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128752 alignleft\" alt=\"burningman1\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman11.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman11.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman11-400x337.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman11-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>My favorite “sculpture” sculpture was \u003ca href=\"http://jeffpelline.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/photo-127.jpg\">a half sunken pirate ship attached to a long dock\u003c/a>. The ship is placed in the sand in such a way that when you climb through its hold, you feel almost seasick and water sounds play in the background. Under the dock are hammocks and swings. At night, flames shoot out of its masts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman7.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128751 alignleft\" alt=\"burningman7\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman7.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman7.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman7-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman7-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/burning090312/b08_RTR378X8.jpg\">The Temple of Juno\u003c/a>, built by David Best, was also a pretty great piece of recognizable art. It is the size of an actual small church, constructed completely out of intricately laser cut pieces of wood. It was one of the only quiet places at Burning Man, even though it was filled with people when we went on Tuesday night. The fact that such a painstakingly created structure is made to be burned adds something indefinable to the experience of walking through it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These things are beautiful, sure, but the real art is the intention everyone puts into everything, which is partially necessitated by the environment. The real art is in how incredibly aware you are forced to become of what’s happening around you. You keep every single piece of trash and you can’t even pour out water onto the dust. If you don’t drink enough water, you’ll probably die and if you aren’t carrying goggles, you will go blind in the dust storms. Your awareness goes from completely internal to 90% external really quickly, which means suddenly you are able to actually experience the world around you. In this way, the whole event becomes special and different from regular life, an evanescent transcendent experience, sort of like a week-long Baptist revival, a walkabout or an ayahuasca journey must be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman4.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128753 alignleft\" alt=\"burningman4\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman4.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman4.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman4-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>3. The Music\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes. There is ALWAYS house music playing. And actually, I didn’t mind it all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>4. The Magical Element of Nothing For Sale\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everywhere you go in Black Rock City, you bring with you a cup. Bars are scattered everywhere and everything is free. We drank at bars in tents, bars on platforms, in hammocks, on cars with swivel seats driving through the open desert at night. Everyone is just overjoyed to serve you (even the sadist who poured me a tequila and sweet tea) and we made millions of friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of our most fantastic “gifting” (they call it gifting and I am trying to stop associating that word with the nausea of Christmas season McDonald’s commercials) experiences was late on Tuesday night, when we came out of a pillow-strewn bar, incredibly hungry, and ran straight into a crawdad feast, which also included corn and onions. It was about 1:15am and we ate like maniacs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the thing is that when nothing is commodified, everything becomes whatever it is, for the sake of that thing alone. Art, food, alcohol, bikes. You take what you need and you really start to enjoy things for their thingy-ness, experiencing them instead of consuming them, always anxious to get on to the next thing. This, I think, will be the hardest thing to bring back into default reality, since most of what we do is based on advertisers trying to get us to buy more things at a faster rate, and a lot of our worth is judged, by ourselves and by other people, on the things we own. I know it’s not possible to always have everything be free, but thinking about it now reminds me of the day in eighth grade when it suddenly occurred to me that money causes all the problems. Without it, we really are freed up to be nice to everyone and take things that people give us, but only the things we actually need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>5. Speaking of Problems\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burning Man is not 100% perfect. It’s mainly white people as far as the eye can see, for one thing. And some people are definitely just there to party their heads off (though with such a high bar for entry in terms of fees and getting there, you kind of have to respect that level of commitment to the party). And all this does happen on the beautiful Black Rock Desert, which would probably be better off if no humans ever stepped on it all. Or drove on it (something that happens there all year). But so would the whole San Francisco Bay Area be. In fact, this place would be pretty awesome without people. \u003ca href=\"http://www.burningman.com/environment/resources/tread_lightly.html\">And Burning Man has a much better leave-no-trace policy than the City of San Francisco.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman5.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128754 alignleft\" alt=\"burningman5\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman5.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman5.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman5-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/09/burningman5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>6. The Unmediated Human Interaction\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think Burning Man has got to be a completely different experience for every person. I was there for approximately 42 hours and so for me it was condensed into a tornado of bike adventures, sandstorms, dance parties, chapped lips and Pete. The most important element turned out to be that last one. I was there, living fully in the moment, and I was doing it with another person, another person I know really well. In our real lives, we always have plans and places to go and text messages to send and the next thing we are trying to figure out in our heads, even when we are talking about something that seems important. But out on the desert, our only jobs were to stay alive, help each other stay alive and talk to each other about everything we were seeing. This meant constant feedback, team stream of consciousness, which made something very strange happen: I drove in with a person I knew as well as I know anyone, anywhere, and by the time we drove out, he was not that person anymore. Somehow, being so close, closer even than when we slept in the same place every night (we lived together for 2 years), Pete transformed from the Pete who existed mainly in my imagination into a real living, breathing human being.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Tattoos last forever, or at least as long as your body lasts, which is pretty much forever in human terms. For a lot of people (your boss and your grandpa), this is the main reason not to get them. For other people (you), this is what makes them so great. Your pets and your parents will die, your house will get bulldozed to build a superhighway, your friends will move to New York City. But your tattoos? Barring a full-body burning accident, they will be with you through the whole scary, sublime thing, until you are sitting in your easy chair, unable to pee without the help of an in-home care assistant. Until finally, you lose consciousness and stop existing. How comforting to know that a) your memories will be written on your body no matter how badly your brain disintegrates and b) your in-home care assistant will have something pretty to look at while he’s pulling down your pants for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have 6 tattoos and I know an amazing tattooer, so I consider myself enough of an expert to educate you on the process of getting art permanently inscribed on your skin. To fully commit to this project, I decided to go get a tattoo and, while it was happening, interview \u003ca href=\"http://derickmontez.tumblr.com/\">Derick Montez\u003c/a>, who works at \u003ca href=\"http://sftattoo.com/\">Picture Machine Tattoo\u003c/a>. He’s the guy who has given me 3 of my tattoos and who is, in my opinion, the best tattoo artist of all time ever. Derek isn’t even 30 yet but he apprenticed with well-known graffiti and tattoo artist \u003ca href=\"http://www.mikegiant.com/index.php\">Mike Giant\u003c/a> and is a great visual artist in a bunch of different mediums, beyond being a respected tattooer. So, without further ado, your step-by-step guide to getting a tattoo you won’t regret for the rest of your life:\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-128527\" alt=\"inspection2\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Before your tattoo:\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1. Research! This is THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL THE STEPS.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting a good tattoo requires some actual preparation. According to Derick: “The biggest mistake I think someone can make is not doing research on the artist that they get tattooed by. Tattooing has become such a popularized trend… more people are tattooing now, more than ever, but just because someone gets the idea in their head that they want to be a tattooer doesn’t mean that they have the proper training or the proper techniques. It’s just like anything else: if you have the money, you can open up a shop, but that doesn’t mean you know what you’re doing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So look at portfolios online. Derick says: “Most reputable shops have portfolios — what you’re looking for is consistency in work… you want to make sure the photos are clear, recognizable, readable, because a lot of times people just put up garbage photos… tattoos that are still wrapped in plastic. If you can find healed photos of peoples’ tattoo work, that is a lot better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know he’s right because this is exactly how my ex-boyfriend found Derick: obsessive internet searching to find the perfect tattoo artist for his first tattoo. I do not have this kind of patience and my first 3 tattoos are a testament to that (I still love them, but they are nothing compared to Derick’s work), so I am very grateful that someone finally did the research for me. But you shouldn’t be so lazy! Do the research yourself! You won’t regret it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>2. Don’t price shop.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Would you look on Craigslist for the cheapest babysitter? Maybe, this isn’t a parenting lesson, but the point is, if some guy says he’ll give you a tattoo for 40 bucks, walk away. Instead, be ready to pay as much as it takes to get high quality work. Pick cheaper shoes or buy your rice in bulk if you want to save money, but when it comes to art that will be on your body until you die, don’t expect to pay less than $100 before tip, and a lot more if you are getting something large or adding color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-128529 alignleft\" alt=\"the-shop\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>3. Check out the shop in person.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you find someone you think you like, go into the shop and meet the artist in real life before you actually get anything done. First, the shop should be clean. Check for work on display and see how you feel about the aesthetic in person. Then, go with your gut. My first tattoo, which I got when I was about 20, was the result of something halfway between a whim and a manic compulsion, when I decided I needed a tattoo and jumped on the bus that went to the part of Portland rife with tattoo parlors. The first one I went into was clean enough, but something about it gave me the heebie jeebies and I got back on the bus and got off at a smaller, friendlier place, where I ended up getting a tiny star below my left hip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Derick put it this way: “Generally, if people are going to take the time to answer your questions and not be a dick, they have confidence in their work… you should never really feel pressured to get tattooed right then and there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Side note: You can always start small and come back for something bigger when you are ready. Three years after I got that star, the same artist gave me the outline of Oregon with a heart in it. Sometimes slowly building up to a bigger piece is a good idea.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do your research and find a really great tattooer, you are 90 percent of the way to getting an awesome tattoo. The rest of these things will become a lot easier, because a good, professional tattooer will be looking out for you — they want your tattoo to look awesome since it represents them. Remember though, this is your body and ultimately you make the decisions. So for better or worse, the end result is your responsibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-128530\" alt=\"derickswork\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>4. Spend some time thinking about the design.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously, this goes without saying but I am going to say it anyway: don’t get something you really will regret. Disney princesses, \u003ca href=\"http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/tattoo_aryan_brotherhood_clover.asp\">an Aryan Brotherhood clover\u003c/a> or anything else that might get you killed in prison, misspelled Chinese idioms, your on-again, off-again boyfriend’s name. These things ruin lives. Pick something with personal meaning or something you think is beautiful. Go in ahead of time to talk to your tattoo artist about the design. My last 3 tattoos started as just ideas and I pretty much gave Derick free reign to do what he wanted, since he knows a lot more about tattoos and making beautiful things than I do. I am very happy with the results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-128531\" alt=\"the-creation\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Day of the tattoo:\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>5. Don’t be drunk.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m not going to explain this to you. You know better. Also, a good tattoo artist will not tattoo you if you are drunk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>6. Eat something before you go.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one wants you to pass out. Eat dinner! Bring along some candy to chew on if you are getting something big done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>7. Don’t come in with a posse.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Derick: “I think a mistake a lot of people can make is coming into a tattoo shop with a whole plethora of friends. I’ve watched people come in, know what they want, and through the opinion of 4 or 5 other people end up getting something completely different or going against the advice of the tattoo artist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Derick has a lot of great tattoos and he says: “Whenever I’ve gotten my tattoos, I’ve done it all by myself… just so I know that whatever I’m getting is all on me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bring a friend if you are nervous or if you just want the company. But don’t bring a pack. You did your research, remember? This is between you and the person putting it on your body. It doesn’t really matter that your friend with no tattoos thinks it would look better in orange on your left kneecap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-128532\" alt=\"drawing2\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>8. Make sure it is really what you want.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tattoo artist will put a transfer of the tattoo on your body in the place you want it before he actually starts in with the needle and ink (in this case Derick actually drew on me, but usually it starts with a transfer). Make sure you like the size and the placement. This is not the time to be passive. Listen to the tattooer (not your friends) but remember: your body, your choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-128533\" alt=\"pain2\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>9. Accept that this will hurt.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, it will hurt. It is needles poking your skin deeply and quickly. But if it didn’t hurt, would it mean as much? Plus, now instead of being the person asking their tatted-up friend, “Oh man, did that hurt?” you will be the person answering, “Yeah, it wasn’t so bad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-128534\" alt=\"drock2\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>After the tattoo is done:\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>10. Tip!\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You did your research and you got an awesome tattoo! So tip! At least 20 percent and always in cash. Let me repeat that: always in cash. So make sure you have enough BEFORE YOU GET TO THE TATTOO PARLOR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-128535\" alt=\"post2\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>11. Follow the care instructions.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Derick: “People should really treat their tattoo like they got a flesh wound.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Me: Because they did. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sharptattoos.com/aftercare.html\">So wash it with unscented soap, don’t touch it or pick at it, use the recommended lotion, don’t soak in any water.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>True story: I played a soccer game right after I got my Oregon tattoo. Due to the stretching caused by running around and sweating, when the tattoo healed, the border of the state and the heart in the middle had dots of bare skin. I had to wait 6 months and get the whole thing redone. Not only did it hurt about 50 times worse than the original tattoo, now it is raised like a scar while the rest of my tattoos seem flush with my skin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what more can I tell you? If you do your research and pick a tattooer whose aesthetic you like and who gives you a good feeling in your stomach and you get a tattoo that won’t force you to join a white supremacist gang in prison, and then you take care of it, you will end up with a piece of art on your body that no one can ever take away. Good luck!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>P.S.: Do you have a tattoo artist you love or any tattoo tips at all? Write about it in the comments! Share the wealth!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All photos by Emmanuel Hapsis.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Tattoos last forever, or at least as long as your body lasts, which is pretty much forever in human terms. For a lot of people (your boss and your grandpa), this is the main reason not to get them. For other people (you), this is what makes them so great. Your pets and your parents will die, your house will get bulldozed to build a superhighway, your friends will move to New York City. But your tattoos? Barring a full-body burning accident, they will be with you through the whole scary, sublime thing, until you are sitting in your easy chair, unable to pee without the help of an in-home care assistant. Until finally, you lose consciousness and stop existing. How comforting to know that a) your memories will be written on your body no matter how badly your brain disintegrates and b) your in-home care assistant will have something pretty to look at while he’s pulling down your pants for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have 6 tattoos and I know an amazing tattooer, so I consider myself enough of an expert to educate you on the process of getting art permanently inscribed on your skin. To fully commit to this project, I decided to go get a tattoo and, while it was happening, interview \u003ca href=\"http://derickmontez.tumblr.com/\">Derick Montez\u003c/a>, who works at \u003ca href=\"http://sftattoo.com/\">Picture Machine Tattoo\u003c/a>. He’s the guy who has given me 3 of my tattoos and who is, in my opinion, the best tattoo artist of all time ever. Derek isn’t even 30 yet but he apprenticed with well-known graffiti and tattoo artist \u003ca href=\"http://www.mikegiant.com/index.php\">Mike Giant\u003c/a> and is a great visual artist in a bunch of different mediums, beyond being a respected tattooer. So, without further ado, your step-by-step guide to getting a tattoo you won’t regret for the rest of your life:\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-128527\" alt=\"inspection2\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/inspection2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Before your tattoo:\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1. Research! This is THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL THE STEPS.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting a good tattoo requires some actual preparation. According to Derick: “The biggest mistake I think someone can make is not doing research on the artist that they get tattooed by. Tattooing has become such a popularized trend… more people are tattooing now, more than ever, but just because someone gets the idea in their head that they want to be a tattooer doesn’t mean that they have the proper training or the proper techniques. It’s just like anything else: if you have the money, you can open up a shop, but that doesn’t mean you know what you’re doing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So look at portfolios online. Derick says: “Most reputable shops have portfolios — what you’re looking for is consistency in work… you want to make sure the photos are clear, recognizable, readable, because a lot of times people just put up garbage photos… tattoos that are still wrapped in plastic. If you can find healed photos of peoples’ tattoo work, that is a lot better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know he’s right because this is exactly how my ex-boyfriend found Derick: obsessive internet searching to find the perfect tattoo artist for his first tattoo. I do not have this kind of patience and my first 3 tattoos are a testament to that (I still love them, but they are nothing compared to Derick’s work), so I am very grateful that someone finally did the research for me. But you shouldn’t be so lazy! Do the research yourself! You won’t regret it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>2. Don’t price shop.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Would you look on Craigslist for the cheapest babysitter? Maybe, this isn’t a parenting lesson, but the point is, if some guy says he’ll give you a tattoo for 40 bucks, walk away. Instead, be ready to pay as much as it takes to get high quality work. Pick cheaper shoes or buy your rice in bulk if you want to save money, but when it comes to art that will be on your body until you die, don’t expect to pay less than $100 before tip, and a lot more if you are getting something large or adding color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-128529 alignleft\" alt=\"the-shop\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-shop-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>3. Check out the shop in person.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you find someone you think you like, go into the shop and meet the artist in real life before you actually get anything done. First, the shop should be clean. Check for work on display and see how you feel about the aesthetic in person. Then, go with your gut. My first tattoo, which I got when I was about 20, was the result of something halfway between a whim and a manic compulsion, when I decided I needed a tattoo and jumped on the bus that went to the part of Portland rife with tattoo parlors. The first one I went into was clean enough, but something about it gave me the heebie jeebies and I got back on the bus and got off at a smaller, friendlier place, where I ended up getting a tiny star below my left hip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Derick put it this way: “Generally, if people are going to take the time to answer your questions and not be a dick, they have confidence in their work… you should never really feel pressured to get tattooed right then and there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Side note: You can always start small and come back for something bigger when you are ready. Three years after I got that star, the same artist gave me the outline of Oregon with a heart in it. Sometimes slowly building up to a bigger piece is a good idea.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do your research and find a really great tattooer, you are 90 percent of the way to getting an awesome tattoo. The rest of these things will become a lot easier, because a good, professional tattooer will be looking out for you — they want your tattoo to look awesome since it represents them. Remember though, this is your body and ultimately you make the decisions. So for better or worse, the end result is your responsibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-128530\" alt=\"derickswork\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/derickswork-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>4. Spend some time thinking about the design.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously, this goes without saying but I am going to say it anyway: don’t get something you really will regret. Disney princesses, \u003ca href=\"http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/tattoo_aryan_brotherhood_clover.asp\">an Aryan Brotherhood clover\u003c/a> or anything else that might get you killed in prison, misspelled Chinese idioms, your on-again, off-again boyfriend’s name. These things ruin lives. Pick something with personal meaning or something you think is beautiful. Go in ahead of time to talk to your tattoo artist about the design. My last 3 tattoos started as just ideas and I pretty much gave Derick free reign to do what he wanted, since he knows a lot more about tattoos and making beautiful things than I do. I am very happy with the results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-128531\" alt=\"the-creation\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/the-creation-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Day of the tattoo:\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>5. Don’t be drunk.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m not going to explain this to you. You know better. Also, a good tattoo artist will not tattoo you if you are drunk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>6. Eat something before you go.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one wants you to pass out. Eat dinner! Bring along some candy to chew on if you are getting something big done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>7. Don’t come in with a posse.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Derick: “I think a mistake a lot of people can make is coming into a tattoo shop with a whole plethora of friends. I’ve watched people come in, know what they want, and through the opinion of 4 or 5 other people end up getting something completely different or going against the advice of the tattoo artist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Derick has a lot of great tattoos and he says: “Whenever I’ve gotten my tattoos, I’ve done it all by myself… just so I know that whatever I’m getting is all on me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bring a friend if you are nervous or if you just want the company. But don’t bring a pack. You did your research, remember? This is between you and the person putting it on your body. It doesn’t really matter that your friend with no tattoos thinks it would look better in orange on your left kneecap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-128532\" alt=\"drawing2\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drawing2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>8. Make sure it is really what you want.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tattoo artist will put a transfer of the tattoo on your body in the place you want it before he actually starts in with the needle and ink (in this case Derick actually drew on me, but usually it starts with a transfer). Make sure you like the size and the placement. This is not the time to be passive. Listen to the tattooer (not your friends) but remember: your body, your choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-128533\" alt=\"pain2\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/pain2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>9. Accept that this will hurt.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, it will hurt. It is needles poking your skin deeply and quickly. But if it didn’t hurt, would it mean as much? Plus, now instead of being the person asking their tatted-up friend, “Oh man, did that hurt?” you will be the person answering, “Yeah, it wasn’t so bad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-128534\" alt=\"drock2\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/drock2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>After the tattoo is done:\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>10. Tip!\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You did your research and you got an awesome tattoo! So tip! At least 20 percent and always in cash. Let me repeat that: always in cash. So make sure you have enough BEFORE YOU GET TO THE TATTOO PARLOR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-128535\" alt=\"post2\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/post2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>11. Follow the care instructions.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Derick: “People should really treat their tattoo like they got a flesh wound.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Me: Because they did. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sharptattoos.com/aftercare.html\">So wash it with unscented soap, don’t touch it or pick at it, use the recommended lotion, don’t soak in any water.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>True story: I played a soccer game right after I got my Oregon tattoo. Due to the stretching caused by running around and sweating, when the tattoo healed, the border of the state and the heart in the middle had dots of bare skin. I had to wait 6 months and get the whole thing redone. Not only did it hurt about 50 times worse than the original tattoo, now it is raised like a scar while the rest of my tattoos seem flush with my skin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what more can I tell you? If you do your research and pick a tattooer whose aesthetic you like and who gives you a good feeling in your stomach and you get a tattoo that won’t force you to join a white supremacist gang in prison, and then you take care of it, you will end up with a piece of art on your body that no one can ever take away. Good luck!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>P.S.: Do you have a tattoo artist you love or any tattoo tips at all? Write about it in the comments! Share the wealth!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As KQED Arts interns we could not be happier to have gotten our jobs. And while our boss, Mark Taylor, is a daily dose of sunshine [editor: HA!], there is no substitute for the real deal. In the past few weeks a surprisingly sunny San Francisco has greeted us from our office windows just as we started compiling a guide to outdoor summer arts activities. As we researched each tantalizing option, it became increasingly clear that we were stuck at desks in the tiny cubicle we share. Now that the guide is completed, we can finally have our day in the sun — as long as global warming keeps San Francisco’s “fog-ust” (fog plus August) at bay. With a whopping 54 art events, our various guides highlight places to go if you’re stuck babysitting or just want to make fun of drunk adults all while supporting local artists and keeping it “hella classy.” But here are the events you’ll definitely spot us at this summer — you’ll be able to recognize us by our pale skin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/community/guides/\">Get a full list of all the KQED Guides.\u003c/a>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/phonodelsol.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" alt=\"\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>July 21\u003cbr>\u003cb>Phono del Sol\u003c/b>\u003cbr>Potrero Del Sol Park, 25th Street at Utah, San Francisco\u003cbr>12-6pm, $7-$10\u003cbr>The Bay Bridged and Tiny Telephone presents a music and food fueled festival. We know we’ll be posted at Kung Fu tacos chowing down amongst the many gourmet food trucks available, while rocking out to some jams by performers like The Fresh & Onlys and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.\u003cbr>\u003ca href=\"http://www.phonodelsol.com/\">More information\u003c/a> at phonodelsol.com.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/arts/blog/mysteryride.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" alt=\"\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>July 21\u003cbr>\u003cb>San Francisco Midnight Mystery Ride\u003c/b>\u003cbr>Various San Francisco locations\u003cbr>It’s the middle of the night and you’re lost in San Francisco on your bike. If this sounds as fun to you as it does to us, join us on the third Saturday of July for a cycling adventure to a mystery location in San Francisco.\u003cbr> \u003ca href=\"http://www.midnightmystery.org/sanfrancisco/\">Check midnightmystery.org the day of for meeting location.\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through August 30\u003cbr>\u003cb>Soundwave ((5)): Humanities\u003c/b>\u003cbr> San Francisco Innovative Art & Music Biennial\u003cbr>Various San Francisco locations\u003cbr>Of all the summer programs we looked at, Soundwave had the most intriguing events. Most notably, on August 3rd you can join an avant-garde nap session set to the sights and sounds of the earth moving beneath you.\u003cbr>For the \u003ca href=\"http://www.projectsoundwave.com/5/about/\">full event schedule\u003c/a>, visit projectsoundwave.com.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UaeGQ5EMas&w=480&h=270]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weekends through August 25\u003cbr> \u003cb>Film Night in the Park\u003c/b>\u003cbr>Various Bay Area locations\u003cbr>8pm or dusk, FREE\u003cbr>You can find us on the lawn at these movies with a pre-made picnic and uncorked wine, breaking the ice with our latest crushes. The perfect first date if you ask us! \u003ca href=\"http://www.filmnight.org/\">More information\u003c/a> at filmnight.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>July 25\u003cbr>\u003cb>Bollywood Nights\u003c/b>\u003cbr>Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco\u003cbr>6-10pm\u003cbr>Jai Ho has been playing in our iPods since \u003ci>Slumdog Millionaire\u003c/i> came out 4 years ago. Now it’s time for us to learn some accompanying dance moves at this Bollywood Nights event complete with Indian food and drinks.\u003cbr> \u003ca href=\"http://www.conservatoryofflowers.org/special-events/bollywood-nights-conservatory\">More information\u003c/a> at conservatoryofflowers.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last weekend of the month through September 30\u003cbr>\u003cb>Treasure Island Flea\u003c/b>\u003cbr>All Day, $3 or FREE through \u003ca href=\"http://sf.funcheap.com/treasure-island-flea-free-admission-funcheap/\">FuncheapSF RSVP\u003c/a>\u003cbr>So much more than your neighbor’s garage sale, nothing can beat the epic-ness of the Treasure Island Flea as it features panoramic views of the city, gourmet food trucks and so much more!\u003cbr>\u003ca href=\"http://www.treasureislandflea.com/\">More information\u003c/a> at treasureislandflea.com.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>August 2, first Thursdays\u003cbr> \u003cb>Lower Polk Art Walk & Food Truck Party SF\u003c/b>\u003cbr>Polk & Larkin between Geary and Bush, San Francisco\u003cbr>6-10pm\u003cbr> We can’t wait for a relaxed evening stroll through Lower Polk with gourmet street food in hand. 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"content": "\u003cp>There are certain things in life you can’t control: growing old, embarrassing yourself at holiday parties, kissing all the wrong people, ordering three éclairs at Tartine and pretending that two are for friends, and karaoke. Sure, you might not have any musical ability or rhythm or a thirst for the spotlight, but your time on the karaoke stage will come. One of your friends will get engaged and want to have a last boozy hurrah singing Journey songs en masse. Same goes for birthday parties, bat mitzvah after parties, and those work outings meant for getting to “really know each other.” Point is, unless you want to be a terrible friend or lose your job, there will come a time when you will have to listen to friends butcher songs for a few hours so you might as well be ready for this inevitability. Luckily for you, I’m here to give you a few pointers so you won’t embarrass yourself too much and maybe come out of this not only unscathed but with a winning musical number under your belt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>10 COMMANDMENTS\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/commandments.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128695 alignleft\" alt=\"commandments\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/commandments.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/commandments.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/commandments-400x551.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/commandments-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1. THOU SHALL NOT ABSTAIN\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your friend is marrying some dude and invites you to karaoke in order to celebrate a lifetime of spooning and arguing over what kind of take-out to order, you kind of have to go. Yes, even if the guy she’s marrying is the worst. You might think that showing up is all that is required of you. WRONG. Absolutely no one likes the person who shows up and then says something meek like “Oh, I can’t go up there. I can’t sing! But I’ll watch you guys!” Sure, no one will point a gun to your head and force you to sing a Natalie Imbruglia song, but they will make a little mental note about you and file it away in the deepest most immutable part of memory. That note says “So and so is a no-fun bore. No wonder he/she doesn’t have a boyfriend/girlfriend.” You don’t want to be that person, do you? So down your favorite mixed drink and do a vocal exercise in the bathroom if you must ’cause you are going up there one way or another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/ASUB-Q60S0I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>2. THOU SHALL NOT DRINK TOO MUCH\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did say have a drink, but don’t over do it. This will lead to your downfall and your dignity will be a more distant memory than that friend you had in preschool who moved away. Getting wasted will impair your judgment (you’ll end up picking a song you have no business singing) and, although you will think your voice sounds like honey or Whitney Houston pre-crack/Bobby Brown, your vocal ability will be a mess. So take it easy. This is not freshman year of college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/judge-judy.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128696 alignleft\" alt=\"judge-judy\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/judge-judy.jpeg\" width=\"349\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/judge-judy.jpeg 349w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/judge-judy-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>3. THOU SHALL NOT JUDGE, LEST YE BE JUDGED\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A majority of the karaoke experience is waiting for your turn. For impatient people like me, this can be an ordeal, especially if you have to sit through messy performances from people who haven’t followed Commandment #2. But I warn you not to roll your eyes or make snide comments or talk loudly over their numbers. These people are your future audience and you need to be in their good graces for when it’s your turn. So pay it forward: smile, applaud, woot and holler cause karma takes names.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a00d83451b8c369e20168e7368ad6970c-800wi.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128697 alignleft\" alt=\"6a00d83451b8c369e20168e7368ad6970c-800wi\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a00d83451b8c369e20168e7368ad6970c-800wi.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a00d83451b8c369e20168e7368ad6970c-800wi.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a00d83451b8c369e20168e7368ad6970c-800wi-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>4. THOU SHALL NOT SING WHITNEY OR MARIAH OR ADELE\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know you want to. I do too! But you shouldn’t, unless you’re opera trained or something. Take it from someone who learned this lesson the hard way. I had one Fernet too many (I’m not perfect!) and I decided it would be a hoot to sing Mariah’s “Fantasy.” Face flushed and a sloppy grin on my face, I leapt on stage and heard those opening chords and instantly knew I had made a big mistake. I looked at the crowd and actually said “Oh. No.” That was a hard 4 minutes for everyone involved and we all learned a valuable lesson so that you wouldn’t have to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/schulz-charles-peanuts-never-ever-ever-give-up1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128698 alignleft\" alt=\"schulz-charles-peanuts-never-ever-ever-give-up[1]\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/schulz-charles-peanuts-never-ever-ever-give-up1.jpg\" width=\"358\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/schulz-charles-peanuts-never-ever-ever-give-up1.jpg 358w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/schulz-charles-peanuts-never-ever-ever-give-up1-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>5. THOU SHALL NEVER GIVE UP\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you have an experience like the one described above, you are not allowed to give up. No one likes a quitter. Don’t be a baby. Face the music. The best strategy to take the focus off your terrible rendition is the art of distraction. Make a joke out of it. Dan ce. Offer the mic to someone standing close to the stage for a line or two. And if it really comes to it, enlist a friend or two to help out. It’s part of the friend code, after all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/3581i7.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128699 alignleft\" alt=\"3581i7\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/3581i7.jpg\" width=\"310\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/3581i7.jpg 310w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/3581i7-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>6. THOU SHALL CHANNEL REAL LIFE EMOTION (TO A POINT)\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emotion from real life events is the fuel to the flame of your karaoke superstardom. So pin your former emo angst onto that song you used to sing in your teenage bedroom. But make sure you don’t overdo it and burn the house down. Another anecdote from my personal saga: Bottomless mimosas and a bad breakup led me to the karaoke stage. In the beginning, things went well. I sang Alanis Morissette’s classic ode to all the wronged lovers out there, “You Oughtta Know.” But things took a turn for the real soon enough and I ended up \u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg7gg9VWmG1qf7r5lo1_500.gif\">crying Laura Dern style\u003c/a> by the side of the stage. That kind of sobbing is reserved for private late night showings of \u003ci>Bambi\u003c/i>/\u003ci>Beaches\u003c/i>/\u003ci>Blue Valentine\u003c/i>/\u003ci>Brokeback Mountain\u003c/i>/etc. So take inventory of your flood gates before unleashing a tsunami of feelings onto a bunch of strangers. The last thing the world needs is you singing that depressing Sarah McLachlan song from the adopt-this-one-eyed-dog commercial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128700 alignleft\" alt=\"6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi.png\" width=\"443\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi.png 443w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi-400x401.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi-298x300.png 298w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>7. THOU SHALL DO YOUR HOMEWORK\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A little homework goes a long way. Before you hit the karaoke bar, think about the songs you love most and know best. Then ask yourself if this song is in your range. You don’t want to be a baritone singing No Doubt’s “Just A Girl” (not that I would know from experience or anything). Another thing to consider is song length. Pick something around 3 minutes. Even the best of songs start to mold after that. Also beware of instrumental breaks! A friend of mine recently sang a sultry Marilyn Monroe number which had her \u003ca href=\"http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/246/369/92a.gif\">awkwardly sway\u003c/a> for 2 whole minutes mid song. So be prepared! If it’s good enough for the Boy Scouts, it’s good enough for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/39837623_ringo_scream.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128701 alignleft\" alt=\"_39837623_ringo_scream\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/39837623_ringo_scream.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>8. THOU SHALL PICK CROWD PLEASERS\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re not a good singer, the best thing you can do is pick a crowd pleaser, a song that is so ingrained in our culture and so beloved that everyone will sing along loudly, muffling your inability to hit certain notes. You will be adored! It’ll be like Beatlemania all over again! Maybe you’ll even get a little taste of what it felt like for Michael Jackson to step out onto a hotel balcony (minus the surgical mask and dangling baby).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://youtu.be/z3BibCPvOqw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>9. THOU SHALL NOT PARTAKE IN AN OBNOXIOUS GROUP NUMBER\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paper cuts. Paris Hilton’s baby voice. People who don’t cover their mouths when they cough. You know what else is super annoying? When a group of people decide to sing (scream) a song like Kelly Clarkson’s “Since You Been Gone” or the Spice Girls’ “Say You’ll Be There.” This is not cute or pleasing to anyone so think of the greater good and just say no. Ditch the obnoxious back-up singers and go it alone like my hero/favorite 7-year-old ever above. We could all learn a thing or two from her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128702 alignleft\" alt=\"kar\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>10. THOU SHALL TALK TO STRANGERS\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forget what your mother said about talking to strangers. They’re awesome. I recently approached some girl who had sung a Taylor Swift song the week before for advice on whether I should tackle a T. Swift song of my own. Turns out she had already requested that very song. Fast forward twenty minutes and there we were, two people who barely knew each other’s names, linking harmonies in a duet to remember (see evidence above). So go on and talk to that rando. It could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Got all that? Now go forth and belt it out! And above all, have fun with it! That’s kind of the point.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>There are certain things in life you can’t control: growing old, embarrassing yourself at holiday parties, kissing all the wrong people, ordering three éclairs at Tartine and pretending that two are for friends, and karaoke. Sure, you might not have any musical ability or rhythm or a thirst for the spotlight, but your time on the karaoke stage will come. One of your friends will get engaged and want to have a last boozy hurrah singing Journey songs en masse. Same goes for birthday parties, bat mitzvah after parties, and those work outings meant for getting to “really know each other.” Point is, unless you want to be a terrible friend or lose your job, there will come a time when you will have to listen to friends butcher songs for a few hours so you might as well be ready for this inevitability. Luckily for you, I’m here to give you a few pointers so you won’t embarrass yourself too much and maybe come out of this not only unscathed but with a winning musical number under your belt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>10 COMMANDMENTS\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/commandments.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128695 alignleft\" alt=\"commandments\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/commandments.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/commandments.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/commandments-400x551.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/commandments-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1. THOU SHALL NOT ABSTAIN\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your friend is marrying some dude and invites you to karaoke in order to celebrate a lifetime of spooning and arguing over what kind of take-out to order, you kind of have to go. Yes, even if the guy she’s marrying is the worst. You might think that showing up is all that is required of you. WRONG. Absolutely no one likes the person who shows up and then says something meek like “Oh, I can’t go up there. I can’t sing! But I’ll watch you guys!” Sure, no one will point a gun to your head and force you to sing a Natalie Imbruglia song, but they will make a little mental note about you and file it away in the deepest most immutable part of memory. That note says “So and so is a no-fun bore. No wonder he/she doesn’t have a boyfriend/girlfriend.” You don’t want to be that person, do you? So down your favorite mixed drink and do a vocal exercise in the bathroom if you must ’cause you are going up there one way or another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ASUB-Q60S0I'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ASUB-Q60S0I'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cb>2. THOU SHALL NOT DRINK TOO MUCH\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did say have a drink, but don’t over do it. This will lead to your downfall and your dignity will be a more distant memory than that friend you had in preschool who moved away. Getting wasted will impair your judgment (you’ll end up picking a song you have no business singing) and, although you will think your voice sounds like honey or Whitney Houston pre-crack/Bobby Brown, your vocal ability will be a mess. So take it easy. This is not freshman year of college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/judge-judy.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128696 alignleft\" alt=\"judge-judy\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/judge-judy.jpeg\" width=\"349\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/judge-judy.jpeg 349w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/judge-judy-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>3. THOU SHALL NOT JUDGE, LEST YE BE JUDGED\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A majority of the karaoke experience is waiting for your turn. For impatient people like me, this can be an ordeal, especially if you have to sit through messy performances from people who haven’t followed Commandment #2. But I warn you not to roll your eyes or make snide comments or talk loudly over their numbers. These people are your future audience and you need to be in their good graces for when it’s your turn. So pay it forward: smile, applaud, woot and holler cause karma takes names.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a00d83451b8c369e20168e7368ad6970c-800wi.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128697 alignleft\" alt=\"6a00d83451b8c369e20168e7368ad6970c-800wi\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a00d83451b8c369e20168e7368ad6970c-800wi.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a00d83451b8c369e20168e7368ad6970c-800wi.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a00d83451b8c369e20168e7368ad6970c-800wi-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>4. THOU SHALL NOT SING WHITNEY OR MARIAH OR ADELE\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know you want to. I do too! But you shouldn’t, unless you’re opera trained or something. Take it from someone who learned this lesson the hard way. I had one Fernet too many (I’m not perfect!) and I decided it would be a hoot to sing Mariah’s “Fantasy.” Face flushed and a sloppy grin on my face, I leapt on stage and heard those opening chords and instantly knew I had made a big mistake. I looked at the crowd and actually said “Oh. No.” That was a hard 4 minutes for everyone involved and we all learned a valuable lesson so that you wouldn’t have to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/schulz-charles-peanuts-never-ever-ever-give-up1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128698 alignleft\" alt=\"schulz-charles-peanuts-never-ever-ever-give-up[1]\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/schulz-charles-peanuts-never-ever-ever-give-up1.jpg\" width=\"358\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/schulz-charles-peanuts-never-ever-ever-give-up1.jpg 358w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/schulz-charles-peanuts-never-ever-ever-give-up1-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>5. THOU SHALL NEVER GIVE UP\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you have an experience like the one described above, you are not allowed to give up. No one likes a quitter. Don’t be a baby. Face the music. The best strategy to take the focus off your terrible rendition is the art of distraction. Make a joke out of it. Dan ce. Offer the mic to someone standing close to the stage for a line or two. And if it really comes to it, enlist a friend or two to help out. It’s part of the friend code, after all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/3581i7.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128699 alignleft\" alt=\"3581i7\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/3581i7.jpg\" width=\"310\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/3581i7.jpg 310w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/3581i7-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>6. THOU SHALL CHANNEL REAL LIFE EMOTION (TO A POINT)\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emotion from real life events is the fuel to the flame of your karaoke superstardom. So pin your former emo angst onto that song you used to sing in your teenage bedroom. But make sure you don’t overdo it and burn the house down. Another anecdote from my personal saga: Bottomless mimosas and a bad breakup led me to the karaoke stage. In the beginning, things went well. I sang Alanis Morissette’s classic ode to all the wronged lovers out there, “You Oughtta Know.” But things took a turn for the real soon enough and I ended up \u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg7gg9VWmG1qf7r5lo1_500.gif\">crying Laura Dern style\u003c/a> by the side of the stage. That kind of sobbing is reserved for private late night showings of \u003ci>Bambi\u003c/i>/\u003ci>Beaches\u003c/i>/\u003ci>Blue Valentine\u003c/i>/\u003ci>Brokeback Mountain\u003c/i>/etc. So take inventory of your flood gates before unleashing a tsunami of feelings onto a bunch of strangers. The last thing the world needs is you singing that depressing Sarah McLachlan song from the adopt-this-one-eyed-dog commercial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128700 alignleft\" alt=\"6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi.png\" width=\"443\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi.png 443w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi-400x401.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi-298x300.png 298w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi-32x32.png 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi-64x64.png 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi-96x96.png 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi-128x128.png 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/6a0147e137f31a970b015432ce09a1970c-800wi-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>7. THOU SHALL DO YOUR HOMEWORK\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A little homework goes a long way. Before you hit the karaoke bar, think about the songs you love most and know best. Then ask yourself if this song is in your range. You don’t want to be a baritone singing No Doubt’s “Just A Girl” (not that I would know from experience or anything). Another thing to consider is song length. Pick something around 3 minutes. Even the best of songs start to mold after that. Also beware of instrumental breaks! A friend of mine recently sang a sultry Marilyn Monroe number which had her \u003ca href=\"http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/246/369/92a.gif\">awkwardly sway\u003c/a> for 2 whole minutes mid song. So be prepared! If it’s good enough for the Boy Scouts, it’s good enough for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/39837623_ringo_scream.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128701 alignleft\" alt=\"_39837623_ringo_scream\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/39837623_ringo_scream.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>8. THOU SHALL PICK CROWD PLEASERS\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re not a good singer, the best thing you can do is pick a crowd pleaser, a song that is so ingrained in our culture and so beloved that everyone will sing along loudly, muffling your inability to hit certain notes. You will be adored! It’ll be like Beatlemania all over again! Maybe you’ll even get a little taste of what it felt like for Michael Jackson to step out onto a hotel balcony (minus the surgical mask and dangling baby).\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/z3BibCPvOqw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/z3BibCPvOqw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cb>9. THOU SHALL NOT PARTAKE IN AN OBNOXIOUS GROUP NUMBER\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paper cuts. Paris Hilton’s baby voice. People who don’t cover their mouths when they cough. You know what else is super annoying? When a group of people decide to sing (scream) a song like Kelly Clarkson’s “Since You Been Gone” or the Spice Girls’ “Say You’ll Be There.” This is not cute or pleasing to anyone so think of the greater good and just say no. Ditch the obnoxious back-up singers and go it alone like my hero/favorite 7-year-old ever above. We could all learn a thing or two from her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128702 alignleft\" alt=\"kar\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar.jpg 500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/04/kar-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cb>10. THOU SHALL TALK TO STRANGERS\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forget what your mother said about talking to strangers. They’re awesome. I recently approached some girl who had sung a Taylor Swift song the week before for advice on whether I should tackle a T. Swift song of my own. Turns out she had already requested that very song. Fast forward twenty minutes and there we were, two people who barely knew each other’s names, linking harmonies in a duet to remember (see evidence above). So go on and talk to that rando. It could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The second season of HBO’s epic fantasy show \u003ci>Game of Thrones\u003c/i> starts Sunday, April 1. Here are 5 reasons you should to get on this train before it leaves the station:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1. Best catchphrase, possibly ever?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003ccenter>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/qSqnO8iGz9o\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/center>\n\u003cp>I have always hated catchphrases with a passion, ever since \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzxDlS6QY1s\">the “Allllllrighty then” craze\u003c/a> swept my middle school. But “Winter is coming” is full-on poetry that I cannot deny. It is menacing, physically chilling and beautiful all at once. So say it. Say it again. Never stop saying it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003ccenter>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"//u.s.kqed.net/2012/03/29/ygritte.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" alt=\"\">\u003c/center>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>2. The pluckiest housemaid from \u003ci>Downton Abbey\u003c/i> appears this season as a SPEARWIFE!\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the main disappointments of season two of \u003ci>Downton Abbey\u003c/i> was the complete lack of Gwen (played by Rose Leslie), the downstairs redhead with grand secretarial ambitions. How was her secretary job going, I wanted to know, and why was she replaced by such a depressing and predictable brunette?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, it appears Gwen has gone far beyond the phone company and is now Ygritte, \u003ca href=\"http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Ygritte\">“a wildling woman and spearwife who becomes a lover to Jon Snow.”\u003c/a> Please tell me what grad programs to apply so I can become a spearwife as soon as possible. I’m not sure what it is, but I know I want to be it. Of course, for lovely Gwen, the first order of business will probably to spear O’Brien through the heart. O’Brien’s got to be some sort of supernatural monster, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003ccenter>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"//u.s.kqed.net/2012/03/29/gameofthrones2.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" alt=\"\">\u003c/center>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>3. Honest, healthy portrayal of men\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A great debate on MEN raged the other day, on my Facebook wall and on the wall of a friend, over \u003ca href=\"http://www.cracked.com/article_19785_5-ways-modern-men-are-trained-to-hate-women.html#ixzz1qTSnrrdH\"> this article from \u003ci>Cracked\u003c/i> called “5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women.”\u003c/a> At one point, my friend Evren Odcikin jumped into the fray with this: “We spend a lot of time discussing how images in the media and our child-rearing habits affect young girls. There are similar and, if you ask me, as dangerous messages being directed at boys. It covers both the way they are supposed to engage with the opposite sex, but also about their self-worth and self-image.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I completely agree with him. Most of the male characters on TV fall into either the hyper-masculine, sexually attractive, dominating silent category or the weak, silly, effeminate category. There really doesn’t seem to be much place for the brave, strong man who also questions himself, experiences fear and sometimes even admits his vulnerability. So many of the shows I watch revolve around a man who is smoldering hot and totally tough but can’t express love unless it’s through violence and sex and can’t talk about how they feel about anything except whiskey (yeah, I’m pretty much watching \u003ci>Mad Men\u003c/i>, \u003ci>Justified\u003c/i>, \u003ci>Sons of Anarchy\u003c/i> and \u003ci>Community\u003c/i> exclusively).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Somehow, \u003ci>Game of Thrones\u003c/i> has managed to create complicated and interesting male characters of every age, every class and even every height. I could make the case that even the villian-y-est of the male villains in this show expresses himself better than Don Draper. And he’s probably a better dad too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003ccenter>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"//u.s.kqed.net/2012/03/29/aryastark.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" alt=\"\">\u003c/center>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>4. Honest, healthy portrayal of children\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once upon a time, I was a kid, so I can say this with absolute authority: kids are basically exactly the same as adults except that they are shorter, have less experience with things and basically no rights. Kids live in the exact same world we do, and see the exact same stuff, except for maybe in the movie theater when they are segregated into the PG world. But the truth is, a lot of stuff happens to them. And a lot of it is horrible, partially because, see above, they are shorter than us, they have less experience and they have basically no rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this country, and maybe in a lot of places, we like to pretend childhood is a magical wonderland, and that children see everything in its cartoon version. Really though, childhood can be crazy and terrifying and I’m not just talking about kids who are actually abused (though probably especially for them), but for all kids. Remember waiting alone for a ride, from somewhere to somewhere else, in the growing dark? What were you going to do if no one came? What were you going to do if the wrong person came? YOU HAD NO IDEA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Game of Thrones\u003c/i> doesn’t pull punches on the children. For them, this world is even more dangerous. People can push you out of windows and lock you up in castles and pretty much do whatever they want with you. But the best part? The kids are getting stronger. They are learning how to fight back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>5. Dragons!\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, in closing, I will leave you with this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003ccenter>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/8JAQcQQ2H-A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/center>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html\"> The second season of \u003ci>Game of Thrones\u003c/i> starts Sunday, April 1 on HBO.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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It covers both the way they are supposed to engage with the opposite sex, but also about their self-worth and self-image.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I completely agree with him. Most of the male characters on TV fall into either the hyper-masculine, sexually attractive, dominating silent category or the weak, silly, effeminate category. There really doesn’t seem to be much place for the brave, strong man who also questions himself, experiences fear and sometimes even admits his vulnerability. So many of the shows I watch revolve around a man who is smoldering hot and totally tough but can’t express love unless it’s through violence and sex and can’t talk about how they feel about anything except whiskey (yeah, I’m pretty much watching \u003ci>Mad Men\u003c/i>, \u003ci>Justified\u003c/i>, \u003ci>Sons of Anarchy\u003c/i> and \u003ci>Community\u003c/i> exclusively).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Somehow, \u003ci>Game of Thrones\u003c/i> has managed to create complicated and interesting male characters of every age, every class and even every height. I could make the case that even the villian-y-est of the male villains in this show expresses himself better than Don Draper. And he’s probably a better dad too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003ccenter>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"//u.s.kqed.net/2012/03/29/aryastark.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" alt=\"\">\u003c/center>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>4. 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Remember waiting alone for a ride, from somewhere to somewhere else, in the growing dark? What were you going to do if no one came? What were you going to do if the wrong person came? YOU HAD NO IDEA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Game of Thrones\u003c/i> doesn’t pull punches on the children. For them, this world is even more dangerous. People can push you out of windows and lock you up in castles and pretty much do whatever they want with you. But the best part? The kids are getting stronger. They are learning how to fight back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>5. 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"content": "\u003cp>Get out your cocktail shakers. Mad Men is back. Yep, \u003ca href=\"http://www.salon.com/topic/mad_men/\">after a year and a half hiatus\u003c/a>, the folks at AMC have blessed us with news out of Sterling Cooper Draper and Pryce starting this Sunday. It’s OK if you’ve forgotten about Mad Men. A lot has happened in seventeen months, namely, other period dramas (read: \u003ca href=\"http://www.hbo.com/boardwalk-empire/about/index.html\">Boardwalk Empire\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/downtonabbey/\">Downton Abbey\u003c/a>) have entered the limelight — and your Netflix queue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mad Men was the first series to bring us that irresistible mix of nostalgia, drama, shock and sex. Yes, AMC has made us wait a long time, but the first four seasons of Don, Peggy and crew were so so \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/20/DDRV1NJMVG.DTL\">utterly watchable and occasionally brilliant\u003c/a>, the network deserves our forgiveness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help bridge the unavoidable memory gap the wait has caused, here’s a refresher course on where the show left off with all the major characters:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"//u.s.kqed.net/2012/03/21/madmen.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" alt=\"\">\u003cbr>The team at Sterling Cooper Draper and Pryce is back for another season after a long hiatus. Credit: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Don Draper:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we last saw Don, he had shocked everyone by proposing to his secretary, Megan, after she helped watch his kids on a trip to Disneyland. This rash decision capped off a tough year for Don in which the biggest blow was losing his good — and arguably only — friend Anna to cancer. The year also included lots of poor relationship decisions: he \u003ca href=\"http://www.amctv.com/mad-men/videos/mad-men-talked-about-scene-dons-secretary-does-him-a-favor\">slept with one secretary\u003c/a> then pretended like it never happened, and he started a relationship with another coworker, \u003ca href=\"http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men/cast/faye-miller\">Dr. Faye Miller\u003c/a>, to whom he had disclosed his past, only to end it by telling her about the engagement to Megan. That poor judgment was coupled with even poorer choices in business when he let his principles get in the way of helping the still-fledgling Sterling Copper Draper and Pryce. Needless to say, this behavior was all combined with a lot of drinking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two redeeming acts of the season for Don were ponying up Peter Campbell’s partner fee of $50,000 and taking out a full-page ad in the New York Times explaining why he “quit big tobacco” when in actually it was Lucky Strike who quit him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a sample of the hot-mess Don’s life was for most of Season Four: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And here, Don gets his Jerry McGuire on, telling big tobacco to take their accounts and shove ’em:\u003c/p>\n\n\u003cp>Quintessential quote: “I would have my secretary do it, but she’s dead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burning questions: Does he really love Megan? Will he actually marry her? Will he put his life back together or simply accelerate the downward spiral? Can he leverage his anti-tobacco rant into new business for the agency?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Peggy Olson:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"//u.s.kqed.net/2012/03/21/peggy.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" alt=\"\">\u003cbr>Peggy Olson continues to prove her mettle despite the boys’ club that is Sterling Cooper Draper and Pryce. Credit: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Season Four was all about growth for Peggy. She was able to stretch her business legs in the new agency, taking on more of a leadership role in creative and even pulling in a big account, Topaz Pantyhose, which likely saved the agency. 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How will Roger react when he tells her she’s keeping the baby? How will the boys handle their office sex-pot becoming a mom? How fabulous will her maternity wardrobe be?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Peter Campbell:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"//u.s.kqed.net/2012/03/21/peter.jpg\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\" alt=\"\">\u003cbr>Pete and Trudy Campbell welcomed a baby girl in the final episode of Season Four. Credit: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pete Campbell has become harder to hate with each season. The boy who seemed to have a silver spoon in his mouth for the first couple of seasons worked hard for his money in Season Four, smoothing over clients that Don pissed off, playing his father-in-law for the Vicks account, and, sadly, attending meetings while his wife was in labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also developed a new loyalty throughout Season Four, covering for Don when his manufactured past wouldn’t pass the muster of a government background check. Pete also refused an offer of full partnership from a competing agency amid pressure from his father-in-law. The relationship between Pete and Don became even more complex when Don anted up $50,000 for Campbell, unasked.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003cp>Quintessential quote: “I can use my expense account if I say they’re hookers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burning questions: How will fatherhood change him? Can Pete’s family life survive Stanley Cooper Draper and Pryce? Will he ever make full partner? Will he ever act again on his torch for Peggy?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Betty Francis (the former Mrs. Don Draper):\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Season Four was mostly about Betty showing what a bad mother she can be. Let’s just say it made \u003ca href=\"http://youtu.be/bbgSFzpN5FA\">the dry-cleaning moment from Season One\u003c/a> seem like a parenting tip from \u003ca href=\"http://www.bhg.com/\">Better Homes and Gardens\u003c/a>. Sally acted out time and time again: she cut her hair short, got caught masturbating at a slumber party and stowed away on the train, yet it never occurred to Betty that Sally was having a hard time adjusting to her parents’ divorce, her grandfather’s death or growing up. 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