L.A. Ink

Last night was the finale of Miami Ink, arguably one of the more entertaining reality series on TV. It's pretty formulaic though, and thus tends to get boring when you watch their 6 hour blocks or whatever on Monday nights - one customer for each artist, some stupid sap story to go with each tat, and some shop antics/pranks/drama for good measure.

Truth be told, Chris Garver and Kat Von D are the only artists worth their salt in that shop. The other guys are decent, but only when you consider their primary clientele - Miami beachgoers.

Cliff's: Kat got into it with the Teutels at Orange County Choppers (of American Chopper fame, a show I used to like a lot), claims that doing an armband would be too elementary for her, and Ami called her out. Actually, he threw her out. Her MySpace says that she decided to leave. Whatever.

But that's right - Kat's done with Miami Ink.

She's actually based in L.A., flying out to Miami just for the filming of the show.

Why do I care?

1) Because Kat Von D is radzilla.

2) Because now they're making L.A. Ink at her shop, High Voltage Tattoo.

Now I'm not saying that Kat going diva on Ami and the other dudes is completely acceptable, but I'm only in it for the badass tats and badasser stories.

Too bad I don't have enough milk money saved for even a drop of ink. Not to mention that Kat's waiting list is months deep.

Premiering August 7 on TLC.






P.S. How ILL is that jacket?!