Rainbows for all...

Thanksgiving eve is here. I can only express my feelings in the words of Charlie Kelly when he exclaims, "Oh my god, I don't care". I'm a bit of a grinch, sorry. To prove to the digital world that I'm not a total dick, I'm sharing with you one of my favorite pictures.... and it's a fucking rainbow! Took this picture out of the window in my machine shop. Just makes you want to listen to the Carpenters and drink White Zinfandel (IMHO)

I also wanted to share this picture of Jordon being worthless. It looks as if he is reciting a stardate from a Star Trek episode. He has one of those phones that at first glance looks like a fancy new touch screen phone, but upon further inspection, as the computing power of a commadore 64. At least I have a chair I could preform autopsies in if necessary. Hat's off to the people at Ritter Medial Supply for building quality equipment. This chair is over 70 years old and still killin' it.

Last but not least, here's a shot of our new shop sticker. Simple and informative. Stop by and get yours today.... they're free you cheap ass bitches. Wu-tang forever.

The Social Network...

Long before I personally discovered Facebook or even Myspace, there was a sort of tattoo oriented social network called "Inked Nation". I hate to admit it, but I was a part of this site for a short amount of time. Not trying to justify my participation, but my m.o. was hustling tattoos and machines (sorry, but I've got bills... don't knock the hustle). Anyhow, it came up in conversation with a friend today and I was curious to see what "Inked Nation" was up to. After a quick google search, I found that it was pretty much defunct. I glanced back at my search results only to see that there is, in fact, is a social network geared towards the tattoo community called "Inked R Us".

Wow, a truly awful moniker, huh? I tried only to spend enough time on the site to have enough info (other than pukey asetetics) to trash it, but I struggled. After a bit of browsing, I stumbled upon this young chap. It's people like Jakub here that make this part of American subculture a grossly misunderstood one.

He's definitely not the worst by any means... but it's best to take the median of any caste to be their representative. You know, the dude who works at the head shop with too many eyebrow piercings. I know I'm overreacting, but isn't that what blogs are about? Bitching about somewhat ridicules topics to an unidentified audience? That's what I thought. If your opinion differs, then you can be friends with Jakub. Yep, that how you spell it. Dang.

Take a good look. This has been, and always will be fucking silly. I have my reservations about piercings anyhow, but eyebrows? Come on. It's a slippery slope. First the eyebrow, then the lip, then the bad dye job courtesy of you're girlfriend and a trip to Hot Topic. Boo, hiss.

I am Square.

Going through some old pics from this summer. Thanks for letting me do a sweet tattoo on your hand Tim.

Here's a couple random pics from the machine shop... Kevin's off in the corner doing something ominous. The completed machine is for Mr. Gary Koblis, the raw frames are projects for Malia Souix and Teddy Safarian.

I know it's silly, but I'm really stoked on this Iphone camera app, the Hipstamatic. The four pics you see above were taken via this app. The name says it all. It's especially designed for tight pants Williamsburg hipsters to take shots of their friends riding fixed gear bikes and spending their parents money at trendy bars. Well done Hipstamatic. You've managed to develop a great product and completely poke fun at the hipster lifestyle at the same time. Hats off to you.

Ebayers beware...

There is a Turnermade Tattoo Machine on Ebay right now. Nothing wrong with that, but this dude is bananas! His starting bid is $750! And that's not the worst part... He tried auctioning this machine months ago for $1200! Anyone who falls for this is a chump. I can build anyone a similar machine (maybe even a better one, given this machine is a few years old) for half that price. So, heads up - don't buy this crap.

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Just finished this rebuild up for Kyle Crowell. Thanks Kyle! Hope she runs better then she did before.

In other news, my counter guy here at the shop (Jordon) really sucks at the game "Unblock Me". I have completely ravaged the first 400 levels of this puzzle game. Jordon is barely treading water. I know this isn't really valuable information to anyone who is visiting this site for Tattoo or Machine purposes, but this is my way of making this more fun... which will make it way easier to commit to this shit. Sorry, but blogging is just not my forte. Que pics....

Oh snap, Jordon.

Dislike.

Really??? I embrace technology, but sometimes you have to say "fuck youtube". Everyone's an expert.

Winter is quickly approaching! I'm a winter kinda guy, I enjoy the cold and snow.... and I especially enjoy the couple months of hibernation in my machine shop. Listening to music, drinking coffee and making stuff.... it's doesn't get much better than that. On that note, I'm going to try to devote myself a bit more to this blog. I think it will be cathartic. Here's just a couple things I've been working on...