I’m on a TikTok live. I have much work to do. I can’t write and be on TikTok live at the same time. I get distracted. It’s hard to do.

It was a helluva of a week.

Yeah. That TikTok live consumed my time and I didn’t write my blog. I’ll be going on TikTok live in a couple hours. Some people are assholes, but most people are nice. And they say they like me. It should help… something. More than 500 people join my TikTok lives, but it averages around 20 people. 20 strangers viewing me through their magical screen into my magical screen.

I made 37 cents yesterday. My best day was $6.50 something like that. There are a lot of people who earn $100s going on TikTok live. That would be nice. Just go live for a bit and make money. The twins that just react to gifts are insane. They are probably making $100 per minute.

2025 be crazy yo.

April is getting better.

I’ll be fine.

I should still look for a part time job.

But first. Breakfast. Workout. Finish this blog post. TikTok live. Client call. Girlfriend. That will be my Wednesday. Tomorrow I have a tour. I might have another tour Saturday. Then a bachelor party tour next week. And a family tour.

A real job at some point.

I’ll be fine.

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Things I have to do yet I do nothing.

Writing:

Start writing for the Reader again. You have ideas. Just write them.

Write Tijuana Adventure 2.

Write the best of my Reader stories.

Publish them on Amazon.

That’s at least three things I should be doing with writing.

Merch:

More merch. More designs. I counted my merch. I have five Crewnecks left, not three. Three long sleeve shirts of La Ballena, six original design, four old school design, five Chinese restaurant in white, two Chinese restaurant in black, one Aloha, two hats, and one beer koozie left. In theory, that’s around $740 dollars I need to sell of merch. That’s some money. Now I only need the clients.

I wanted to make a different design every month. I’m stuck with the ones I have and a lot of people ask for XXL and XXXL size shirts. Next batch will be that.

I wanted to have a store by now. I haven’t even been able to do the online merch store.

SHIT TO DO!

And I do nothing.

I have other shit to sell. I put up on Martketplace on Facebook. I already sold a camera. Almost sold a lens then I regretted and didn’t sell it. Someone wants a tripod I listed forever ago. I had it for $100, then dropped it to $75 and this dude is offering $60…

I’m in no rush. Same with the lens. I’ll sell them when I sell them.

Someone just offered me to join his app to advertise my tours. He got offended when I said I wasn’t interested. I’m sorry. But we saved a phone call. I’m not interested. I don’t want to do that many tours. I want more jobs. Sidegigs.

I have more shit to do. I don’t do it. I need a boss that is not myself.

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And I should practice more classical guitar and more bass.

I should play with my band again.

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I still have one non-alcoholic beer in my fridge. I only got a six pack and it feels like I drank 12… I only drink one per night. One night I drank two…

It helps with the cravings. But hey. Not drinking is easier than it seems. The busier I am, the easier.

I got shit to do. But I have a tour tomorrow and that is basically all day drinking time. Soon, it will kill me. So I have to quit.

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I started living cheap. Not drinking saves a lot of money. Cooking saves money. And in ten days I spent less than $100. I did a tour on Sunday. Though it was only two guys (the Flower brothers) it felt like a bachelor party. The older brother was about to get married so it was one last hurrah of sorts. I didn’t join them for that. But we did a lot of craft beer drinking and tacos eating. It was good and I got paid. Not one for the book, but close. I’ve been having many adventures. Tijuana has been changing a lot. There is a book 2. Easy.

There is no money in books. But perhaps this time around there will be. The following is much larger. I reach roughly half a million people a month. I have to funnel that attention into way more money.

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Oh yeah. Laundry. I also gotta do laundry.

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The tour in video format:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DIcX1kNh10X

I didn’t take pics this week. I have the photoshoot I did for the model last week. My iMac with Open Core Legacy Patcher running the latest version of Sonoma runs great. More than great. It feels like a new computer. Expanded ram to 24 gb and running it with the external SSD is magic. It feels like a new computer. I should try using a new iMac or a Mac mini or a newer machine to truly test the difference. But for me, it’s more than enough. I can edit pictures. I can write this blog. I can consume media. I can storage all my photos. I can play DotA (and hey, we’ve been winning lately). I can work.

And that… that feels like a huge accomplishment. That a very old machine got restored to great working condition so I can work feels like an accomplishment.

Choosing only one is a difficult choice. She posted five and none were my favorite.

I regretted it. I don’t want to post a picture of her here. I like some pictures, but I don’t love any.

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It was an emotional rollercoaster of a week. And after all. We are still together. Relationships are hard. But I’m glad I’m with her.

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I don’t have any pictures. I should go out with my camera. I need to do more content.

More shit I got to do.

Content. A ton of content.

And prints for sale. The poster with my classic Tijuana picture is still selling. I made 10 and Tony Vega in Pasaje Rodriguez sells them for $10 each. I make $5. It’s not much, but my work gets recognized, Tony Vega is happy with extra cash and I make passive money. I need to make more prints.

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I’ll wait till Friday to post this.

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Oh god fuck… I wore a MAGA hat and it felt disgusting. But I did it for the views. The controversial views. The video has been up for less than 5 minutes and it already got 5 comments…

It might be a wild one.

There are also pics of me wearing a MAGA hat… disfuckingusting.

If you are here, then you are that interested in my political views. I don’t like Joe Biden either. Much less Kamala. Propping up a Cheney is not the way to earn my vote.

Drumroll….!!!

I love Bernie and AOC. WOW! Big surprise huh?!

AOC just seems like a chick I went to college with (I majored in Peace Fucking Studies and Music so…). She seems cool. She seems genuine. She really wants what’s best for the fellow human. A lot of people hate her. And that’s politics.

And though I love AOC and Bernie… I would never wear a hat with their name. Or a shirt. Or a bumper sticker.

My politics is not my personality. Politics is nothing.

Anyway… here’s the video:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DImbnSOT2Ii

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Thanks for reading.

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April took a turn for the best.

I knew it would. It was just frustrating while it wasn’t. My computer is running great. I did a tour yesterday and one last week and I have another tomorrow. They all paid well and tipped me (well… we’ll see about tomorrow). My relationship with my girlfriend is stable (or so it seems) and I love her more today than ever before and while that trend continues, I’ll be with her (if she wants to be with me).

I don’t tolerate people. I tolerate her. Is that love?

Am I autistic?

Probably.

April is going better. That’s the point. This blog post needs a picture. I forgot I took pictures of the full moon. Almost full moon. The full moon was the next night and it was too cloudy to photograph.

This one wasn’t even planned. I just saw it from my window. I didn’t even dialed the right settings. I tried split toning it, but it didn’t end up great. It is an okay picture. Here it is in lower quality. I’ll post it on my Instagram with other pics I took this month later… if there are any…

But hey!

Week 15 of 2025 completed! Only 37 more to go.

Fuck this timeline.

Donate here:

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Oh… about the hat. The bartender at Nelson found it for $1 and bought two of them. He loves being a controversial dick. That’s why he has them.