Thursday Adventures

I finally got to may appointment with Billy Thursday morning. I rode my bike over there and was able to grab some breakfast tacos at Joe's Coffee and Bakery on E. 7th St. Great breakfast tacos! They make their own tortillas so the tacos are bigger and fluffy, for only $1.59 each.



Now I have to check and see if they have good coffee. Either way, I'm going back with Laura, she'll like it I think.
So, I got back to the shop and we had our tacos, Billy's husband Sean brought us coffee from Progress. That was really cool of him, I wish I had had another taco for him, but I only got enough for me, Billy, and Megan. Next time.
We were going to try and get the whole tattoo colored but due to time constraints we could only get the rooster itself done, minus the tail feathers. We set up an appointment for 2 Mondays from now. Billy and I were also talking about touching up the Koi on my other arm, and I told her that I also wanted to add some color to it. I'm excited about that!




I finally heard from the body shop where my car is at. They called the restaurant looking for me early this morning and Laura called me and let me know. I woke up late so when I called back the guy I need to talk to was at lunch. Hopefully everything is back in tip-top shape and there aren't going to be any hidden fees or problems with my insurance not wanting to pay for something. I'm always very suspicious when having to deal with car shops and insurance companies. Either way I won't be able to pick it up until tomorrow at the earliest. I'll post pics when I get it back so I can feedback from other people if it looks like they did a good job. Until then....

WTF

I had to post this slideshow from Huffington Post. It gives examples of several different idiotic, but real products. Some I have seen but this list compiles the best of the best for your enjoyment.
I'm seriously considering buying the "Back Up" and maybe some "Aspray"... not really.

Oops

There was a miscommunication between Billy and myself, so I rode all the way over to Bijou only to reschedule our appointment for Thursday morning. Well, at least it was good excuse to get out and ride for an hour and a half on this beautiful day. I feel good, Laura's on her way and we're going to cook here. Maybe I'll work on Beth's laptop if I have time tonight. Should be a straightforward install of XP or 2000. I'll take pic's of my progress. Speaking of which, it's good we rescheduled the tattoo appt because I forgot my camera at the house. I did get some funny pic's with my iPhone while I was riding around though.

My bike in front of the shop


Me, sitting on the curb across the street from the shop, because I showed up a half hour early



On my way back home, leaving downtown via S Congress bridge

COD: Modern Warfare 2

This looks awesome!

Nice day

Trying out a new template for the blog. Not sure if I like it yet, but it'll do for now. I still want to do some actual coding as well, just to change some of the backgrounds or something. We'll see when I get around to it. In the meantime, don't hesitate to leave me some feedback.
Had a blast this past weekend for Halloween, except I didn't take my own camera so I didn't get any real good pics of me and Laura. Here's a few...



Great weather today. The animals are enjoying it, the neighbor's chicken even decided to bust out of the coop.

Rowena was having a good time too.

Going to head to the tattoo shop in a bit for coloring and shading. I'll take pics and post later.

UPDATE: Car Break-In, DJ Hero, Rooster Tattoo

So I talked to car insurance people, gonna have to pay $500 for deductible, but they'll cover the rest. I'm taking that shit to the dealership, get the best and baddest replacement parts for the window, console, arm rest etc... Oh yeah, I got in the car to go buy plastic sheeting yesterday and found out that, due to the wiring being ripped out of the dashboard, my turn signal lights aren't working either. So there is more damage than I originally thought. I thought i would still be able to drive, but that just sends a message to cops "Please pull me over!", also my inspection tag is out so that's no good. The last thing I need right now is to get a ticket. Ahhhh, life is complicated sometimes. I just hope all that stuff gets fixed properly and in an expedient fashion. They also told me that they might be able to cover the stereo because it was "permanently affixed" to the car. My renter's insurance people told me that they couldn't cover it because it was less than my deductible.

On the lighter side of things, I've been checking out the reviews of DJ Hero and I decided I want to get it as soon as I have some money. It looks super fun and the soundtrack seems pretty good as well. It'll probably be around Christmas when I get to play it myself, but I have patience.

I set up my appointment for next week to get shading and color on my rooster tat. 4:00 on Tuesday. That's hard to wait for, the outline is healing up real nice. It didn't even bleed that much. I've been keeping it lotioned up so it doesn't itch too bad either.

In regards to he blog itself, I've been doing some reading online about HTML and CSS so expect to see some changes pretty soon. These templates are all pretty boring, needs more cowbell. I guess it just depends on how much free time I have over the next few weeks. I don't plan on going out anytime soon. I might not even do anything for Halloween because of a lack of funds. I can't buy a costume or spend money on makeup, so maybe I will have more free time. A friend at work also gave me an old laptop to fix up. Really old, originally had Windows ME, so, yeah. I'll slap Win2000 and it and get it going quick though.

New Tattoo - Rooster Outline

I decided I wasn't going to stay depressed all day and I went ahead and made it to my tattoo appointment. I felt that if I had done that, somehow the burglars would still have some kind of power over me. I made all the phone calls I needed to and did everything I could to remedy the situation, so why not go get a tattoo I have been looking forward to getting?

I really love the way it came out, Billy Baca Baldwin over at Bijou Studio, above Liberty Bar on E 6th is amazing. She has a great style that seems natural for me. She's from the valley and she's got mad flavor. If anyone needs some good work done, go check her out. The shop is owned by Megan Emery, who's also well-known and highly recommended around town.