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.

Greetings from under water!

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I’m still in beautiful Hawai’i for another couple of days. Some of you may have noticed that our billing is down. Someone has been successful in getting all of BME’s merchant accounts deactivated and I’m working to resolve the situation. While this happened on Wednesday, it’s now the weekend so it most likely won’t be resolved until after the Thanksgiving holiday. I’m not going to let anyone’s accounts expire. If your IAM page comes up for renewal, please email Jen at [email protected] and she will add more time. BME accounts will not expire so enjoy the free time you’ll be getting with your account until we get the billing issues resolved. BMEshop won’t be able to accept any orders during this time either. I was planning on having a huge Black Friday sale so hopefully we’ll be back up and running by then so you can enjoy the holiday savings and stock up for Christmas.

I’ll be getting a couple posts up over the weekend but don’t forget to take a look at this weeks video interview with Henning Jorgensen which is the third episode in BME’s new video interview series. I can’t wait to get back home and work on the rest of the videos we have in the queue. There should be a ton of photos from my trip with my traveling companion and tattooer extraordinaire Norm which I’ll post over the weekend once I’ve got them all prepped. For now, here’s a quick shot from in the pool. I blow pretty sweet bubbles out of my nose.

Comments

20 responses to “Greetings from under water!”

  1. cvet Avatar
    cvet

    your dedication is truly admirable, thank you for the steady flow of posts 🙂

  2. cvet Avatar
    cvet

    your dedication is truly admirable, thank you for the steady flow of posts 🙂

  3. Jen Avatar

    The bubble makes that picture.
    😀

  4. Jen Avatar

    The bubble makes that picture.
    😀

  5. jake Avatar
    jake

    lucky jerk. 🙂

  6. jake Avatar
    jake

    lucky jerk. 🙂

  7. UnconventionalLove Avatar

    Good luck getting everything back up and running, that sucks!
    And that pic is pretty cool. The bubbles are indeed awesome, and the fact that you opened your mouth underwater to smile is pretty awesome haha. How’s the water taste? 😛

  8. UnconventionalLove Avatar

    Good luck getting everything back up and running, that sucks!
    And that pic is pretty cool. The bubbles are indeed awesome, and the fact that you opened your mouth underwater to smile is pretty awesome haha. How’s the water taste? 😛

  9. areku Avatar
    areku

    Whenever I see the pictures of Rachel underwater, I can’t help but the song ‘Under the Sea’ and imagine her as a modded Ariel. All she needs is the seashell bra.

  10. areku Avatar
    areku

    Whenever I see the pictures of Rachel underwater, I can’t help but the song ‘Under the Sea’ and imagine her as a modded Ariel. All she needs is the seashell bra.

  11. Zero_Trinity Avatar
    Zero_Trinity

    This is just an overall amazing photo!

  12. Zero_Trinity Avatar
    Zero_Trinity

    This is just an overall amazing photo!

  13. Rachel Avatar

    I’ll post more pictures from the trip tomorrow. We’re having a great time. We were on the big island yesterday after being on Maui for a couple of days and now we’re on the north shore of Oahu. Photos to come! 🙂

  14. Rachel Avatar

    I’ll post more pictures from the trip tomorrow. We’re having a great time. We were on the big island yesterday after being on Maui for a couple of days and now we’re on the north shore of Oahu. Photos to come! 🙂

  15. alicegory Avatar
    alicegory

    could not care less about the bubbles. And no, I won’t leave.

  16. alicegory Avatar
    alicegory

    could not care less about the bubbles. And no, I won’t leave.

  17. Rachel Avatar

    alicegory: No one has to care and I don’t think anyone asked you to leave.

    These are extra posts which are above and beyond just to update people on the happenings of myself. If other people had submitted a photo like this, it would make its way to Modblog as well because it’s a different kind of photo showing modifications.

    So bubbles or not it’s posted! 🙂

  18. Rachel Avatar

    alicegory: No one has to care and I don’t think anyone asked you to leave.

    These are extra posts which are above and beyond just to update people on the happenings of myself. If other people had submitted a photo like this, it would make its way to Modblog as well because it’s a different kind of photo showing modifications.

    So bubbles or not it’s posted! 🙂

  19. dorothy parkers elbow Avatar
    dorothy parkers elbow

    Anyone else in the Uk think that Norm bears more than a passing resemblance to an ‘un coloured in’ version of Colin Murray, C list celebrity and radio dj?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44167000/jpg/_44167096_specs_pa416.jpg

  20. dorothy parkers elbow Avatar
    dorothy parkers elbow

    Anyone else in the Uk think that Norm bears more than a passing resemblance to an ‘un coloured in’ version of Colin Murray, C list celebrity and radio dj?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44167000/jpg/_44167096_specs_pa416.jpg

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