Retired: Right hand Webbing (rejected), Second Tongue, 2x Helix, Tragus, second lobes (technically still open, just not wearing anything in them)
I am a perfect mix of the greatest man on earth and a complete mess... in every imaginable way.
I love my cats... probably more than I'll ever love you. I like dogs, but I hate most dog owners.
I am a half-decent half-bullshit photographer, I just feel I get lucky a lot... and I'm really good at framing a shot.
I have been in and out of a few bands in my day. I'm a complete asshole when I have a mic in my hand... i can show you the proof if you question it.
I am still a hopeless romantic, regardless of how much it hurts.
I can get to know people really well really quickly... which I've found can be dangerous.
I'm stylishly caustic when necessary.
I'm sarcastically narcissistic.
My self-confidence level is at an all-time high. I'm proud of that, and have been doing a good job of helping other people increase theirs as well. That makes me happy.
I can't say no to a puzzle.
I'm kinda a big deal... I know people
She, she, she, she's a... OH YEAH
Mandic N.M. $8.00
Silly Canuck (see, I spelled it right now)
I can't think of anything funny for you, Joli
RattFinkPink
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Mod-Tracker
tattoos I've done
Untitled
Misc shots of me
Sometimes I'm Mario, Sometimes I'm Donkey Kong: Hopeless Romantic DK edition
Pussies
...I shall call her...: mini-meow
tomorrow
2009/09/28 11:04 I'll be on my way to LA for a week with Adrianna. I won't be tattooing while out there this time as originally planned... just not enough time to get things preped and organized... so I think springtime may be when I get to go back... that time it will be just for that.
2009/09/22 12:06 I hate this feeling. I'm underwater and have no time to catch my breath. I'm totally unprepared for the next two weeks, I have no clue how I'm going to get my shit together before I leave next Tuesday morning for LA. I've been short with people lately, and some i've ignored altogether. I'm stressed out more now than I have been in a long while, and I'm running on empty. little things are becoming bigger issues as time passes, and I'm seriously considering seeking medical opinions/options. I'm legitimately scared at times that I'm failing miserably. last night I had an extremely vivid dream of a post-apocalptic-esqe world where myself and a few vigilantes were trying to escape some high security facility. it was pretty sweet actually. very dark, very NOT me. An acquaintance of sorts who has mutual friends lost her brother two nights ago to a set of stupid circumstances and I realized that I didn't feel bad. I went out last night cause people were going out to be with her. I didn't feel anything. I'm becoming more jaded than I should be. I'm really happy with my relationship though, and that's one thing that's helping get me through. I've got some back-up and I apparently need it desperately. I wish I could just focus and get things done. I'm completely broke and I don't like that feeling either. I've run myself in overdrive and I can't even afford to pay my car payment on time this week. that's pathetic and I'm ashamed of myself for letting things slip out of control. I also realize that the worst times in my life are when I'm not playing music. I need it. I look at other friends in bands and I'm legitimately jealous... to the point of almost anger at times because I can't be doing that. Envy is a bitch. Envy topped with everything else is an even bigger bitch.
I've decided
2009/09/02 10:22 I really want to do a suspension...
2009/08/25 16:46 a 3 day weekend still isn't long enough. LA was awesome. the convention was great. Got to catch up with Rachel a bit and chat in between her running around like a maniac taking care of everything. Reconnected with some other artists and got info from a few others in the LA and surrounding area. Gotta start networking. 3 days goes by fast, but 3 years can fly by in an instant when you don't pay attention.
2009/08/11 15:37 til next weekend. Hollywood tattoo convention. I'm psyched. I'm also setting up some things so that next time I'm out there I'll be working on some friends.
2009/07/17 10:58 I just got an error while going to briannamci's page because I haven't updated in over a month and no longer considered an "active member"
so here's an update:
did my first micro-dermal anchors last night. first one went in with no problem, but bled more than I expected. then realized the girl is very petite vegan with an iron deficiency... thin non-clotting blood is awesome!
second one I ran into an issue with insertion and realized I just didn't have the tissue held properly for the area. the area of insertion was buckling when I tried to seat the back foot. Learned my lesson there.
did my first one sitting outline for an entire half-sleeve the other day. that was much more fun for me than for her, but she's thrilled with the piece so far. I can't wait to work on that more.
and I'm in love. it's a great feeling.
2009/06/05 16:49 Rollins tonight in New Jersey, roots picnic in philly tomorrow night. Any philly IAMers come say hi even if I have no idea who you are if you're gonna be there.
2009/06/03 12:48 8g nipples, 6g septum & 6g labret all in one night! going to 4g labret asap. going to attempt to make my own Abmer labret plugs too!SO EXCITED!
2009/06/03 02:18 and it was for good reason. sadness isn't always a negative. it's just part of being involved with life. and it hits you at unexpected times... Thanks Brody. :)
ugh....
2009/06/02 11:38 i need new jewelry, and it's pretty pathetic that being one of two piercers at the shop I work at I don't have authority yet to make individual jewelry orders. That's changing this week. I'm not going to sit for 2 months and wait for shit I could have delivered in two days.
2009/05/13 02:21 why I need to stop looking. not just stop, but straight give up looking. Everything is screaming at me to stop trying so hard, stop looking, stop waiting for something to come out of nothing.
but I'm a stubborn bastard, and I never listen.
say what you will about fate, faith, and that all things happen for a reason bullshit. I'm not buying it right now. I'm pinching the few pennies I have left in my heart's wallet and I am done. I've reached my point of truly not giving a fuck anymore. I have far too many things on my plate as is to waste time on people that don't deserve it.
I'm convinced
2009/05/07 11:51 that I'm going insane. that I've stopped caring about love, and that I'm not the kinda man I used to be. There have been several opportunities to build a "relationship" with a few people, all of which, on paper, should have been compatable... but I just have no emotional attachment...
Maybe it's because I know i'm not going to be around after a few years that my heart has just accepted that love does not exist for me in Pennsylvania, and that any relationship I could possibly attempt will ultimately fail, unless they decide to move with me... which, as is customary in this area, doesn't happen.
People here settle down... settle... and take up roots and stay. I live within 20 miles of where my father grew up, where my grandfather grew up, and my great grand parents and their parents. Just about everyone in my family went to the same high school. and even family members that moved away, wound up moving back, or very close.
My generation is the only one that's gotten up and left. My sister lives in Queens, my brother, in Pittsburgh. the others will leave once they can... but I haven't been able to because of my circumstances, and as horrible as it is to say, that's the only bad thing that's ever happened from becoming a father and his mother and I separating. I won't leave. because that's what my dad did when my parents split. he moved away, and he and I were never close growing up.
but that looks like it's going to be changing, not for 2 or 3 years, but it will... because my son's mom asked me about moving. they want to move to Arizona... and wanted to know how I felt about it.
If they move, I'm moving too. Not to AZ, but I will move to Cali. It's close enough, and he's old enough to handle it if I only see him every other week instead of ever week, and I'll do what other people do with holidays and summer and those things... I never wanted to be that type of family, but there's no escaping it. I'm leaving PA as soon as I can, because my son has always been the only thing keeping me here.
and I think knowing this keeps me pushing away from people.
2009/04/27 11:30 So... I'm not exactly sure how to write the whirlwind weekend I had... it was pretty damn incredible, and a crazy adventure...
Between a great dinner Friday night, late drive to NYC, flat tires in Queens and barely making it to my plane, layovers, crazy turbulence on planes, non-stop sunshine, meeting long-time online friends for the first time, taking a mini-tour of the new BME shop with Rachel meeting so many cool people, having my mind thoroughly exploded by Horiyoshi III's artwork at the Canvas LA show, and then hopping back on a plane just a few hours later and back home by midnight sunday...
I'd swear it was a dream if it weren't for photographic proof. ;)
so many thanks go out to Rachel and the CLA crew for putting on an amazing show, and letting me be a part of it. This weekend was something sorely needed mentally and spiritually.
