Beck

Beck had an incredibly productive 2005: he released a new album, toured the US, Europe, UK and Canada and wrote a soundtrack for a Jack Black movie (Nacho Libre). It seems 2006 is going to be just as busy with him wrapping up another album and now booking gigs as part of more touring. He just announced a show in August with Radiohead in Scotland.

Reiki Trinkets

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Tiger Tie by Burton

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Scientologist Jennifer Aspen

Jennifer Aspen is a successful actress who has appeared in a long list of shows, from "Party of Five" to "Friends". Currently she has a leading role as "Trina Hamilton" in the ABC Family comedy hit "Rodney". I actually met her a couple of times, years and years ago at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles. A very nice girl, unassuming, intelligent and very pretty.

The Stubborn Italian

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Ease of Gas Retention

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L. Ron Hubbard Birthday Celebration

As a bestselling author (19 New York Times bestsellers), L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, was a celebrity in his own right. A humanitarian, educator and practical philosopher, his discoveries in the fields of ethics, logic, art, spirituality, education, drug rehabilitation, criminal rehabilitation and many more have brought hope and improvement to the lives of millions. So it's not surprising that millions of people around the world celebrate his birthday: Worldwide Celebration Honors Author and Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard

Bad Hanzi in Beijing

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"Wilson"


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This tattoo is Chinese transliteration of “Uriah Wilson” by Isaac Villarreal in Lytle, Texas.

I personally have never met anyone that is named “Uriah”, only “Uria”, therefore I don’t know if the three characters on the left side are the correct or acceptable translation.

But I have met plenty of “Wilson”, and that second character in is definitely incorrect. It has been rotated 90 degrees clockwise.


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"Rock On, Girl!"

Reader Allison sent me this photo of her fellow classmate’s tattoo.

The young lady has been bragging about it and claims her “Asian characters” tattoo means “rock on, girl!”


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Well, it is complete gibberish.

Ironically, the three characters do to some extent resemble , “decaying stone/rock”. (Perhaps a little jab at the Rolling Stones?)

Since the term “rock on” is American/English slang, there is no accurate translation for it in Chinese or Japanese.

If you know a good equivalent of “rock on” in Chinese or Japanese, please feel free to comment or email me.

Update: March 22, 2006 - Rene Mykel Miniatt, owner of "rock on, girl", has emailed me with her side of the story.

Gmail - Rock On
(transcript)


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Downloadable Gibberish Asian Fonts

Patrick emailed me this fantastic find from Simplythebest.net.
It is a free downloadable “Japanese Font”.


asian font
(screen capture)

Notice the inconsistency of whether it is “Japanese” or “Asian” font between its title and first sentence in the description?

Anyone who has the very basic knowledge of Chinese or Japanese language would know there is no such thing as “Kanji alphabet”.

Plus, the font table is nothing but a bunch of random simplified Chinese characters. Not to be confused with the "example" shown above, font table looks like this.

Even though this is not the same font used in Marquis Daniels or that Finnish racist’s tattoo, it may explain why and how incorrect tattoos are generated with.


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New York Times and Tattoo Choices

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Marquis Antoine Daniels

Jimmy Tsai of Venom Sportswear emailed me about Dallas Mavericks’ player Marquis Daniels in the latest issue of DIME magazine.

DIME Marquis Daniels Tattoos
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According to Daniels, the three “Chinese symbols” on his arm are his initials “MAD, Marquis Antoine Daniels” in Chinese.



Although the first two characters and are recognizable, the last character is only a partial that represents “roof”. Even if the characters were phonetically transliterated, they are still way off from “MAD”.

What does his tattoo really mean?

“Healthy Woman Roof”

Related: "NBA Body Art - Tale of My Chinese Tattoo" in Sports Illustrated.


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"Skin, Hair, Body"

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Interviews and Comics

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"Child Offering God"


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The only caption this March 2nd photo had was “my beautiful tat” in BMEzine’s Kanji tattoo gallery.

Assuming the first characters is a butchered (offspring, child) and last character (spirit, god) has somehow split into two parts. Since in Japanese, 子供 【こども】 means "child; children", therefore roughly translates as “child offering god” or "children god". (thanks Paul).

I don’t know if that is a good idea for a young lady to advertise herself as “child offering god”, unless she is in the business of selling her eggs or being a surrogate mother.


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Juliette Lewis Credits Scientology

Juliette Lewis credits Scientology with helping her overcome a drug problem in her twenties. Check out these two articles: Lewis Found Comfort In Scientology and Juliette Lewis says band comes first

NBA Body Art - Tale of My Chinese Tattoo

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Sofia Milos In the News

Sofia Milos is a beautiful actress born in Switzerland in a Greek/Italian family and who has starred in such shows as CSI: Miami, The Sopranos, ER, Twilight Zone and much more. The fact that she is dating the Mayor of San Francisco has attracted some media attention, so I thought I'd give you some facts about her: Sofia Milos: Actress - Official Website. Check out her "Links" page and you'll see that she is a supporter of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights and the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre. You can also see a detailed filmography on the Internet Movie Database: Sofia Milos.