TTTEEEXXXAAASSS IIINNNKKKEEEDDD August 2020/2 C r E A T E D T O I N S P I r E , I N S P I r E D T O C r E A T E Editor's Note ""EEnndd"" ooff SSuummmmeerr && SScchhooooll TTiimmee I t ' s t h a t t i m e o f t h e y e a r a g a i n . T i m e f o r o u r k i d s t o g e t t h e h e l l o u t o f t h e h o u s e a n d o u t o f o u r h a i r ! W h a t a m I s a y i n g , t h e y a r e n e v e r l e a v i n g a g a i n . L O L ! I a m s e c r e t l y h a p p y m y s o n d o e s n ’ t g e t t o g o b a c k t o h i s c a m p u s q u i t e y e t . Y o u k n o w b e c a u s e o f r e a s o n s l i k e C o v i d , a n d a l s o , I j u s t l i k e h a v i n g m y k i d s a r o u n d . M y y o u n g e s t s o n i s t u r n i n g 1 5 i n a c o u p l e w e e k s . M a y b e t h e f a c t I a m o u t o f t h e “ k i d d y ” p h a s e m a k e s m y j o b a s a m o m a l i t t l e e a s i e r t h a n s o m e , o r m a y b e I j u s t r a i s e d s o m e a m a z i n g k i d s . N o m a t t e r t h e r e a s o n , I j u s t l o a t h t h e e n d o f s u m m e r a n d b a c k t o s c h o o l t i m e . T h e o n e “ b o n u s ” a b o u t t h i s t i m e o f y e a r i s t h e k i d s g o i n g b a c k t o s c h o o l m e a n s f a l l i s c o m i n g ! I d o n ’ t t h i n k I w a s b u i l t f o r t h i s T e x a s h e a t . I s e e s o m e o f y ’ a l l s p e n d i n g t i m e i n t h e y a r d w i t h t h e d o g s , g o i n g o n w a l k s i n t h e w o o d s , a n d e v e n s o m e d o i n g y a r d w o r k . I w o u l d m e l t . I a m p r e t t y s u r e I w o u l d m e l t a t l e a s t , I d o n ’ t s t a y o u t t h e r e l o n g e n o u g h t o k n o w . I f t h e r e i s n ’ t a p o o l o r o c e a n c l o s e b y , t h e n I a m g o i n g t o b e i n d o o r s w i t h t h e A C . I c a n ’ t e v e n g o o n m y m i d n i g h t w a l k s r i g h t n o w b e c a u s e i t ’ s t o o d a m n h o t ( n o t t o m e n t i o n t h e h e l i c o p t e r s i z e m o s q u i t o s ) . I e n v y y o u l a d i e s t h a t c a n b e o u t d o o r s i n 1 0 0 d e g r e e t e m p s a n d n o t b e a p u d d l e ! M a k e u p a n d s u m m e r ? N o t a c h a n c e ! S o t h e r e a r e a c o u p l e p l u s e s t o t h e e n d o f s u m m e r , a c o u p l e m i n u s e s t o o . O v e r a l l , I t h i n k w e w i l l b e a l r i g h t . T h i s w e e k ' s i s s u e i s f u l l o f s i z z l e ! W e h a v e t h e s e x y @ l d m f i t m o d e l o n t h e c o v e r . H e r a s s e t s w i l l a l s o g r a c e a c o u p l e p a g e s . E n j o y t h a t ! W e a l s o h a v e a p r o t e i n f i l l e d m u f f i n r e c i p e t o s t a r t y o u r d a y o f f r i g h t . W e a r e a l l g o i n g t o n e e d o u r s t r e n g t h w h e n t h e s e k i d s a s k f o r h e l p o n t h e i r m a t h h o m e w o r k . A s a l w a y s w e f e a t u r e o u r a r t i s t o f t h e w e e k . T h i s w e e k w e h a v e R u b e n ‘ j a g ’ M i t c h e l l A K A @ j a g g u m t a t s , w e a r e s u p e r e x c i t e d a b o u t t h a t ! J u s t a f u n “ e n d ” o f s u m m e r i s s u e . I w i s h t h e b e s t f o r y o u a n d y o u r s t h i s s c h o o l y e a r . E v e r y o n e s t a y s a f e a n d h e a l t h y ! @ldmfitmodel @ j a g g "Ruben 'Jag' Mitchell" u m t a t t s For as long as I can remember being a artist was a dream of mine. I tapped into art at a young age and quickly discovered its what I want to do forever!! It allowed me to express myself in ways you can’t really explain!! As a young one, I was always intrigued with tattoos!! I would always get tattoos out of the vending machines, stick them on, then not wash my arm for a week just so they would stay!!! I asked my mom multiple times to got into tattoo shops, and of course, she said “boy naw!! What do you want to go in there for??” I also got in trouble for staring at tattoos people had because I was so amazed by them!! I started tattooing out of the house at 16.