Salt Lake City, UT based artist Steven Heward and his team specialize in tattoos…for your teeth. What?!

    I remembered reading about this a few months ago and was reminded of it when I saw a blurb written in Radar magazine recently. Heward offers custom artwork that’s hand-painted directly onto your teeth, usually the back molars. The technicians are trained first as artists, and then as dental experts. The tattoos can only be seen if the owner pulls back the cheek to show them off or if the tattoo is applied to a front tooth (usually only done to showcase the artists abilities to potential clients). This has definitely made my weekly list of weird stuff! Prices range anywhere from $75-$500, and these unique works of art can also be applied to crowns. The tattoos can be removed with a simple visit to any dentist. Check out the picture to the right for some examples (Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, Simon Cowell, David Beckham, Amy Winehouse, Abraham Lincoln, Elvis, David Letterman, Tiger Woods, George Washington). It's a little weird but, such is art!

    Here are a few other random tidbits I came across during my daily magazine/blog/google hunt:

    Foreign Equivalents of the American term “John Doe”:

• Australia: Fred Nerk
• Cuba: Juan Perez
• Israel: Moshe Cohen
• Thailand: Nai Gor
• Japan: Yamada Taro
• France: Jean Dupont
• Poland: Jan Kowalski
• Italy: Mario Rossi
• South Africa: Koos van der Merwe
• New Zealand: Joe Bloggs (my favorite!)

    Not random enough for you?

    Crayola recently announced that they would be changing the names of eight of their 120 crayon colors:

• Hot Magenta to ‘Famous’
• Orchid to ‘Best Friends’
• Laser Lemon to ‘Super Happy’
• Wild Watermelon to ‘Awesome’
• Wild Tangerine to ‘Fun in the Sun’
• Screamin’ Green to ‘Giving Tree’
• Beaver to ‘Bear Hug’
• Turquoise Blue to ‘Happy Ever After’

    For my next post, I have an amazingly embarrassing (and funny!) camp story to share with everyone. We’re in camp season and most squads are spending summer practices getting ready to pack up and head to camp. If you’re a camp veteran, Email me with some of your funniest and most embarrassing stories! We’ll see who has the best (or worst) story. You know where to reach me: aneason@americancheerleader.com

Peace, love and teeth tattoos,
Alex =)