Handsome

In 2008, before I became a Tattoo Artist (know as Tattoo Handsome), I was a Roller Derby Coach and Referee for Pacific Roller Derby until in 2010 when I created my own league, Aloha City Rollers. People who participate in roller derby take on a “Derby Name” for their persona, and mine was Handsome. I was a strict referee very knowledgeable in the rules focused on having safe fare bouts. I was also a tough but fair coach, any skater that made it through my boot camp was ready to play with a tool belt filled with skills and a new found confidence in themselves. I would train skaters 3-6 days a week and became more than a sports coach, I was also their friend and Life Coach especially during my days at Aloha City Rollers. Roller Derby is more than a sport, it is a lifestyle and my league was like a family. When we were not skating we hung out together having cookouts, pot lucks, had floatillas at the beach, sang karaoke, went bowling, ran the Warrior Dash, and had a blast together! This was some of the best times of my Life! I was known for pontificating words of wisdom to the players while coaching and they became known as Handsomeisms. For the 1st anniversary of my league Aloha City Rollers we had a huge celebration and my wife (kat-atomic) created and at the party presented me a book of my Hansomeisms accompanied by photos of adventures from the first year of ACR. Below are images of the book and my Handsomeisms…enjoy!

Life is full of compromise.
Give and take.
All give and no take is surrender.

My father died rather young.
When people find out they want to know how he died.
What about how he lived?
That’s what really matters about a person, isn’t it?
I’d rather talk about a man who was funny.
The son of immigrants who trusted in God.
How he was a strict, short tempered disciplinarian.
Who worked hard and took work home to proved for us.
Who brought me a long on his business trips so he could have time with me.
Who took me fishing and built models with me.
Who encouraged me, who I wanted to impress.
Who made me to know that he wasn’t my friend, he was my father and that carried responsibilities.
He told bad rusty old jokes, drew and painted, and wanted a Corvette.
I can’t wish for him to be alive.
I can be someone he would be proud of if he was.

I don’t give a flying fuck.
I give a shooting rocket ship fuck.

Some wish to be reincarnated as a bird…
not to set on a nest or poop from a tree.
They wish to fly – It’s the most fantastic thing about birds.
Be the fantastic human that birds wish to be.

What fears have you overcome?
What are you still afraid of?
It’s okay to have fear.
Move the strength to venture.
To persevere.
To withstand fear in the face of danger and difficulty.
This is courage.
This is bravery.
These are your Lady-Balls.

If I fail I have gained the experience and lost nothing.
Back where I started and wiser.

You have the right to the pursuit of happiness.
Are you exercising your right?
Do you float on the tide in the hope happiness will brush by your tentacles or do you go against the current to find it?

I don’t talk to stones or jars or boxes.
I prefer that my friends and loved ones are in the living condition to tell them that they mean so much to me, that I’m happy we met and they have been a positive force in my life…
Why wait till they’re gone?
This week I challenge you to change someone’s life by telling them how they’ve changed yours.

Move more questions than answers.
Jump at more opportunities and fewer conclusions.
Be more like you.

Life isn’t how long you’re breathing.
It’s what takes your breath away.

Time:
You can use it, waste it, take it and kill it.
It never stops or slows.
You cant buy any more of it.
But you can make time for free.

Life is a game.
It’s fun, challenging, and unpredictable.
It has players and spectators.
A beginning and an end.
It involves skills, chance and endurance.
Wanna play?

Compare yourself to your former self.
Work to improve on your yesterday.

You have already failed if you think what I ask of you is impossible.

Turning outward to find happiness you will not be satisfied, it’s source is within you.

The greatest danger is to not take the risk.

How far behind do you have to be when it’s okay to give up?
How much time is left on the clock when it’s okay to stop giving it your best?
When you believe in each other 100% you never give up and always give your all!
That is the journey. That is the game. That is why you came.

If you get comfortable outside your comfort zone, you need a new definition of comfort zone.

When you’re driving, remember that the f’er who cuts you off without a turn signal, leaves a 300′ gap in front in gridlock, and is just in your way and won’t move…has a family too. People who love them. You are not a special snowflake. You don’t drive unselfishly or without error. Don’t create a story in your head to justify your anger. Create one for forgiveness. We’re all stuck on this crazy orb together.

Check your helmet, I think you just pooped your mental pants!

We see the peacock and say…
Wow, such a beautiful bird…
Such fabulous feathers.
The peacock looks down and thinks…
I have such ugly feet.

Remember that you used to be a crying, pants pooping whiney baby. Remember that you were a wide eyed kindergartener. Remember that you were a happy little kid. Remember that you used to play, it didn’t matter what you played, won or lost, you just played. Remember that you eagerly learned and made friends easily. Don’t you remember? … Don’t you forget.

To choose inaction
Faced with your adversity
Is great sacrifice.

Some believe in the afterlife… and abstain from living in hopes of it.

I am grateful to have people in my life to remind me that I am not a doormat, a diplomat, or a house cat. I can’t be trampled, can’t please everyone, nor can I do nothing. Thank you for returning my stones to their proper location. I will be using them.

Is there “shit-optimism” and “shit-pessimism”?
Or is it simply “no-shit” and “full of shit”?

Everyone can draw, paint, sing, play a musical instrument, and even skate. Though some are talented and their skill is enjoyed by others, few achieve mastery of their art. A person who does not put effort in an attempt has only mastered the failure to enjoy themselves.

Handling each situation independently and promptly is reasonable and rational. One reaction to a compound of situations is an unreasonable act of desperation.

Do not be confused
That service and servitude
Are not different.

It doesn’t matter how pretty you are if what you think is ugly.

Chris: “Did you hear what happened?”
Me: “No, what?”
Chris: “Brian’s dead.”
Right then I understood there’s no good reason to dance around with bad news, you just say what needs to be said. The things that are hard to hear are hard to say.

You’re an ass.
Everybody is.
What kind of ass are you?
Dumbass,
Hardass,
Jackass,
Crazyass,
Smartass,
or Badass!
You have a choice of asses, be a Badass!

I work hard for my Derby Family. Always have.
All I ask for in return is that you work hard to be the best you can be.
I will bust my hump to motivate you, to keep you challenged and to make you badass.
There is no quit in me.
There is no quit in we.
We are greater than me.
Together, we Rock. We are Rockstars!

The carpenter builds a wall with wood and nails.
The mason builds a wall with brick and mortar.
The athlete builds a wall with anxiety and fear.
The coach breaks that wall, building character.

Choose to Rock, and I shall rock with you ’till dawn.
If you wish to dance, I shall dance with you ’till my socks are off.
If Badass is your quest, we shan’t return until we’re the baddest.
Should you decide to quit, I will miss you.

One FIVE is more valuable than five ONEs.

110% (contains at least 20% bullshit)

Talking to a fine gentleman on New Years Eve who, as we were commenting on the bravery of youth at play, said “I’ll be fine not riding the roller coaster.” I started thinking… A Derby Girl would never say that! (Not to me!)

Derby Girl Ingredients: Love, Beauty, Exuberance, Determination, Courage, Anxiety, Knowledge, Skill. (May include artificial colors.)

If for you there is an I in team, then there is no U in us.

Scream all you want, the deaf aren’t listening.

Thru small tasks do great adventures follow.

Speak in a simple, down to Earth way.
It shows you care about who you’re talking to.

If you whitewash a tree, it is still a tree.
If you trim its branches, it is still a tree.
If you remove its foliage, it is still a tree.
If you cut it and it falls, it is still a tree.
If you take away its unique individuality, it is wood.

Love the cones…

Kitten paws.
Cradle!
Protect the money maker.
Don’t drop the baby.
Get in my butt.
Trouble!
(If you know, you know.)

What do you give?
HARD WORK!
How do you give it?
TEAMWORK!
You are Rockstars!
YES WE ARE…ACR!
WOOOOOOO!

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I love doing American traditional, New School, Realism, Lettering, Kanji, Pets, Portraits, Flowers, Animals, Nature, Skulls, Star Wars, Anime, Semi Colons, Cancer fighter/survivor/memorial, Military/patriotic, Micro Tattoos (tiny designs), Cartoon/Animation Characters, Memorial Pieces, Black and Grey, Mandala, Sacred Geometry.
I can add UV ink accents that glows under black light to any tattoo and existing tattoos!
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Mike Crinella aka Handsome Tattooing at Neck Deep Tattoo 46-178 Kahuhipa Street, Kaneohe 96744.
Open 1-7pm Wednesday through Sunday for appointments. Walk-ins welcome!
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