Shannon Shirley

yeah , sorry ursula. I guess i just wanted to get more opinions about my current situation. I cant always remember what happened yestrday.

thanks ,quite true

here here, amen, good words brother.

howdy! whats a patterdale?

very cool Rogerio, Hola hermano. Guapo tatuajes vato.

Maybe this is already been discussed, if so , sorry. I recently tried to work for a shop owned by someone that does not tattoo, I also considered going to work at another, same deal. Not having any experience in this venture and obviously not able to take the expriences of others to learn from, I had to learn on my own. I guess I never really got how important pride in a craft really is. These people that do not practice the craft have only the''all mighty dollar'' in mind, and it seems to me nothing else. I realized that only people involved in this business care about how,why and what goes down in a tattoo shop. I was insulted via Email, by a potential ''employer'' telling me that he was a ''business man with goals''. This in itself made me realize, this cannot work for me. His interests only lie in money. It also made me realize again what I want in and out of this biz. Only to grow as an artist, as a practitioner, and if I can make a living,great. life lessons are hard to learn , I think I just learned one. I'm interested in the expriences of others in this, because to me it seems impossible.

hey there Christian, nice squareback, 67ish?

my parents have been married for 52 yrs,beautiful. they love each other dearly. I have been married 3 times. I guess either im an idiot, or things just aint what they used to be. everyone has to do what they feel is right. Ive done, im sure, hundreds of names for a lot of different reasons. Im not real superstitious, although I like superstitions. I dont think a ring or a tattoo makes or breaks a relationship, its just a symbol. I like symbols.

its good to hear im not alone. I work in the south, no one seems to know anything about history or even cares. being from northern calif. is even stranger. no one knows anybody i know. some of the names ring bells but no connections. I do agree, this biz has become very diluted.

whew, im tired myself.can ya do it,er caint cha.

well, happy damn b day. very nice to converse. your ol man i have known fer a long time,a beautiful human. happy b day. you must be beautiful

hey thalia,when i started tattooing it was pretty much dirtbags, or some extremely talented people on the fringe,so i personally think,annoucing that you want to do this horribly humble art, is offensive. i understand nowadays ''they'' tell children they would make good tattoo ''artists''.freaks me the fuc4 OUT.this little girl told me the other day that during her'' occupational programing'',them fackers told her ''oh'' you should be a tattoo artist, live a day in my shoes. sorry.thats my attitude.unless you wanna sit around waint fer the next dumbass to walk thru the door, pick graphic design, yall are very confused.

weve all been ripped off, come on, we all do it everyday.

ya know Ursula, I dont think becoming heavily tattooed justifies gettin stupid tattoos. I think if a mother /father fu#ker, wants to get a stupid tattoo that their biz. no ink , plenty of ink. im sorry, i worked in a street shop fer yrs....... i still do. the public might not be quite as savy as you..... oh well. this is life.It youstabe some people wouldnt do names , maybe somewhere its still that way.this moron in the shop im workin in the other day told me he thought lettering wasnt ''art''. the fucker can barely draw a damn stick figure. an he wants ta talk bout ''art''.n This'' is'' tattooing.fools and kings.people get names,.....done fer yrs. kinda pisses me off. I get pigeonholed. doesnt make for a great ''portfolio''.but nonetheless, I continue, what i can,for humankind.............i just stole that, Stoney St. Clair.

i fixed these damn mustache fingers,thee other day. wats with that crap. young lesbians,excuse me.wats that crap mean? a friend tells me ,its an ''odd moment'' tattoo. like yer spposed ta hold it to yer face when sombody shows their ass, very confusing. damn im old.

Aint never got my palms tattooed, caint be funny.

guess i need em....had a juan shader fer a country minute, thats 14yrs. arent they related? hehe .............bout wore these ol col Todds out. GTC swore by em. their tiny, good fer little stuff.

damn, 15 min from mom's house, an im stuck in ala f#ckin bama.

interweb...hehe

Si Lochlan' ,Donde en Califas Sr. Cuervo?

dont hold back stewart..come on say what you really mean....hehehe.

when this first came out it was very disturbing. 90'ish i think.

I rode triumphs and BSAs fer years, still love em.'' Witworth'', those are the wrenches that fit, not metric. I grew up workin on cars and bikes, amature raced yamaha 600s, I would always recommend diving in to anything you dream about,whatever the cost. thats why im old and broke,but i have no regrets.I never have to say''I wish i knew how to.........''.when youre old and shotout you dont wanna say ''I wish I had....''. corny but true ''just do it''. Even broke my hip on a 73 triumph, back in 90 i think, yeehaw, been there done that...lol

this happens everyday,'' you just can't reach them all'' GTC

pearls to swine. If they dont get it,they just dont get it.