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You nailed it, hahahah.

Black Velvet lover here, Canadian whiskey is great. I think you can get a Black Velvet (normal size) for about 18 bucks, it beats Jack and Lower shelf liquors easy, great smooth taste.

Been missing the last couple of days. I just ended a relationship with someone I was dating for 2 years, and had my stuff on the front porch when I came home from boxing Monday night. I stayed up until 3 a.m. moving my things into my friend's workshop and garage. It has been a rough week but I had a place to stay the last 2 days. Luckily I found a great Apt, and a friend of mine that I skate with in good spot and move in tomorrow. A lot of good things have been going on and I'm feeling happier than ever. Has anyone been through this kind of experience?

That's really cool someone's from Las Cruces, I use to skate NMSU campus a lot when I was a kid, they have the best stairs and marble benches. +10 pts to the IT guy, that rides bikes, welcome to LST, I love the tattoo.

LOL, best suggestion, /closed thread.

tricep, upper arm, and outside forearm for me.

Love his tattooing my friend has a dagger going through a wolf head on the inside of his bicep.

I think some of my fav novels are from Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, and I really enjoy old classic novels like 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, and The Time Machine. I read a lot of tattoo referenced books like Bushido, Tattooing from the West to Japan, Invisible Man, and Horiyoshi III Biography is awesomesauce. I am currently working on The Art of Happiness a book about the Dalai Lama, and once in a while pick up this psychology book about science of thinking and personalities behind them. In school right now, so a lot of my books are dealing with programming, database, server related, and theory of computers and software design.

I watched this twice yesterday, can't wait for more.

Kev I go out to Austin sometimes, do you ever go to Fun Fun Fest? Last time I was down there, I was tattooed by Tony Hundahl and went to that music festival. Great city.

Name is Thomas Storck, , 24, from El Paso, TX. Grew up skateboarding and met my mother and sister/brother for the first time when I was 18. Never knew about them for 15 years. I moved to Dallas in hopes of re-establishing a relationship with my father (which hasn't happened after 4 years). Now, I have moved on and currently going to school for Computer Networking Systems, have 1 year left for my Associates degree, interning for my friends creative design company as a web/graphic designer ( grew up free-lancing) and work part time as an Internet Researcher for a recruiting franchise. I like to box, and want to learn how to do BJJ (brazilian jiu jutsu) on my free time. Usually up until odd hours of the night drawing and reading about tattooing. I have my first art show I am preparing for in Aug. which I am nervous and excited for that I am getting for. Nice to read about the rest of you above. Hope you start your own brewery David, that would be sick! I love good beer too.

u mad bro?

hahaha, henry rollins ftw

Don't agree with the silent treatment, and it's good to know that we are one of the top sites in search engine optimization when it comes down to the show. I think if anything letting people who know nothing about tattooing that this is wrong creates everyone to be on the same page with the industry in knowing that this wrong, and the only thing Facebook and tweeting is doing is making it well more known to not support it. Maybe their advertising or marketing in the businesses has a mole and exploiting it to cause a controversy or maybe it's just a way of seeing a reaction. Who knows, but the important thing is that an organization that IS for tattooers and founded by tattooers get together and create a non profit company and sponsored by legitimate tattoo companies and sponsors from the industry; to backlash against corporate junkies to prevent future exploiting to cause more ruckus. Just like the beer industry, they had to get together and form an alliance to keep the corporate companies away from dominating the market. Yeah it sounds kind of far fetched, but that's just my opinion. Now back to being a true craftsman, I agree highly with what you said. Quality over quantity, hopefully people who walk into shop meet some true craftsman or someone who can point them in the right direction of getting the best tattoo on their skin. I believe this guy has the right mindset about TV and also his thoughts on this: "Reality shows do sometimes pervert some things, but not to extinction. I'm sure this show won't destroy the entire profession of tattooing which has been traditionally taught through apprenticeship, just like Jon and Kate Plus Eight, or 50 Kids and Counting or whatever didn't destroy multiple parenting world wide. There will be traditionalists in the field who will still tattoo and apprentice as always, and there will be newbies who come from something like this, a tattoo "school". I don't think the mere existence of a show like this pulls the profession into the gutter anymore than Little People Big World has pulled the world of little people into the gutter, or American Idol has tarnished the singing world beyond repair. People will get into their crafts however they get into them. Those who have talent and are willing to work at it will succeed, and others will not make it. It's the same as any other skilled trade. Even if the school is only two weeks, I've taken workshop classes before. It doesn't make you an expert in any subject, as I'm sure these students realize. Like every trade, it will take practice and hard work to fine tune their skills. Just because there is a show on TV doesn't mean that bad tattooists will run rampant in the streets of all major metropolises. Shops won't hire shitty artists, and people won't give their patronage to bad tattooists... and those who do, are too stupid to really be considered fair judges anyway, and probably would have gotten one at home with a needle and string soaked in ink--which, I might add, is the introduction point to tattooing that a lot of my tattoo artists friends used. They were shitty at first, but once they worked and practiced, they became wonderful. Their humble--and stupid--beginnings didn't doom their lucrative careers. Television is a douche-baggy business who will exploit any hot topic to make money. The hot topic of the day happens to be body art, so they'll cash in by showing people what they want to see. I don't think it illegitimizes body art's foray into the mainstream, which is happening, like it or not. If you don't like the premise, don't watch the show and don't patronize tattoo shops with "schooled" tattooists. There will be plenty of traditionalists out there to choose from, I promise. The tattoo n00bs won't drive them all out of business... probably the opposite, but that's for the individual's skill and dedication to decide, not in what way they began."

Here is mine I got done 3 years ago, Adam Shrewsbury flash

hahahahah

My introduction came with going into tattoo shops, word of mouth and seeing tattoos on people.

Yo I added some of you, I'm Thomas Storck...or thomastorck@gmail.com. Shawn what is your email, there are a few Shawn Porters when I search

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dude thanks for posting this, and taking the time to share, I really love hardy's art and seeing San Fran. That dragon head came out super awesome, very different from everything I've seen. I can't wait to travel to that side and hopefully one day go to State of Grace and Iron & Ink convention :O

Dude Dogtown Pale is so good...I had it a few months ago, I loved it.

Dogfish Head, St. Arnolds, Arrogant Bastard Ale, Lagunitas, Rahr Sons, Fat Tire, Magic Hat, Golden Monkey