Our Endless Days

Also, I had found a plugin that would make it possible for me to add clickable links for pictures that I post in a gallery. The plug-in doesn't seem to work, so I'm only able to post unclickable links. If anyone familiar with WordPress has any info on had to remedy this, I'd greatly appreciate it.

[MENTION=969]ShawnPorter[/MENTION] don't be discouraged. i check your blog out on the regular. keep it up, man. thanks for the kind words, [MENTION=1877]eisen777[/MENTION]. i have thought about having other write some stuff for my blog, but have been somewhat hesitant by it. if either [MENTION=1877]eisen777[/MENTION] or [MENTION=3970]Brock Varty[/MENTION] want to hit me up with some ideas, feel free.

[MENTION=212]Stewart Robson[/MENTION], it's one thing if you want to provide constructive criticism, which I'd gladly accept, but it's quite another to veil being a huge dick in the guise of providing me with constructive criticism. You were singing a completely different tune in our email conversation. You were really nice to me in your emails, and I said to my girlfriend, "He's just as nice as he comes off in his interviews." You mentioned that you didn't see any kind of credits on the photos I posted when you went to my blog on your phone. You then said that when you went to the site via your computer, you were able to see the credits and then made a brief comment about adding a link and contact info. Seems to me like you're just regurgitating what Valerie said to me. Truthfully, I did not know that I was able to add an actual link when I post photos the way that I do on WordPress. I tried it but was only able to post an unclickable link, so I decided not to post any links. I did, however, figure out how to post hyperlinks now, so I guess something good came of this. I deleted Valerie's pictures on my WordPress because I didn't know I can easily put a goddamn link along with the name, which would appear as a hyperlink when you click on the picture. I did, however, go back and link as many photos of her work, along with adding info for Frith St to any picture I could find of hers that I posted on Tumblr.

I don't not post that information because I don't want to. This is a one man show. I tried doing what you and Valerie suggested to me, but because I do this alone, and work full time in a demanding job, I straight up did not have the time to do that. I would like to, and maybe if things were different I could, but I can't. It became to much for me while at work, and while at home, and I had to give it the ax. I do add links on Tumblr, but there are still times when my time is so scarce I have to forego doing that. I'm not sure you realize how much time I devote to this. Now that I know I can add links to photos on WordPress, I will most likely start doing that.

What pisses me off about your comment is you blatantly mentioned me and were malicious in your comment, which you clearly wanted me to see. I'm not above criticism. I accept it, as I do hope to improve what it is that I do. But when someone is being an asshole, I don't view that as any kind of constructive criticism. You want to talk about doing something for an ego boost, what kind of ego do you have to have to put someone on blast and being a complete fucking jerk about it?

I don't run this blog for any kind of fucking cool points that you and Valerie mentioned to me. I do this shit by myself, which takes me several hours a day when you combine what I do on Tumblr and on WordPress, and I do that shit each night joyfully. It's been suggested to me several times that I try to make money off of my blog because of the amount of traffic it gets. I have no intention to do so. Would it be cool to make some money off of it? Sure, I'm not gonna lie, but that's not why I do it and I don't want to go down that road. What is awesome is when I get to shake Thom deVita's hand and have him thank me for writing about his art show, or I get to meet someone like Chris Grosso or Mike Rubendall because of what I've done with my blog, or when I get a hand written letter from a tattooer thanking me for writing about them or posting their work. If that's the kind of ego boost you're referring to, than sure, I guess I like that shit because it's pretty awesome to receive thanks and compliments from people I admire. That to me is worth it because I enjoy tattoos so much.

The other thing I don't understand is what you mean by IF I posted original content. Yes, I post photos of tattooers work, but I also write about tattooers, books, shows and documentaries. If you're so inclined, you can use the categories portion of my blog to sift through different posts that I've tagged accordingly. I've done interviews, which I mentioned to you in our email discussion, and I currently have several interviews and projects in the works. So, I'm a little confused by that statement. Maybe our definition of original content is different.

If you go to my blog and search your name or Valerie's, you'll see I have had nothing but nice things to say about you guys. I won't delete what I posted about you. I will go back and try to find photos of your work and add a link as you've requested. I assumed that it was cool to post your stuff because you gave me the go ahead about posting some other stuff of yours. That was a mistake for which I apologize for. And honestly, maybe others might think completely different, but it takes two second to google search someone. That's how I was able to learn about so many amazing tattooers, which eventually led me to this place. I also have a pretty detailed list of tattooers, which state they tattoo in, the name of the shop, and a link to their site, on my blog.

[MENTION=212]Stewart Robson[/MENTION], you didn’t seem to think I was just another instagram harvesting parasitic blog when I reached out to you about posting about your documentary/blog or when I offered to help you transcribe shit. Oh yeah, I almost forgot that you also told me that my blog was better than 99% of blogs out there because of the fact that I was crediting tattooers worked. I'm assuming that last bullet was directed at me. I don't get any ego boost for anything I do for my blog. I do it because I enjoy doing it, and because I just want to spread the word about quality tattooers. I've received far more positive feedback from tattooers than negative feedback. I don't think that it's a coincidence that pretty much the only negative stuff I've ever received about it was from you and Valerie. I've written about both of you and had nothing but nice things to say about the two of you. Thanks for the kinds words though, dude. Stay classy.