I'm 26 living in the Windy City. I opened up this little Rockabilly tattoo shop at the age of 22 (with monumental amounts of blood, sweat and green from the rockinest people on earth). We folded in under a year. Trust a young kid more bent on drinking, concerts and mayhem to completely upend a seemingly airtight business plan. Soon to follow was my brief hiatus from all I loved and those who loved me in return when I holed myself up in the deepest recesses of France, breaking my reclusive state only to perform the duties necessary to keep my job as stage hand for a seedy Cabaret house.
When I came back a seasoned 24 my trusty motley crew embraced me without a second eastward glance. I am home. Currently running a friend's coffee house, I'm always planning my next great adventure.
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I do rate fairly. I read profiles, I sniff out portfolios and roll around in journals. Generally, I rate based on content but if I like you then I am obviously going to be biased. I know better than to ask for no revenge rating, just as I am free to rate as I please, as are you.
However childish it maybe-what? Oh, nothing. Here are a couple things that I judge (yes, I'm judging you, that's what a rating is. You will never escape judgement, it's a fact of life and you will be so much happier if you just accept it because you do it all day long whether you'll admit it or not.):
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WORDS!: If you don't have any words on your profile you get a 1. I'm not going to say you have a great profile when you don't.
2. Graphics: They can break up a lengthy line of script and even out a profile but they can also clutter up my screen with meaningless imagery and make me lose my will to live. I understand that you like something, one picture is sufficient.
3. Music: I don't care. I expect people to put music on their profiles. It's annoying but not something I'm going to get fussy about.
4. Premium: People with money have poor judgment and bad taste too. I'll rate accordingly.
5. Protection Stamps: These are just silly. They don't mean anything and if you have 50 of them lined up, making your page load slowly I'm going to get agrevated and probably rate you a point or two lower. They look stupid and clutter up a profile. AESTHETICALLY DISPLEASING!
6. Status: See Premium.
7. Pretty People: I'm human, I can't say that I won't be subconsciously predisposed to rating something I find attractive as slightly better than normal but it's not something I go out of my way to do.
8. Re-rates: Yeah, I'll probably do it. Just don't harrass me.
I'll add more to this section if the need arises.
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