So Sad...Donations needed for Tattoo Artist shot in the head....

[cookiepuss]

I'll start by saying that I do not know this guy, but it hits kinda close to home as it happened over in Oakland about anhour from where I live. I heard about this through some pin-up/tattoo communities I lurk around and I wanted to share it with you guys, because I just cannot imagine how I'd deal if this had happened to me and my man. If you're feeling generous there is information on how you can make a donation to help his family with hospital bills and treatments. thanks, and feel free to post this up on other message boards you frequent.

RE: Devon Blood (written by his bride to be)

"The most important person in my existance, my dude, tattooer Devon Blood, is in the hospital right now after being shot early Wednesday morning, July 12, during an attempted robbery of my home. He's listed as stable in the ICU, he's unconscious, but his recovery looks good if he stays the course he's on right now. Either way, its going to be a long road to being his usual self. The bullet that is lodged in his brain is not going to be removed, as the doctors fear it would do more damage to operate to remove it than to leave it where it is.

For those that know Devon, you know what a gentle, good hearted person he is, as well as the passion he has for tattooing, and the love he has for his family and friends. He didn't deserve this to happen AT ALL, not that most people do, but it doesn't sit right knowing what he's going through.

One o his closest pals, Matt Howse, has sorted out an account for Devon, for those of us who want to contribute to helping him on his way to recovery.


It's very important to usthat everyone understands that 100% of every dime that goes into this account will go to Devon and Devon only. There aren't any middlemen, percentage takers or foundations that can get their hands on it. I've set this up on behalf of his family and friends, so any questions, please ask. It's even a free checking account to they won't even take fees for it.

So, you can send in money three ways; mail a check/money order/whatever to:

Devon Get Better
c/o Sacred Tattoo
707 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94607

Make sure checks are made out to "Devon Get Better" which is what I've set up the account under..

or you can deposit money into the account directly at any Washington Mutual branch, the account number is 3063634311.

I've also set up a Paypal account for those who use Paypal, the address you send money to is devonblood@reliabletattoos.com

The art benefits and shows will be starting this week, and will continue as long as there's drive from all of us. For anyone who wants to contribute art, tattoo time, or anything else that can be contributed towards his recovery, you're more than welcome to. Just contact Matt Howse at Matt@reliabletattoos.com for details.

With a constant stream of visitors since last week, Devon knows we're here for him and is able to show signs here and there of being aware people are around him who love him.

We've met with the neurosurgeon who's overseeing Devon, his prognosis is good for the type of injury he's sustained, but it will be days or weeks before we know how he'll fare with being his old self. All of our love to our friend.

Please pass this on."

[beastiegirrl101]

who the hell posts their bank account number?

[The Notorious LOL]

Theres a billion people with misfortunes on the planet, some of which I know personally...why would I want to donate money to some random tattoo artist that got shot?

[wrongwayandugg]

Theres a billion people with misfortunes on the planet, some of which I know personally...why would I want to donate money to some random tattoo artist that got shot?

So God will love you like going to church.

[Qdrop]

FAKE!

[cookiepuss]

it's a special bank account for donations. it's probably set up for deposits only.

[beastiegirrl101]

it's a special bank account for donations. it's probably set up for deposits only.

do you know if you spell banana really slow it sounds like the word gullible

[wrongwayandugg]

it's a special bank account for donations. it's probably set up for deposits only.

Well, either way, I'm chomping at the bit to post my social security number and home address right now.

[cookiepuss]

um...it's not fake. and you don't have to do anything. if you feel compassionate you might want to help this guy out with a few bucks. I'm sure the next time you are shot in the head you'd appriciate it if someone did that for you.

:rolleyes:

[beastiegirrl101]

um...it's not fake. and you don't have to do anything. if you feel compassionate you might want to help this guy out with a few bucks. I'm sure the next time you are shot in the head you'd appriciate it if someone did that for you.

:rolleyes:

maybe I'll send him a blender.

[Rock]

SPAM!

[wrongwayandugg]

I'm sure the next time you are shot in the head you'd appriciate it if someone did that for you.


This is a solid point.

[cookiepuss]

fuck you guys are so fucking synical.


never fucking mind. :mad:

[The Notorious LOL]

yeah if I got shot in the head I wouldnt be like "ughh someone please get online and collect donations for the surgery!"

he has collateral, a tattoo shop...put that up and pay for the surgery. If he doesnt have medical insurance thats his own damn fault.


and YES, it is sad and or tragic that this guy got shot...just like the other 10,000 people that got shot in the head around the globe within the same hour time span he did. Such is life.

[wrongwayandugg]

SPAM!

That ain't the move. It's imitation ham.

[wrongwayandugg]

If he doesnt have medical insurance thats his own damn fault.

It's the government's fault. They fucked it up.

[wrongwayandugg]

fuck you guys are so fucking synical.


never fucking mind. :mad:

Hey. I was serious. You did make a solid point. :o

At least we aren't cynical.

[fucktopgirl]

maybe I'll send him a blender.

hehehe


But really the guy has been shot in the head , it is really unfortunate, he got money problem, again not lucky! Thousand of people are in the same position as him!

Life is a bitch at time !

[adam_f]

Enough to blow a bullet in your head, huh?

[Qdrop]

maybe he deserved to get shot.

maybe he was a fucking asshole.
or a criminal.

maybe he's the reason Pauli got kicked off the bus.

[Qdrop]

SCAM!

[The Notorious LOL]

yeah maybe he gave horseshit tattoos. Id shoot someone for a really bad tattoo.

[adam_f]

The tattoo guy was probably Tupac.

[Qdrop]

CONSPIRACY!

[Qdrop]

The tattoo guy was probably Tupac.

of JFK.

was his name John?

[The Notorious LOL]

tpk should merge this thread into the Pauli Bus thread.

[adam_f]

Does the Internet accept travelers checks?

[beastiegirrl101]

you can merge threads?? Wow!

[Qdrop]

PAULI SHOT THE TATOO GUY!

THE COPS CAUGHT HER ON THE BUS!
THAT'S WHY SHE SHIT HER PANTS!

[cookiepuss]

ok you fucking asses..you're probably right this is all just a scam. look here's his girlfriend trying to get free mixed tapes from people:

Great way to help Devon for under a buck Devon is allowed to listen to music in his room and he has a little tape deck. It would be greatly appreciated if people would make a mixtape for him or copy tapes they already have so he doesn't have to listen to the same three tapes over and over again.

and I suppose she's just making up these play by plays to take your money:
Devon Blood 7-24 Yesterday, Devon opened his eyes for nearly six hours and was able to follow movement. He responded to several different commands (thumbs up, two fingers, hand squeezes, toe wiggling etc.) when the nurses did their neurological checks throughout the day. He is able to smile and looks like he really doesn't want his breathing tube in anymore. He was very much present. His ability to use facial expressions and smile and laugh is somewhat impaired currently because of his breathing and feeding tubes but he is making a valient effort. The ICU staff are ecstatic about his improvements.Today Devon seems pretty tired out and is in a more restful state but the doctors reduced the function of his respirator so he is breathing almost entirely unassisted. He is taking aproximately fifteen breaths a minute (normal) with just a small boost from the machine when it can tell he is inhaling. In the next few days the doctors will test out taking the tube out all together


um ya...ya know I don't give a shit if anyone wants to make a donation or not, but you could give me a little more fucking credit for researchi8ng something like this before I post it. I'm not just going to randomly post spam and after 2 fucking years here you should know this. I passed this on because I though a few people here might be genuinely compassionate about the situation. boy was I wrong. whatever. I'm done.
:(

[The Notorious LOL]

stop catching feelings over some dude you dont know.

[Randetica]

i could say our lifes would be way easier if he would just die but thats probably rude

oh wait that would mean we had to pay for his burial

stay alive buddy! we love you!




awesome pauli fucking shot him!

[cookiepuss]

ya know you don't have to fucking know someone to have empathy for thier situation or to want to help in some small way. Not everyone has to judge someone as "worthy" before they decide to help. whatever. people broke into his house and shot him and that could happen to any of you. so if you can't empathize with that then you're cold. merely said if you're feeling compassionate and generous this person sounds like they need help.occasionally people do like to do random acts of kindness...but apparently people here do not.

anyway I think most of you are insenative assholes and if I ever do have a problem I certainly won't look for anyone here to help.

[venusvenus123]

this thread gets comedy GOLD!

[The Notorious LOL]

not insensitive, just pointing out the glaring omission of the 1/6th of the population that has and will continue to have shit much much worse than some dirtball tattoo artist that caught a bullet in the head.



and I do plenty to help. I just dont do it based on chain emails and bank accounts and internet requests thru random ass people.

[DandyFop]

Hey don't worry, don't you know it's much much cooler to be a dickhead and act like you don't give a shit about anyone? Obviously, if you don't even know the guy, it gives you an automatic pass to make shitty and rude jokes, because, "so many other people are suffering bla bla bla". Then give them some money and shut the fuck up. I mean, jesus, I know there's just so many jokes waiting to be made (a tatoo artist LOLZ), how can you expect anyone to resist? Oh, and there's money involved - it must be a scam. I mean fuck anyone who doesn't have health insurance, and especially their loved ones for even thinking twice about trying to ask for help.

[like2_drink]

do you know if you spell banana really slow it sounds like the word gullible

damnit:o

[The Notorious LOL]

why dont you run a search on this dudes name and just look at all the local events they are scheduling in his name that pop up online....notice how theres none of them?



and I could give a shit less if it seems insensitive. Im a skeptic. People dont ask for help from random strangers. People go thru channels of people they know.

[DandyFop]

and I could give a shit less if it seems insensitive. Im a skeptic. People dont ask for help from random strangers. People go thru channels of people they know.

Being skeptic makes sense to me, completely. But being an asshole about someone's life just because you don't know them, doesn't.

[The Notorious LOL]

noted.


Either way, do a search. Do you see anyone having any sort of fundraisers for him? You sure dont. You would think his friends and family would be more proactive in organizing something in this regard rather than simply sending out random emails about some dude. I dont know anything about him so what singles him out as an individual that I SHOULD feel a further level of compassion for compared to everyone else on the planet that I DONT know that also deals with things of this nature?

[cookiepuss]

why dont you run a search on this dudes name and just look at all the local events they are scheduling in his name that pop up online....notice how theres none of them?



and I could give a shit less if it seems insensitive. Im a skeptic. People dont ask for help from random strangers. People go thru channels of people they know.

that's because they've already happened:

http://www.924gilman.org/[/url]
DETAILS:
the gilman show on the 21st has been turned into a benefit show
CAPITALIST CASUALTIES
SKARP
VOETSEK
NOISEAR
GODSTOMPER
plus more

all procedes will be going to medical bills.]

and more are in the process of being organized...

they did ask for help through communities they know first. I'm the one the brought it here. MY fucking bad.

[The Notorious LOL]

nontheless, my stance remains.


Its unfortunate but I will not be donating my money.

[DandyFop]

I dont know anything about him so what singles him out as an individual that I SHOULD feel a further level of compassion for compared to everyone else on the planet that I DONT know that also deals with things of this nature?

Nothing singles him out, at all. You're right, crazy shitty things happen to all types of people, all the time. But there's a difference between not caring about it, and making a point to tell someone else that they shouldn't give a shit because they don't know them personally, and making jokes like "maybe they gave a bad tatoo" etc.

It's to be expected here, so I knew exactly what I'd find when I opened up this thread. Whatever.

[Randetica]

i have no money which gives me the right to be a complete dickhead

well i still could care less
but not much

[cookiepuss]

noted.


Either way, do a search. Do you see anyone having any sort of fundraisers for him? You sure dont. You would think his friends and family would be more proactive in organizing something in this regard rather than simply sending out random emails about some dude. I dont know anything about him so what singles him out as an individual that I SHOULD feel a further level of compassion for compared to everyone else on the planet that I DONT know that also deals with things of this nature?

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=14001540 try reading the comments from friends and family.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=4105310

not to mention all of these "results" from google:

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AGAIN..don't care if you want to give money, but I'm pretty sure that it's not a scam and if itis kudos to them it's the biggest one ever. again...I wasn't spaming you intentinally. I thought this was kinda sad. but now I'm sad for another reason.

[The Notorious LOL]

Im not pointing out that no one else should give a shit. His girl is probably heartbroken as are his friends. That would suck.



What I AM stating is either way, I do not know this man. I have never met this man. No one knows him, so to approach the situation from the aspect that his situation deserves attention somehow by donating money is ludicrous. Its a post on a message board...odds are me and everyone else would have reacted differently had it been presented to us in conversation. Its a venue of sarcasm and assholishness...aint a damn thing changed.


I do hope beastiegirl gives him that blender.

[venusvenus123]

really, why DO you care so much about one guy who got shot???

americans and their stoooooooopid fucking guns!

[The Notorious LOL]

thank you venus.

[DandyFop]

stop catching feelings over some dude you dont know.
.

[cookiepuss]

really, why DO you care so much about one guy who got shot???

americans and their stoooooooopid fucking guns!


Empathy is one's ability to recognize and understand the emotion of another. As the states of mind, beliefs, and desires of others are intertwined with their emotions, one with empathy for another may often be able to more effectively divine another's modes of thought and mood. Empathy is often characterized as the ability to "put oneself into another's shoes", or experiencing the outlook or emotions of another being within oneself, a sort of emotional resonance.


sorry I fucking care when I read about people (anybody) who gets hurt while trying to defend thier home from robbers. period.

don't worry though I won't be burdening you guys with having to think about people you don't know ever again.

[The Notorious LOL]

if the dude got beaten to near death with a dildo, you would be adding right along to the sarcasm. Its all a matter of presentation.

[Randetica]

dandy's tragedy fucked me up though

dont need more of that shizzle izzle

[hardnox71]

maybe he's the reason Pauli got kicked off the bus.
Pauli got kicked off a bus?

Ooooh! Whadshe do?

edit-Nevermind. Just found the thread.

[hardnox71]

I'm not a bleeding heart by any means. Especially for someone I don't know, regardless the situation. We've all got our problems and shit happens, right? But I do have to say that in the last two pages I've seen a side of this board that I didn't think existed.

I mean, if it is a scam then cookie should know better than to be taken so easily but if it's not a scam then you guys are sitting around cracking jokes about someone who has a fucking hole in their head.

What's so gotdamned funny about that?:confused:

[GetYourWarOn]

i just spent 100 bucks on records. i'm dead broke til next payday.

[The Notorious LOL]

what level of sensitivity are we supposed to apply? Are people really that sensitive to the lives of those we dont know and will never know that every time something unfortunate happens to someone else it should be expected to show empathy and compassion thru financial compensation? Isnt this man employed? Doesnt he own his own shop? Shouldn't the financial aspects be secondary? If its life or death, I dont think they would just brush aside the procedure unless he has cash upfront.

[Randetica]

someone who has a fucking hole in their head


LOLZ
fuckhole in head

[hardnox71]

what level of sensitivity are we supposed to apply? Are people really that sensitive to the lives of those we dont know and will never know that every time something unfortunate happens to someone else it should be expected to show empathy and compassion thru financial compensation? Isnt this man employed? Doesnt he own his own shop? Shouldn't the financial aspects be secondary? If its life or death, I dont think they would just brush aside the procedure unless he has cash upfront.
You don't even have to care much less be sensitive but I just don't see any reason to insensitive and heartless. Why is there no middle ground here?

I don't know this guy, either. I'm not sending him any money. He's never fucking bailed me out of jail. But just because I don't know him and he's never done anything to help me doesn't mean it's OK for me to start cracking jokes because the man has a bullet in his brain.

That's just overkill.

[The Notorious LOL]

just like its overkill to beg for money for his misfortune.

[hardnox71]

just like its overkill to beg for money for his misfortune.
Like I said, you don't have to give shit. I'm not gonna.

But you don't have to talk shit, either. There's just no reason for it.

Unnecessary.

[The Notorious LOL]

agree to disagree then. I dont retract anything I said and will sum it up as follows:


Thats sad, it sucks. It happens all the time. Im still not giving him my money.

[cookiepuss]

just like its overkill to beg for money for his misfortune.

ah yeah. no one is begging. it's called informing.. the rest is up to you...take it or leave it.

and yes this shit does happen to people everyday, but it's not everyday that you hear about a way to help someone in this situation. I guess that's where I was coming from. it's ok if you aren't interested but as hardnox said there is no reason to be cruel about a very unfortunate event.

[hardnox71]

agree to disagree then. I dont retract anything I said and will sum it up as follows:


Thats sad, it sucks. It happens all the time. Im still not giving him my money.
You are completely missing what I'm saying. You're hearing what you want to hear.

Forget it. I don't care enough about this to even finish this post.

[GetYourWarOn]

i saw an ad on craig's list about an electric wheelchair that a woman was selling in order to pay for her funeral expenses. i was lol for a few seconds.