marisa_dimattia

Grace and Class:

Wow. It's been a while since I last posted but things have been crazed. After the death of my grandfather, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer--double whammy--but it looks contained and she'll be ok. She's a toughie. This means I'll also be back and forth to NYC more often, a city I have such a love-hate thang with.

Things can only look up for...
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Thanks for all the sweet posts and messages on my grandfather. I truly appreciate it.

I've been running around NYC helping mom with estate matters and I also got laser removal yesterday to make way for a bigger tattoo on my hips but that's another post. All I'll say is OUCH!

In good news, my 5-minute profile piece for Current TV aired today (all will...
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Today my grandfather passed away at the age of 98 years old -- a quintessential Brooklyn toughie who I adore.

I was hoping to see some of y'all in the gorgeous flesh while I'm in NYC but for the moment I'll be taking care of funeral arrangements and helping my mom adjust, so please forgive me if I dont answer messages or calls right away....
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I'm in NYC and just spent the holidays with my family ... unscathed!!! woohoo! A life milestone. Let's party. Forgot my cell in Belgium and wont have it until my hubby comes into town on friday, so holla if you wanna get together.

On January 12, mark you calendar for a party of tattoo geeks and freaks for the Inked Inc show at Tattoo Culture...
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In the past few months, I was offered three major TV opportunities. I turned them down. One was a tough decision because it would have entailed traveling around the world--Borneo, Thailand, New Zealand, Tahiti...--and doing a serious documentary on tattoo cultures. A very sexy offer but then it would have meant putting everything I've worked for--including my marriage--on hold for some time just for 15...
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A couple of weeks ago, I put out a call for participants to a tattoos & sex study survey I'm doing for my Needled.com and outside publication.

Due to the overwhelming (and wonderful!) response, I'm unable to respond to each person who contacted me, so I've created an online survey.

Wanna play?

Happiness is geekin out with my step-son Axel at an Anime con.

I just love how he's wonderfully nerdy--does math problems for fun, on the chess team, top in his class--especially in light of his cave-man dad. [Dont get me wrong, I like a man who can tear another man apart barehanded.]

Axel wants to grow up to be a blogger like "Marisette". Nuf said....
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As my fave holiday approaches--Halloweeeeeeeeeen--the plan this year is NOT to get dressed up like a Britney on crack but to do some spooky shit. Turns out that there's this haunted cave in a nearby Belgian town. No flammable costumes, as this is a carry-your-own torch event. Sneakers a must for fleeing in a Blair Witch type panic. Shit. Maybe I should film it.

Dan...
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