Surf is up and down on the South Shore.

The NBA free agency trades will start tomorrow. There are talks of Jason Kidd going to the Knicks or even Tracy McGrady. There will be some crazy shit goin down soon, only time will tell.

*Jesse came in to get more ink. We had a long discussion about drinking Koolaid, well it was more like trash talking. Yes it was a black and jap thing…its cause the last time I drank that stuff I was a little kid. He drinks it everyday. Well, he brought some in for us and said “drink this shit!!!…Its niggahriffic!!!” Shoot, look at that face would you tell him no? Actually, he is a super cool guy.

*So Megan did some stuff on Jesse. He got this ruler goin down his leg…But the ruler only went up to three inches…???????…..three inches Jesse????? I guess that black myth ain’t true after all,  hahahaha, nah, Megan did some crazy tribal on the inside of thigh.

*Ryan Chunn came in to get some shading done by Billy. Ryan is the blackest Korean I know or blackorean. I guess he really loves himself to get a shirt with his name on the front, haha….we found this huge sticker and just put it there….but I think he really loves himself either way.

*Fellow IN4MANT Ryan Ota came in to add more stuff. The In4mation crew, Tara, and I have a little funny deal. Tara get to do a couple of lines on everyone tattoo. Justin looks worried in the back there. I guess Ota just could no bare to watch.

I just want to say congratulations to Todd and Miyo Yamanaka. They got married on Sunday at the Hawaii Prince Hotel.

*I do? yes I do!!!

*Bonded families.

*The Prince had a great view of Big Rights.

*Todd, being the t-shirt artist, made these shirts for all the guests.

*Travis and Todd. Todd looks like a happy camper. I never realized how tall Trav is next to Todd. I think Trav is just a camera hog and his body just wanted to take up space, hehe.

*Trav and Aliyah. Nice couple together. Trav actually looks very respectable here.

*Wedding guests….Dexter “Heebler” Shimabukuro, Kaui Hill aka: Bu La’ia, and Greg Stuber. Looks like Kaui had the gerry Curl action going, in tribute to Mikey Jackson. Or was he in mid sentence saying “wassup everybody”.

Ok, I’ve been hearing a bunch of Wacko Jacko Mikey J jokes since his death….here are some that I thought was funny. If you are offended, I’m kinda sorry…kinda.

Q: What College did Michael Jackson go to?

A: Brigham Young (Bring Em Young)

Shortly after Michaels death, the coroner’s melted down Michael’s body instead of cremating it…because of all the plastic surgeries, he had enough plastic to make Michael Jackson dolls. This is so that all the little boys get to play with Michael for a change.

Ok…..last one…..for now…

When Farrah died and went up to heaven God granted her one wish….to which Farrah replied, “I want all the little boys in the world  to be safe” ok pooof…..God then took Michael Jackson.

Sorry to poke fun, but I’m just telling you of the one’s I heard.

* I guess surf is up on the south shore….check out all the guys coming in or going out on the reef.

*Just a pic of Big Rights….some knucklehead running from the barrel.

*Surfed with Travis ….aka: Ronnie 2.0  the new and improved version….Improved? wait Disapproved…haha, its just hell for everyone else in the water…he is louder and just as obnoxious as I am. hahaha

Yesterday was a very sad day…Two Icons passed away…Even if you live in a cave or under a rock you already knew this.

*Opps wrong guy…this Michael Jackson died a long time ago.

*This Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest. The KING OF POP was just 50 years old. Dispite his personal drama, Michael was an incredible performer, artist, and musical genius.

* Farrah Fawcett also died. Watching a special last night on Michael and Farrah was sooooo sad. Michael, sad because of how twisted his life was. It looked like he was a 10 year old boy trapped in a 50 year old body. Farrah on the other hand, started off as a huge sex symbol and then fought through anal cancer. She was strong and positive all the way to the end. May they both rest in peace and have all our prayers go out to their friend and family.

Ok, before I get to the streets…

Big day in NBA….NBA draft was yesterday and of course LA Clippers took Blake Griffin for their #1 pick. The New York Knicks drafted Jordan Hill from University of Arizona….ahhhhh, I wanted Stephen Curry…oh well. Vince Carter , Shaq, Rich Jefferson, and Darko Milicic all was traded away too…its gonna be a crazy season.

USA Soccer SHOCKED the world and beat Spain in World Cup Soccer.

*Meanwhile, while we were in San Fransisco…of course we rode the cable car to Fisherman’s Wharf.

*Went and bought some really good chocolates at Ghirardelli Square.

While at the wharf, we went to the Wax Museum…I was wondering where I was among these smart historians…..wait, my bad I’m just a smart ass.

*Some of my sports heroes.

*I guess you know you are big time when you get your own wax figure…..lok good , thats Michelle Wie.

The funny men….Austin Powers just cracks me up.

Ok, today the LA Lakers had their celebration parade…who cares! haha. US Open in Golf starts tomorrow….Go Tiger!!

I’m now in San Francisco with Denise and it is really cold. Well, after coming from Las Vegas to here….its a comfortable cold. It is the first time I have been to Frisco since I had a real job….since I can enjoy the better things in life. I love it because it is very ethnic and artsy fartsy.

*Ok, so when we got to San Francisco, we got a cab ride to what we thought was our hotel. We got dropped off at this pimped out joint named “Union Square Hotel”. Little did we know we was at the wrong hotel…we had reservations at the “Union Square Plaza”. This place is a dive, a dump!!!! No AC unit…wait natural air, just open the windows. Just a dump, I was surprised the rats wasn’t running away or there wasn’t a dead body or chalk outline, or even blod stained walls. Hell, you would be ashamed to take a hooker there, haha…not that I would ever need one, but you get my drift. We was out of there in a flash!! I called the other hotel to see if they had any rooms and they directed us to their sister hotel…..right next door.

*We went from Hell to Heaven!!! The “DIVA HOTEL” Oh my God! What a difference! Check out this room, artys fartsy cool. The hotel staff was super cool Hellio at the front desk and David the hotel’s kick ass concierge, dude was cool as heck.

HOTEL DIVA

440 Geary Street

San Francisco, CA. 94102

resv: 1 800 553 1900

www.hoteldiva.com

So after getting settled in…..

*MAVERICKS….Half Moon Bay

*We went to “Half Moon Bay” home of Big Wave Surf Spot…MAVERICKS…also where Dee’s best friend lives with hubby John and kids Ty and Taylor. John just wears the weirdest outfits everytime I see him, haha.

*Ty the Terror kept me entertained for quite some time….or maybe I kept him entertained…..whatever’s this is one smart two year old.

*Went down to “Fisherman’s Wharf” to do the tourist thing. This is “Alcatraz Island” aka “The Rock”, hehe.

*I had to take a pic of this dude…No worry I did not help him get drunk…just wanted to make fun of him for free, haha…..Of course I helped him out…..wouldn’t you?

*I had to snap a pic of this…if you don’t know why this means to me ……oh well, sucks to be you.

*Oh yeah, can you believe that 15 years has passed since this knucklehead killed his wife.

PS: I talked to Kirby and Nick, when the next swell gets here….it will be payback time!!!

Arggggggh……Those damn Lakers won it all. Oh well, can’t really get mad and be a hater…Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, D Fisher, and Lamar Odom played their asses off and stomped on Dwight Howard and Orlando Magic.

*Kobe couldn’t wait til the game was over to celebrate.

*Kobe and his MVP Trophy…congrats to the L.A. Lakers…kiss my ass Bandwagon Laker fans.

*Kainoa MgGee is a huge Laker fan. I had to airbrush the NBA trophy on one of his surfboards before…thank god I don’t airbrush no more…..damn the waves are going off on the south shore. There must be a lot of happy guys out at Big Rights….Kirby is in Bali, Nick is injured and I’m in Vegas….all you bastards better enjoy this, cause when we get back …IT WILL BE PAYBACK!!!

*This was right before my post……I’m back in the hotel room because I’m not so lucky today. Still have time to make it back.

*Mandalay Bay(opps, my bad..LUXOR) Hotel and Casino is gearing up for the new Transformers movie.

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*Bellagio has this glass sculpture on the ceiling of their lobby, its beautiful and something to look at.

*Cody Akana moved to Vegas with his girlfriend Phoebe. Cody got some more ink on his ribs…boy was he in pain, haha was pretty funny. I decided to draw in  balloon’s over his nips, haha….Thanks for the correction Cody…..you still look gay with your red balloons.

Tomorrow I go to San Fransisco…..hopefully I get some cool pics there. Wait I’m still in Vegas….BET, BET, BET, BET, BET.

As I write this, the second game of the NBA finals is going on and the score between the LA Lakers and Orlando Magic is tied at 6-6. LA smoked the Magic in game one, but started the same way…very good close game…then the Kobe show began.

*Billy tattooed this chick’s back and decided to ham it up for the camera. Thats a nice bloody glove there? Nice.

*Aaron continued on Andrew’s arm. Aaron left for a one month vacation in Japan two days after this. Looks like Andrew took care of that third nipple problem, haha.

*Jimmy from the North Shore, came by and added to his sleeve. Jimmy’s dad owns Jacks Surf Shop in California.

*I added more koi’s on Kylie’s back.

*Tara got some cherry blossom on her foot…..sorry, can’t do any more of these.

*Got your beer goggles on? This what happens when you drink tequilla, haha. Thanks “MATS” for sending this to me. I guess that ole saying is true….”I never went to bed with any ugly girls….but I sure did wake up with a bunch”.

*Just some inspirational words to live by….although we never live by them, well hell, I don’t. I live by these words…..”If you can’t laugh at yourself…..make fun of other people”

Ok, NBA finals in 2 days and all the talk is about Lebron and his poor choice of sportsmanship. He made a statement that he is a competitor and he hates losing. Well, he is one of the best all-time NBA stars and he must be a great winner as well as a great loser. Hell, we probably lose more in life than we do win….well, maybe just me, haha and Wendall, hehe. I am a pretty bad loser, but I am no wayyyy one of the best in the world or a role model. I just thought he made a poor choice and lost some respect for him….however it can all be forgotten if he went to the Knicks, haha. That would make me real happy, but he better get used to losing. All of us Knicks fans are used to losing…so, until they start to win they are officially…the NEW YORK CHICKS.

*Jenn did this Pooh bear Rambo on this guy….you might think that this is kinda gay and weak, but think about this…all the crap he is gonna get for this tattoo and all the fighting he will have to do…..holy crap, he might actually be a bad ass, haha…NOT, nah, just joking, don’t come and kick my ass.

*Megan Jones, usually our resident polynesian tribal tattoo artist, had a chance to do some cool traditional stuff the other day. But if you do want some poly tribal….this white girl rocks that shit.

*Jesse is leaving us in a few weeks and moving to Iowa….so you better get him while you can.

*Just some suff I’ve been working on.

*Michelle’s new Cherry Blossom tree.

*Finally, Jenn had to fix up this tattoo that was done at another shop about six months ago. You can see the before and after pics….pretty crazy, because this lady wanted the honu to look like the one that Jenn did and instead got that other one on top….crazy, hope that guy got fired. I don’t want to trash talk other shops here in Hawaii or mention any names, but I guess shit like this happens….good thing Jenn worked her magic!! “PIMP MY TATTOO”

On thursday the LA Lakers will take on the Orlando Magic for the NBA Championship Title. Lakers beat up Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets.

“Not this year Melo”, looks like thats what Kobe was telling Carmelo Anthony. I really Thought Denver had a great shot at winning it all…..guess not….damn all u Laker lovers….

*MVP aka “Mr Poor Sport”, stormed off the court after Dwight Howard spanked the Cavs and pimp slapped Lebron and the Cavs. GO MAGIC!!! 

Kobe’s Lakers vs Howards Magic…..should be a great one…..damn NBA season is almost done.

*If Nuggets Chris “Birdman” Amderson ahd a baby with PINK……

*U will get this girl that Jesse tattooed the other night, hahaha. Sorry had to do this. She thought I was taking the pic because I liked the mohawk. Haha, nooooooooo.