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i have an appointment on January 13th with Ulrich Hueber while i'm visiting my fiancee in Limerick, Ireland... super stoked!

if all goes according to plan, the only one that's close to sure is a big piece on my upper right arm from Ulrich Hueber when i visit my fiancee in Ireland a few weeks from now. It'd be cool to get a Friday the 13th one while i'm there, too, since both of my current 13 tattoos were gotten months away from Friday the 13ths.
i'd also like to see about working on my chest and stomach some more, but money will probably be going to trying to save for moving the aforementioned fiancee to the States.

if all goes according to plan, the only one that's close to sure is a big piece on my upper right arm from Ulrich Hueber when i visit my fiancee in Ireland a few weeks from now. It'd be cool to get a Friday the 13th one while i'm there, too, since both of my current 13 tattoos were gotten months away from Friday the 13ths.
i'd also like to see about working on my chest and stomach some more, but money will probably be going to trying to save for moving the aforementioned fiancee to the States.

1.) Personal high of 2011?
Getting engaged, putting up two degree shows at the same time to get two BFAs, finishing college, getting to travel and cast iron and see lots of friends all over the southern States for my last semester, and starting to work at a tattoo shop recently.
2.) Personal low of 2011?
Hard times finding a job for a bit this summer, and having to deal with my fiancee living in Ireland. Skype eases that second one, though.
3.) Best LST Thread?
Latest Tattoo Lowdown, the funny picture one, and Slang Terms That Make You Cringe.
4.) Worst LST Thread?
Not sure... haven't read them all.
5.) Favorite tattoo (on you):
As for finished ones, the tattoo machine and banners on my left arm. Unfinished, the outline of my chest and stomach.
6.) Favorite tattoo (on someone else):
Waaaaaaaaaaay too many to name.
7.) Favorite artist?
Waaaaaaaaaaay too many to name.
8.) Best/Worst movie:
Hobo With a Shotgun was super rad... Not sure of a worst. Probably something I couldn't afford to go see in theaters.
9.) Best/Worst album:
best... William Elliot Whitmore's Field Songs and Touche Amore's Parting the Seas Between Brightness and Me.
i don't know of a worst... but i've grown to hate the entirety of dubstep as a genre this year.
10.) Biggest guilty pleasure:
not sure... i don't know if i have any guilty pleasures. i tend to be pretty upfront with what i enjoy.
11.) Best show/concert you did and did not attend:
I was low on going to shows, but i really enjoyed seeing Gallows with their new vocalist a few months back. As for ones i didn't attend, my friend's band played with Terror and Trapped Under Ice in May, but i skipped it so i wasn't dead when my fiancee flew in the next day.
12.) Sum up the year in one word:
Optimistic.

i snapped my collarbone in half trying to jump down a hill... it was about a six foot drop, and i didn't roll through correctly because i was running too fast... and there's a permanent lump in my left shin from not seeing the hitch for a trailer i was unloading in Alabama a few years ago. the swelling/bruising was pretty gnarly, and no hair grows there anymore either. however, from everyone's reactions, it was hilarious to see, so... i guess that's a good thing.

1.) Personal high of 2011?
Getting engaged, putting up two degree shows at the same time to get two BFAs, finishing college, getting to travel and cast iron and see lots of friends all over the southern States for my last semester, and starting to work at a tattoo shop recently.
2.) Personal low of 2011?
Hard times finding a job for a bit this summer, and having to deal with my fiancee living in Ireland. Skype eases that second one, though.
3.) Best LST Thread?
Latest Tattoo Lowdown, the funny picture one, and Slang Terms That Make You Cringe.
4.) Worst LST Thread?
Not sure... haven't read them all.
5.) Favorite tattoo (on you):
As for finished ones, the tattoo machine and banners on my left arm. Unfinished, the outline of my chest and stomach.
6.) Favorite tattoo (on someone else):
Waaaaaaaaaaay too many to name.
7.) Favorite artist?
Waaaaaaaaaaay too many to name.
8.) Best/Worst movie:
Hobo With a Shotgun was super rad... Not sure of a worst. Probably something I couldn't afford to go see in theaters.
9.) Best/Worst album:
best... William Elliot Whitmore's Field Songs and Touche Amore's Parting the Seas Between Brightness and Me.
i don't know of a worst... but i've grown to hate the entirety of dubstep as a genre this year.
10.) Biggest guilty pleasure:
not sure... i don't know if i have any guilty pleasures. i tend to be pretty upfront with what i enjoy.
11.) Best show/concert you did and did not attend:
I was low on going to shows, but i really enjoyed seeing Gallows with their new vocalist a few months back. As for ones i didn't attend, my friend's band played with Terror and Trapped Under Ice in May, but i skipped it so i wasn't dead when my fiancee flew in the next day.
12.) Sum up the year in one word:
Optimistic.

1.) Personal high of 2011?
Getting engaged, putting up two degree shows at the same time to get two BFAs, finishing college, getting to travel and cast iron and see lots of friends all over the southern States for my last semester, and starting to work at a tattoo shop recently.
2.) Personal low of 2011?
Hard times finding a job for a bit this summer, and having to deal with my fiancee living in Ireland. Skype eases that second one, though.
3.) Best LST Thread?
Latest Tattoo Lowdown, the funny picture one, and Slang Terms That Make You Cringe.
4.) Worst LST Thread?
Not sure... haven't read them all.
5.) Favorite tattoo (on you):
As for finished ones, the tattoo machine and banners on my left arm. Unfinished, the outline of my chest and stomach.
6.) Favorite tattoo (on someone else):
Waaaaaaaaaaay too many to name.
7.) Favorite artist?
Waaaaaaaaaaay too many to name.
8.) Best/Worst movie:
Hobo With a Shotgun was super rad... Not sure of a worst. Probably something I couldn't afford to go see in theaters.
9.) Best/Worst album:
best... William Elliot Whitmore's Field Songs and Touche Amore's Parting the Seas Between Brightness and Me.
i don't know of a worst... but i've grown to hate the entirety of dubstep as a genre this year.
10.) Biggest guilty pleasure:
not sure... i don't know if i have any guilty pleasures. i tend to be pretty upfront with what i enjoy.
11.) Best show/concert you did and did not attend:
I was low on going to shows, but i really enjoyed seeing Gallows with their new vocalist a few months back. As for ones i didn't attend, my friend's band played with Terror and Trapped Under Ice in May, but i skipped it so i wasn't dead when my fiancee flew in the next day.
12.) Sum up the year in one word:
Optimistic.

just because i clearly lack good judgement doesn't mean i won't make a good employee...

just because i clearly lack good judgement doesn't mean i won't make a good employee...

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...

first one, from about four years ago. always took my dad's forearm tattoo to heart in school, and because skulls are rad...

done by Dennis McPhail of Artist at Large in Wichita, KS.

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...

First sitting today. The secret to getting through it was cherry and strawberry Starburst. I think they made it hurt less...