Kat Von D makes me sad.

I used to be a big fan or hers, but now every time I see her with Vanilla Gorilla I just think…EEEWWWW.

And I wanna yell, ‘run Kat run!

I have a slight obsession with Kat Von D. So much so that I might even read her new book The Tattoo Chronicles. Yeah, maybe not. But I do love her.

And I love this set of pictures of her from a book signing in Berlin this week. She’s fun to look at from all angels. You never know where you might find a new bit of art.

Admit it. Even if you aren’t a tattoo girl you gotta love her independent spirit and the juxtaposition of over the top pin-up girliness next to the dirty street tats.

Sad news for LA Ink star Kat Von D.

Not only did her very cool house burn down while she was away in Canada promoting her new book The Tattoo Chronicles…her pet cat was trapped in the house and died in the fire.

Kat Von D has become a pain in TLC’s ass.  I don’t know how she ended up with so much creative control over her show LA Ink..but the powers that be at TLC are saying how high? when she says jump lately.

Just last week we heard stories about her freakout over some footage where she was bad talking her ex-Nikki Sixx, presumably because they area dating again.

This week the new drama is that Kat demanded that show producers cut all footage of her with Jesse James from the show. More proof that she is most likely banging Nikki again.

Kat Von D and Jesse James may be a perfect match up on paper..but trying to have an Austin/L.A. relationship is taking it toll.

Sources close to Kat say she is tired of having to travel to get some when there are plenty of fish in the sea in L.A. Including her ex-boyfriend.

On Oct. 5 during a Slash concert at the House of Blues, Von D was seen hanging out in the V.I.P. section with her ex-boyfriend Nikki Sixx. “They were on the balcony chatting and ended up disappearing together,” a source tells PEOPLE. “They were acting pretty cozy and chummy.”