Had to blow off some steam so I shot the shit with the guys tonight. After yesterday's home invasion down the street we had to make sure we could hold down the fort in case they tried to break into our houses.







The Mossberg 500. Kicks like a mule. My shoulder's sore.



Our weapons expert. He definitely knew his way around a 45 Operator.

We fucked shit up.

These ghetto birds woke me up this morning. They were flying right above my house. They're actually still flying around right now.





I thought my weird ass neighbor had gone crazy and killed his wife and kids. I always said that would be the end of that family. WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS three african american men with dreadlocks broke into someone's house and are still at large.. right now... Right down the street from my house.



I got this picture from a news reporter's Twitter feed. The "suspects" crashed the getaway car into a police cruiser. Amateurs.

It's just another day in the hood.



edit: They eventually caught two of the three idiots who caused all the commotion.



Why this guy is half naked I still don't understand.



The funniest detail of this entire incident has got to be this lady's nails. She's the mother of one of the suspects. Maybe she can earn her son's bail money by charging people more money at the carnival she works for.



chopper photos by Jorge
other photos courtesy of ABC 7

Paul brought his vintage motorcycle to work today. A hipster's dream bike.

What's funny about all of this is that Paul looks a lot like Adam Levine (Maroon 5) and Adam Levine loves motorcycles just like Paul does. It's not just that, they actually have a bunch of stuff in common. Adam Levine's girlfriend is a hot blonde, Paul's girlfriend is a hot blonde. Adam Levine's a great singer, Paul's a great singer. Only difference is one of them is little bit more successful in the music business than the other one. I think Paul is secretly Adam Levine on the weekends.



Great looking bike.

Enzo came real close to his demise last Monday.

I haven't been blogging as much as I'd like to because some things have been coming up, one of them being my puppy Enzo's health issues. Until last week we thought the problems were due to his allergies. They're not, it turns out he just has a really bad mange. On Monday, I got a call from my sister telling me they were putting him down. I left work and when I got to the vet I found out his condition was treatable. He's doing a lot better now.

Our previous vet told us we'd have to keep him on tons of expensive medication for the rest of his life. Turns out the steroids he gave me only made Enzo's condition worse. DON'T GO TO NOBLE VETERINARY CLINIC IN HAYWARD.

That is all.

For today's Music Monday I'm gonna show you music from the 80's I like that I bet you thought I'd never even heard..

Just to mix things up a bit.

I heard this song on The Simpsons.



I found out about Tears for Fears because of that DOOM line: "Everybody wanna rule the world like Tears for Fears"



Red Red Wine by UB40.. the corniest classic.

If I'm over here taking pictures of trendy frozen yogurt you know that means it's been a real uneventful day.

Here's your sneak peek at Sucker Punch. Just a bunch of hot girls in a cheesy action movie. I'm not complaining.

Had to swing by my favorite sushi spot in the whole world.



I went with AJ and he's a connoisseur of sorts. Hamachi swag.



These hand rolls remind me of tacos. Japanese tacos.



I didn't even know this place had such an extensive menu. You gotta be in the know. These rolls were delicious.

I hope today's music monday keeps kids' hands off guns and on their books. I hope you don't get distracted by the dead guy and you get the message. I'll admit the stitching is pretty knarly. Still. Stay off the streets. Especially if you were raised in a nice neighborhood. (EVERYONE I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH)



Photo from Tumblr

Last night's Poker game turned into a montage.

AJ decided it was time for him to take care of his Glaucoma so we went to Greenway out in the city today.



Being in this office felt surreal. The fact that Marijuana's so easily accessible legally in California is surreal.



AJ filled out the necessary paperwork and talked to the very friendly receptionist and just like that,



he had legal medical marijuana in his hands 15 minutes later.



Let's hope this helps AJ's Glaucoma.

Happy Friday.

I don't know about you guys but I'm having a swell one. Cheap Mexican beer in the fridge, shrimp Ceviche, buncha movies on my laptop and it's raining like crazy outside. God Bless.

If you look closely you can see Cujo starin' right back at you. Missin a few teeth.



I came that close to death today but I still made it home to surf the interwebs and watch my favorite episode of Intervention.



The infamous huffing episode. Best. Episode. Ever.

This year's not looking so hot. First Japan WAVED goodbye at all their stuff and now the legendary Nate Dogg passed away.

Just last week I was watching an interview where Uncle Snoop was talking about how Nate Dogg was getting better. The Westside lost another great one. May he rest in peace.

And right before Music Monday ends..

I heard Prodigy got outta jail the other day.

Talk about a lazy Sunday.

AJ and I had a couple of brews and some cigars to help us end the weekend.





Tracy Thai makes an average tasting Thai Iced Tea. I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that shit was delicious because it wasn't. It was alright. A bit too sweet. I've had better. That is all.



Ye Olde Tracy Town Hall and Jail was down the street from that Thai restaurant. I imagine that back when it was active they housed Tracy's worst criminals in that little building. Today there were a buncha white kids in it playing video games.



Even the guy who has to stand on this corner and dress like the statue of liberty had a good day. There's no reason why you shouldn't be having a good day too.



Best one. You know it too.



We all think Erk Tha Jerk looks like CJ from San Andreas. Prove us wrong.



There's a gross story behind this drawing.

I walked into a public bathroom and saw some guy with this huge doodoo stain on his ass crack. I did my business and left. Later I saw him sitting down on a bench and when he got up the doodoo stain had spread out as if he'd smeared the caca all over his cheeks by sitting on it for so long. I had to draw it since I didn't take a picture. It smelled like someone threw moldy Chinese food in a bird cage.

Yes Gilbert, I heard the Original Dom Kennedy.. Great mixtape. You have good taste in music dude.

I figured I wouldn't mention it on the blog since it would probably be redundant because it's been all over the place since Thursday. I will though, reference the video Maestro put up the day the mixtape dropped.

"Everything he does gets better..." and that goes for both of these guys.

I guess my boss checks the blog and he suggested I take all the videos I've posted on here and put them on the silver screen. I thought he was kidding but after talking about it for a minute I realized he was serious.

I'm not sure when it'll go down since it turns out it's gonna take way more work than we originally planned. We spent tonight doing sound checks since apparently even though the theater's old as f*ck the equipment is not (at all).

I didn't have my camera on me so I snapped this with my BlackBerry's shitty camera. It was cool to see one of my videos on a big ass screen in a movie theater, no matter how old or crappy.

I was watching my shows and this popped up.

Thanks a lot Japan. Just kidding, my heart goes out to the people of Japan. I just hope I don't wake up underwater.

I worked late and had me a good ol' midnight snack.

I bought some fried rice from a place that opened up nearby called TASTY RESTAURANT. I always thought these take-out boxes were cool, not just because of how "oriental" they look but because they're the same almost everywhere. I've always believed there's only one factory that makes all these boxes and every Chinese restaurant in the world buys their boxes from that factory. I don't know if that's true but they're definitely a staple of California Culture. The Chinese Take-Out Box.

Whoever invented it must be a billionaire. That's all it takes, one good idea.

I didn't do anything other than go to my drawing class today. I clearly wasn't born to draw so I'm gonna stick to blogging.

Thanks to the guy with the pixelated face for providing the tools I needed to draw today. Too bad you will remain anonymous. You could have been famous guy.

Everytime I hang with these guys something odd happens. Not complaining just saying.

By the way what happened in this video barely scratches the surface when it comes to all the stuff that went down tonight. It's just that it's 3 am and I'm exhausted that's all.

Little Enzo got his annual bath today. Also, our backyard looks like a construction site.