haptronic

A supershopper is a highly irrational consumer who will never buy just because something is the lowest price

http://www.thebrilliance.com/thebrilliance/interviews/superfuture/interview.asp

my coverage and the general state of the collection so far.

getting some more trad flash, interested in getting some modern euro dot/pattern work, and because i live in the capital of polynesia some traditional maori ta moko, and if i get enough balls some samoan tatau done with tradional instruments.

i was just asked what it felt like to get a tattoo from someone who has never had one. thought i would share.

is it like a pin prick?

it is more like someone scratching your skin, dragging something sharp across it, finer lines you can feel the puncturing of the skin more, the finest i have had that i know about was a 3 group [three needles together], that was the outline on my ribs and i expected it to be hell. it wasn't as bad as i thought [this has been the case every time except my chest]

the bigger groupings feel more like pressure than a scratch, when i was getting my chest outlined the pressure of the machine dragging around the outside of each feather [long continuous lines] was almost unbearable i just wanted it to stop, then i would take a breath, go someplace else in my mind.

there is an almost meditative state that happens after the first 10 or so minutes when your body chemicals kick in the pain mostly feels like an interruption of this meditation.

the thing that gets to me and stops me from going for bigger sessions than 2 hours is the swelling, bruising and general trauma. every wipe with that paper towel is worse and worse, shading and colour gets to me with the multiple passes, multiple wipes, the sting of the alcohol to finish is the most painful of all.

anything over an hour puts me in a dreamy state, just kinda spaced out for the rest of the day, if the session has been rough, that first shower when i have to get in there to clean the slime out is hard, but i have learnt to do it properly or risk scabbing/losing colour.

i forget the pain almost instantly and think about getting the next one

like a waywt time-machine

Does anyone have a tattoo on their ribcage? I've heard such mixed reports about how much it hurts and was wondering if anyone could shed any personal light on it.

got tatted on my ribs a few weeks ago, it sucks, and this was only a small piece, less than an hour. then again all tattoos hurt, the tattooer and their technique, the needle size and arrangement, the different guns [rotary or coil] and the voltage, how gentle the tattooer is as they dab or wipe away the blood as they go.

there are so many variables to the pain of getting a tattoo, that is even hard to tell how much it will hurt session to session.

the biggest factor in my experience is my own mood, if i am in the zone it is easy, if i am not it sucks big time.

i don't get supreme. esp now that it seems more widely known/worn.

downtown ny skate culture, the collaborations and licencing works from good artists are both all well and good, it is just that there was always a sense that the people wearing it are excited to move from rip curl, billabong up to some logowear that was a little more exclusive.

more and more around auckland i see random people with the box logo on, and the absolute truth is they mostly seem to be the same people rocking monster energy drink gear.

if i think back to 1990 i was totally stoked on stussy i guess i get it somewhat. i wonder if everyone grows out of flagrant label bashery and towards more sophisticated appreciation of design and construction.

today i went back to benjamin raddatz responsible for the eel half sleeve and he did a reworked 20s flash piece on my forearm. obligatory crap cell phone picture

It's super close with her, she's got some amazing qualities,

And Cameron - it is kinda awesome.

much more than kinda awesome. i am older than you and my gf is 22 while there are sometimes differences based on the age difference, i feel like we have so much more in common and enjoy each other so much that it more than makes up for it.

if i think about relationships with women closer to my age and women older, i can't remember never having differences and never having doubts based on expectations, like the ones you express.

i have enough experience to know that you never can tell what we happen with any person as you both grow, and enough years on me to know that you never stop growing [at least i haven't yet, just because i have experienced more does not necessarily mean i am right all the time.

she is already moving in with you, you may as well make the most of it, have fun love life and each other.

minya the first mod after the creators.

he had no love for back and forth chatting, ala djrajio soundune kiss and make out session in worst.

he had no love for chatty authentic/style/honest forum imports, corny shop owners/workers or any nature of live journal type posting turning the board into a corny love fest.

and yet milspex diddy cmf dctmfc englandmj7 the people who built the foundations of the trash all survived.

there is a big difference from being an original gangster and an old gangster the difference is to do with originality.

victor j webster at two hands tattoo drew up some valentines day flash based on the works of gerda wegener. my favourite was not taken on the day so here it is fresh swollen and bruised

underground trilby

aywb shirt

chronicles of never t

mm 10 wrist band

marty f emond skull ring

commoners alike shorts

opening ceremony/robert celgerie shoes

aywb

moochi shirt

vintage dress

mi piaci boots