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I just read, on Instagram that Jordan Teear from Frith Street was in a motorcycle accident in Los Angeles. Not a whole lot of information was given, but it said he is in stable condition with two broken legs. I am sure that Valerie and Stewart know more about it, and they will probably post later. I wanted to go ahead and put this up because there has been a Paypal account started to help with donations. It is bad enough to be in the hospital in your hometown, but infinitely worse to be in one thousands of miles from home. I think that the account is [email protected] but you should double check that before you make a donation.

Hi all John is my name from ireland. Ross Nagle of Allstar ink limerick recently done my sixth tattoo session on my sleeve thats all his work . im a big fan of tattoo art and generally well done classic tattoo's . After seeing interviews on the LST youtube page i said id join for a look . Heres a picture of my new Tattoo il upload more later. John :cool:

As a fellow motorcyclist and artist, I'm glad he made it out with his life and his HANDS. Breaking your legs sucks, but injuring your hands or arms as someone that makes his living with his hands could ruin you for life. Hope he has a speedy recovery!

My Pops was 82 and retired to Mountain Home, Arkansas. Calls me up and asks if I'm gonna visit them that summer, and I said, yeah, of course. Tells me I best to do it quick. Guy was 6'4, 250 pounds up into his sixties when the cancer hit, but by then, he was down to maybe 140, 160. Had "beat" the cancer, but had emphesyma. My youngest son had just been born, he was like a month old, but we made plans and drove down-ten hour drive with four kids, including an infant. Fun. Got there, everyone does the reunion trip with my 'rents, and my Pops, he sits in his rocking chair holding my month-old son, the one named after me. Sits with him for maybe an hour, we have a bite of lunch and a beer, and he sez "I don't feel so good, I'm gonna take a nap". Went to sleep and died within the hour. He was just waiting to meet the boy and to say goodbye to everyone-tough old fucker. Maintain.

Lost my father today at 1:53 PM from Lewy Body Dementia. Wondering if anyone has any stories related to losing a parent, the funnier/more enlightening the better...anyone? Anyone? My father was wheeled out as the pizza guy was coming in. Two ships passing in the night. Told the pizza guy his tip was "appreciate your father...." and he said "Mine died 2 weeks ago..." and we hugged. Anyone else? Anyone? Anyone?

First, my condolences to you and your family. I lost my Mother back in January. She had a great run and was an extremely strong woman. A couple of nights before she passed, she told me that she was ready to go. Asking for my permission, I told her that if she needed to go that she should. I never left the hospital that day or night. The night was really tough for her, I was told by the doctors and nurses that she will be gone any minute. She was an extremely strong person and she fought all night long. Well she made it through that night and when I woke up her eyes were open and she was coherent. I said "HOLLY SHIT!" and she responded "What?, What happened last night? I don't remember anything." I said "Ma, we almost lost you all the doctors were here saying this is it but you held on. To that she responded DAMN IT! and slapped her hand on her leg...... I had to laugh, and she gave me an annoyed look....

My girlfriend and I just found out this morning that we're going to be having a daughter! I seriously couldn't be any more stoked!

Petri- I know loads of guys into functional training who look down upon 'cosmetic' reasons for training. They laugh at biceps and triceps work, calf work etc. Bodybuilding is a dirty word. IMO it's silly. Most half-decent bodybuilders are functionally far stronger than a lot of the lean 'functional training' and CrossFit types out there, from what I've seen. I also don't think there's anything wrong with trying to look good naked. Screw it, there are sillier reasons to train things. The way things are going we're going to come full circle sooner or later and all be training hypertrophy and machines to the max... It's already started with some recent Mike Boyle and Dan John articles. Then in another 20 years it'll be back to hating on them. LOL

@Androosh, i am so very sorry for your loss. i haven't lost my parents, but i've lost grandparents, and so many friends. there is no good advice, and i am sitting here feeling for you man. take care of yourself and your family. the one buddhist mantra that always reminds me of the impermanence of life is this: "all that is mine, beloved and pleasing, will become otherwise." thinking of you and yours.

Just a huge hug for you. Lost my nana to this horrible disease. Toward the end, she was always convinced the nurses were stealing her underclothing. Kept buying her more.... She was quite a lady before that, strong and beautiful. Thats what i remember; do the same. After a while.... For now, go through what you need to go through. Big hug and bisoux ( thats kiss in french) to you and yours.

Tim Lehi masterpiece based on The Wild Hunt Of Odin, 1872 by Peter Nicolai Arbo .

or do some other image, like a panther, or shark, or vagina, or popsicle, or gorilla, or vagina. anything will work!

My Dad died when I was 23. He was just turning 60. Sudden heart attack, which was annoying because he didn't drink or smoke and had been improving his diet and whatnot. The main things that made it easier to bear were the fact that we had never fallen out (in fact, we were getting on better and better the older I got) and the fact that I got to see him about a week beforehand. He'd called up to Dublin with my Mum quite randomly. I can still remember shaking hands with him at the end of that visit. It's a hell of a thing to lose a parent. Really you might think you're doing OK one day, then the next you feel the opposite. The passage of time helps though... I think... So best of luck, and sorry to hear of your loss.

I went into True Tattoo and got a small 13 from Jordan this past Friday. He asked about the work in my arms and when I told him that I had been to FST he said "All Right'" then he had us take a pic to send to Stewart. Teal classy guy! I can see why soooo many people are talking about him and wishing him well.

Internet strangers are awesome. I was in deep on a bottle of Johnny Walker Black last night when I started the thread...woke up with an "oh-shit-what-did-I-do?" feeling. But it is nice to read these entries. I hope more people post their own experiences. There have been a thousand little triumphs to come from this one tragedy, but to keep it relevant to LST: I got to check out two of my Uncle's old tattoos. I had never seen them before, as he lives in New Hampshire and we don't get to see each other very often. We were having a BBQ on Saturday and I notice a faded hummingbird on his forearm from about 30 feet away. I'm like "Uncle Mike, can I ask you about that hummingbird?". He thought I was rustling his jimmies because his siblings and coworkers have given him so much shit over the years for this old tattoo. I assured him that I'm an enthusiast/collector/whatever and he eased up told me that it was done while he was in the Navy and stationed in San Diego, and that it would have been done in 1973 in a shop on Broadway. He then showed me another one on his bicep - a sweet old rose with an eagle above it, all of it framed by a daisy chain design. That one was also done in SD around 1973. "I don't remember who, just picked it off the wall and gave the guy $20...we were just into doing stupid shit back then". He was pretty amused that I took such interest in them and he told me that nobodyhad ever paid him any compliments on them. I was trying to remember if Hardy was around San Diego back then. Can someone shed some light on tattooers who were around San Diego back then? I know there were a ton of 'em.

We lost my mother-in-law to pancreatic cancer two years ago. She was only 58. My wife struggles with the lose of her mother everyday. It has gotten easier for her, but she is not the same person anymore. My deepest condolences to you and your family.

dude ditch that design and head to blackeart or spider murphys or go to oakland and see freddy corbin. you can get the ace but they will turn it into a cool tattoo . Not that your design sucks but its not what it could be if you let an artist DO WORK!

Yep.

Girls are the best. Congrats!

Yay, congrats! My hubby & I have a very sassy little 4 yo daughter... it's such an adventure!

Congratulations!!!!!!

Nice sleeve John. I met Ross a while back, very briefly, when he brought Oliver Peck to Dublin. Keep meaning to make it down to All Star!

I'm pretty interested in why someone wouldn't wear sunscreen.

This one is nice: Personally, I like the multi-color version (Santa Muerte of the Seven Powers) or else it just looks like a Grim Reaper:

Leslie was the best. He was truly original.

uh, get it. it'll be tough. i think it's super fun imagery.

Damn! Quite the sleeve you got going on there, John! Welcome to LST, hope you find plenty to interest you and enjoy your stay.

How about the worst hand of cards you could ever possibly statistically get, and then a banner that says "BOOYAH!"???

I drove all the way from Toronto, Canada to Oakland and back to get tattooed by Freddy Corbin at Temple.

Powerlifters do sprints after leg day? Not sure about that one. You might be confusing powerlifters with some kind of lifter who cares about cardiovascular health. This guy ain't doing sprints. :p Just an update for my own recent progress, I did drop the contest prep for the one back in June, I wasn't on schedule for it. Just for fun, to try and fit myself into another short timeline *sarcasm*, I am going to attempt a bodybuilding show at the end of September. Whether I end up doing the show or not, I just want to be ripped for once in my life. I'm lean, but just not ripped. I want to see how it feels. In the meantime, here are some dips I did recently. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP9pe6DwIsk&list=UUyojT5418WdA5jrbwpzubPA&index=1&feature=plcp

Dunno how I feel about the opening of season 5. Still thinking it over. I am glad that they are showing things starting to hit the fan in big ways. Most shows would let you live the fairy tale for the whole series that you could be a huge drug dealer and never get caught. I wonder how this will pan out. I wonder if the computer trick worked? What's gonna come of what they found near the computer? Is Walt the new Gus? Ok yeah, after typing that I do like the new episode.

thats really cool, glad chad was able to do a tattoo for you since he had to reschedule someone the day before.

Chad Koeplinger - Done at the Cleveland Convention

I have a copy of Blue Skin coming. It's PAL/region 2, but we'll see what I can do about converting it ::cool:

I didn't get tattooed, but i made a trip to Amsterdam with a friend this last weekend and saw the museum. If you haven't been go. Then go again. And just so there's something to look at: (it's a good thing she took this picture, because i can't find my ticket anymore.)

Risk / Reward? How about a pinup of a smoking hot 15 year old :-)

photo-10 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!Matt Arriola finished this up last night. About five and a half hours worth of flames, teeth, and eyeballs. Background will be added after my right rib piece is finished. I will put it into the full back piece thread as well.

Congrats on the new house!

This was the only guy in town that got stared at until he passed away recently: I guess I'm spoiled:cool:

Not without some restraint and effort on our part, but thanks for noticing. :)

Maybe do a sliver of research about Elvis before you decide to have opinions on him. I remember when I was in high school, too.

When a shop has a sign that says "No Kids" it's because people don't use common sense on when to bring kids to a tattoo shop. If your kid is old enough to get what is going on and behave themselves i don't think most people would have a problem. That sign is not for them. It's for the people who bring their two year olds with them to get tattooed and they scream for an hour because there is nothing for them to do in a tattoo shop and I won't let them use the artists portfolio as a coloring book, then I spend the next three hours trying make the place not smell like piss and cheetos. That would be too wordy. Most people get it bring your kids in set up an appointment and leave them at home for the tattoo or maybe bring them and let them watch for a little bit if they want and have other parent take em out for ice cream before they start to get bored. I bring my son to the tattoo shop at least once a week, but not on the days I am trying to get work done, it would be too hard to concentrate. Needless to say we don't have one of those signs in the shop, but i get why people do.

That was poorly written for a journalist... more like whining about daddy issues.

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaan... I really, really do need to make a trip to the states. And sooner rather than later at that.

avery I guess after all the morale stuff I am glad the girl wont have a festering infection and possibly some unbleachable disease which very well could happen if she was turned away at a shop

@Buffaloathe mentioned Action Bronson- don't sleep Freddie Gibbs- Filmed in the ATX Iggy Azalea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR_pscBI0BU