I am in awe at the originality and creativity of Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale’s new tattoos. (I know that tone is sometimes difficult to interpret with text so please read the previous statement—and most of the following statements—with extremely heavy sarcasm and several eye rolls). People.com reports that the former costars of the teeny bopper hit, High School Musical, and apparent BFFs, Hudgens and Tisdale hit up a East Side Ink in New York City last week to be marked for eternity (or until older versions of themselves finally give in and spring for laser removal) with some pretty lame looking ink.

Tisdale, in a moment of mad genius, had the French phrase “jamais seule,” which means “never alone,” branded along her foot. I’m sure you guys are already forming theories about what that’s about. I just hope it’s not some Britney-Spear’s-Piece-of-Me-esque complaint about stardom or whatever. Honestly that would just be embarrassing as Tisdale is not exactly dogged by the media to find out who she’s eye banging at after-after-parties or what type of socks she wears. Show me some BritBrit-shaving-her-head level paparazzi problems and we’ll talk, Tisdale.

As for Hudgens, (who you may no longer care about since she stopped smooching Zac Efron BUT may now care about since she is allegedly smooching Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson) she went for the classic ‘Om’ symbol, which I assume is extremely personal to her. Beyond being pretty weak content-wise, what I really find silly about this choice is the location. Hudgens had the symbol inked in two halves along the edges of her hands. For an actress this is an odd and potentially career affecting choice as it is not quite as easy to conceal as Tisdale’s canny foot-tattoo. I know this is a thing actresses are doing now (see Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox) but I just cannot understand the logic behind it. Part of the job description is to be able to transform yourself into another person. What if someone wanted to offer her the role of a girl who was smart enough not to get an ‘Om’ symbol tattooed on her hands? (Not likely but possible). Then covering the tattoo immediately becomes a factor—dealing with body makeup on her hands or paying for expensive CGI removal or writing in a character quirk where she always wears opera gloves—what a pain. And since she has nothing like the star power of a Jolie or even a Fox, producers might just skip the headache go for one of the other billion non-tattoo-having starlets out there.