Monday, February 13, 2006

Band Camp Girl's Happiness


(thanks to Vince and Ari for the tip and photo)

During a recent interview with American Pie/Wedding Band Camp girl Alyson Hannigan by New York Times' Page Six, it was revealed that Hannigan was unsure about her Japanese “happiness” tattoo.

Q: What does the tattoo on your back say?
A: It's the Japanese symbol for happiness.

Q: Are you sure that's what it is?
A: No, I'm not. I did research it beforehand, and I saw it in two different books, but you never know. In fact, a Japanese woman today asked me if she could see it, and I was a little afraid. I'm like, "Hmmmm - no."

Q: So there's a chance it says something like, "I am a monkey."
A: Yes. "Look how full of sh*t it is that I have this tattoo on."

Luckily for Hannigan, her tattoo is actually written correctly. Although the calligraphy could use some touch-up and could also mean "luck(ily), favor, fortunately, wish".

This which reminded me a quote by Vince Vaughn in Wedding Crashers:

"Tattoo on the lower back? Might as well be a bullseye."



4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would tell AH anything I thought she wanted to hear...

1:39 PM  
Anonymous Daigozawa said...

I saw Alyson in person years ago, and I remember seeing two characters on her back... not positive though.
She also had on a bracelet that was a string of white cubes (maybe ivory) with characters written on them.

2:55 PM  
Blogger 羽之助 said...

At least she has the humility to admit that the characters could be absolute bull.

2:37 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

my chinese character tattoos are all covered up now, with something I like much more. this site is great, I continue to tell people about it and warn anyone who tells me they want a tattoo like this done, guess I wasn't thinking much when I got mine done. if anyone wants an oriental tattoo, stick to dragons and koi, a fish is a fish and a dragon is a dragon, you don't have to explain them to anyone, unless they've never seen a fish or dragon before.

10:04 AM  

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