247 Ink Magazine (December/January) 2016 Issue#12 | Page 137

C: you think? M: yea, you don’t post negative shit. You’re not super negative in real life. I do see a lot of tattooers, and other people, posting all these fancy pictures of fancy cars they rented or crazy hotels they’re staying at. We do get to some cool stuff, but I think it’s cool to post real.. Like the shitty stuff too. Again, I think my fan base compliments me as a person and I think what people like about me is very straight forward and I don’t want to fake shit. I’ve got awesome things and shitty things in my life and I’m totally comfortable with that. C: Am I under awesome things or shitty things? M: (pauses then smiles) You.. are a very dynamic personality (laughs) You’re both! S: You’re from a small town. What are some of the advantages and and disadvantages of not growing up in a big city? M: I had to be very creative growing up because I was an only child for 8 years because I only had rocks to play with. I would climb a tree with my Raggedy Ann doll, I had wooden swords, I built houses for the animals (laughs) I really had to be creative because it was just me and animals, my parents worked a lot, I was super naive..still am. There’s a lot of situations where I was gonna be hurt, because I was nice to people, it saved me. I mean it got me into the situation but it also go me out of situations. 135