A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

The Floor Is Made Of Lava!

I must admit, I’ve been putting off posting these for a few days, only because I like feet and what happened to Marcus is spoiling it a little for me..

Read more to found out how they got in this state!

The best part was when they scrubbed my feet and legs with toothbrushes twice a day..

I had a house fire! A propane tank leaked while I was living in a small town in Alaska, we had no natural gas lines which is why we had the tank.. Propane is heavier than air and it pooled around my feet and when it caught that spark my side and arm and face got kissed, but my feets took the brunt..

Actually, I guess the best part was the painkillers!

My feet are okay now although my tattoos are covered by unnecessary skin grafts. I could have healed in the right environment but I was three thousand miles from home and most of my friends didn’t even have running water. I ended up in the hospital for about two weeks, they did the skin grafts to speed up the healing and get my uninsured ass out into the real world. I was hobbling around on crutches at the bar a month later, munching pain pills, throwing up in trash cans, and hitting on old hot blondes!

Poor lad.

Comments

168 responses to “The Floor Is Made Of Lava!”

  1. Courtney Avatar
    Courtney

    E-ouch!

    If there is one thing I can relate to in this story, its the munching pain pills, puking in random places and acting entirely out of character.
    While I was on long-acting morphine for a couple of years, I became especially good at discreetly throwing up in very public places. :S It’s just not fun… sure, narcotics makes you euphoric, but along with that usually comes severe, sudden nausea. I was particularly good at throwing up on busses, as I ride them all the time. Never underestimate the power of a plastic bag!

    Nice to see his feet well healed though. I’m curious about the tattoo coverage though. The top of his feet were obviously not that badly burned since the tattoo can be seen clearly and doesn’t have dead skin peeling off, so I wonder why they would graft on that area? … This could really turn into a tattoo-removal trend. A little burn here and there, a graft, and voila, its gone.

  2. Courtney Avatar
    Courtney

    E-ouch!

    If there is one thing I can relate to in this story, its the munching pain pills, puking in random places and acting entirely out of character.
    While I was on long-acting morphine for a couple of years, I became especially good at discreetly throwing up in very public places. :S It’s just not fun… sure, narcotics makes you euphoric, but along with that usually comes severe, sudden nausea. I was particularly good at throwing up on busses, as I ride them all the time. Never underestimate the power of a plastic bag!

    Nice to see his feet well healed though. I’m curious about the tattoo coverage though. The top of his feet were obviously not that badly burned since the tattoo can be seen clearly and doesn’t have dead skin peeling off, so I wonder why they would graft on that area? … This could really turn into a tattoo-removal trend. A little burn here and there, a graft, and voila, its gone.

  3. Courtney Avatar
    Courtney

    E-ouch!

    If there is one thing I can relate to in this story, its the munching pain pills, puking in random places and acting entirely out of character.
    While I was on long-acting morphine for a couple of years, I became especially good at discreetly throwing up in very public places. :S It’s just not fun… sure, narcotics makes you euphoric, but along with that usually comes severe, sudden nausea. I was particularly good at throwing up on busses, as I ride them all the time. Never underestimate the power of a plastic bag!

    Nice to see his feet well healed though. I’m curious about the tattoo coverage though. The top of his feet were obviously not that badly burned since the tattoo can be seen clearly and doesn’t have dead skin peeling off, so I wonder why they would graft on that area? … This could really turn into a tattoo-removal trend. A little burn here and there, a graft, and voila, its gone.

  4. Courtney Avatar
    Courtney

    E-ouch!

    If there is one thing I can relate to in this story, its the munching pain pills, puking in random places and acting entirely out of character.
    While I was on long-acting morphine for a couple of years, I became especially good at discreetly throwing up in very public places. :S It’s just not fun… sure, narcotics makes you euphoric, but along with that usually comes severe, sudden nausea. I was particularly good at throwing up on busses, as I ride them all the time. Never underestimate the power of a plastic bag!

    Nice to see his feet well healed though. I’m curious about the tattoo coverage though. The top of his feet were obviously not that badly burned since the tattoo can be seen clearly and doesn’t have dead skin peeling off, so I wonder why they would graft on that area? … This could really turn into a tattoo-removal trend. A little burn here and there, a graft, and voila, its gone.

  5. Waleska Avatar
    Waleska

    wow thats shitty…especially loosing your tattoos…one of my best friends legs is burnt all the way up including her feet…she has skin grafts as well…we recently tried having work done …the tattoo artist should be able to tattoo on you as long as it is smooth and the skin isn’t bumpy with a lot of ridges and stuff…but yours look like it should be fine…and a plus is she didn’t feel a thing when she got tattooed!!!

  6. Waleska Avatar
    Waleska

    wow thats shitty…especially loosing your tattoos…one of my best friends legs is burnt all the way up including her feet…she has skin grafts as well…we recently tried having work done …the tattoo artist should be able to tattoo on you as long as it is smooth and the skin isn’t bumpy with a lot of ridges and stuff…but yours look like it should be fine…and a plus is she didn’t feel a thing when she got tattooed!!!

  7. Waleska Avatar
    Waleska

    wow thats shitty…especially loosing your tattoos…one of my best friends legs is burnt all the way up including her feet…she has skin grafts as well…we recently tried having work done …the tattoo artist should be able to tattoo on you as long as it is smooth and the skin isn’t bumpy with a lot of ridges and stuff…but yours look like it should be fine…and a plus is she didn’t feel a thing when she got tattooed!!!

  8. Waleska Avatar
    Waleska

    wow thats shitty…especially loosing your tattoos…one of my best friends legs is burnt all the way up including her feet…she has skin grafts as well…we recently tried having work done …the tattoo artist should be able to tattoo on you as long as it is smooth and the skin isn’t bumpy with a lot of ridges and stuff…but yours look like it should be fine…and a plus is she didn’t feel a thing when she got tattooed!!!

  9. LovelyGrasshopper Avatar

    Interesting skin grafts. His feet look almost webbed. But, the burns look very cool. Must have sucked being burnt like that!

  10. LovelyGrasshopper Avatar

    Interesting skin grafts. His feet look almost webbed. But, the burns look very cool. Must have sucked being burnt like that!

  11. LovelyGrasshopper Avatar

    Interesting skin grafts. His feet look almost webbed. But, the burns look very cool. Must have sucked being burnt like that!

  12. LovelyGrasshopper Avatar

    Interesting skin grafts. His feet look almost webbed. But, the burns look very cool. Must have sucked being burnt like that!

  13. MrsMelvin Avatar

    Holy blistered piggies, Batman! Glad they healed well!

  14. MrsMelvin Avatar

    Holy blistered piggies, Batman! Glad they healed well!

  15. MrsMelvin Avatar

    Holy blistered piggies, Batman! Glad they healed well!

  16. MrsMelvin Avatar

    Holy blistered piggies, Batman! Glad they healed well!

  17. Piggy Wiggly Avatar
    Piggy Wiggly

    I hope your poor toes feel better now! 🙂

  18. Piggy Wiggly Avatar
    Piggy Wiggly

    I hope your poor toes feel better now! 🙂

  19. Piggy Wiggly Avatar
    Piggy Wiggly

    I hope your poor toes feel better now! 🙂

  20. Piggy Wiggly Avatar
    Piggy Wiggly

    I hope your poor toes feel better now! 🙂

  21. drhntr Avatar
    drhntr

    cool. second chance to get a nice tattoo this time round

  22. drhntr Avatar
    drhntr

    cool. second chance to get a nice tattoo this time round

  23. drhntr Avatar
    drhntr

    cool. second chance to get a nice tattoo this time round

  24. drhntr Avatar
    drhntr

    cool. second chance to get a nice tattoo this time round

  25. Mrs. Penguin Avatar
    Mrs. Penguin

    Several years ago, my tattoo artist of the time (she’s since moved out of state, dammit) told me a story of another customer of hers who’d been burned. They wound up using an area of tattooed skin as the source for the grafts on the burned area – so they sort of relocated part of the tattoo. Yes, it was visible in the new area.

  26. Mrs. Penguin Avatar
    Mrs. Penguin

    Several years ago, my tattoo artist of the time (she’s since moved out of state, dammit) told me a story of another customer of hers who’d been burned. They wound up using an area of tattooed skin as the source for the grafts on the burned area – so they sort of relocated part of the tattoo. Yes, it was visible in the new area.

  27. Mrs. Penguin Avatar
    Mrs. Penguin

    Several years ago, my tattoo artist of the time (she’s since moved out of state, dammit) told me a story of another customer of hers who’d been burned. They wound up using an area of tattooed skin as the source for the grafts on the burned area – so they sort of relocated part of the tattoo. Yes, it was visible in the new area.

  28. Mrs. Penguin Avatar
    Mrs. Penguin

    Several years ago, my tattoo artist of the time (she’s since moved out of state, dammit) told me a story of another customer of hers who’d been burned. They wound up using an area of tattooed skin as the source for the grafts on the burned area – so they sort of relocated part of the tattoo. Yes, it was visible in the new area.

  29. marie Avatar
    marie

    that’s one way to cover a tattoo

  30. marie Avatar
    marie

    that’s one way to cover a tattoo

  31. marie Avatar
    marie

    that’s one way to cover a tattoo

  32. marie Avatar
    marie

    that’s one way to cover a tattoo

  33. Nickolas Avatar

    glad you’re doing better… sucks about the tattoos, but i’m sure you’ll agree that it’s nice to have skin covering your tootsies.

  34. Nickolas Avatar

    glad you’re doing better… sucks about the tattoos, but i’m sure you’ll agree that it’s nice to have skin covering your tootsies.

  35. Nickolas Avatar

    glad you’re doing better… sucks about the tattoos, but i’m sure you’ll agree that it’s nice to have skin covering your tootsies.

  36. Nickolas Avatar

    glad you’re doing better… sucks about the tattoos, but i’m sure you’ll agree that it’s nice to have skin covering your tootsies.

  37. Bubblez Avatar

    Ouch that looked really nasty. Glad to see the feet look happier especially in the nice water setting

  38. Bubblez Avatar

    Ouch that looked really nasty. Glad to see the feet look happier especially in the nice water setting

  39. Bubblez Avatar

    Ouch that looked really nasty. Glad to see the feet look happier especially in the nice water setting

  40. Bubblez Avatar

    Ouch that looked really nasty. Glad to see the feet look happier especially in the nice water setting

  41. uzneko Avatar
    uzneko

    RooRaaah Crumbs – Sweet. Ruining your random fetishes are exactly why I keep coming back to this site day after day <3

  42. uzneko Avatar
    uzneko

    RooRaaah Crumbs – Sweet. Ruining your random fetishes are exactly why I keep coming back to this site day after day <3

  43. uzneko Avatar
    uzneko

    RooRaaah Crumbs – Sweet. Ruining your random fetishes are exactly why I keep coming back to this site day after day <3

  44. uzneko Avatar
    uzneko

    RooRaaah Crumbs – Sweet. Ruining your random fetishes are exactly why I keep coming back to this site day after day <3

  45. marcus Avatar
    marcus

    thanks for makin my modblog dream come true roo.

    i’ve considered tattooing them again, i’ll probably make that decision one day.

    oh and those top photos were the morning after… as the days went by, more and more ink came out, almost like watching a dot work piece undone.

    also i’ve always been kind of a pervert, but now i really appreciate some delicate lovely feetsies even more…

  46. marcus Avatar
    marcus

    thanks for makin my modblog dream come true roo.

    i’ve considered tattooing them again, i’ll probably make that decision one day.

    oh and those top photos were the morning after… as the days went by, more and more ink came out, almost like watching a dot work piece undone.

    also i’ve always been kind of a pervert, but now i really appreciate some delicate lovely feetsies even more…

  47. marcus Avatar
    marcus

    thanks for makin my modblog dream come true roo.

    i’ve considered tattooing them again, i’ll probably make that decision one day.

    oh and those top photos were the morning after… as the days went by, more and more ink came out, almost like watching a dot work piece undone.

    also i’ve always been kind of a pervert, but now i really appreciate some delicate lovely feetsies even more…

  48. marcus Avatar
    marcus

    thanks for makin my modblog dream come true roo.

    i’ve considered tattooing them again, i’ll probably make that decision one day.

    oh and those top photos were the morning after… as the days went by, more and more ink came out, almost like watching a dot work piece undone.

    also i’ve always been kind of a pervert, but now i really appreciate some delicate lovely feetsies even more…

  49. Donna Avatar

    Oh my god, that must have been so painful! Those pictures made me want to be sick a little 🙁

  50. Donna Avatar

    Oh my god, that must have been so painful! Those pictures made me want to be sick a little 🙁

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