Tattoo Tag-Teams: An Ink Master Recap

This week on Spike TV’s Ink Master should have been re-slatted from “Tattoo Tag-Team” to “Everybody and their mother hates Gentle Jay.”  Hell even my mother hated Gentle Jay!  So, why do we all hate Jay?  Well quite frankly it’s his attitude.  Much like Josh from the previous season, Jay assaulted the viewers with his “mine’s bigger” persona and complete delusional approach to the competition.   For some reason, he has come to believe that the other artists are intimidated by him, and his body of work this season begs the question “WHY?!”

 

There was no flash challenge this week, so the remaining artists are shoved into the elimination challenge, working in teams of two they must create a piece that looks as if it were done by one individual.  That’s it, no specific style or theme, just you and your partner switching off every hour.  Right out of the gate, no one wants Jay.  This is where douche bag of the year jumps into his verbal and mental assault on the audience, I mean he attempts to mushroom stamp you with his arrogance disguised as delusional confidence.  Unfortunately, poor Melissa is linked to the boat anchor and it shows right on her face.  His reaction:  “She needs to clean the **** up and put a ****** smile on her face.”  Are you kidding?!  All you do is complain about everyone else?  What you think you’re a prize?  Come on man, we have all seen your work, your terrible!

 

So the artists break into their pairs and right away it seems like team Jay-lissa has completely ran aground.  Jay believes he is pulling the weight on their elephant tattoo and it’s clearly the opposite as he has abandoned her with 2/3rds of the tattoo.  As for team Scott/Halo, Scott has officially decided he is going to be the Dom around the shop and continuously pokes Halo with his opinion stick.  Halo is a champ for not stabbing him with the gun!  Still you know the piece is going to be top looks just based on the fact that the two have a great report and way to integrate their talents.  Sausage and Matti, well at this point at least we know they won’t be in the bottom but their Japanese inspired design is kind of letting them down.

 

Jay has taken it upon himself to blame everything bad in the tattoo on Melissa, who finished the whole tattoo.  If anything I want whatever drugs he’s on because his confidence and arrogance is off the charts.  Look man starting off a collaboration with “I acknowledge that she’s speaking but I’m not listening,” you are putting yourself in the bottom before ink ever touches the skin.  Consistently ignoring your team mate and then trying to tell her what to do doesn’t mean you’re a better artist, it means you are a dick.

 

When the tattoos are revealed, it’s clear who can work together and who should never speak to each other again.  So first was Scott and Halo’s beautiful Carousel horse with a tentacle mane giving the canvas both elements of the horse and the octopus that she was looking for.  I loved the color shading that Halo popped into this piece and it was clear that the team really shined together.  Good for them!

 

Next up was Sausage and Matti and their Hana mask, which looked more like a fat green Muppet dragon.  The design did not really ring through for me at all but, it was smooth, saturated, and full color showing contrast and dimension.  Ultimately, a great piece that just lacked a good design.

 

As for Melissa and Jay, the elephant was adorable!  However the added pieces just seemed to really detract from what could have been a great design.  It just seemed like they took a bunch of stickers and created a crappy collage.  So sad for Melissa, but what’s worse is that Jay decides to shove her far under the bus to save himself.

 

Thankfully it comes down to a tattoo face off as Melissa and Jay have to tattoo a Leopard and rose designed by guest judge Luke Westmond.  Man, I hate traditional!  So naturally Melissa finds herself being coached by Halo, Scott and Matti… Okay mainly Scott.  Yeah they became worse than helicopter parents at a kiddie park, but it pays off as Jay is cut loose.  What are his parting words?  “Fuck you Scott…”  Stay Classy Jay…           

Not exactly rosemary's baby: A Drop Dead Diva Review

Sunday night at the law offices of Harrison and Parker, the sexual tensions seem to be coming to a boil as even Kim got a little love interest going, and despite missing our new guardian screw up and feisty secretary the episode managed to give just the right amount of fun and drama that I really love about the show.

When we last left our lovers, things were not okay in the Jane/Grayson land, and really how could they be?  The man did drive a huge wedge by turning Terri in.  Still, I agree with Stacy that Jane needs to rise above it, not because it’s not the truth… but because she needs the inner peace and let’s face it… She belongs with him.  The big problem with this?  Grayson cannot keep from doing the wrong thing, first by telling Jane she was irrational when Jane attempts to apologize and then again by whining to Kim about it.  Never tell a woman she is being irrational, basically what you’re saying is “you’re crazy.”  Gosh, how could anyone get mad about that?  And then to tell an ex fling turned friend about the cracks in a budding relationship?  What the hell?!  Are you going to tell them all our bedroom activities too?!  It’s a clear violation of intimacy.

Speaking of intimacy, Kim finds herself in a bit of an identity pickle this week when a handsome stranger asks her out.  Seeing as he’s sharply dressed, and let’s face it a social life is a huge break from single mother hood, Kim accepts only to find out he is working as a temp, replacing Terri.  For those of us that know that deep down Kim has a heart, even if it’s 3 sizes too small sometimes, definitely were pulling for him!  Still Kim’s major flaw is that she is forever upwardly mobile, like dating and having a child with Parker, and you want to start screaming as she begins her dance of self-sabotage as she debates whether she can stand dating a “regular guy.”  This reeks of “Cliff” from Ugly Betty and don’t pretend like you didn’t watch that show!  Still it’s a tale as old as time as the writers push this “different worlds” plot.

This season seems to really want to shove family to the forefront, what with Kim experiencing single motherhood in the work place, Owen struggling to respect Stacy’s wishes to stay out of a relationship with her, the previous adoption case and now the Bowen’s case that Kim is given.  Enter the adorable Bowen children, of which there are 4, who lost their parent’s in an accident but thankfully were all adopted together.  Or so they thought, It appears that the couple who fostered them only used them to get their home renovated on a reality TV show and then promptly booted them back to foster care.  The hardest part is that, under the law, this is permissible as the children were not party to the agreement between the show and the couple.  Isn’t that disgusting?

Well right when you get the major feels we are sent to Stacy land, and frankly that place scares me.  I know they wanted ditzy for Stacy but, this week she’s just plain dumb.  This week a southern waitress and daughter of a mid-wife convinces our yoga doing, smoothie drinkin mom to be that she is carrying an evil baby.  Why? Because she is burping a lot.  That’s right, she is whipped into frenzy because she has gas, imagine that a pregnant woman with gas… Ugh, maybe it’s because I’ve been pregnant, but these people are ridiculous.

So what’s going on in the awkward world of Jane/Grayson, well they’ve been dragged to a federal detention center to defend a high risk to national security.  When they get there, it’s a soccer mom who has no idea why she is there and according to the department of homeland security, Jane and Grayson have no right to know other than she is being charged with treason. The scary thing is, when you figure it all out, this could happen to anyone and they, by law, do not have to tell you what you did.  So what did she do?  Well she used the internet, more importantly the whole family used the computer.  So she looked up a yellow cake recipe (another term for uranium) and emailed a family friend in Saudi Arabia, her husband bought fertilizer for his business and her son worked on his mobile app (writing immense amounts of code).  Thank you patriot act, for monitoring out internets in the name of ‘Merica.  So should be easy enough to debunk with a search engine history, right?  Not when the search engine refuses to give you the results in the name of protecting privacy.  As always on this show, there is a major plot being hidden and with the search engine’s government contract hanging in the balance they attempt to slow down Jane by hacking her computer.  This only makes them even guiltier of trying to hide the flaws in their monitoring software, and sets our mom free!  Okay, now go make me a yellow cake woman!

Back in the Bowen case Kim convinces the shows lawyer to let the children sue on behalf of the show and presents the definite fraud by the disgraceful couple.  Hurray the kids get a new house and so does their Grandmother!  Happy ending, and for Kim it’s just another view into the heart we all know is in their under the armor.  Speaking of letting down the guard, things seem to heat up between Kim and David, could a “regular guy” be the answer to her power driven life?

As for burping Stacy, the answer wasn’t evil after all.  Its twins!  And, sadly it’s another blow to Owen who has really fallen for Stacy.  Um… dude she made out with your brother, isn’t that about as non-kosher as you get?  On top of that he wants to he opens up to Jane about it.  Owen, just shit or get off the pot!

So how do we wrap this up?  Oh yeah by Grayson taking Jane to the bedroom… Thanks Grayson, that was subtle… Meh… I think we jumped the shark, perhaps it’s good this is the last season, because this is wrapping up to happily ever after.  Boring!

Das Mini Haul!: Retail Therapy!

Das Mini Haul!

So after being forced to spend a few hours with people I can not stand my mother decided we needed some retail therapy and off we went to JC Penney.  Why?  Because my microscopic budget goes a long way, they have Sephora… and you know there was a huge sale.  So what did I get?

Well right when we walked in, I just had to snag a light cropped black hoodie from City Streets.  It was like 12 bucks after all the discounts, and with the warm yet surprisingly light fabric… totally worth every penny!  So beyond happy with this decision.

Next I hit the Sephora, normally I reserve this honor for the actual retail stores but, if I have to be honest I always know what I need and where it is anyway… This trip was no exception as I hit the Kat Von D section hard, and by the looks of the section… I wasn't the only one.  Thankfully they still had a liner pen in trooper.  You know that best product that always runs out too soon and you just aren't complete till it’s in your arms again?  Yeah that’s how the pen is for me!

After scooping up my tried and true I spied 1 lady bird pallet left.  This is an amazing matte pallet that begged me to buy it and I was completely happy to oblige.   The colors were just gorgeous and the weights of the pigments… genius!  Cue the ode to joy music!

Sadly our trip was coming to a close, but there was still one more hidden surprise… On sale for 10 bucks was a tank dedicated to my favorite pass time… The Selfie!  Yes, I’m addicted, and yes we got the tank.  I loved the open details in the back and just the overall statement… I cant wait to show off my selfie side, but first…. Let me make an outfit!

Yea it's upside down you paying attention?!

Nom Box #5!

Once again the mailman waltzed in with my bi-weekly delivery, the Graze Box! The wonderful program that lets you sample 4 super yummy smart snacking selections.  So, what’s in the box this time?

First up was the “Hot Cross Yum.”  The Hot Cross Yum was a mixture of orange raisins, sponge pieces, and cinnamon honey almonds.  Now the sweet tooth in me was completely happy with this.  However, deconstructing it made me start to reconsider whether I really was getting something that I loved, perhaps this was a momentary infatuation.  The sponge pieces were the same from the jelly doughnut mix in the last box, and I was happy to see them because the bite of the orange raisins was pretty intense.  The almonds were a sad disappointment, the honey was painted just painted on too thick and drowned out the cinnamon and the crunch the mix needed.

After that was the Apple Cosmo, a mix of apples, cranberries and lime raisins.  These people love raisins don’t they?  So this was pretty disappointing, the apples especially.  The apples were those partially dehydrated fruit slices that can have a paper like texture… Not so tasty.  What I did like though was the fresh zing of the raisins.  That made a refreshing save to this trendy little mix.

Third out of the box was totally the favorite, the “Crackling Black Peppercorn.”  These rice bits were a tad sweet at first but once the cracked pepper hit, the spice must flow!  These were a great little pallet cleanser after I sampled the ultra sweet Hot Cross Yum and I would gladly take more!

Last was the “America’s Nut’s Mix.”  The tough part of this health conscious company is that they are notorious for no salt.  Now I love nuts and chews but not without some form of seasoning, man that sounds bad… Still, bland meets blah… equals sadness…  

The powers of love and magic: A Once Upon a Time Recap

Here we are in Storybrooke with far more questions than answers this week as we dive into the mystery of the missing year.  So far, we know that Zelina is the long lost and forgotten sister of Regina, and her goal is to turn back time and stop Cora from abandoning her.  Pretty clear goal, wouldn’t you say?  Understanding this we can see that she is collecting what she needs, Rumple’s brain, Regina’s heart, Charming’s courage, and Snow’s baby for a recipe for disaster, but why did she bring them to Storybrooke with the dark curse?  Even more important, what did she use to bring them back?  Knowing that you have to sacrifice the heart of the thing you love most, it leaves us to wonder, what does Zelina love?  Perhaps what we should have been asking was did Zelina bring them to Storybrooke or was it the work of someone else?

 

The answers to this lye back in the Enchanted Forest where the Charming’s are preparing to announce their pregnancy in an effort to give the people hope… How a royal brat equals hope is beyond me but there you have it.  Of, course Regina has to be herself and attempt to “poo – poo” their special day, when Belle arrives at the castle to tell the Charming’s what we, the audience already know about Rumple and Neil.  Rumple being alive could be a huge advantage if they can get a clear answer on how to defeat the Wicked Witch out of him, and a quest begins to break into Rumple’s castle.  Because, if there were a witch trying to steal my baby I would totally want to break into the house of the guy who works for her that everyone calls “the dark one.”  Better take Robin Hood along to drool over, I mean for his experience in breaking into the castle.

 

In the castle they find the addle brained Rumple, who tells the foursome of the “good witch” Glenda who has been banished north of the dark forest.  Lots and lots of dark in this episode folks.  The catch to finding Glenda is that your heart must be pure to enter her isolation, which is behind a door, that otherwise leads to nowhere… Yeah, not digging the witches of Oz.  So, naturally Regina can’t go in, but Snow can, and that made me wonder.  We all know Snow killed Cora via dark candle and Regina herself showed Snow the dark speck on her heart, so how can you say Snow’s heart is pure?  Did the creators just miss that factoid?  I digress, Glenda isn’t much help anyway, explaining that only white magic can defeat Zelina, and the Charming’s jump on the “Emma is the savior” bandwagon as they declare that they will cast the dark curse!  See, lots of darkness.

 

Back in Storybrooke, the plot once again engulfs Henry.  Why does every plot line have to end in “Henry is the key to solving every problem land?”  With the adults searching for the book that started it all, thinking that it can help explain his life and make him believe, Henry has decided he is fed up with the crap and wants to head back to New York.  Way to take your ball and go home there Henry!  Thankfully, a sparkly jar of dirt, our scoundrel in residence Captain Hook is glad to attempt to get him out of town.  Save a lot of trouble as Zelina is already breathing down his neck to kiss Emma, peer pressure… what are you going to do?  This leads to another gigantic showdown with the flying monkeys, which makes it easier on Henry to believe that, maybe he isn’t normal…

 

So, we have Henry getting his memories back, Emma showing off some white magic and Zelina getting a taste of what Emma can do, not too shabby but, who cast the curse in the first place.  Well looks like it was the Charming’s, of course.  What’s that you say?  Why couldn’t anyone remember?  Why are they both alive if they loved each other above all else?  Well leave it to the belief that happy endings are real and the writers on the show to hurry through a complicated solution.  With help from Regina, Snow sacrificed Charming’s heart to enact the curse… So how is he still alive?  Well as luck would have it Regina is a magic heart surgeon and following the request of Snow splits Snow’s heart between the two of them.  So sweet I got a cavity, really… But of course all of this is interrupted by Zelina adding the forgetting spell to the dark curse.

Now who sent the potion?  We just saw that Killian couldn’t have gotten it from anyone of the people on the “good guy’s team.”  Once again we are gonna throw a story band aide on it revealing that Rumple and Neil had a brief split and it was Neil… That’s right Killian, go find the love of my life and give her back her memories, make sure to fall madly in love with her and flirt shamelessly!  Ack!  Thank god next week is the finale because it’s getting complicatedly lame… Sparrow Out!  

Asking for support is not extortion: A rant about deadbeats

We, as a society, need to stop glorifying men who do what they are supposed to and instead turn our attention on stopping the injustice being done to our children.  When a man and a woman create a child and the man cares for and supports his we act as if this man should be put up on a pedestal, he is a hero.  For doing what you should do anyway?  Does that mean the mother is a goddess?  Oh no, you see what you get on that is “well she’s a mom…”  So, you’re saying us doing our part is expected but a man towing his line is optional?  I’m sorry didn’t the man donate half of the material needed to create the child?  Suddenly because he decides it’s too much he has the option to walk out?  No, he doesn’t.  He has the right to end a relationship but not the right to walk away from taking care of his child.

 

Let me give you my experience, and maybe you can see why this “Pro-Dad” campaigne feels very anti-mom to me.  I gave birth to my son nearly 4 years ago, and it was one of the happiest and most fulfilling days of my life.  What transpired after, and even what led to that day, has opened my eyes to just how much people only see what they want to see.  Once the thrill of the hospital was over, my son and I went home to start our life together with promises from his father to help… How he intended to do that from 40 miles away with no job or car was a little fact I over looked because he “loved” the baby.

 

The first month was eye opening as did the work of two of us and tried to heal my own body simultaneously.  I did the shopping, the cleaning, the changing, the dressing, the washing, the soothing and the cooing.  Not to mention the rocking to sleep only to be woken by the hunger calls every two hours.  Still this was motherhood and I was determined, if other women can do it so can I, and besides my son’s father was supposed to help any day now… Surprise, the month ran out and slowly so was my patience for the man who couldn’t seem to find a job in the sea of help wanted adds.  Surely he came to vist, didn’t he?  No, that too was up to me to pack the bag, the baby, and my car, buy the gas and pay for every expense during the visit which included his cigarettes and alcohol… because you need those when your infant shows up.  I was also asked most every visit to clean or to use my car to do things for the sister and her offspring.  All of this was to be expected and after all, he loved my son.  This was the same son that he barely saw during the visit, the infant he passed to anyone else during visits so that he could sleep or watch tv, most of the time it was back to me who was hoping on reprieve.

 

By month two, this “loving father” was gone, having never paid a bill or helped lift a finger and I was to return to work.  That right 40 plus a week selling mattresses, then back home to be mom all night… Wash, rinse, repeat.  Right around that time I started noticing pictures around the mall urging people to praise the men that take care of their children… At first I nodded, yes reward good behavior, but then it dawned on me… There are no signs praising women who do their jobs as parents.  In fact, over the years it’s become down right degrading to be a mom while we coddle bad behavior.

 

What am I talking about?  Well, today I open my face book and see a friend of mine post a picture that states that a true dead beat is a woman who keeps her child from a loving father.  Um, I know Kenny can tell you he loves my son… but, what has he really done to show that love besides state it repeatedly?  I’m here in the trenches fighting to keep our life going and he’s out drinking and gallivanting.  My son has encompassed my life, as he should, and I’m the dead beat for not making sure the two have a connection.  That is not my job.  He took it upon himself to leave, to not support his child, not me.  Please don’t misunderstand a woman’s asking for support with extorting a child.  I have earned the right to hold my head up as a parent.  I have provided him with a life, with love and have asked for nothing in return but the help I was promised when the man who left us said he would be there… If that makes me an evil person in your eyes, let me ask you how is it fair that I do all of the work and he gets the joy?      

I hate the S in single...

The “S” in single mom seems to change meaning from person to person. In my experience so far, I’ve gotten saint, sinner, superhero, slut, and stupid. I don’t think any of those really define me at all, to me the single only designates the fact that I’m without a partner. Moving through this life with my son has been one of the biggest adventures of my life, one that I would never trade, still I can’t seem to wrap my brain around some of the more warped opinions on this ignorant planet. I’m going to go through these, some are funny and some are hurtful but, maybe someday I can help change peoples minds about women in my situation.

Saint: This is one of the most double sided misconceptions of single parenting that drives me insane. I’ve only run across it a few times but the few I have made the experience memorable. The saint: “Oh so you’re doing this by yourself? Bless you… It’s so amazing to see someone trying so hard.” Yes, I’ve actually heard this. So the “saint” is when the person speaking has decided that you raising another human being without the other parent is some supernatural event. It’s not, it’s my life. We as a society seem to want to put some badge of honor on people doing what they should, you had a child… you raise it…

Sinner: Okay, I had a child out of wed lock, I get it, that’s a no no. However, I would like to point out the same values that condemns me also condemns your actions in condemning me. “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone…” My sinner status was something that like all humans, according to tradition, I was born in… Furthermore it’s between me and my fait not you, me and my faith. Feel free to take your judgments else where just as I reserve passing mine on your actions.

Superhero: This one kind of piggy backs the saint. I’m a working mom who punches the clock 40 hours a week, I work out when I can, keep us fed and try to keep us comfy. For some reason there is a group of people who believes this takes superpowers… what it takes is practice and addiction to caffeine, he “Mombie” is a real thing.

Slut: Yes, having a child proves that at one time I had a sex life… However, he’s also been an amazing source of abstinence infused birth control. I realize that not all single moms abstain but, society needs to see that not all of us spend our nights with our ankles by our ears.

Stupid: Making a bad choice is not the same as being mentally insufficient. When I met my son’s father I thought it was a real forever deal. The problem was that we were both into the idea each other had of the other and not the reality. Just because I realized that my priorities changed and left a toxic situation doesn’t mean that I was stupid. I was misinformed on how majorly flawed my life was. I call it blinded by bliss.

Now, even though these were all S words in my attempt what it boils down to the biggest beef I have is whether it’s damaged or different society seems to have stopped treating me like a person and that needs to stop. I live a regular life and I’m helping to shape another life… So, maybe the single should be just be a relationship status, cause in the end it’s the Mom that counts.

I like to move it move it: A Jim Henson Creature Shop Challenge Recap

This week on Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge the phrase go big or go home, can’t begin to describe the creature brief. Opening with the large dark unicorn from the Lady GaGa “Born This Way” Tour, the creature creators are introduced to the massive construction and movement. Movement is key to bringing a large creature to life in a way that you lose the puppeteer and the creature takes over. To add an element of competition the creature must perform on a black lit stage with accents in UV paints.

First the contestants are divided into teams of two leaving three teams, this is the downside to the small group, I feel like we just got started and it’s already almost half over. The teams are allowed to meet with their performer and discuss the movement of their creature, which is a huge advantage when you start to fabricate, when it’s discovered that two of the groups are doing similar designs. Both Melissa and Ben and Russ and Robert have chosen to do large birds that will encompass the performer and give them long flowing motions in the necks and wings. Despite the similar designs the creatures thankfully have very distinct movements and shapes that each is refreshingly original.

In camp Melissa and Ben the word of the week is Communication, unfortunately there for the first few days, they are out of words. Ben is such a dynamic personality that it really combats Melissa’s perky attitude. For the first time, Melissa seems like she is about to snap when finally Ben’s idea folds back on himself and it’s up to her last min fix to save their lovely loons wings. So, about this loon… When it took the stage for his screen test, you would have ever known their had been any issues. The new lighter wings that Melissa built allowed the performer to extend and contract them without the threat of a static movement while diplaying the dynamic feather work. The head sculpt had a wonderful shape that gave their creature a kind of living silliness that really worked. As for the black light painting, the team chose to airbrush a light white wash on that made it glow to life and helped to hid the simplicity of the design.

Russ and Robert’s bird constructed off of a backpack took shape insanely quick and hit the ground really running. With the boom pole the ostrich looking head has a kind of character all it’s own. The bob gives her a real organic feel. The beautiful accented red paint job gives it a real pop against the initial black coloring, and I thought it was really cool how there was a dark bird and a light bird. The major flaw with the bird was that it lacked pupils which may cause a drop in focus of the animal. Still, with the size of the eyes it kind of worked and gave it an other worldly quality. The movement Robert was able to achieve was amazing, each foot placement was clearly thought out and worked around the egg props that Russ had created. Was it a better bird? Not really, but it was still a very complete build.

The unfortunate flop of the episode was tragically the team of Jake and Lex and their poor lizard. It was so daring to build a non aviary creature for the movement challenge, however with a lack of foam knowledge they were clearly overwhelmed. I wish one of them had remember that it was about movement! Jake took entirely too much time sculpting a detailed head which left poor lost Lex to do her best on the body and movement work. Yet again we get a lot of “I’ve never’s” from Lex, I may hate those but I felt bad this week. Sadly, “Tiny’s” screen test was horrendous when the feet don’t hit the ground correctly, but all is not lost as there is some good notes about his tail movement.

At the end there is always a winner and loser and this week was a bitter sweet decision for me. First the winner made me so happy with Melissa’s last min wings winning her top prize of the night and it was well earned. Melissa is proof that a good attitude can really take you places when you just kind of smile through it. As happy as I was for her, this week we have to say good bye to Lex. Her failure to create good joints sealed her fate, however I think she is so talented and I’m sure we haven’t seen the last of her.

Reference or plagiarism?: My Answer to Gentle Jay's Whinning

About last night’s Ink Master debate… That was ridiculous!

 

After turning in their finished pieces Gentle Jay decides he has seen Scott’s tattoo before and immediately hits the internet looking for an image.  What he brings to the table is a picture of a sculpture of a Samurai riding a horse that does bare some similarity to Scott’s Samurai.  Guess what?! That’s not plagiarism… At least not how I or any of the judges saw it.

 

What Scott had done is use the statue as reference.  Everyone uses a reference idea when they create these pieces.  Do you honestly believe that any illustration of a Samurai is going to be 100% original? No because it is an iconic image with a wealth and history behind it.  You’re going to look up several renditions of the Samurai to compile an idea of what you want it to look like.  That is exactly what Scott did.  Is it clear where he got his idea? Yes… Is that an accurate depiction of the spirit of this competition? Maybe not, but it is not cheating.

 

What would classify as cheating to me in the realm of tracing?  If he were to take another person’s tattoo and re-tattoo it line by line… This is obviously not the case with the tattoo Scott did.  There were even changes in the design.  The rider was more smashed down and had his arm raised unlike the original piece, there were strong elements that were similar but not enough to be exact.

 

Even if it had been a trace, let me point out that other people in the competition have traced existing designs before (like Josh from last season) without being called into question.  How about the monument challenge or the portrait challenges… are you going to tell me you will do those without getting an exact of the image?  Maybe it’s the mom in me, but the only thing I could say was maybe it was time that Jay worry about Jay and not about Scott.

 

And all of this, by the way is on the coattails of Jay’s horrible tattoo.  Perhaps that’s a better use of his time and energy instead of trying to treat a client like dirt for his substandard work.  I honestly think it’s time that Jay packs his machines and heads home… to the rock he crawled out from under.   

Warriors in Ink: An Ink Master Recap

After last week’s major blow out we regroup for another episode of Spike TV’s Ink Master, the whiniest season ever!  What’s amazing is where they ended up for the flash challenge as the artists are herded into a boxing gym to meet Brandon Rios and create a custom grill that embodies the boxer and his image.  Let me go right out there and say it, these things are ridiculous to me.  I mean it seems like such a waste and then to have to engrave one seems kind of remedial but, I’m not the one making challenges.

 

Each artist set to work to make the most detailed piece they can for “Bam Bam’s” seven front teeth.  I’m sure you can read my resentment at the obscurities of grills.  Each of the artists set to work and thankfully they really tried for uniqueness, unfortunately it’s the uniqueness that really killed a few of the designs like Matti’s Aztec garbage and Sausages odd lettering.  In the end it was Scott’s full gold grill that won the challenge, even though I don’t really see what’s so detailed about block letters and one diamond. 

 

With Scott handing out sculls again, well we all know that Sausage is going to get shafted, however it’s Gentle Jay that really gets the short straw with a difficult client.  This week’s challenge is the test of detail as each artist is asked to tattoo a warrior.  A warrior is one of the best examples of detail given their armor, weapons, posture and muscle structure and now it is up to the remaining six to bring these canvases some kick ass tattoos.

 

Gentle Jay’s client was being portrayed as a difficult client but, I am not sure about that.  Gentle Jay was in no way perceptive to the wants of his client and constantly asserted that because it was a free tattoo he needed to shut up and just let him do what will win.  You have to understand that, although this is a competition the client is still a human and deserves to be listened to and respected.  All the client was looking for was reassurance that Jay was listening to what he wanted, which he was clearly not.  Now, if Jay actually had a track record for solid work then maybe I can see him taking the reins but, if you look back at each piece, he clearly lacks the ability and that anger shows through in his piece.  Everything in that Spartan looking warrior was off, the helm looked misshapen the background was beat to hell, the trees looked like gnarled lines of nothing.  All around his piece matched his attitude, piss poor.  Now, the commercial did promise us that Jay may have uncovered tracing… take a look at the next post because I need more room for that fiasco.

 

Joining Jay in the weaker end of the spectrum was Melissa.  I actually like Melissa, her presence is uplifting, however I just don’t see ink master in her right now.  This Aztec warrior women, is slowly changing my mind.  I loved it!  I thought she was beautiful and striking with a hint of battle worn sexiness but, I did see a few flaws in placement.  I can see why she chose to shift the hugely detailed headdress over just a bit but it did look a little confusing, and the darkness in the nose was strong but I have a feeling that after it heals it will be a beautiful piece.  Well done.

 

Next we have Sausage who put out another solidly beautiful piece this week.  Now, as far as a warrior, she was strong and convied power and might.  The beading and feathers as well as the splash of red paint put in a lot of great details.  As far as a woman, she needed a little help.  She was bulky and over muscular, but the biggest flaw was the need to elongate the arm just a little bit so that it gave her more shape.  Still, a very beautiful piece; proof that his bedside manner, in this industry, really should become a cornerstone.

 

Halo shined through this week, everything that Jay’s Spartan wasn’t, Halo made sure his was.  I really loved this piece.  The buckles in the armor was so well placed and designed to flow along the body, what was not however, was the shield.  The way it was placed on the warrior’s arm seemed to be lacking in the display of the body itself.  Maybe if he had extended it or placed it further on the arm… I’m not sure.

 

Scott chose the Samurai for himself this week and opened a can of worms with Jay, but more about that later.  First the tattoo itself is great, as long as you do not look at the Samurai.  His horse is absolutely amazing looking and gives it a really strong presence.  The warrior looks dark and somewhat smashed together.  It’s like a Samurai turtle!

 

Finally our winner this week was Matti, with a full color Viking.  He was the only one to do full color this week which was a huge risk but, apparently one that was a good idea for the judges.  I can’t say that I agree at all with this decision.  The tattoo looks cartoonish and to me doesn’t really depict anything that I don’t see in comic books.  True Vikings never wore the horned hats and it drives me crazy when I see on because it’s just ridiculous.  I think he won because of color and that’s the only reason…

 

So who went home?  Well there’s your surprise this week kiddies!  Despite his bad behavior and making an ass of himself they keep Gentle Jay and Melissa who both were looking at the block in an effort to keep this competition strong.  I really think it’s because they realized they needed more episodes than they had people.  Good night everybody!

Look to the sky: A Face Off Recap

We made it to the finale!  Last night was the season finale of Face Off and in the spirit of the competition, it promised to be daunting and grandiose.  In reality, however I was quite underwhelmed, not unhappy, just disappointed.  The spotlight challenge was written in the stars, quite literally as the final three were asked to create two rival alien species that inhabit a constellation.  In addition to displaying a full newly discovered race, the artists are asked to incorporate lights into the design and make sure they are prepped to do a full athletic dance routine.  The finished products will be preforming an ensemble piece to “Lift me up” by DJ Ruskco.

 

With such “simple” demands, it seems only fair that they get some help for our three remaining hopeful as they bring back some of the more popular members of this season’s Face Off family.  In teams of three, each dives head first into sculpting their two dancing celestials.  It seems that the biggest lynch pin is going to be in the lights themselves and how to integrate them into the design.  My opinion, I would think it would be easiest to figure out the light plan and then building the creature around it, still the question is how much to use and where.

 

Tyler and his team of Graham and Chloe set to work in his tradition of trying to get the faces run in the first day of Lab work.  Unfortunately, due to the light placements, they run out of time and Tyler seems crushed.  He has never, not run a mold in day one, and I can say that his ability to do so up to this point was a huge advantage.  Still, the creations themselves show promise.   Tyler decided to go with differing color palettes from male to female, making his male a deep red color with sharp angular features.  The biggest success however, is his treatment of the male’s body which looks organically hollow and shows great with the strings of red dreads.  His female had a beautiful color treatment of blues and lavenders but, as for the overall shape I found her to be lacking a real sense of complete thought.  They made her more feline, and with the constellation Leo it made sense but she seemed so much smaller than the male and therefore drowned out by him. 

 

George decided to go with a coruscation theme with his aliens from the whale constellation, and with his team of Corrine and Niko set to work on building the two races based on a lighted center.  Now the idea shows promise, however the problem George ran into is twofold.   First, the two aliens looked the same; there was nothing to distinguish differing races such as shape or color of skin.  The lights were different colors; however the second problem lay with heavy chest paint so you could barely see the lights let alone the color.  The face sculpts were beautiful, in fact on the close up I really enjoyed their face features but there wasn’t enough variation to really set one a part from the other.

 

Rashaad, however had the short straw of the lab experience this week.  With his team of Daren and Cat he set to work on his two Ursa Major dwellers only to have a major production melt down when his females face mold didn’t have time to set, therefore making it impossible to run foam and forcing him to use poly foam.  With the dance requirement, poly foam is a huge set back because it doesn’t move as freely but, he has come too far to give up now and decides to give it his all.  What comes of the gamble is a happy accident as a melted mold yields a scar looking face, I love unplanned details!  As for the duo in final looks, these two are amazing!  The male has a blue and purple paint that accented a beautiful sharp and aggressive sculpt.  He read every bit the imposing figure and the body was a beautiful muscular sculpt that the pervious werewolf had lacked.  The female, however outshined all of that, quite literally as she was the only one that had a light effect with a bioluminescent cranial structure.  Yes, she had a glowy head.  She was practically angelic with a sharp yellow paint that made her really pop into life.

 

After the display it was time for the dace, in which they turned the light off.  Sa all the TV viewer got to see was poorly lit shadowy figures that really didn’t display anything.  Talk about a disappointment.  I really dislike dubstep, so being forced to listen to it and knowing that I’m missing out on an amazing performance really ticked me off. 

 

In the end it was Rashaad’s beautiful female that really took the prize home.  His reaction, I don’t think there could have possibly been a more genuine display of happiness and I couldn’t help but feel it for him too.  Here’s proof that if you want it and push hard enough, anything is possible!  The real beauty of the moment was the excitement that Tyler and George had for him.  I have never seen such gracious runner ups and slowly my faith in humanity was a bit restored.  Great job Rashaad and we hope to see more and more of you in the future!      

Secret's of the Mother: A Once Upon A Time Review

I live!  Okay, sorry that it’s taken so long to get back to blogging after a long Easter weekend but I’ve been insanely busy.  So, where were we?  Oh yes, back to Storybrooke Maine as we take a glance at this week’s Once Upon A Time and uncover the truth about Zelina’s past.  Now, it has been said that we can never know our past completely, however no one seems to know any of Zelina’s past.  So to know her we are going to have to go back to the beginning, back to where it all started, back to the youth of Cora, but how?

 

After a beautiful exchange between our favorite sister act, it is revealed that although guarded by the dashingly handsome Robin Hood, Regina’s heart is not as safe as she had planned.  Sadly, magic doesn’t play fair and while distracted by Zelina, Rumple can seize an opportunity to make a move for the heart.  I personally don’t believe the Rumple wanted it this way, still Zelina holds the dagger and being the dark one he will use Robin’s weaknesses against him.  Threatening Roland’s life, Rumple forces our favorite rouge to make a horrible choice, but it is one that Regina understands.  I was actually surprised how calm they made her about the loss, but then again she has been a mother now and understands the value of a child’s life.  There is still a large problem, Zelina now has her heart, but for what or why no one knows.

 

Where do you go in Storybrooke when you have magic questions?  To Mr. Gold’s shop, where we find Regina practically tearing the place apart searching for an answer.  Belle has taken up the task of reading through spell books, but she has also been charged with keeping the shop and Regina destroying it definitely sets her on edge.  It is time Regina faces what she has done to Belle, I mean what’s a few decades of imprisonment among friends right?  Still, her remorse is clear and thus Belle decides that to save rumple she has to put this past behind her.  This is all fine and good, but to be honest I just really want to get back to finding out where Zelina came from, so with the help of the killer candle, Regina decides to call the spirit of her mother for a little heart to err… heart I guess.  Still, what do you say to the mother who was always so cold and manipulative when you find out that she had a love child, and furthermore who the heck is the father?!

 

To find out we have to go back, not only to the Enchanted Forest but to before any of this had come to pass, back to when Cora was simply a miller’s daughter.  Working as a tavern girl on the side, our poor Cora is doped by a fraud claiming to be a prince and gives up her virtue.  Call me crazy, but something tells me there wasn’t much there anyway.  Cora has always been ambitious so I think she was more seduced by the idea of a prince than the actual man.  Still the man leaves her with a “gift” and when she tracks him down, he decides to run out on her… No shock there.  Still a collapsed Cora draws the attention of Prince Leopold, yes Snow White’s father Leopold, and in his good nature he attempts to help our poor lost Cora.  Cora is charming, and soon her whiles are set to work on the future king who in his passions spurns Snow’s mother, whom he was sworn to marry, for the beguiling peasant.  What he does not know is the secret that Cora has been hiding under oversized dresses.

 

In Storybrooke, after a failing to make contact Regina and Snow decide it’s time to air out their feelings of guilt remorse and anger but only seem to arrive at “it’s complicated.”  My, this episode is full of awesome little moments of vulnerability, isn’t it?  Still like all of the sweet or driving little moments, there needs to be some action and that comes in the forms of the spirit of a very pissed off Cora.  Possessing Snow, she uses her to tell her story and it’s not one any Snow fan would want to hear.

 

Now, why with all of the betrayal and deceit would you talk about your secrets in a garden that is part of a castle in the enchanted forest?  Honestly, the fairytale world is so naive.  So when the fraud father of Cora’s soon to be had baby appears and demands blackmail, you know someone’s listening.  Sadly the “who is listening” is more shocking than the “what she heard.”  Spoiled princess Eva, Snow’s future mother, now has the ammunition she needs to get rid of Cora and retake her betrothed.  As Snow’s mother you would think she as to have some integrity right?  Nope.  She practically breaks a shoe running to Leopold who leaves his darling Cora.  No wonder Cora believed love was weakness, it would seem for her it’s toxic.  Not wanting to have to raise Zelina alone, and trying to erase the heart break she leaves her to the woods, so that Cora could have her best chance.  Kind of depressing really, and yet I still say Cora is the bigger monster.

 

So, what has Zelina been up to?  Well, like all stories we have reached the part where the villain reveals her plan to the audience and hers was a doozey.  She wants to go back, all the way back, and take the life that was meant for her by taking Eva out of the picture for good.  That, is going to cause major issues because, well no one really exists, or at least not in the same manner without her.  With the ingredients so far, she has all but one, the Charming’s baby.  So now it’s just a waiting game while we watch and pray our heroes will find a way to defeat the witch before Snow’s water breaks.

 

Not all is dark and dismal however, as our story teller’s wanted to leave us with a hint of on-coming joy.  For all of you Queen Outlaw shippers, like myself, stick around to the end… It will make you smile.               

Ipsy Vol. 4!

It’s time to get tipsy on Ipsy as we go through, what I feel, is the most amazing and well put together bag that I have received so far this year.  When I signed up for this service I was hoping for makeup lots and lots of makeup… What I have received is lots and lots of skin care and body items.  Not all unsuccessful, still not entirely what I was really looking for.  Then, this bag got mailed into my life, and I fell in love all over again!

First up was the Urban Decay 24/7 Eye liner in black velvet.  I was so excited about this product, so very giddy in fact.  There was a rich blackness to it and it ran on so smooth.  When I tried to wipe off the swatch it had amazing staying power.  In the end though, when I tried it as part of my look I missed my eye liner pen.  It just didn’t roll on as evenly, and on the bottom water line?  It smudged quickly.  All is not lost however as my mother has fallen in love with it.

Next out of the bag was the costal scents shadow brush BR-C-N02.  I’ve tried costal scents before and I have yet to be disappointed.  This brush was no exception.  With it’s soft bristles and firm handle, it was a solidly built brush.  What really made me happy was that with one swipe the brush was filled evenly and deposited the eye shadow cleanly.

Then I pulled out Pop goes the shadow eye shadow in champagne.  It was quite the shimmer, and I cant really say I had any hope for this supper soft shadow.  Still once again Ipsy proved me wrong buy providing a nice highlighter for under the brow and the inside corner of my eye.  You got to have an open mind for this stuff.

After that came the Starlooks luscious long wear lip pencil in Naked.  I loved the delicious color.  A lot of the Ipsters felt it was a bit too light, but when I paired it with my Lip Tar and Kate Moss Lip Stick it was a real boost to a natural lip coloring.  My only note was that it was a little too soft and collapsed easily.

Not all was make up though as the last item out of the bag was Dr. Bandt Microdermabration exfoliate crème.  This item was awesome.  First off let me just say that a little goes a long way, and with this kind of product that means a lot.  The crème itself didn’t feel too gritty until I started to work it into I do give it credit as an awesome exfoliate!  

The bag itself was awesome, a square bag unlike the typical rectangle it had a more roomy look and for once did not wreak of vinyl.  The record on the front was really cute, kind of gave the whole cochella vibe that’s been going around my area.  Over all I am pleased Ipsy!

Talking Heads: A Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge Recap

This week on the Jim Henson Creature shop Challenge we got to see our first individual challenge as the designers were asked to create a character that would serve as a comedic partner in a scene with a sorcerer played by Donald Faison. This character was to be based off of a real animal and was to be a mounted head in sorcerer’s trophy room. As excited as I was to see the artists being asked to work on their own, one this is for sure… creature building is definitely a team sport.

Now there are pros and cons to working alone, the cons sadly out weighing the pros in my opinion. On positive side, you do not have to worry about someone stepping on your ideas or overlooking you in an attempt at personal advancement, like Tina. You also do not have to worry about a weaker link breaking up your chain, like the shows kiss of death, Russ. However, you also don’t have the added benefit of another players expertise. Unfortunately, all of the women on the show this week seemed to be hurting from this fact, as the evils of setting up servos proved to be a formidable foe in the creature shop.

All of the ladies are very accomplished designers and fabricators, however as far as the mechanics and animatronics pieces are concerned, they seem to be quite in the weeds. Each of the three remaining women find themselves in a bind over an eye blink, but none more than Ivonne’s creature “AH!” Based on the head of a honey badger, the biggest problem was obviously size. The head was molded too small for the mechanism to fit into, causing her to have to rip the fabricated pieces and add material which can drastically change the way the creature looks in the finished product. It’s also a huge drain on her time, which might not even as the judges are quick to point out in the stage test. The end result sadly were eyes that were very small and foam exposed ears. This is a huge dilemma, turning in an unfinished product to the sound stage can show the judges that you aren’t able to pull enough weight to be an asset to the team of creature designers.

Ivonne wasn’t the one lost as Lex seemed to be having a tough time getting her large eyes to open. It seems like every challenge so far Lex has stated this isn’t what I do. I’m more or less wondering what she does do. Still her creature comes out pretty adorable but with one huge flaw, in her rush she goes with over sized eyes with stagnant pupils set closely together giving it more of a Muppet feel. Still, her cheerfully silly otter/ lion looking “chupacadabra” brings an element levity to a troubled build.

Melissa also takes a hit as the mechanisms take out it’s third victim in the build of her loch ness character. The hardest to watch, Melissa’s loveable nature and upbeat attitude wasn’t even enough to cover her massive flaws. The paint job failed Melissa this week as her sea creature lacked a slippery or slickness, perhaps if she had added a clear coat? Still the color pallet over all was flat and dull on camera making her monster seemingly uninteresting.

On the other side of the room the boys seemed to be diving into the challenge with an unmatched fervor, and with quite a bit more experience in animatronics it was easy to see that the servos were not going to cause them any issues this time. That doesn’t mean that they are completely without incident, starting with Russ. Now either Russ has the worst luck of all the contestants, or perhaps this competition is weighing on him, but this week the problem lies in the size of his project. Having chosen a large bull bust, Russ decides to create a minotaur. Now the idea is sound, save for the fact that it is supposed to be a bust, and the head of a minotaur is basically, a bull.

Robert’s “Jasper” brought a lot the back story table with his story about being the sorcerer’s official party planner. His comfy hippie and stoner vibe brought a lot of laughs and gave the actors a lot to go on, but he was defiantly not without flaws. The eyes seemed to be a little off putting to the judges and they didn’t read party animal being constantly wide open. The notes were pretty much across the board that he should have left the eyes half lidded to give him a kind of sleeper/ stoner vibe and therefore giving the actor a little more to animate on the big parts of the story. Still he was a successful character to play with.

Jake’s creation of an ice troll, while creative was hard to read. The flaw had to be the spindly, weak horns that Jake added to hold the sorcerer’s keys. When you do a horn, you want to make it strong fitting so that when the animal moves the horns remain stationary, not the case here. Now the character itself was adorable but it was really hard to over look a kind of undeveloped ideal.

And finally, my favorite of the night “Sherman Oaks” a wood creation brought to life by Ben. Ben is emerging as a huge talent in this competition, and this bust is another example of his ability to sculpt and create through both the design and mechanics. The wood texture of the creature itself was impressive and the amount of time spent in the paint paid off. Still even this creature was not without flaws, as the judges didn’t like how the creature couldn’t look at the audience. Also the placement of the eye in the design seemed to be in a place that you would have a hard time believing that it would be part of a face. Still his ability and drive definitely shown through and he is awarded another win.

As easy as it was to pick a winner, picking who created the most grievous offense was incredibly hard on the judges. In the end, however it was Ivonne’s unfinished creation that is chosen to send her home. In this world of deadlines delivering an unfinished creature can tear apart an entire production and the shop can not risk that. I wish her luck on her future and know she will be able to come back from this.

Crying Wolf: A Face Off Recap

After last week’s Face Off first we rejoin the remaining four as they plunge into the dark world of werewolves.  This week’s spotlight challenge was to create the werewolf that would pair to the vampire they had previously created.  In addition they must also give their werewolf a new mutation or ability.  The focus was to be on cohesion with your previous idea and also the creativity to push the werewolf one step further.

One of the nicer points of this part of the competition is that you see less of the major fiascos in the lab, but it can make waiting for the reveals very daunting.  Thankfully my favorite little energizer is there to help break up the stagnant working shots with a tiny freak out.  On their walk through Mr. Westmoore made it a point to tell poor Tyler that he thought his planning was weak.  To be fair, Tyler was trying to make a more human looking werewolf but, it read as vampire to the veteran artists.  The nose of any wolf figure you encounter lends more to the canine muzzle; a feature that Tyler had tried to stay away from, but in his attempt to be different his sculpt lacked any canine form.  The good thing about Mr Westmoore?  Upon seeing that he had freaked Tyler out, he went back to give him some words of encouragement and sends him back to the lab in better spirits.

Rashaad, however found himself in a bind that didn’t want to work itself out.  With his vampire having powers that were of earth and flora, he decides that he wants his wolf to be a fire caster and so attempts hand extensions for his model.  The problem is in the treatments of the mold as he forgets a binding agent in the search for time.  This misstep causes the hands to bind incorrectly and they crackle in his hands, not to worry though, as he attempts once more with a correctly shaped hand.

The rest of the lab time seems to run smoothly, until the models show up and there is yet another issue.  George’s model has become ill and has been replaced by an actor with much thinner lips.  Why does this suck?  Well the whole application has been riding on specific features and the actor quickly recognizes that he cannot achieve all of the range of motion in the face, but it’s too late to turn back now so on to paint they go!

At the reveal everything seems to be opposite of last week, to a point.  In sharp contrast to his brilliant vampire, Rashaad’s fu dog esque wolf seems small and hokey.  The biggest problem is the wardrobe.  Draping the body so completely does not allow for the bulkiness and strength attributed to most werewolves.  I did like the details in the face, as he is known for packing those in, but it didn’t read wolf as much as cute dog.

In huge contrast to last week however, was Tyler.  Tyler’s wolf, while still looking manly was bulging at the seams with a strong and striking look that gave it the true horror that we look for in a wolf.  What I liked particularly was that he succeeded in bringing the man while still carrying out the look of an animal.  The added attribute however, a pair of spikes, was not as powerful or even shown as I would have liked.

Niko’s wolf was just a hot mess.  I don’t know what it is about his faces but they are always crooked.  Go ahead and look at each one the main thing you will notice is that they tilt to the left more than a little bit.  It actually really bugs me, about as much as his nose less creature.  I don’t know something was just really off.

In the end it is George’s mutation that was the most successful.  He went the route that the werewolf is a mutation of his vampire creature and it reads clear as day in both the sculpt and paint.  The face is so striking until you get to the elongated nails and elbow spikes, similar to Tyler’s but far more successful, and the wolf just excels.

In the end, George’s fierce creation takes the top look and Niko is sent home.  Now we hold our breath until next week’s exciting finale, so close and yet so far!

Chris Nunez is a bitch

Chris Nunez is a bitch.  There isn’t any way to say it than to just say it.  Now I’m not saying anything against the body of his work and extensive career.  He has proven that he is well versed in the fundamentals of tattooing.  What I am calling into question is his obvious arrogance, attitude, and overall cowardly character.    

 In the case of Kyle Dunbar, he admitted several times on camera that he was “pushing” Kyle.  What he may perceive to be pushing looked an awful lot like hazing to me.  It was clear that his personal dislike of Kyle had taken over his ability to judge Kyle’s work.  Even when Kyle turned in good work Nunez was quick to smack it down.  Often, this disgraceful judge would refuse to see problems in his favorite artists works in an effort to edge Dunbar out.

All of this would have been whatever if it hadn’t been for, in my mind, the worst offenses.  Having another contestant report back to Kyle just to say his work was crap.  Let me get this straight, you guys get to pick who goes home and didn’t pick him, but you want him to one more time hear that his work is crap.  That makes perfect sense.  The next week we see a regroup and Kyle calls Chris out.  That should be his right.  I would want to hear it face to face as well.  Instead of taking ownership, Nunez denies saying anything.  That is being a coward.

If you are going to go so far as to tell others to tell someone they suck, you had better own those words pal.  So yes, I am on Kyle’s side, and yes I think Nunez is a bitch.  If you think his behavior was okay, that’s on you but if you lock someone in a cage and poke him with a stick don’t be surprised when they eventually snap and want to stab you with said stick.