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Been gone for awhile, but I'm back. Real update later... For now, if you haven't checked out Kyra's latest set or Maxi's latest set: DO IT NOW! and leave them both some well deserved For that matter, leave some for Tmronin, too, since he shot both of those sets.

And for those who have messaged about it, yes, that's me playing man prop in Maxi's latest set and I will dutifully attend tomorrow to having my name legally changed to 'Lucky Bastard'

Ok, it's later enough so here goes: My last day at work due to the layoff was supposed to be Oct. 6, but was actually Oct. 5 since I had long ago made arrangements to spend Oct. 6 finally getting under the needle. Damn, I've only been talking about getting tattooed since I was 16 and I know I'm a little slow, but it's about fucking time! Anyway, three hours later I was happily wearing about half of the outline for my first piece and discussing details for the rest of which hasn't even been drawn yet. Does anybody know of anyone else nuts enough to get a full backpiece as their first ink!?! It's taken far too long and it isn't even close to over yet, but it's an image that's been in my head for years and I finally found an artist (thanks to Girlie ) who is both technically up to the task and willing to work with me on the specifics. I decided not to post pics yet because even though it runs from the base of my neck to below my belt, it's just a shell at this point and doesn't do justice to my design or to the extraordinary amount of effort the artist has put into it so far. Next ink date: Dec. 20 for, hopefully, another third of the outline and shading of what's already there.

Then it was immediately off, saran wrap and all , with Tmronin to NJ for an attempt at two photoshoots that, unfortunately, didn't happen. Let's just say that after setting up, etc. there were cops involved and leave it at that, ok. Soooo, after a few beers I spent the night on Tmronin's couch, woke up, washed the black ooze off my back and drove home. Surprisingly, that wasn't as uncomfortable as I had anticipated. In fact, it wasn't uncomfortable at all.

Then came a few days and several hundred miles on the bike. Don't ask me where all I went... I wasn't even sure half the time and didn't really care! That was followed by a little itching, a few days of utter laziness and returning to find out that the faster I go, the behind-er I get! So here I am, trying to catch up. The good news is: Now that I don't have a job (and don't intend to until after the first of the year), I've got more than enough time on my hands to do just that!

Hope all is going wonderfully for everyone and that the start of the nippy season isn't bringing you down. Hmmm... Did someone say ski?... Loveland is already open, and so is A-Basin. It wouldn't take much to get there...