Born and raised in the Midwest (Illinois) I always had a LOVE for radio. Yes, I am a nerd...I'm a HUGE Maynard James Keenan fan and if I could afford to follow him and all his musical ventures I would do it in a heartbeat! I've started taking F.I.G.H.T. classes and kickboxing classes since moving here and I think it's my new addiction...ass kicking...just rolls off the tongue. More than happy that work brought me to the tri-state and I'm excited to see where it goes...
Thank you to everyone who entered for this contest. There were around 270 entries and it was an EXTREMELY hard decision to be made. Here are all the winners stories and which artist they get to work with thanks to Olde Line Tattoo..
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Ariel Hall …. Will be working with artist : Wade Johnson
my custom tattoo idea is a vibrantly colored snake eating it's own tail. i
would want it either around my wrist on ankle. the story behind this idea is that my family went through a tragedy recently. my step father became very ill "mentally" he was diagnosed with ptsd and several other mental illnesses. and on september26th 2011 my step dad burnt down our house and then committed suicide. Our family was devastated, and i found myself at only 20 years old homeless fatherless and with a lot of hard times and struggles ahead of me, i now would have to be the man of the house and take care of my mother little sister and other family members. i worked hard found a place big enough for my family and began to repair our lives. i look back now and remember thinking to myself that i couldn’t do it that I had lost everything and that there would never be anyway to get pass this, and I realize that this was a chance to start all over and that we could make it as long as we had each other. the symbolism of the snake eating it's own tail it "That to start a new life, i must first destroy the one i had" and though i might not have destroyed the first one someone else did for me. This experience has given me a whole new look on life, i have a new start, my family is by my side and i know i can make it through anything. even though it was my stepdad that did it im not mad at him at all because i have only grown stronger from the experience. so i guess i want this as a constant reminder that i can always start over and to be greatful for what i have because u never know when it can all go away.
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Dennis Mayes …. Will work with Artist Jason Dorrier
My idea is to get a pin up girl tattoo of a hot teacher. My wife is a 5th
grade teacher and is smokin hot. Long dark hair with beautiful blue eyes. I would
like it to look like her in a hot, yet tasteful cartoony way. Maybe she could be sitting on desk with her legs crossed holding an apple with a black board in the
background. Maybe some books on the desk or a globe. I would like to win this
contest for two reasons: 1. I have been thinking about this idea for a while now and winning this contest would be a great way for me to step up and have it done. 2. I think its a nice tribute to my wife without getting her name or some sappy heart tattoo. Thank you very much for your consideration.
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Jessica Day …. Will work with Artist… Matti Brown
My name is Raven and I'm entering my mom into the contest. She deserves
to win this more than anyone. The past 5 years have been rough for our family, but it's hit her the hardest. She is now going through a divorce with a man she once loved. Why? Because he was the worst. He treated her like garbage. But when he came after my brother and I, that's when she knew it was time to get out. She is the epitome of a strong women who fights for her children. She decided that after the divorce, she wanted something this man never agreed with, which is a tattoo. Of what? She wants a Celtic knot raven and something involving my brother, to symbolize her what she fights for in life. The thing is, I'm going to college soon, and with the massive costs looming over us, I know she will give up the money for my expenses. I know you may hear other sob stories sadder than this, but I don't want this to be out of pity. I want this to be a gift to a woman who has a meaning to her ink and deserves something to symbolize her new beginning. What better way than with her first tattoo
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Sharon Hopkins.. will work with Artist.. Abel Dieda
I would love to have a first time tattoo of the luck dragon from the movie
Never Ending Story to memorialize my best friend, who committed suicide just before Christmas in 1995. We had been friends since 1987 and I had some of the best times of my life with her. I always knew she had some depression problems throughout the years and it got really bad in 1995. Instead of being a friend, I started to back off as the issues got worse. Looking back now I do think it was more that I couldn’t handle it. I have always felt guilty because I should of been there for her and maybe things would of turned out different. It really didn't hit me until a few weeks after her death when I had a dream where she came to me and said she was ok now. I was heart broken for a year and still miss her so much and I still think about her and all the great times we had together. I do think she was my best friend ever! The reason for this tattoo is this movie was her favorite. I have never had a desire for one but this would be the exception. Maybe it would finally give me some piece of mind, some closer, a way for me to say I'm sorry! Please take this story into consideration.
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Full Name: Kerri Bryant
Kerri’s story was chosen as the BEST entry and will work with Artist.. DAVE KRUSEMAN
Umm where to begin, I will start with why. At age 26 I almost lost my
Mother. At the hospital with the Doctors are telling me to say goodbye. They told us that they tried to pull her off the heart machine, but her heart was not beating on its own. They said her heart was too weak. So I went to her room, listened to everyone say goodbye! I couldn't, Instead I told her how much I still needed her, I told her that she had to be around, see me be a great mother like her. Two hours later they came back and said she pulled through and would recover just fine from the major heart surgery. I had the pleasure of loving her for five more years. At age 30 I told her I was pregnant. Nine months after having my son, Aiden, my mom had another heart attach, this time the drs., said they couldn't do anymore surgery, her heart is too weak. On February 7th 2009 I lost my mother. My mother loved unconditionally, there isn't a day that goes by I don't think of her or try to call her to tell something about her grandson. I can not think of a better tattoo to represent her and the fact I became a mom, then a sacred heart, banner with mom, and wings expanding hip to hip curling in on the tips about to embrace the heart on my stomach where I carried my one and only. Thank you for your time.
Thank you again for all of the entries and hopefully we can do more things like this in the future!
Yesterday I picked up the phone and called my dad, as I try to do weekly, and I start filling him in on the completed freak out I had last Friday night. The cause of this freak out happens to be the puppy that I have that I do love dearly.. he is great and cute..I mean look!!
All that being said he is still a puppy and a WHOLE lot of work. I tell my dad how the pup essentially had a poop fest last Friday night and it just pushed me over the edge. I was a bit..mmm.. over whelmed. Once I wrap up the story my dad says to me, " Well that's funny because I just sent you a book." I responded with " Oh yeah? What book would that be?"
I got it in the mail today...check this out..
I couldnt figure out how to rotate the pic..lol
My father is a mind reader and believe it or not..this book has some useful stuff in it.. :)
Did you ever realize how much work it was to have a puppy?
So lately I have been having a bit of a creative block..and when that happens sometimes you just need to step out of your element and do something different. Well Ive been trying and trying to find a place that lets you make your own pottery, but have failed at finding one. So luckily I got a GREAT Christmas gift. A Discovery Kids Pottery Wheel!! Laugh if you must but this made my day! Granted I hadn't made use of it til just the other day, but still knowing I had the option eased my mind. So the other night I bust this bad boy out. I have not done pottery since 6th grade art class so I was "giddy as a school girl" at the chance to try. It is still a work in progress and I will share as soon as I finish my "Best Cereal Bowl Ever"....(which if I was a smoker I guess would really be an ashtray) either way..I just wanted to let you in on a great artistic outlet..for any age... check out the set up below..
I promise to share the final results after it is painted and maybe bedazzled!! thats right it came with jewels..ha. and 2 packets of clay so I can do more! What sort of creative outlets do you have?
Yesterday the dog got to come visit at work for a while and I decided to take him on a stroll around the station in Greencastle. The down side is there really arent any side walks for us to walk on so it was a lot of walking in the grass and on the streets. So we stroll down the road and take a left assuming the road we were headed down was actually a road. OH no.. it was not. It was a cul-de-sac (im sure that is spelled wrong). Or in other words a dead end road with a giant circle at the end of it for you to turn around. While stolling down the road I see something out of place. It was definitely not something you see everyday. what was it you ask...well...I took a picture!..see below....
so again..my question would be..anyone missing this? it made me laugh..hope it at least makes you smile...
IT'S BIO TIME!
so again..my question would be..anyone missing this? it made me laugh..hope it at least makes you smile...
