MsRad

Kev, when are you getting in? would anyone want to meet up to welcome Kev? oh and for vegan food, there's a few spots you should try. The neat loaf at Ananda Fuara is amazing (and will give you the whole hippie experience), there's Herbivore which is pretty good, Source, which will give you a different kind of hippie experience (more new age), the Plant Cafe, Cha-ya sushi or Minako (if you want to try vegan sushi), Golden Era for awesome vegan viet/thai insipired food, and of course my favorite burrito spot, Papalotes (maybe not the most authentic, but their refried black beans and salsa rule!). Some of these places also have non-vegan items, but everyone here knows where my votes go on the menu. There's also fancier, more expensive veg places like Greens, Millenium, and Gracias Madre (definitely the cheapest out of the three though).

ha! actually, i've decided to get a second bachelor's degree in something completely different from my first (conservation biology), and a co-worker is trying to convince me that Victoria University of Wellington is a great place to go for it. So far, he's convincing me. it would be a big transition, so i'm trying to weigh all my options right now.

seeing the Descendents here in LA so i won't be headed to Riot Fest this year. Naked Raygun really sucked last year, which was unfortunate because i had been dying to see them since i was 15.

well i don't rteally like this, but i do relate. yesterday it was this and a story on the trend of microwaving babies to kill them...

i have a large, almost finished ship on one of my thighs (since it's not finished, i have not posted photos of it in the ship thread) by El Brad Mariachi. on my left thigh, i have a smaller piece of a snake with a dagger going through it, and an envelope in it's mouth from Mario Desa. that left thigh is where all my "dark" tattoos are going to go (the really fucked up ones) since my right leg is becoming lyric themed.

the moth from silence of the lambs is the death head moth. not sure where the actual tattoo design for a skull with butterfly wings came from.

anyone have any opinions on traveling or living there? more specifically, the North Island and Wellington?

Larry Flynt puts out Skin & Ink

is that what you're worried about? looking tough? while i don't know you, i do know that i'd be more inclined to talk to a person with a tattoo to remember their pet than someone with a tattoo design that appears to be more "masculine" by stereotype. you are who you are, and you love your dog (and that speaks highly of you in my book). tattoo's won't change that and won't make you any more or less tougher than your own personality dictates. and fuck what others think or say about you due to your tattoo. it was done by a stellar artist, and it's a very simple, but clean design. hell, i have a tribute to my deceased rabbit on my forearm and i'm an ex skin! i've got not shame in my love for Henry, as he was the feistiest rabbit i've ever met, and he matched every bit as much of my aggro tendencies during those days. if someone wanted to mock me, i'd deck in the face still to this day, and i know that Henry will be grunting, lunging, and nipping at their heels in spirit.

nevermind. i'm keeping the rest of it to myself.

"I'm bi polar, but you would never know it, unless you're really close to me." Not to make fun of someone with a mental illness, but you basically spelled it all out for us right there.

i think it was originally up in Philly, and did two runs there...(or an extended run?)

Venice Beach when i was 13. i was able to go see my cousin, who was living in Northridge at the time, for my 8th grade graduation present. She took me to Venice Beach and we looked at all the tattoo shops on the boardwalk as she wanted to get a Winnie the Pooh tattoo (which she eventually did, though I'm not sure where she got it done...). I remember feeling like the shops were sketch (which most of them appear to be still), but also being really fascinated, and feeling grown up as no one had ever taken me to a tattoo shop before.

D's quote of the day: "someone down for anal."

if this list isn't for the tattoo community, then is it for the general public? does the general public actually read Bob Baxter's blog, the Vanishing Tattoo site, or Skin and Ink? i feel like most of the people who are visiting those sites and reading Skin and Ink are the one's trying to get in the know, and who are enthusiastic about the community (at least in some way, for better or for worst).

150?? that's young! i think Mario is clearly 200 years old at the youngest. duh.

i've known some really intelligent people who have done really, really stupid things. i say let these people sell their foreheads; it's their body and the work speaks for itself. it's also clear to everyone they encounter that they are not thoroughly thinking through their choices, and that they are an anomaly to even the world of tattooing.

Unfortunately, it's Ryan Reynolds (sp? too lazy to google it and recovering from "i don't give a fuck" day).

oh and Angelina Jolie is #30 on the list...

according to the list, ManWoman (who i completely respect, but who is probably more influential in other circles) is more influential to tattooing than Henry Goldfield or Grime. would other's agree with this?

here's a link to the list for those of you having trouble finding it and who are curious.

but there's even a tattoo celebrity of the week!

well then, problem solved!

no it was a response to Mario, Alana. just a bummer.