Tribe.net. Local Connections massageoctopus http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net/thread/c68342c8-da64-4020-9646-a7e7dc31f5ba 2007-06-30T17:31:53Z 2007-06-30T17:31:53Z

<div>Now! <br/> <br/>lol</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net">4 Eyed Hunks</a> - 0 replies </div>

massageoctopus 2007-06-30T17:31:53Z Hoot http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net/thread/911ae5be-3ddc-476d-8578-7b111cf12ea1 2006-08-23T16:30:31Z 2006-08-23T16:30:31Z

<div>Oi <br/> <br/>To all skinheads and punks or gus who wear glasses <br/> <br/>If any of you are going to Burningman this year get in touch with me. I will be camped out at the Burningman Airport. Stop by and say Hi. Let me know you are from this tribe and I will try and get you an airplane ride over Black Rock City. <br/> <br/>I am an older traditional skinhead from the 70’s, but still friendly to the newer skins and punks. So stop by and say Oi OI OI. <br/> <br/>Hoot</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net">4 Eyed Hunks</a> - 0 replies </div>

Hoot 2006-08-23T16:30:31Z louiscsr http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net/thread/2172a3b9-96f1-43c6-a6b9-10e235e81241 2005-12-08T20:33:01Z 2005-12-08T20:33:01Z

<div>I would like to encourage all people who read this to send an email to tribe encouraging them to change their decision. If we flood them with enough messages, perhaps they will get the hint. <br/> <br/>If they do not change their policies, I strongly encourage everyone reading this to change their profile to reflect the CENSURE, by putting CENSURED throughout their profile on tribe. That should help get the message across. <br/> <br/>In the mean time, I am going to be pouring all of the good content and energy that I once poured into this site, into competing sites. <br/> <br/>Censorship should never be rewarded. <br/> <br/>Peace, <br/> <br/>--Louis, REX</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net">4 Eyed Hunks</a> - 0 replies </div>

louiscsr 2005-12-08T20:33:01Z http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net/thread/72c47832-6fb3-4530-9baa-65ed99b31d33 2005-11-12T02:08:51Z 2005-01-13T17:25:06Z

<div>I'm not sure 'hunk' applies, but I've posted a self-pic to encourage peeps to do the same. Eye of the beholder, right?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net">4 Eyed Hunks</a> - 10 replies </div>

2005-01-13T17:25:06Z massageoctopus http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net/thread/221cc916-b061-46fb-b6ab-f591d812aca9 2005-06-30T14:45:59Z 2005-06-30T14:45:59Z

<div> <br/> <br/> <br/>Pierced Eyeglasses <br/> <br/>“People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.” <br/> <br/>- R. Buckminster Fuller <br/> <br/>The idea of hanging eyeglasses from a piercing or a combination of piercings or even transdermal implants is something that a lot of us have toyed with — as I was writing this, my old boss Tom Brazda reminded me that almost ten years ago we made a set of them built around a 10ga bridge piercing (with both left and right-handed threading to make it adjustable). That said, I don’t think we ever took pictures, so maybe I’m making it up because I want to steal James Sooy’s thunder. He’s who sent me this gorgeous example of a piercing-mounted set of eyeglasses: <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>James is an artist currently designing and painting for Texas-based Magnificent Egos, a minatures (as in gaming) company. Art consumes all of his time, professionally and personally, and much of it is centered around character design, which gives him both time — and money — to fantasize about mods on fictional characters. With the help of his friend Oliver (who many of you know as one of the founding members and guerrilla engineers of the suspension group TSD) this fantasy was made real. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>BME: How did you come up with the idea of attaching a pair of glasses to a piercing? <br/> <br/> <br/>JAMES: I’m not sure... some time during the drooling days of high school the idea came to me. I kept it in mind over the years and got the bridge piercing this July and then started looking to make it happen. Maybe it had something to do with not being able to wear contacts. <br/> <br/> <br/>OLIVER: I had originally considered making a pair of glasses that hung from a bridge piercing for myself about ten years ago. It was just one of those things that seemed so obvious that I was surprised I hadn’t seen it done. I never got around to doing it then, since I wasn’t too keen on getting a bridge piercing. When I got a call from James inquiring if I could help him with some jewelry he wanted to make, and then he mentioned he wanted to do the glasses as well, I jumped on the opportunity. He already had the piercing done over at Obscurities, here in Dallas, so I knew he was more serious about it than I ever was. <br/> <br/> <br/>BME: And how did you guys formalize the design? <br/> <br/> <br/>JAMES: Oliver and I sat down for about five minutes one night to think over what would need to be done and he got straight to work making the brackets out of aluminum with a small mill in his garage! <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>OLIVER: Originally we were discussing and sketching ideas that would have been considerably more involved to produce. The ones that we ended up making aren’t necessarily the final product, but seemed the best and easiest way to test the viability of the idea. The brackets were machined from aluminum, roughly to shape and then drilled and tapped on my little tabletop Sherline mill — a machine that’s far more suited to this size project than what I normally use it for! After a fair bit of tweaking and polishing with files and abrasives we ended up with what you see. The part you don’t see is a barbell from Anatometal. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>JAMES: The threading on the barbell was 1.2 mm, which happens to be a relatively uncommon and expensive thread (as far as screws go). The screws ended up delaying the project about a month. We used some lenses out of an old pair of glasses I had at first, but I decided to get some new lenses once everything else was finished. <br/> <br/> <br/>BME: What’s it like actually wearing it? What does it feel like? <br/> <br/> <br/>JAMES: They feel exactly like a regular pair of glasses, actually. I put the nose pads on to keep them from swinging around, so all the pressure is placed there, just like any other pair of glasses. Since they have no frame on the side I can wear them while I sleep and still roll onto my side. <br/> <br/> <br/>BME: Good thinking; so the piercing is more of a balance point than something structural. Does that make it more than just a “show piece”, and into something that you wear for real? <br/> <br/> <br/>JAMES: I’ve only had them for about a week now, but I’ve been sleeping and showering in them. I hadn’t taken them off in four days when one of the brackets cut me while I was asleep; I’d forgotten to sand the edges and they were still razor sharp. They’re back on now and seem reliable enough to take on a two week trip over the holidays; I doubt I’ll need to take them off during that time. Taking them on and off is a bit of a hassle, as it involves taking a tiny screwdriver and unscrewing them while they’re on my face — about a 5 to 10 minute process — which I suppose is about what you’d spend with contacts. <br/> <br/> <br/>BME: I hope they don’t get caught on anything... I suppose that could tear them out rather unpleasantly. Any thoughts on how the engineering might change for the next model? <br/> <br/> <br/>OLIVER: This pair isn’t quite what I was looking for both in design terms and in terms of fit. I don’t think they sit at quite the right angle to his face and we both want them to sit a little closer to his eyes, so we’ll probably make another pair in the near future. Much as there are so many designs and styles of eyeglasses currently being manufactured, I think there are a number of ways this design could be improved upon. I certainly think they look neat and ended up being far more subtle than I thought they would be. I didn’t even realize he was wearing them when I saw him a few days later, and he mentioned that most people don’t notice that they are only attached to the piercing. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>BME: What’s next? <br/> <br/> <br/>JAMES: I suppose I could try to make marketable version if I had ambition to do so — something easier to take on and off. As for me I only have run of the mill tattoos and piercings planned right now, but seeing how some of my friends and family are in the community and looking to push the frontier, it means I have the manpower at hand to try out what comes to mind, so I’ll keep trying out any of my feasible ideas. Being young and unsure where my future will lead, I’m quite reserved about anything permanent and visible, which limits what I’m willing to do right now... As well as not having the time or resources to work on any major projects, so it’ll just be the ones that steadily work their way in, like the glasses. <br/> <br/> <br/>BME: Since people are going to ask me, I have to ask... are these for sale? <br/> <br/> <br/>JAMES: As far as money I only spent about $10 on screws and $75 for new lenses. And I bought Oliver a meal. <br/> <br/> <br/>OLIVER: I don’t have any intention at this point of pursuing the idea commercially but it’s not something I’m averse to doing. If others were interested I might work something out with them. I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing a more developed version of these glasses from the existing body jewelry companies. I know there are any number of people here on IAM that could probably do a much better job both in the design and execution. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>Be sure to visit James over at jamessooy.com, and of course you can visit Oliver at iam:antagonist. Thanks to both of them for taking the time to talk to BME, and for thinking creatively about body modification... Too few people understand that it’s OK to try something different or new. <br/> <br/>Finally, I apologize that an article on the creative application of piercings has such an uncreative title. <br/> <br/> <br/> Shannon Larratt <br/> BMEzine.com <br/> <br/>IAM members, click here to comment on or discuss this article. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br/>Shannon Larratt is the editor and publisher of BMEZINE.COM, the largest and oldest full-spectrum body modification publication on the planet. He also is known for his promotion of radical individualistic politics, spirituality, and on a more base level, his main vice: exotic cars. Shannon lives in Canada with his family and friends where he is currently producing the BME movie. <br/>Copyright © 2004 BMEZINE.COM. Permission is granted to reprint this article in its entirety as long as credit is retained and usage is non-commercial. Requests to publish edited or shortened versions must be confirmed in writing. For bibliographical purposes this article was first published December 14th, 2004 by BMEZINE.COM in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br/> <br/> <br/>All columns by Shannon and Rachel Larratt | Return to BME/News <br/> <br/></div> <div> posted in <a href="http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net">4 Eyed Hunks</a> - 0 replies </div>

massageoctopus 2005-06-30T14:45:59Z johnuxb5 http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net/thread/b7c7747a-565f-4d74-96e2-987c440a0683 2005-06-24T02:50:17Z 2005-06-24T02:50:17Z

<div>hola amigos - just wanted to post and say howdy to the group. nice bunch of lads you are. especially when the specs are on, or when I take them off. talk to me, eh? OH YES - if you're interested, check out my music: http://www.johnbiebel.com/ichigatsu/citron.html <br/>you might dig. cheers.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net">4 Eyed Hunks</a> - 0 replies </div>

johnuxb5 2005-06-24T02:50:17Z None http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net/thread/bd49c96e-5d3a-4c40-af2c-1b771e0bd56f 2005-04-14T15:41:15Z 2005-04-13T06:23:53Z

<div>I don't know what it is about men in glasses, but it definitely does it for me. I like men with educations, so perhaps that may be it... the illusion that they have been hard at work with their nose in a book. ;) <br/> <br/>~Tara</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net">4 Eyed Hunks</a> - 2 replies </div>

None 2005-04-13T06:23:53Z http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net/thread/ca002e67-ffe3-4d2d-97f4-9836f58360a3 2005-03-17T02:26:55Z 2005-02-15T13:24:33Z

<div>What is your preference while having sex with your 4EH? Are the glasses a stay-on part of your fantasy? <br/> <br/>I've attempted to keep my glasses on a number of times with hilarious results. And I've found that just flinging the glasses at a wall while your partner is using you as a human dildo is actually much easier on the glasses... </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net">4 Eyed Hunks</a> - 10 replies </div>

2005-02-15T13:24:33Z http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net/thread/801471fd-ea33-40c7-95e5-6656e54a970d 2005-03-12T09:06:51Z 2005-03-07T22:56:56Z

<div>hi 4 eyed boys. me LOVEEEEEEEEEE YOU lol. <br/> <br/>have a great day. *wink* <br/> <br/>:P</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net">4 Eyed Hunks</a> - 9 replies </div>

2005-03-07T22:56:56Z vince http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net/thread/08bcfb5f-67e5-474b-89f7-4f5c94eaa6b7 2005-03-11T15:08:32Z 2005-03-11T15:08:32Z

<div>like to try to get a bunch of 4 eyed hunks together, for a bite to eat or a beer. HAve a gathering, get to meet people. WE ARE good people here. Lets me. Contact me, like to make some frineds! </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net">4 Eyed Hunks</a> - 0 replies </div>

vince 2005-03-11T15:08:32Z Mori_Ochitsuita http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net/thread/61b0d027-644b-444e-aa5e-263d7e1cad1e 2005-02-18T18:53:05Z 2005-02-16T18:06:02Z

<div>Okay, let me preface this with no, I'm not a homophobe and I'm not gonna run away screaming or anything childish like that. I've had thoughts about guys before but... It wasn't for me :) <br/> <br/>Are there any other straight lads in the tribe? Heheh <br/> <br/>Just curious :)</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net">4 Eyed Hunks</a> - 8 replies </div>

Mori_Ochitsuita 2005-02-16T18:06:02Z PragmaticIdealist http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net/thread/1546c05c-6fde-4b8d-a8f3-2957e5d51160 2005-02-10T14:41:43Z 2005-02-10T09:39:07Z

<div>Even though I have a major fetish for eyeglasses (among other things), I probably should not have joined this tribe because it is making me really miss my ex-boyfriend who moved from California to Delaware a year or so ago. <br/> <br/>He and I do still stay in contact. So, I thought I would share a couple of photos of him with you. To me, he is the most handsome and sexy guy in glasses that I have ever seen, and I have a feeling the tribe will appreciate him as much as I do. <br/> <br/>Anyway, he's "Mike" in the photo album. <br/> <br/> <br/></div> <div> posted in <a href="http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net">4 Eyed Hunks</a> - 1 reply </div>

PragmaticIdealist 2005-02-10T09:39:07Z harlan http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net/thread/f1ae5b27-c0f1-45a0-b760-273c4db71d2d 2005-02-08T22:12:46Z 2005-02-08T22:12:46Z

<div>Thanks for this. I have always had a thing for glasses and smart guys in general. I think the naked guy with the huge boner in the group photos is a Physicist.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://4eyedhunks.tribe.net">4 Eyed Hunks</a> - 0 replies </div>

harlan 2005-02-08T22:12:46Z