Please recommend Chicago tattoo shop

yttrx wrote:
> Curt James <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Kavin Taylor wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> >> Let your wife die and then g<snip>
> >
> > Hey, Kavin, friendly (okay, not so friendly) bit of advice:
> >
> > Always wear your bicycle helmet. (Karma can be a motherfucker.)
> >
>
> I think it's about time we meet, Curt.

Really? Are you in a brutal mood these days?

> Let me know next time you're in NYC.

Should I stand on 3rd Street screaming, "Jim! Cora! Jim! Cora!"? And
how much do you weigh? I'd like to know if I'll be able to run faster
than you, naturally. Oh, wait, I don't subscribe to your bullshit
theory re bodyfat and speed. Fwiw, I'm at 15.4% according to one of
those hand-held Omni somethingsomethings with a positively Buddha
belly. Is THAT why you'd like to meet? A race!

Psst, yit, you post was as... lame as David's previous kill file
protestations, but thanks for the attention. Otoh...

"Don't be such a pussy. Say what you have to say."
- KA

You have something to say?

It bothers you that Keith had something nice to say about me at one
time? It bothers you that I'd take a deserved swipe at Kavin? Something
else?

And you never did reply to the following post...

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...14b6a41215aa29
aka http://tinyurl.com/oj8r7

Your "few beers at a bar in brooklyn" comment is probably true, but did
you ever verify
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...es/RAB/KA.jpg? Just
curious.

Regardless, I wish Keith was alive. He was fun, direct, interesting,
together, motivated, and *anything but* an (to used Keith's words),
"emotionally retarded asshole with serious, serious abandonment
issues." Perhaps unrelated to all of that, but, certainly, Keith was
not... you.

Hth.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Curt James <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote:
> yttrx wrote:
>> Curt James <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Kavin Taylor wrote:
>> > [...]
>> >
>> >> Let your wife die and then g<snip>
>> >
>> > Hey, Kavin, friendly (okay, not so friendly) bit of advice:
>> >
>> > Always wear your bicycle helmet. (Karma can be a motherfucker.)
>> >
>>
>> I think it's about time we meet, Curt.
>
> Really? Are you in a brutal mood these days?
>

Not at all.

>> Let me know next time you're in NYC.
>
> Should I stand on 3rd Street screaming, "Jim! Cora! Jim! Cora!"? And
> how much do you weigh? I'd like to know if I'll be able to run faster
> than you, naturally. Oh, wait, I don't subscribe to your bullshit
> theory re bodyfat and speed. Fwiw, I'm at 15.4% according to one of
> those hand-held Omni somethingsomethings with a positively Buddha
> belly. Is THAT why you'd like to meet? A race!
>

Nope, just a couple of beers at a bar nearby. It has some meaning
for me actually--I've been going there since about 1986. It used to
be a nexus of punk-skinhead violence, but is now kind of a weird mix
of tattooed trust-fund kids and yuppies.

> You have something to say?
>

Us meeting isn't about anything I have to say.

> It bothers you that Keith had something nice to say about me at one
> time? It bothers you that I'd take a deserved swipe at Kavin? Something
> else?
>

Eh, my annoyances are neither here nor there, eh? Us meeting is more
about fate I think than anything else. It should have happened years
ago and unfortunately did not.

> And you never did reply to the following post...
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...14b6a41215aa29
> aka http://tinyurl.com/oj8r7
>

I didnt answer it because I talked to the event organizer in general and
although it turns out I wasn't entirely correct, he did mention some
things that I thought would be best kept off of usenet, even after all
that had passed under the bridge.

> Your "few beers at a bar in brooklyn" comment is probably true, but did
> you ever verify
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...es/RAB/KA.jpg? Just
> curious.
>

Nope. As it stands, it is not verifiable--which is--just so. At 8:19pm
however, on a friday or a sunday (you never mentioned what year the
log was taken from--just so) chances are pretty good he'd already been
through one bottle of sake--which is of course, also unverifiable. But
it's something you'd kinda just knwo if you knew the guy.

> Regardless, I wish Keith was alive. He was fun, direct, interesting,
> together, motivated, and *anything but* an (to used Keith's words),
> "emotionally retarded asshole with serious, serious abandonment
> issues." Perhaps unrelated to all of that, but, certainly, Keith was
> not... you.
>

Whether or not you knew him enough to be able to make any assessment
about his personality is beside the point.

The point is, I think it's about time we meet, Curt.

So let me know when you're in New York City. I'll buy. It'd be only
fair.

If for some reason you're a little pensive about the meeting, possibly
thinking I'm going to punch you in the face or something, I'd most
happily see if I can get a few people to show up if it'd make you more
comfortable.




-----yttrx

Nina Baltes wrote:
> radio913@aol.com schrieb:
>
> > Bottom line is I'm not an ostrich like you,
> > hiding your head (or in this case, shoddy tats)
> > in the sand.
>
> Indeed, *your* 'shoddy tats' are freely accessible, although not linked
> from your site. This at least has the advantage that anyone can form an
> opinion on your ability to judge tattoo quality.
>
> here's some more:
>
> http://www.drslick.org/tattoos/Fabians_Dragon_s.jpg
> http://www.drslick.org/tattoos/Carp_s.jpg
> http://www.drslick.org/tattoos/Maori_Buttocks_s.jpg
> http://www.drslick.org/tattoos/Tony_Adams_s.jpg
> http://www.drslick.org/tattoos/Water_Fairy_s.jpg
>
> As it has been pointed out, I have no way of telling what people will
> think when I give them access, and the only requirement for getting
> access is a) asking nicely and b) me not thinking the person a complete
> and utter asswipe. While that's actually not difficult to achieve for
> the great majority of people, it's quite impossible for a few.
>
> Nina

Nina Baltes wrote:
>
> Indeed, *your* 'shoddy tats' are freely accessible, although not linked
> from your site. This at least has the advantage that anyone can form an
> opinion on your ability to judge tattoo quality.
>


This is because I'm not a chicken-shit like some people.

Wow, you're doing research on me again. Excellent!
I must have touched on a nerve!



>
> As it has been pointed out, I have no way of telling what people will
> think when I give them access, and the only requirement for getting
> access is a) asking nicely and b) me not thinking the person a complete
> and utter asswipe. While that's actually not difficult to achieve for
> the great majority of people, it's quite impossible for a few.
>

And: c) A 90% chance that the person will not be completely
honest and only say good things about your shoddy tats.
That's why you are "picky," right? So your feelings
don't
get hurt?


Hey, Nina, do you think you could fit into this?

http://www.janthor.de/dvorak/chastit...dressLatex.jpg

I'd love to have "access" to that!



Slick

Curt James wrote:
> Nina Baltes... schrieb:
> [...]
>
> > <snip> realized how afwul your <snip>
>
> How afwul? What language is that, Nina? ;o)
>

Curt,

Nina's spelling is "afwul" because she is so
steamed at me, she doesn't have time to check her
spelling! Ha! I can almost see the smoke from CA!


Slick

yttrx wrote:
> Curt James <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]

> >> I think it's about time we meet, Curt.
> >
> > Really? Are you in a brutal mood these days?
>
> Not at all.

Well, that's a change of pace. See also "brutal mood":

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...873e56389e5de4

Was that your last visit here? I'd offer you a welcome back, but, hey.

> >> Let me know next time you're in NYC.
> >
> > Should I stand on 3rd Street screaming, "Jim! Cora! Jim! Cora!"? And
> > how much do you weigh? I'd like to know if I'll be able to run faster
> > than you, naturally. Oh, wait, I don't subscribe to your bullshit
> > theory re bodyfat and speed. Fwiw, I'm at 15.4% according to one of
> > those hand-held Omni somethingsomethings with a positively Buddha
> > belly. Is THAT why you'd like to meet? A race!
>
> Nope, just a couple of beers at a bar nearby.

If I'm meeting you for a couple of beers then we're having a foot race
down 3rd Street.

> It has some meaning for me actually--I've been going
> there since about 1986. It used to be a nexus of punk-
> skinhead violence, but is now kind of a weird mix
> of tattooed trust-fund kids and yuppies.

Doesn't sound like my kind of place. I've mentioned before that I'm
more of a dive or corner bar fan. And, seriously, why would I want to
have a drink with you? We have little in common that I'm aware of and
you strike me as a major complainer. No, thanks.

> > You have something to say?
>
> Us meeting isn't about anything I have to say.

Plus, I've seen your pics. If you don't have anything to say, well, I
suspect I have no interest in meeting with you.

> > It bothers you that Keith had something nice to
> > say about me at one time? It bothers you that I'd
> > take a deserved swipe at Kavin? Something else?
>
> Eh, my annoyances are neither here nor there, eh?

Well, then why reply to my post at all?

If your "annoyances are neither here nor there" then you'd have kept
quiet. You chose to speak up and yet... not speak up. Odd, but of no
special interest.

> Us meeting is more about fate

Your initial post was a pathetic attempt at the ominous. This one?
Borders on the ridiculous. Us meeting? Fate? Well, if it's fate then I
guess it'll happen of its own accord, won't it?

> I think

I don't believe you did. I believe you reacted without thought.

Do you understand fate? You had some trouble with obsidian
somewhenelsewhere in this newsgroup. So, you'll excuse me if I question
your comprehension of fate and its meaning.

> than anything else. It should have happened years
> ago and unfortunately did not.

Opinion.

But, hey, I was at that one RABcon. You couldn't schedule a flight?
Can't say I'm disappointed.

> > And you never did reply to the following post...
> >
> > http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...14b6a41215aa29
> > aka http://tinyurl.com/oj8r7
>
> I didnt answer it because I talked to the event
> organizer in general

In general? That's amusing.

> and although it turns out I wasn't entirely correct,

Ho! You weren't "entirely correct"? Is that like being wrong? No
surprise there.

> he

Come on, you can at least offer an initial. Scratch that!

I think you're full of shit or that you posed your questions for the
"event organizer" in such a way that you heard the answers you wanted
to hear. I've only been to a few BBQs. At two of those events, however,
I was invited to the after party hosted BY the event organizers.
Perhaps you're confused. I strongly suspect you are. Regardless, what
*your* event organizer had to say? Water, duck's back, etc. Hth!

> did mention some things that I thought would be
> best kept off of usenet, even after all that had
> passed under the bridge.

Obscure is good. You've painted some fantasy nonsense in the past, so I
should expect more of the same. Enjoy your fiction, though.

> > Your "few beers at a bar in brooklyn" comment is
> > probably true, but did you ever verify
> > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...es/RAB/KA.jpg?
> > Just curious.
>
> Nope. As it stands, it is not verifiable--which is--just so.

Nope, huh? I wonder if it's still in my log. Not verifiable, eh? Again,
I call bullshit.

> At 8:19pm however, on a friday or a sunday (you never
> mentioned what year the log was taken from--just so)

Just so? It was the year of the RABcon dispute, obviously. Maybe you
remember this post...

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...b29e3135ac1135
aka http://tinyurl.com/hnnly

> chances are pretty good he'd already been through
> one bottle of sake--which is

Which is you saying he might've been... unaware of what he was saying?
Drunk? Unable to hold his alcohol? What? Chances are pretty good that
the one bottle of sake would have what? What?! You've gone from
bordering on the ridiculous to firmly ensconced. Well done!

> of course, also unverifiable. But it's something
> you'd kinda just knwo

I'm afraid I don't "knwo". It's evident you're prone to error, fantasy,
and argument. Hey, we're all human, though, aren't we? Aren't we?

> if you knew the guy.

I didn't. But we did swap us some posts! Oh, yes.

> > Regardless, I wish Keith was alive. He was fun, direct, interesting,
> > together, motivated, and *anything but* an (to used Keith's words),
> > "emotionally retarded asshole with serious, serious abandonment
> > issues." Perhaps unrelated to all of that, but, certainly, Keith was
> > not... you.
>
> Whether or not you knew him enough to be able to make any
> assessment about his personality is beside the point.

My post, my point.

> The point is, I think it's about time we meet, Curt.

Keeping thinking. And... be careful what you wish for.

> So let me know when you're in New York City.

Will do. Keep reading RAB, too.

> I'll buy.

Cool.

> It'd be only fair.

To be honest, I suspect there is no fair with you.

> If for some reason you're a little pensive about
> the meeting, possibly thinking I'm going to punch
> you in the face or something, I'd most happily see
> if I can get a few people to show up

Error, fantasy, argument, and apparently a large dose of idiocy. If I
was pensive about meeting you, exactly how would you getting "a few
people to show up" change that? D'OH!

Say, do you read what you write or are you just hitting keys randomly?
Rhetorical.

> if it'd make you more comfortable.

I'm plenty comfortable.

Again, thanks for the attention. And, hey, remember these words?

"See, many of us have spam filters, which prevent us from ever seeing
usenet spam. You on the other hand, appear to not. When you respond
to them, you basically disable our spam filters and force us to see the
seething bullshit that you see." From:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...d487449a583bc4
aka http://tinyurl.com/rcvtz

So, about that whole "When you respond to them, you basically disable
our spam filters" concept... I kindasorta think that works with YOU
replying to MY posts which then impacts those who have me in their kill
files. You basically disable their filters and force them to see the
(I'm assuming they consider my words) "seething bullshit" they'd rather
not see. Do I have a grasp on that?

....

More importantly, perhaps, do you?

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

radio913@aol.com schrieb:

> That's why you are "picky," right? So your feelings
> don't get hurt?

I'm picky because I have quality standards for people *and* tattoos.
You just so happen to meet neither. But do keep whining.

Nina

radio913@aol.com wrote:
[...]

> Curt,
>
> Nina's spelling is "afwul" because she is so
> steamed at me, she doesn't have time to check her
> spelling! Ha! I can almost see the smoke from CA!

heh

Steam and smoke are both overrated, imo. Still, I do envy you
California. How's the weather?

Say, try this on Nina:

"I think it's about time we meet, Nina.

Let me know next time you're in CA."

Never know, G! Just might work. ;o)

Best of luck.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Nina Baltes wrote:
>
> I'm picky because I have quality standards for people *and* tattoos.
> You just so happen to meet neither. But do keep whining.
>

Who's whining?

I found an absolutely GORGEOUS pic of you:


http://1stserve.com/images/steffi.jpg



HOT DAMN.



Slick

Curt James wrote:
>
> heh
>
> Steam and smoke are both overrated, imo. Still, I do envy you
> California. How's the weather?
>

Blazing Hot! It was absolutely BOILING this
Sat!


> Say, try this on Nina:
>
> "I think it's about time we meet, Nina.
>
> Let me know next time you're in CA."
>
> Never know, G! Just might work. ;o)
>


Dude, don't get me going! I'd
go nuts just talking to her on the phone!

First she has to understand that
I do not hate her. In fact, i'm a huge fan.

But I'm gonna let myself fantasize
a bit:


http://i.cnn.net/si/pr/subs/swimsuit..._sgraff_01.jpg



Slick

radio913@aol.com wrote:
[...]

re Nina

> <snip>I'd go nuts just talking to her on
> the phone!
>
> First she has to understand that
> I do not hate her. In fact, i'm a huge fan.

Hmmm. It would appear you have some ground to make up. Might I suggest
some major ass kissing? And, uh, no more mention of her having crappy
tattoos. Certainly, you'll agree, that's a major error in fact, right?

Anyway, sorry to read about the blazing hotness in your part of town.
It's sunny and clear today in south central (Pennsylvania). Best of
luck with the fan club. ;o)

--
Curt

Curt James <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote:

>> So let me know when you're in New York City.
>
> Will do. Keep reading RAB, too.
>

Nah. I just came around to make a couple of posts. RAB
has been dead for a number of years.

>
> Error, fantasy, argument, and apparently a large dose of idiocy. If I
> was pensive about meeting you, exactly how would you getting "a few
> people to show up" change that? D'OH!
>

Alright, if I can find them, a few people who like you. If you know of
any already in NYC let me know.




-----yttrx

yttrx wrote:
> Curt James wrote:
>
> >> So let me know when you're in New York City.
> >
> > Will do. Keep reading RAB, too.
>
> Nah.

Oh, goodie. <yawn>

> I just came around to make a couple of posts.

Yeah? To who? Me? Because I'm not seeing anything else. Why don't you
pitch your two cents somewhere else?

And, look, how'm I going to let you know when I'm in New York if you
don't read RAB? We're not exactly on each other's Christmas lists.

> RAB has been dead for a number of years.

Dead to you, perhaps. Very much alive to me and others.

I believe the phrase is, "Don't get it twisted."

> > Error, fantasy, argument, and apparently a large
> > dose of idiocy. If I was pensive about meeting you,
> > exactly how would you getting "a few people to show
> > up" change that? D'OH!
>
> Alright, if I can find them, a few people who like you.

Hey, they're there. Ask around. ;o)

> If you know of any already in NYC let me know.

What drugs are you on now? Let you know?

I'm not IM'ing you. I'm not emailing you. I'm not calling you. If
you're not reading RAB, that leaves us with, what, homing pigeon? I
said enjoy your fiction, but it seems you've moved well beyond that.

--
Curt
http://curtjames.com/

Curt James <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Alright, if I can find them, a few people who like you.
>
> Hey, they're there. Ask around. ;o)
>

I did, that's why I'm asking.

> I'm not IM'ing you. I'm not emailing you. I'm not calling you. If
> you're not reading RAB, that leaves us with, what, homing pigeon? I
> said enjoy your fiction, but it seems you've moved well beyond that.
>

You know, for a person who's professed endlessly to never have
once been bothered by anything I've ever said about him or to
him, you sure are acting as if your panties are in a bunch about
SOMETHING.

Hey man, I don't have to push it. You don't want to, that's cool.




-----yttrx

Curt James wrote:
>
> Hmmm. It would appear you have some ground to make up. Might I suggest
> some major ass kissing? And, uh, no more mention of her having crappy
> tattoos. Certainly, you'll agree, that's a major error in fact, right?
>

Agreed. It wouldn't be the first time i've blown it.

But, she's married and lives on the other side of the planet,
so i ain't holding my breath.


> Anyway, sorry to read about the blazing hotness in your part of town.
> It's sunny and clear today in south central (Pennsylvania). Best of
> luck with the fan club. ;o)
>

Actually, i think i may enjoy a bit of snow at this
point....grass
is always greener, eh?


S