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  • Oslo SusCon, Day Three

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    First, some more pictures from Allen Falkner from the 2005 Wings of Desire Oslo SusCon. These are from day three of the event:

    For those of you who’ve never been to a suspension convention, they’re much more than just a bunch of people going so they can hang. Certainly that’s a central aspect, but I think more importantly it’s a gathering of friends and family.. and these days it’s also a travel experience — it’s not as if Oslo is in Rhode Island! Cere (from the NYC chapter of Rites of Passage) discovered some of the differences between home and Norway while talking to locals at a pub:

    Smiling Norwegian: It’s great that you love Oslo; is there anything that you want to see while you’re here?
    Cere: Well, actually a few of us would like to find a local strip club.
    (The Norwegian is no longer smiling.)
    Norwegian: You like that kind of thing?
    Cere: Strip clubs? Well yeh, it’s naked girls… Who doesn’t like naked girls?
    Norwegian: Well I have respect for women!

    At this point the Norwegian storms off, and his sentiments are echoed by the others in the pub. At a later party that night, Cere is offered a giant plate of cocaine as a welcoming gift.

    Smiling Norwegian:

    You like cocaine?
    Cere:

    Nah, I’m good… I don’t sniff, but thank you.
    Norwegian:

    You are an American though?
    Cere:

    Yeah, from New York.
    Norwegian:

    You lie!!! You are not an American if you do not want cocaine!

    Ah stereotypes… America, a nation of strippers doing lines of coke off your cock.

    I think Cere will enjoy SusCon: Red Light District in Amsterdam.

  • Allen Falkner straightens a 6ga hook

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    Cue Nelson: “HA HA”

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    DivX download link for BME members: Extreme2 or Full members

    The critical moment is about 1:20 into the clip.

  • A Life Worth Celebrating

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    I woke up a few short hours later and, as I’m prone to do, headed straight for my computer. I hopped on IAM, checked my messages, and saw one that read simply, “Sad day.”

    With the London terror attack fresh in my mind, I jump over to CNN, expecting to see the end of the world — but nothing. Then it occurs to me, Of course, BME is under attack again — we’re being shut down for good this time. I go right for Shannon’s page, and that’s where I see it.

    Kind of like stepping out of bed and into a bus.

    It doesn’t seem real because it can’t be.


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  • Tattooed Crooks

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    "The original Nazis tattooed their targets so they could always find them later. The new ones tattoo themselves. So we can find them.Hitler'd be ashamed of the morons."

    - Andrew Vachss, in Dead and Gone

    While I can see the temptation in breaking some laws, by golly, stupid criminals crack me up!

    Case (or five) in point: Arizona Republic just listed its Top 10 most wanted. Five — half — of them are tattooed. New York recently debuted its new high-tech command center, which will provide officers crucial data about crimes and suspects including convicts’ nicknames and tattoos even before police arrive at a crime scene (click here for an online demonstration), and Ottawa recently unveiled its new parolee database. From police reports to rap sheets, if you’re modified and you’re arrested, your modifications are going on record.

    Of course, the “winner” is Justin Breakspear of Massachusetts, whose tattoo reveals the serial number of his illegal gun.

    Gives all new meaning to “tattoo gun,” eh?

  • BME Newsfeed for Aug 7, 2005

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

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