Who IS Rebekah, anyway?
for anyone who cares...


Hi.  My name is Rebekah.  Assisted by the generosity of Shannon, I created www.bmeworld.com/Rebekah so that people could learn stuff.  As far as I'm concerned, having Internet access is like having twenty-four hour access to the world's biggest library, AND it's OK to smoke and drink coffee.  What could be better?

At this point, seeing as how my little place on the Internet seems to be mildly successful (judging not only by the hits on the newly-added counters, but also by the EMail that I receive), maybe I should introduce myself a little??

  • My loves and hobbies are body modification and computers and books. 
  • My BME tattoo  
    last updated March 7, 2000: It's not healing as well as I'd hoped. Barely healed, in fact. Updated pictures available. And YES, I'm taking into consideration that a white tattoo works the skin harder.
    It's almost a year later and still not well-healed.
  • My original parents are still married to each other. 
     
  • I love to read.  The first book I ever read is A Bargain for Frances.  My favorite books are Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon (who doesn't write fast enough!) and I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb.
    I'm going to try writing some more, too. Watch here for links...
  • I just finished reading Starting from Scratch : A Different Kind of Writers' Manual by Rita Mae Brown. If I write well, you can thank her. If I don't, then blame me; obviously I didn't pay enough attention.
     
  • I base my life around the theories in the science fiction short story The Other Now by Murray Leinster.  It came out way before the movie Sliding Doors.  I wrote to the publisher to try to get permission to reprint, and haven't heard back.  
     
  • My top favorite bands are Alice Cooper, Ozzy (Black Sabbath and with Randy Rhoads playing guitar, preferably), Nirvana, Biohazard, Bile, and Slayer.  My tattoos reflect this; I have portraits of Alice Cooper, Randy Rhoads, and Kurt Cobain among other musicians.  I have Slayer and Biohazard tattoos.  I also have a rose on my shoulder that has the name of Ricky, who plays in Bile.  
    I am discovering the Blues, as well... it's an ecclectic mishmash in my brain, but my brain is currently so much mishmush.... incidentally, I strongly suggest Judy Henske, Son Seals, and Buddy Guy.

  • The sexiest men I know are LUTHER, Slave, Ricky, Shannon, Krztoff, and Carrot Top.  (I have diverse tastes.) 
    Dig the Carrot Top tattoo. Scotty (Carrot Top) autographed my arm and I had the autograph tattooed into my skin the following night.
  • I am also a mildly obsessed groupie... but harmless 

    • I live with clinical depression.  I'm going to be medicated for the rest of my life, probably.  Once one gets into a good medical  program, life changes dramatically.  
      HEY, just because I have a bad day doesn't mean I "forgot" my medication... I'm as entitled to a bad day as everyone else. (Phew! Oh, speaking my mind was never a problem.)
       
    • I love my computer.  I'm using a PC right now, even tho I MUCH prefer the Macintosh.  
       
    • Most of the best people in my life are people I met online.  Those I didn't meet online still have EMail <g> 
       
    • I speak with forked tongue.  Literally.  (pictures by Mel) More are available on BME Extreme.  
      (yes i know, my lipstick is a mess, and my face is flushed.  We had just come from a Carrot Top show)

Holding a U.S. currency quarter

Twisties

 Tattoos here include (from left to right) Alive (under hand), the logo from Vivas Machina, my Biohazard DFL tattoo (it looks like crap here but it has remained crisp thru the years) and on my left hand a piece by Darkside Tattoo that covers some guy's initials. (I REALLY want them to do a big piece on me -- someday$$!) This work is on my right shoulder. Alice Cooper darkens considerably with a dab of lotion. He's about the size of one's hand (palm and fingers extended). The Calvin & Hobbes, which is the "artwork" on the "wall" of the "pub" that is my backpiece was done by Ritchie Montgomery.

No big story with this one. On the top of the photo, the bottom half circle is my Slayer tattoo.
The Official Tattoo Brand tattoo was done by Gregg, during the time I worked Counter at Tattoo International. I thought it was properly symbolic of how much I love the studio.
The green tattoo with the Celtic influence came from a Dover coloring book. It is in honor of all the Irish men in my past.

It's really hard to have a "favorite" tattoo but this is indeed one of my favorites. Each of my tattoos tells a story. My darling butch Sam, who calls me Mom, is a brilliant budding artist. While her portfolio of original work is stunning, I haven't YET gotten anything done from the actual portfolio.

I found this on Kitt's web site, and Jay Crockett (formerly of Tattoo International) inked it on. When I was Sam's age (ouch!!!) I really thought I'd be dead by the time I turned 21. This tattoo reminds me that there's someone who thinks I'm special, so I have to stay out of trouble. She is MY guardian angel.
The photograph is horrible as it was hard for me to stand with my arm bent just so.

(P.S. Sam, honey, UPDATE YOUR FRIGGIN' SITE!!!)
Finally.... 
Roy is one of my dearest friends in the whole world. (I met him in the NYC club scene about ten years ago.)
His children have become my children. (Alas, my babies are growing up -- Syd and Ralph live on their own -- they're over eighteen!)
One year, Jon-Jon drew this picture for me for Mother's Day. I demanded that his father drive me to Seattle Tattoo Emporium (no we didn't drive cross country; they were living in Seattle) and Steve inked this in for me. (Last I heard, Steve had headed for CA.)
Boston Munch, December 2000
Taken by either Geoffrey or Susan -- Harmon and me
This is my cat, Heyboy.

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