modest mouse, you inspired me

[Mischka]

There's no way I could top your av, but I thought this one was pretty cool.

<--- meet Katzen, the human cat. She has a surgically implanted tail, and has snipped her eyes and ears to appear more cat-like. She's married to Enigma, and I sold both of them glasses when I was an optician during undergrad. Very nice people.

Here's Katzen & Enigma together:

 

[Savage Kitten]

wow cool!

that's awesome as fuck! Is that body paint or tatts?

 

[modest mouse]

Mischka

I am glad to lend inspiration whenever I can.

I am familiar with Enigma, but this is the first I have seen of Katzen. I am glad they are married for all those blind dates must have been terribly frustrating. Thanks for putting up the pic.

I can wrap my head around full body tattoing and implants (this tail thing is very curious), but what I wonder about my avatar guy is all the problems of having all that metal in your face. The weight, sleeping, airport security.....and the one that sticks in my head is about a cold day. Once that metal gets cold, he must pretty much freeze his ass off(unless he has a tail to keep it warm).

 

[Mischka]

Tatts. I believe the Enigma holds the record for the most tattoo artists to work on one person. Twenty people simultaneously worked on filling in his puzzle pieces. His goal is to fill in all of them - some have individual scenes, some bleed across several pieces.

You can see in the pic that the Enigma has also had horns implanted. When I met him in 1997, which is the same time as when this photo was taken, he had had three horn operations. The doc would peel back his skin, put a small amount of a maleable plastic on the skull, and reattach the skin. He could only do small amounts at a time to allow the skin to stretch properly. Same procedure with Katzen's tail.

One of their friends asked me to join them at the Thrill Kill Cult concert, but I just couldn't go. I felt absolutely bland next to them.

 

[modest mouse]

Here I am In All My Glory!

I had heard some about Enigma's plan to eventually have substantial horns. It must cost a great deal of money to embark on body modification of this degree. I suspect part of it is being involved in a network of friends that facilitates "free" work.

As far as being bland, I have neither a tattoo nor a piercing. Lots of childhood scars though.

 

[Mischka]

modest mouse

My av thinks your av is hot.

 

[modest mouse]

Here Kitty, Kitty

*Somehow I knew this guy would have more luck with women than I do*

 

[Mischka]

Wow - I started counting your piercings, and stopped at 100. And that's just on the face. I can't imagine what the rest of your bod looks like. I made the large pic the wallpaper on my laptop. Something for the law types to gawk at tomorrow in class.

 

[modest mouse]

Kudos to you Mischka for lobbing a wrench into the works of uptight people. I bet you grow tired of that big face greeting you on your desktop though, I know I would.

 

[Cheyenne]

Kudos to you Mischka for lobbing a wrench into the works of uptight people. I bet you grow tired of that big face greeting you on your desktop though, I know I would.

Mouse- are you in your current avatar? Do you live in Texas, by any chance?

 

[modest mouse]

Mouse- are you in your current avatar? Do you live in Texas, by any chance?

If you mean my current "aquanet" av...yes, I am standing proudly behind my wife and daughter. I am not in Texas though, I am in Vermont.

 

[Cheyenne]

If you mean my current "aquanet" av...yes, I am standing proudly behind my wife and daughter. I am not in Texas though, I am in Vermont.

I would have guessed Texas, the "Big Hair" state.

 

[Laurel]

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the Jim Rose circus Lizard Man.

http://www.thelizardman.com/

From an article:

"Obviously a well-adjusted individual, Erik Sprague has his tongue surgically forked, fingernails shaped into claws, scales tattooed on his body and ridges implanted in his skull. Apprently inspired by the Lizard in the Spiderman comics, the 28-year-old, who as well as touring with the Jim Rose Circus is studying for a PhD at the University of Albany. The transformation is only half complete though so Mr Sprague is planning a further 200 hours in the tattoo parlour to complete the change. This is all very well but do you think like the Salamander lizard if a piece of his anatomy was cut off would it grow back? Now that would be worth paying to see."

 

[lickerish]

that looks kinda nasty... but awesome!

hmmm.. that tongue is very intriguing.

 

[Barb Dwyer]

Leapin' Lizards!

His momma must be so proud!

If his PhD doesn't work out, he could always get a gig (pardon the pun) as the new spokeslizard for Bud-weis-errrrrrrrrrrr.