Today’s Halloween inspired pic comes from BME’s resident Hanson expert, IAM: ilovehanson, who you might recall had her knuckles tattooed in tribute to the band. Ilovehanson, and her boyfriend IAM: Adrian, recently attended the Lawrence KS, zombie walk, and from the pictures it looks like they had a great time amongst the walking dead.
Space, the final frontier. At some point in time in our lives we dream of the stars. Whether it is to find meaning in their patters, or to look for life beyond this world, or simply out of a childhood love of wanting to soar through space. Of course, the reality is, not too many of us will be able to fly in outer space, our children maybe, but not us. Around the world private firms are racing to create commercial space flight vehicles, to cater to the insanely rich who get to live out their dreams. Yet from every design I’ve seen, not a single one is as cool as this rocket.
The rocketeer responsible for this retro-inspired rocket is none other than Alie K (IAM: Alouicious). Alie recently submitted a number of her works to the galleries, so if you get a chance, head on over and check them out. This rocket in particular came from the old school tattoo gallery.
Wondering what could possibly be happening that would cause so much pain? Keep on reading to find out.
Well, I got a message a couple of days ago from Allen telling me about what he recently went through. Here’s what he had to say.
A month ago, while at a show, I tripped and fell into the stage. As I fell forward I put my hand out to catch myself. I’m not sure what it was, but something on one of the stage monitors was sticking up that went right between my nail and my finger. When I pulled my hand back I realized that that nail was completely loose from the nail bed. Yes it hurt a lot. Well, as the night progressed I kept messing with it and eventually I decided to pull the nail off. This was a mistake because the exposed nail bed was WAY more painful. It felt like one giant exposed nerve. (I do not recommend doing that) It took over a month to finally get all the scabs to peel off. Also, I had to file it down a bit too because it never really healed like smooth skin. There was still a hard callused area on top. As for the tattooing. Yes, it hurt bad. The pain is hard to compare, but it felt like he was drilling into the bone.
Of all the things I’ve seen in the BME galleries. The first picture below is the one that probably makes me feel the most uncomfortable just looking at it. If you can get past the first one, you’ll see how the healing process went, a good look at the tattoo while it was being done, and the finished product.
The man responsible for the tattoo is Mike Tidwell.
With all the work Allen has done for the world of suspension, it’s only fitting that when his nail grows back in, he’ll always have a hook inside him.
IAM: Collah Bonez recently had a chance to do her very first pull, with Cere on hand to guide her through it.
The nighttime setting looks like a great environment for her pulling, and you can see just how awesome a time she had with the rest of the images in the pulling gallery.
With the days getting shorter and the nights getting longer, that can only mean one thing: Halloween is coming! So break out those photos of you in your costumes (that you can also see your mods) and upload them to BME. Oh, and if you have a tattoo or something else that is horror inspired, send them in as well!
If you’re not familiar with the TV show “Dinosaurs”, you’re missing out. The show was a live action, Henson puppeted sitcom featuring your typical 50s sitcom family, except they were all dinosaurs. The mother and father were clearly taken from The Honeymooners, which was also the inspiration for The Flintstones. You had the teenage son and daughter, and the lovable (and somewhat obnoxious) talking baby that had the catch phrase “Not the mama!”. It lasted 4 seasons, and is one of the few TV series, and the only sitcom, to end with the death of every single character. You read that right. The plot of the finale revolved around the coming ice age (accidentally started by the main character), and end with the baby asking what will happen next, as the camera pans out and shows the house being buried under snow. The final scene is from a reporter and ends on the line ”And, taking a look at the long-range forecast, continued snow, darkness, and extreme cold. This is Howard Handupme. Goodnight. (pause) Goodbye.”
As always, with a TV that memorable, you end up with fans of the show. Rory (IAM: ScumCity) sent me a message the other day about his newest tattoo.
Now Rory is a huge Dinosaurs fan, he loves them so much, he’s even started to look like Earl (the father).
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