For anyone that has worn hockey skates, you know that they're laced incredibly tight. In fact, it's not uncommon to lace tightener to really cinch them up. I lace my boots the same way, my I think it's starting to affect my feet! When I take off my boots, the skin has sock ridges for hours afterwards. Plus the laces are almost dead already… The good news though is that in my searching I finally found my film camera so I'll be able to take lots of pictures in Jamaica this weekend!
All the time people say to me, “oh, my friend Doodler McWang knows you”, or “yeah, my piercer Frodo at Steel Farts is a friend of yours” and stuff like that. It seems that an aweful lot more people know me and hang out with me than the other way around. Earlier today I got this message:
hey guess what? i was talking to my friend *** last night and we were talking about bme and he was like my frined ian the canadian is frineds with shannon. small world huh? we are from ct. just thought i would tell ya.
I thought that was kind of odd, because I don't really know many Ians, let alone Ians that pass between both countries. I thought it might have been my friend Iain from university, so I asked if it was (insert Iain's full name here). I got the following reply:
im not sure of his last name but he is from canada and i think lives here in ct. *** told me he was up in canada maybe last weekend or not too long ago and you guys hung out and drove the monster truck. i just think its interesting how someone always knows someone else. take care.
A lot of holes in that story! First, my truck has been in storage for the past month. Second, the only people that have ridden in my truck in the last few months are MiL0 and Caitbug. Certainly no guys… As far as my weekends, they've been spent with MiL0, and not some guy called Ian. Ha ha ha… Should I be amused or flattered or weirded out that pretending to know me is a status symbol?
Maybe it's just my memory! If it is, sorry I forgot you Ian! It might also be this Ian who I don't think has ever ridden in my Jeep, and I don't think I've seen in six months, but stories do change when they're passed along a chain, right?
OK, I think we may have a classic videogame superhero here on IAM… Is it just me or does supraXXX look suspiciously like Blanka from Streetfighter?
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| BME's old “office”. | Dennis of DMT fame. “I wanna fuck the shit out of you!” (Sorry, in-joke). |
My God! What was I thinking! These are my two of my first tattoos. One is obviously done with a needle, and the other is not-so-obviously done by a “professional”. | |
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| Here's what happens when you stretch an apadravya to three inches (no kidding, this is real — I've seen it in person). Better photos are in the ModCon book. | Keith Alexander, an important figure in the public acceptance of body modification, as well as a friend and an early supporter of BME. Rumor has it he might be opening his studio again! | Leah, my girlfriend all through highschool (up until my “nervous breakdown” for lack of a better word). | |
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| Ha, ha, ha! Prince Albert St. — sorry the photo is so blurry. | The best postcard I ever got. If you can't read it, it says, “I may not make it back from the cruise so consider this my will. If the gravity pulls me overboard in the night, you can have everything. Man it is sure hot here.” | An extremely early RAB munch — can you recognize anyone? | |
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| Scott Fox, creator of the BME logo. The guy in the background with the hair is me. | Stainless Studios Field Trip to the CNE. L-R: Corrie, Emma, Dennis, Emily, Caitlin, Tom, Jen. | I've always wanted to get a Sterling, but never have… yet… This is a photo from my now offline PriceOfHisToys car site. | Waaaayyyyy drunk. At my surprise birthday party about six (?) years ago. |
Grr.. Got almost no sleep again — woken up about an hour ago by the postman (thanks cris). It was worth it though — got lots of amazing photos of Brazil from cris.
Check out this email I got… The weird thing is I've never written anything like this about neuticles — not even close… I sort of think it's some sort of bizarre spam, or maybe even a weird joke:
Subject: Your Providing VERY FALSE INFORMATION
your website indicates that Neuticles are unsafe and rejection rate is high. This is absolutely not true. Neuticles have been implanted in over 75,000 pets Worldwide and never a reported complication in over 6 years. Each Neuticled pet is insured by our company for $2 million and we even provide a lifetime satisfaction guarantee.
Please visit our website and get the facts straight on Neuticles- testicular implantation for pets. If you were in the US we would be sueing you silly right now for spreading such outlandish lies about our product.
Gregg Miller
NEUTICLES
Wow… If I was in the US right now I'd beat you silly for making such foolish claims about me. Here's the extent of what the glossary says about neuticles:
neuticle solid silicone artificial implants (brand name)
Neuticles are a well known brand of testicular prosthesis used widely in the veterinary industry.
Oooooh. Now that's offensive. The only other reference to neuticles on the entire site is in the implant FAQ and it's a passing one at best (“Silicone testicles — 'falsies', or brand name Neuticles — are sometimes used” “Neuticles are available through veterinary suppliers”). Yeah, good luck with the lawsuit!
