Liz Stitch Ellis

HA! That made my night! :D

@Liz Stitch Ellis...congrats on the amazing accomplishment.
For me, this past week was pretty good... I went to a game at Yankee Stadium, took a nice long motorcycle ride to get some kick ass bbq, found a cool little unknown tattoo shop loaded with amazing flash and spent some time at the indoor shooting range. A very therapeutic week but reality set in quickly back at work today.

i think i might be back. but i can't get too distracted as this semester is the first one doing "real" science and math.
August has been a blast! i saw 3 rattlesnakes, learned how to mist-net and handle bats while camping in Tahoe National Forrest, handled 6 bats (5 on the trip and one last Friday during my volunteer shift at Wildcare), and performed my first necropsy yesterday on a opossum that had been attacked by a dog (or at least i'm guessing that due to the large wound it had). it's all kind of creepy crawly science shit, but it's been life changing and i love it!

Ok so I was slacking and forgot to update you all, Thanks Dan for reminding me.
Test was a 3 1/2 hour test, and after gaining two large blisters, two black eyes, bruised jaw and a awesome fat and bloody lip, I received my Shodan :D


Basic's

Kata

Also Kata

One attack

Sparring - 1st fight, 1 vs 1 for 2 mins.

Sparring - 2nd fight, 2 vs 1 for 1 min

You can see it starting to swell up during the question and answer portion, by the time we got to the bar, I had to use a straw to drink

Myself and the 3 others who tested :)

Ok so I was slacking and forgot to update you all, Thanks Dan for reminding me.
Test was a 3 1/2 hour test, and after gaining two large blisters, two black eyes, bruised jaw and a awesome fat and bloody lip, I received my Shodan :D


Basic's

Kata

Also Kata

One attack

Sparring - 1st fight, 1 vs 1 for 2 mins.

Sparring - 2nd fight, 2 vs 1 for 1 min

You can see it starting to swell up during the question and answer portion, by the time we got to the bar, I had to use a straw to drink

Myself and the 3 others who tested :)

hi-
Just joined, and did the proper introduction in another post.
Have to say, there are some amazing tattoos posted here. So much fun to browse through all the posts.
Here are a few pics of a tattoo I got on August 6th, at Congress Street Tattoo in Portsmouth, NH. (sister shop to Hobo's if you are familiar)
The artist is a guy by the name Tony Sellers (or Fat Tony) and the tattoo itself is a design based on a sketch out of Martin Lacasse's 365 book.
This is my first forearm tattoo. Kind of a big move for me.
The first two pics are when it was first done, and the third is about 3 weeks later.
thanks for looking.
(for some odd reason the pictures are all pointing the wrong way, very irritating.)

Cover up on my left forearm by Tim Strating at Anthem Tattoo in Gainesville. As always, I couldn't be more pleased.

I follow you on Instagram, and I have really noticed your transformation. Congratulations on going about it in the right way. You look great.

The craziest shit I do is +/-.0001 on bores and things like that. I can grind between centers and hold .0002 all day, but love those .0005 jobs. These parts were a motor housing assembly, a real sick accumulation of tolerances. I had heard that it was for the Mars craft, forgot about it until my buddy told me. His shop had to be certified before he could awarded any part of the job.
I've had to make things an an emergency basis too, nothing like that sub bearing though. That base at Groton is simply huge too, been past it on the ferry a few times.
I've also made parts for the SR71 Black Bird, have things floating around above us in satellites as well.
CG
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Maybe a little one somewhere..... have to work on it.
CG
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Well earned! Someone I knew did his test, 5 hours and he looked like he was hit by a bus at the end.
CG

Ok so I was slacking and forgot to update you all, Thanks Dan for reminding me.
Test was a 3 1/2 hour test, and after gaining two large blisters, two black eyes, bruised jaw and a awesome fat and bloody lip, I received my Shodan :D


Basic's

Kata

Also Kata

One attack

Sparring - 1st fight, 1 vs 1 for 2 mins.

Sparring - 2nd fight, 2 vs 1 for 1 min

You can see it starting to swell up during the question and answer portion, by the time we got to the bar, I had to use a straw to drink

Myself and the 3 others who tested :)

Stop making me jealous!!!! Seriously epic tattoo!

Second hit on my back. Lined the butt and hamstring, put scales on the snake. All outlines on now so should see some good progress after the next couple sessions. Stoked on how this is turning out. Sorry for the full moon shots its the only way to show this off!!

Ok so I was slacking and forgot to update you all, Thanks Dan for reminding me.
Test was a 3 1/2 hour test, and after gaining two large blisters, two black eyes, bruised jaw and a awesome fat and bloody lip, I received my Shodan :D


Basic's

Kata

Also Kata

One attack

Sparring - 1st fight, 1 vs 1 for 2 mins.

Sparring - 2nd fight, 2 vs 1 for 1 min

You can see it starting to swell up during the question and answer portion, by the time we got to the bar, I had to use a straw to drink

Myself and the 3 others who tested :)

Ok so I was slacking and forgot to update you all, Thanks Dan for reminding me.
Test was a 3 1/2 hour test, and after gaining two large blisters, two black eyes, bruised jaw and a awesome fat and bloody lip, I received my Shodan :D


Basic's

Kata

Also Kata

One attack

Sparring - 1st fight, 1 vs 1 for 2 mins.

Sparring - 2nd fight, 2 vs 1 for 1 min

You can see it starting to swell up during the question and answer portion, by the time we got to the bar, I had to use a straw to drink

Myself and the 3 others who tested :)

Ok so I was slacking and forgot to update you all, Thanks Dan for reminding me.
Test was a 3 1/2 hour test, and after gaining two large blisters, two black eyes, bruised jaw and a awesome fat and bloody lip, I received my Shodan :D


Basic's

Kata

Also Kata

One attack

Sparring - 1st fight, 1 vs 1 for 2 mins.

Sparring - 2nd fight, 2 vs 1 for 1 min

You can see it starting to swell up during the question and answer portion, by the time we got to the bar, I had to use a straw to drink

Myself and the 3 others who tested :)

Ok so I was slacking and forgot to update you all, Thanks Dan for reminding me.
Test was a 3 1/2 hour test, and after gaining two large blisters, two black eyes, bruised jaw and a awesome fat and bloody lip, I received my Shodan :D


Basic's

Kata

Also Kata

One attack

Sparring - 1st fight, 1 vs 1 for 2 mins.

Sparring - 2nd fight, 2 vs 1 for 1 min

You can see it starting to swell up during the question and answer portion, by the time we got to the bar, I had to use a straw to drink

Myself and the 3 others who tested :)

Ok so I was slacking and forgot to update you all, Thanks Dan for reminding me.
Test was a 3 1/2 hour test, and after gaining two large blisters, two black eyes, bruised jaw and a awesome fat and bloody lip, I received my Shodan :D


Basic's

Kata

Also Kata

One attack

Sparring - 1st fight, 1 vs 1 for 2 mins.

Sparring - 2nd fight, 2 vs 1 for 1 min

You can see it starting to swell up during the question and answer portion, by the time we got to the bar, I had to use a straw to drink

Myself and the 3 others who tested :)

Ok so I was slacking and forgot to update you all, Thanks Dan for reminding me.
Test was a 3 1/2 hour test, and after gaining two large blisters, two black eyes, bruised jaw and a awesome fat and bloody lip, I received my Shodan :D


Basic's

Kata

Also Kata

One attack

Sparring - 1st fight, 1 vs 1 for 2 mins.

Sparring - 2nd fight, 2 vs 1 for 1 min

You can see it starting to swell up during the question and answer portion, by the time we got to the bar, I had to use a straw to drink

Myself and the 3 others who tested :)

Jill Bonny (Horiyuki):

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Way to bust it out, Liz!
"Pain is our friend, it helps us to learn and grow."

Ok so I was slacking and forgot to update you all, Thanks Dan for reminding me.
Test was a 3 1/2 hour test, and after gaining two large blisters, two black eyes, bruised jaw and a awesome fat and bloody lip, I received my Shodan :D


Basic's

Kata

Also Kata

One attack

Sparring - 1st fight, 1 vs 1 for 2 mins.

Sparring - 2nd fight, 2 vs 1 for 1 min

You can see it starting to swell up during the question and answer portion, by the time we got to the bar, I had to use a straw to drink

Myself and the 3 others who tested :)

Ok so I was slacking and forgot to update you all, Thanks Dan for reminding me.
Test was a 3 1/2 hour test, and after gaining two large blisters, two black eyes, bruised jaw and a awesome fat and bloody lip, I received my Shodan :D


Basic's

Kata

Also Kata

One attack

Sparring - 1st fight, 1 vs 1 for 2 mins.

Sparring - 2nd fight, 2 vs 1 for 1 min

You can see it starting to swell up during the question and answer portion, by the time we got to the bar, I had to use a straw to drink

Myself and the 3 others who tested :)

Ok so I was slacking and forgot to update you all, Thanks Dan for reminding me.
Test was a 3 1/2 hour test, and after gaining two large blisters, two black eyes, bruised jaw and a awesome fat and bloody lip, I received my Shodan :D


Basic's

Kata

Also Kata

One attack

Sparring - 1st fight, 1 vs 1 for 2 mins.

Sparring - 2nd fight, 2 vs 1 for 1 min

You can see it starting to swell up during the question and answer portion, by the time we got to the bar, I had to use a straw to drink

Myself and the 3 others who tested :)

Ok so I was slacking and forgot to update you all, Thanks Dan for reminding me.
Test was a 3 1/2 hour test, and after gaining two large blisters, two black eyes, bruised jaw and a awesome fat and bloody lip, I received my Shodan :D


Basic's

Kata

Also Kata

One attack

Sparring - 1st fight, 1 vs 1 for 2 mins.

Sparring - 2nd fight, 2 vs 1 for 1 min

You can see it starting to swell up during the question and answer portion, by the time we got to the bar, I had to use a straw to drink

Myself and the 3 others who tested :)