Damn, it’s been a long time…
Don’t even know where to begin, really.. so much has been happening since my last post…
I’ve been all over the damn world.. literally.. my Grandmom passed away.. my daughter started high school.. got a few new sick ass tattoos.. that’s just the first few I can think of right now.
The last few weeks have been so damn hectic.
First week in October, I was invited to go tattoo at Hart & Huntington, in Vegas.. believe it or not, that was my first time ever in Vegas, and the dudes at the shop treated me like gold, and showed me an amazing time. I also did a lettering seminar at Mario Barth’s tattoo convention while I was out there, so it all worked out. I tattooed Aaron Lewis, from Staind… did some cool tattoos while I was there..
Vegas is a crazy place. As my good friend Matt Fontana put it, “it epitomizes everything that’s wrong with the United States”.
I witnessed the following, and not in any particular order -
- Some dude crying on the phone to his wife, that he just lost all the money, including money for the bills/mortgage, and needs more.
- A gang of drunk bachelorette party women trying to convince each other it was ok to go back to the room with some random dudes.
- Some other dude lying on the floor, that apparently couldn’t quite make it to the men’s room.
- Eating in the employee dining room, at 3 a.m., listening to the strippers/dancers talk about the “guy in the front row had a huuuuuge boner”
- Having sushi at a dope spot while a DJ is playing “hoochie mama”.
- Sylvester Stallone dropping a WAD of cash right on my foot and not even realizing that it fell out of his pocket.. probably 20g’s…
I could go on and on, but I’m sure most people have been to Vegas, so you understand..
Got back from Vegas on Monday morning, and left for China on that Wednesday..
I went to China for an Adidas event. “523″ was the Adidas campaign, and also they were launching the Def Jam pack, which I did some work on.. and did some paintings for the show.
That was the first time I was in China, and I gotta say, it was pretty amazing.
They put me up in the Ritz Carlton, which was fuckin dope. I’m not used to all that fancy shit, really.. so it was a real experience. Sushi and french toast for breakfast? sure, why not..
Contrary to what I thought, I guess egg rolls, spare ribs and shrimp fried rice, isn’t REALLY served in China..
Now, I LOVE trying different foods in EVERY country I visit, and China was no exception.
I never really thought I would eat sharks fin soup, but it was actually pretty damn good..
Oh, and apparently, there isn’t very many large, heavily tattooed American dudes that visit Shanghai very ofter, so I stood out a bit.. ok, A LOT.. almost uncomfortably too much, really.
I met some pretty amazing dudes while I was there. DJ Tommy, Jahan.. All the Adidas Shanghai crew..
Got back from China really late the following Tuesday night, then off to Puerto Rico on Thursday.
I worked at my boy Eddie’s shop in San Juan, Senzala Tattoo.. fuckin killer shop, killer crew.. Shout outs to Manolo, Demian, Edgar, Josean, Olgy, Appocolypto (lol), Sharon & Eddie for having me..
Did some dope tattoos on the guys there and got a nice one while I was there as well.
I was pretty stressed out after all the traveling but there’s just something about laying on a hammock, under a palm tree, on the beach, and eating fresh marlin steaks and mofongo, that tends to relax me.. crazy right?
I absolutely LOVE it down there.. f’n love it.
Just the smell of the ocean.. the food.. the people.. it’s such a dope spot.. I could DEFINITELY live there and tattoo there.. no doubt.
Just got back from P.R. on Wednesday night.. Back to work, though… been pretty busy with some bigger appointments, and I’m opening up a new shop pretty soon, in Kennett Square, PA… Just a ton of stuff going on in my life at the moment, and sometimes it’s almost overwhelming, but I just gotta keep it moving and stay busy or it feels like I’m gonna come apart at the seams.. ha…
I’ve got hundreds of pics to upload, so I’ll update again later…
Hope everybody is good!
Peace
B
