Tanya Moore:
CLASS OF 1975
Berry High School (Jefferson Co.)Class of 1975
Hoover, AL
Tanya's Story
Life
as IF i had a high school pic for "then" ! (puhleeeeeeze)...now y'all gotta do this crap too if i'm doin' it, fair's fair ! and chances are.. y'all ain't gotta clue who i am.. HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA !!!
life? it's kinda whati expected way back in tha day... i'm single, was married for one year when i was 18, had many relationships along this path, always overshadowed by my lust for life... (not ta mention i'm impossible ta live with) but why blame ME? it's all about valid choices, eh?
i've lived a bohemian lifestyle, travelled extensively, as i've had my own business since i was 22, which afforded me the... luxury? luxury is questionable for some, i guess. i've lived under the rails in grand central station while maintaining a comfy condo on the upper west in NY, lived in San Francisco over looking the bay, still spent many nights on the street in the mission district, diversity, experiencing all life had to offer without judgement sucked me in, still does. i've probly lived in 33-34 states, canada, mexico, camp out about 3 months a year...just can't seem ta find my way ta sittin still while the world keeps turnin. i gots more stories ta tell that my rockin' chair days will allow me, so i'm SET for my lonely future with 18 cats, a bird, and my rosebush clippers. YESSSS ! i have, in no uncertain terms lived a very full, unique, frightening, content, uncomfortable, comfortable, awe-inspiring, ultra-depressing, the gammit has been run, the lesson seems to have been 'integrity' of the soul. as an opportunist, i never missed a beat when it came to the edge, living on it exhilerated me.
i have no kids, of course, (how embarrassed would THEIR friends be!) and i'm way too selfish. it's MY world, dammit... i'm livin it my way, have, and always will. i've had many great loves, much heartache, inflicted my share as well, i'm sure, lived and lost in love, loved and lived in loss. through it all... a millions miles is still never to far to travel to kiss my lover.
my life has been what dreams are made of for a gal like me, my choices have been my own, my pain, as well. for some? it may seem a lil off tha beaten path, nightmarish, possibly. i accept the judgement and stigma i have learned others need concerning the way i live, fear of the unknown is a by-product of those living by society's rules. i respect it, it costs me nothing to give ...Expand for more
them their stigma.
who knows, and who knew what any of us would be speaking of when reminiscing our lives at this point, we would become who we are, exactly who we should be and exactly where we belong. in hindsight, the vision for my life was there all along, looking at the past through the eyes of experience does bring clairty.
besides the storms of my life that were overwhelming, my brother's suicide, as well as my boyfriend's... death by disease, i'm sure we've all experience by now, avoidable but chosen as i believe living life is much more fulfilling than the death... & angst, it's truly been a journey of no regrets, of mesmerizing proportions.
fondly, the awkard, insecure, hormonal ridden days with you guys is how i view that period of my life. it's my hope for all reading this, and those not. we were, not through our own volition, a group of strangers unwittingly thrown together with an experience we will all share without exception... forever. together for a great amount of time, in the grand scheme of things, yet our paths have, undoubtedly, led us on ventures and adventures we never considered. we branched from that unbeknownst to us then unity into an oblivion worlds apart, unassuming, without expectations, without the forethought that this would be... a 'TIME' in our lives, an 'ERA'.
please, let me hear from you guys.i rambled like hell, so can you... and by all means...
LIVE'IT UP !!!
"there's nothing quite like the sight of an amputated spirit... there's no prosthesis for that."
peace.
~tanya moore (class'ah '75)
Workplace
after 15 years in the tattoo and piercing business, it seems pretty boring, but i'm addicted. i've owned No Holes Barred, Inc., a tat'n piercing shop for 15 years, had 4 shops in southside, tuscaloosa, moody, san francisco, 2 in san diego, now i'm settled in montevallo for the past 9 months. still, i'm a full-service piercer, continuing to pierce at my shop, media events, outside venues (city stages, festivals, harley rallies, etc). this industry has afforded me a wonderful life, full of challenges in many areas, opportunities i would have missed had i not chosen this now mainstream business.
yes, it's grand to be the upper eschelon of the underbelly of society... <yawn>
...one shouldn't have so much fun at work.. but... I'LL TAKE IT !
xoxoxoxox
happy holes !!!!
~tanya
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