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"MyLife" Feelings not spared.Heart and touch so rare.
Dec 17, 2009
"MyLife"
Feelings not spared.Heart and touch so rare.
Friday, November 21, 2005
Just like a switch, with just one flip,
A feeling so rich, left in the ditch.
My anchor I lost, ain't life a bitch
Now I float wondering, my soul lost its lift.
How long can I afloat? After taking all these hits.
I am taking in water, I must be quick.
My lifes half over, I pray it can be fixed
My heart feels torn, like a screen with a glitch.
I just place blame, and say shes a witch.
My loss with you, I will never forget,
Things slowly fade out, slowly I drift
In a grave I will lay, a coffin I fit.
Six feet below surface, my body just sits.
I lost all my will, my main reason to live
But living I remain, and you I don't blame.
Only my choices, my reasons so lame.
Before I give up, I will win one game
In a world so scary, Lifes such a gift.
Its just one more out, I swang and I missed
Theres an old saying, in the sea theres more fish.
I can't replace you, my switch I can't flip.
Missing your touch and kissing your lips.
My life has a purpose, my love is a gift.
I repaired all the holes, and the anchor I will fix.
But I know it was me, and not a bad pitch.
My lifes not over, I still feel this gift.
D.j. Master Jombo aka The Artistic Maniac
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Tattooist The Artistic Maniac
Dec 17, 2009
Master Jombo (The Artistic Maniac)
Artist Bio
Tattooing started out for me back when I was a sophomore in high school. I was raised in a house with strict parents and found myself grounded on the weekends when my peers would be out doing their high school things.
I don't recall who first told me how to make a pick and poke tattoo rig. But F.M. 90's Deadend Street and pick and poke tattooing became my way to get through those weekends.
After graduating from high school, I met some guys who had just moved to town from Fresno, California. They saw my pick and poke tats and showed me how to make a homemade rotor type machine (spinner).
People began lining up to be tattooed, and I charged little to nothing. I had done close to fifty or so guitar string tattooes when a friend, who had the inside on a pawnshop, informed me of a tattoo gun that would become available within the week.
With the upgraded gun, my work definately improved. I did approximately 50 or so tattooes with that gun. I don't know who made it, but the foot switch was located on the grip.
I was ready for my next gun upgrade. I then contacted National Tattoo Supply. They said to come up with 2 solid references and they would consider assigning me an account. I listed Screaming Mimi Tattoos and the guy that did tattoos at Tea Anchor Flea Market back in 94-95 as my two references. The guy at the flea market also gave me some excellent tips and information.
I made a large order with National Supply. National Flyweight because the weight thing of course. Caps, needles and jigs, grips, tubes and a vast selection of homogenized inks.
I was ready to advertise and really make a name for myself. I called to get licensed and health department approval and found there was not any kind of regulation for shops in the panhandle, the city, the county, or even the state. I was told they didn't have a department set up for inspections in the panhandle.
So I decided to advertise in the phone book. Still having HVAC as a full time job, I quickly became overwhelmed by all the calls. At least 5 calls per day were inquiries about piercing.
I then had to decide, one or the other. With a new baby, my fiance did not think tattooing was a job for a family man and that it would cause problems. So I changed my phone number and decided that my friends and people they referred to me, would be as far as I would go.
I have always believed that there is a tattoo for everybody. Originality was the only way to go. I have no record of years of tattooing because of this. In other words I would draw it up according to what the client wanted and send them home with the original and the carbon copy of the pattern. Thus ensuring there would never be a duplication of their tattoo.
When the Music Box first announced they were opening a studio, I went to an interview. Only having a junky folder of drawings with very few photographs, I was told that a better portfolio would increase my chances of getting a job as a tattooist.
Now years later, I have fewer pictures due to the loss of property from loaning a friend my equipment and tattoo flash.
I have now replaced and upgraded my equipment and supplies, and increased my knowledge of the art with the help of some local retired tattoo artists. I have made the decision to apply myself in ways I could never have imagined. I think tattooing is a deadend when you are tattooing in a garage or motel room or when you are around clients that lead to things that discourage and blur the consistency of the art.
One month inside a shop and my skills will have increased two-fold. My goal is to make my name in tattooing as well-known as artists Paul Booth and Mario Barth.
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